"Even if it was rent free I wouldn’t want to live there! - Mancs voice their opinions on city centre rent
More people are considering moving to the suburbs as Manchester city centre’s rent prices increase.
Tim Heatley, co-founder of Capital & Centric and who is planning a regeneration of Greater Manchester’s Farnworth spoke on the issue.
He said: “Our gut feeling is we can all see the city centre of Manchester growing at a rapid rate of knots.
“The height and scale of the towers is like a visual dam for the amount of people moving into the place, they’re just getting higher and taller.
“Ultimately a lot of the people living there want to be in a suburb because they want better access to services like healthcare, schools and early education and access to green spaces. They also want cheaper accommodation.”
He added: “We’ve got outrageously expensive apartments in the city centre, horrendously high rents, but that’s where the market is.
Over on social media, Mancunians shared their opinions on moving out of the city centre.
One Facebook user said: “Even if it was rent free I wouldn’t want to live there!”
Another person said: “I'm in Swinton/Worsley, got a 3 bed house and if I was renting the house I own, I'd never afford it. It’s just as bad everywhere at the minute. Manchester is also growing very rapidly, it will eventually end up like London.”
However, many people also felt that rent in the suburbs was also far too much.