Is Levenshulme a Hidden Slum? Exploring Manchester's Neighborhood Secrets

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  • čas přidán 15. 01. 2024
  • Dive into the enigmatic streets of Levenshulme, where the veneer of normalcy conceals a slum-like undertone. Join me as I explore the aspects that give this Manchester neighborhood its unique character. From narrow alleys to weathered facades, discover the palpable sense of struggle that lingers beneath the surface.
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Komentáře • 90

  • @honestplaces
    @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +2

    counterfeit capital of the UK no more! - czcams.com/video/FQhQfSgF7Ck/video.htmlsi=F6rtcB8KSLH1SE5Y

  • @ongtayjoojames-ow1bs
    @ongtayjoojames-ow1bs Před 12 dny +1

    Thks a lot, for showing this reality TV...!!!🙏👍😌

  • @JustExhumed
    @JustExhumed Před 2 měsíci +5

    Not been to Levenshulme for 25 years. Any bit off Stockport Road is a little dodgy, but there's some really nice places further out and you'd be amazed how much the houses go for. Was very Irish-Heritage back then, but don't think that's the case anymore.

  • @davidjones4130
    @davidjones4130 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Lived here for a while alot of its longsight . Great breakfasts at the market

  • @helenweatherby1694
    @helenweatherby1694 Před měsícem +1

    My dear old Dad grew up there. ‘Half decent’ and ‘ginnel’ are things I often heard him say. I feel quite choked up, as your accent is the same as his was.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před měsícem +1

      Alot of people use those phrases there

  • @TheLifeOfSteve24
    @TheLifeOfSteve24 Před měsícem +1

    @honestplaces - Nobby Stiles was part of the winning 1966 World Cup squad 🙂

  • @michaelstanbrook7194
    @michaelstanbrook7194 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Its grand i lived here for a bit,decent ethnic food and a few nice parks and a few nice boozers they do try keep the area well and promote the weekend market.

  • @helenbaker2614
    @helenbaker2614 Před 4 měsíci +16

    I lived in Cheetham Hill as a child in the late 70`s. It was filthy then and it`s filthy now. We left in early 80`s. Wouldn`t go back to live in Manchester, which is a shame cos after the bombing by the IRA in the 80`s, Manchester picked up, but only for a while. I`ve never understood why Andy Burnham (scouser) would be elected mayor for Manchester. What has he actually done for the city?

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +9

      Manchester is quite booming now, alot going on. There are someoutskirts that bring it the way down though

    • @Mr.Grimsdale
      @Mr.Grimsdale Před 4 měsíci +7

      Elected or selected ? 'If voting made a difference, they wouldn't let us do it' - Mark Twain.

    • @paulwild3676
      @paulwild3676 Před 2 měsíci +1

      He has been a thorn in the government’s side.

    • @deeceecorfield8103
      @deeceecorfield8103 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I don't live there but frequently visit because it is the best and most vibrant city in the UK!! Great place and lot's of great people!

    • @Mr.Grimsdale
      @Mr.Grimsdale Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@paulwild3676 Ever heard of good cop, bad cop, he is part of the old boys club. He knew it was all a theatre production that used cgi and crisis actors at the 'event' in 2017.

  • @darrenwoolley8433
    @darrenwoolley8433 Před 13 dny

    Good video.

  • @alankirkby465
    @alankirkby465 Před 3 měsíci +5

    To Honest Places, Levenshulme, is in Manchester ( just saying )
    Anyway, Peace to all.

  • @Japestcs
    @Japestcs Před měsícem

    I lived in Longsight for a year and it was a shot hole but that was 30 years ago. Now i live in Sydney yay.

  • @ianlawrie9769
    @ianlawrie9769 Před 2 měsíci

    Hennigans a good pub..used to watch the celtic games there ..just up the road fiddlers green thats a decent irish boozer too

  • @richardburke3997
    @richardburke3997 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Good to have you back 👍

  • @davidshingleton6573
    @davidshingleton6573 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Lived here for 40 years, main road a A6 bit ropey but back from that it’s ok, plenty of parks, no bad behaviour , good links to city centre there are worse places with gang and drug problems

  • @willstonier5895
    @willstonier5895 Před 2 měsíci

    A lot of where you went is longsight and you didn't walk up to south side of levenshulme. It looked as if you were going up towards Station South but then the video cut and you were walking into Longsight, weird.

