Manchester potrebbe essere un modello per il Regno Unito per rilanciare la crescita?

Manchester’s rise has been strong but it is hard to emulate. It’s attractiveness is in many ways due to the cost of London forcing the young out, and being far enough away from London that it can be it’s own hub.

A lot of the opportunity of Manchester transport also stemmed from forward planning in the 60s where the transport executive brought up all the old railway lines which allowed the tram conversions. 

The opportunity to build in Manchester city centre outwards also stems from  the fact that so much of the place was run down and empty post de-industrialisation. Somewhere like Birmingham already had high rise building in its city centre but the verticality of Manchester was an opportunity that could be leveraged in the 2010s.

You also can’t forget the cool factor of Manchester, which is one of the big reasons so many young people moved. Despite being a bit run down, it had so much cultural capital. 

Without these factors, you can’t replicate Manchester elsewhere. Pouring money into say Derby for regeneration isn’t going to create the same growth.

What is the figure for economic growth in Manchester? The article doesn’t say anywhere trust I could see.