Reasons Why Manchester is Better Than London

Reasons Why Manchester is Better Than London

Reasons Why Manchester is Better Than London

Reasons Why Manchester is Better Than London

Today Manchester is ranked as a beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network and is consequently the highest ranked British city except for London.^[11] Its metropolitan economy is the third largest in the United Kingdom with an estimated PPP GDP of US$92 billion as of 2014.^[12] Manchester is the third-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors, after London and Edinburgh.^[13] It is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. Manchester was the site of the world's first inter-city passenger railway station, the place where scientists first split the atom and developed the first stored-program computer.