  • @ant5963
    @ant5963 Před 16 hodinami

    this is what salford would look like now had media city not moved there and brought all the investment.

  • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
    @usarugbyleagueunionfan Před 2 měsíci +1

    Dude. That term ‘Ropey’ is some English slang. First time I’ve heard that. I lived in Manchester in 2001. Love that place!!!!!! I’m now in sunny Southern California.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Mate! Been all over the US but never california. Lets house swap for 2 weeks 🤣

    • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
      @usarugbyleagueunionfan Před 2 měsíci

      @@honestplaces I think you’d like it here. I live outside of LA. It doesn’t rain much compared to England. It does get super hot during summer. People would like your accent. Americans like the Brits in general. I need to get back to England. What’s the closest Rugby League club to you?

    • @debsday5445
      @debsday5445 Před 2 měsíci

      Wow , I wish 😊

    • @debsday5445
      @debsday5445 Před 2 měsíci

      Levenshulme is an absolute dump, lived there many many years ago as a child and teenager and it was OK then, lots of pubs , good independent shops that are all gone now , shame

  • @johnwilkes7624
    @johnwilkes7624 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Would always like to know the day and time . Places always look worse when the shops are closed .

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +1

      11am this 👍

    • @sandrafinbar
      @sandrafinbar Před měsícem

      All the towns in Uk seem to have closed shops. Cost of living crisis and on-line shopping ? Small business can't make a profit. Very sad to see.

  • @Islandicus
    @Islandicus Před 5 měsíci +1

    Back in the eighties and noneties, I lived in Miles Platting. I don't know what it's like now but I never felt safe and was glad to leave.

  • @minimaxi802
    @minimaxi802 Před měsícem

    Levenshulme on the main A6 road Manchester to Stockport.

  • @noworkdave
    @noworkdave Před 3 měsíci

    Lived there from 2016 to 2021. Not great. But no that bad either. However we did move 170 miles away!

  • @mattlkc
    @mattlkc Před měsícem

    did i see a sign saying twinned with Beverly hills lol

  • @davidjones4130
    @davidjones4130 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Levi has a pop up food market its actually kinda posh & gentrified

    • @paulwild3676
      @paulwild3676 Před 2 měsíci

      The people are filthy. The alleyways and streets are disgusting. Posh?

  • @thewraith93
    @thewraith93 Před 18 dny

    A little fact about Levenshulme for people who like watching these videos. Levenshulme is spelt L E V E N S H U L M E. So now you know.

  • @AnnoyedRecordPlayer-oi9wm
    @AnnoyedRecordPlayer-oi9wm Před 2 měsíci

    Hi mate where do live in Cheshire now with the premadonnas of the world jason brum peace

  • @FKU7777
    @FKU7777 Před 24 dny +1

    What’s your accent mate? You sound quite Manc or Cheshire best guess?

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 24 dny +1

      Stockport mate

    • @FKU7777
      @FKU7777 Před 19 dny

      @@honestplacesnice one, not a bad guess then considering I’m from down South 🍺

  • @rekhayads1772
    @rekhayads1772 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bery or BURY OMG how is that even an area was a shock to the system when i visted.. did not know these places exsited 😒😳😒😳

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Always looks worse in the snow 🤣 sort of like a north russian village

    • @pablodelnorte9746
      @pablodelnorte9746 Před 2 měsíci +1

      If you think Bury is bad, you have led a very sheltered life. Bury is the best town in the north of Greater Manchester.

  • @andyo9196
    @andyo9196 Před měsícem +1

    int milk brilliant

  • @floswason8776
    @floswason8776 Před 10 dny

    Back in 40s and 50s levenshulme was upper middle class

  • @kurumbaatoll9190
    @kurumbaatoll9190 Před 3 měsíci +4

    It’s definitely not a slum. It’s a nice area but with a large ethnic presence. It’s not a bad place to live.

