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entwisi · 15-12-2008, 13:27

I live in Accy and commute over 100 miles a day to work. I could move but I won't for a number of reasons

small town feel ( community spirit )
less than 30 mins to shop in any of preston, bury, burnley, Blackburn, clitheroe and not much more for Manchester.
20 mins from ribble Valley
45 mins from Blackpool/southport
1 hour from Lakes
Cheap Housing - ( I have a lovely 3 bed semi dormer bungalow in nice part of town for price of a derelict 2 up 2 down in Knutsford)
Decent schools
Friendly people
despite the downturn still some nice pubs
little ASBO behaviour(listening to colleagues who live in Manchester and other areas they all seem to suffer a lot more anti social stuff than I have ever seen or known about)

Strange as it sounds, I'm quite proud to say where I come from and my accent often gets commented on in a nice way ( they say it makes me sound 'honest')

15-12-2008, 13:27	#5
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4389	Re: Positive Vibes about Accrington. I live in Accy and commute over 100 miles a day to work. I could move but I won't for a number of reasons small town feel ( community spirit ) less than 30 mins to shop in any of preston, bury, burnley, Blackburn, clitheroe and not much more for Manchester. 20 mins from ribble Valley 45 mins from Blackpool/southport 1 hour from Lakes Cheap Housing - ( I have a lovely 3 bed semi dormer bungalow in nice part of town for price of a derelict 2 up 2 down in Knutsford) Decent schools Friendly people despite the downturn still some nice pubs little ASBO behaviour(listening to colleagues who live in Manchester and other areas they all seem to suffer a lot more anti social stuff than I have ever seen or known about) Strange as it sounds, I'm quite proud to say where I come from and my accent often gets commented on in a nice way ( they say it makes me sound 'honest') __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?