  • @JohnSmith-gg2yj
    @JohnSmith-gg2yj Před 5 dny

    I lived in levenshume in 1973. It was a dump

  • @soniagaynor1001
    @soniagaynor1001 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Longsight market back in the day was brilliant its full of crap now.

  • @1700iDiGuy
    @1700iDiGuy Před 2 měsíci

    No matter where they go they leave a trail of dirty run down buildings.

  • @ronniepickering9191
    @ronniepickering9191 Před 2 měsíci +1

    i must say you do get about a bit.

  • @davidwharton841
    @davidwharton841 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Not far from where I live, not far enough!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Wasn't as bad as i heard in the past to be honest

  • @holmesglenn
    @holmesglenn Před 24 dny

    David Lloyd George helped win ww1

  • @ewanbauld607
    @ewanbauld607 Před 2 měsíci

    Levenshulme is not a slum its ok a bit rough like but fine. Longsight market is better on a Saturday. Emiline Pankhurst was the leader of the sufforgette movement that got women the vote, David Lloyd George was prime minister, I'd do some more reading mate if I was you.

  • @johnhutch5678
    @johnhutch5678 Před měsícem

    Nothing kicking off.

  • @boxerr1100s
    @boxerr1100s Před měsícem

    Hard to believe that places like this still exist in 2024.

  • @johnturner1073
    @johnturner1073 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Don't kid yourself mate, you could not live there. It was only the cold weather that kept THEM all indoors...

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Maybe.....or maybe i just live in a worse area 😘

    • @soniagaynor1001
      @soniagaynor1001 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Anyone can live in Levenshulme it's not that bad

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@soniagaynor1001 yeh it really aint

    • @thetruth9376
      @thetruth9376 Před 3 měsíci

      Its a multicultural s/hole 🕳

  • @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196
    @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 Před 2 měsíci

    Outskirts of Manchester? Eh? What are you on about...the town centre, perhaps? Levenshulme is in South Manchester on the border of Stockport. You also only looked at North Lev which is pretty much Longsight (or Longistan as I call it, although we're heading the same way as is all of Manchester really!) The indoor market you mentioned is in Gorton, although there used to be a wanker magnet market (lefty hipsters 🙄) now and again - where you were walking behind Lev Station (the car park) with overpriced hippy crap. Diversity is our strength and all that bollocks.

  • @paulvickers9145
    @paulvickers9145 Před 2 měsíci

    I grew up levenshulme and Longsight both shit holes

  • @chrisreed4127
    @chrisreed4127 Před 3 měsíci +2

    just where all the foreigners are all put mate

  • @jontalbot1
    @jontalbot1 Před 4 měsíci +4

    ‘Slums’ is a highly perjorative term, like the N word. It stigmatizes areas and the people who live there. I don’t think you intend to do that at all but words matter

    • @thetruth9376
      @thetruth9376 Před 3 měsíci

      Its a Muslim infested slum 😂😂😂

    • @susansausage469
      @susansausage469 Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's actually factual. Levenshulme is a slum, not far behind longshyyyte

    • @jontalbot1
      @jontalbot1 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@susansausage469 Why not try to be the best version of yourself?

  • @G7FX_REVIEWS
    @G7FX_REVIEWS Před 4 měsíci +2

    What a horrible run down place to live it looks like the working poor slums

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  Před 4 měsíci +1

      It aint as bad as some places i've seen. If Manchester wasn't 5 mins away it would be a grim place to live.

    • @dickymann7025
      @dickymann7025 Před 2 měsíci

      @@honestplaces You're a wank and your content's smug shite. It does nothing but ridicule and stigmatise working class areas

  • @iainlindsay5687
    @iainlindsay5687 Před 3 měsíci

    More likely to get fleas at that Market

  • @thetruth9376
    @thetruth9376 Před 11 dny +1

    Too many immigrants totally finished