r/manchester • u/ElectricZooK9 • 1d ago
Trafford towns named in new middle-class property hotspots
Mr Burke told The Telegraph that Altrincham is "one of the few places in the North West that I feel has the kind of vibe of a London suburb".
I'm not sure that's quite the positive this guy seems to think it is 🤔
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u/Sr_DingDong 1d ago
Wasn't Altrincham (or just outside of it) where a lot of kind of rich people live.
I remember when I was a kid in the '90s a lot of footballers had houses out that way.
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u/Aware-Armadillo-6539 1d ago
Altrincham always been pretty middle class. Definitely had a working class element but the town has a middle class feel to it because it serves bowdon, hale and hale barns which are ultra wealthy by northern standards
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u/AnonymousTimewaster 1d ago
Hale is ultra wealthy by anyone's standards, it's one of the wealthiest (or rather expensive) parts of the country and I think it's the top outside of London
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u/NedRed77 Stockport 1d ago
There was a point a few years ago where Altrincham was the one of densest areas in terms of cash millionaires outside of the square mile in London. It’s not a new development.
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u/Jarvdoge 1d ago
I want to know where these people originate from personally. In Salford, none of my mates who are uni educated (beyond where are parents were) can afford the areas we grew up in. The only people I know who have bought nearby are people who are at least mid 30s-40s and have bought as a couple or people moving up from down south.
I know housing is an issues globally but it feels like we're being priced out of the areas we grew up in, even when you try to 'uplift' your social standing by qualifying beyond where your parents were.
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u/Drunkgummybear1 Urmston 1d ago
I grew up in Gorse Hill. In the last 15 years, houses on that street have gone up by £200k. It's absolutely mental.
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u/NoGloryForEngland 20h ago
I'm in Stockport where another hundred quid gets added to average monthly rental payments every year it seems. Genuinely no point moving anywhere nearby and for the price I would pay for a two bed flat, I can get a 3 bed house in the Cheshire town where my sister moved to a few years back. Wild stuff.
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u/EmbarrassedAlgae3661 22h ago
Missed Stretford out
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u/ElectricZooK9 22h ago
Prices are rising (and have been for years) but not sure it quite counts in the same leagues as the towns south of the Mersey (or even Urmston)
And I say that as someone from Stretford
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u/EmbarrassedAlgae3661 13h ago
Same here. Was kinda joking. St. Retford 🥸
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u/ElectricZooK9 12h ago
Thought you might be
St Retford on Sea, thank you very much
With our beach and gulls 😁
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u/idlewildgirl Stretford 11h ago
I bloody love the beach haha
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u/ElectricZooK9 11h ago
The beach is great
And the 'rain beds' full of flowers have been fantastic this summer
And I do like occasionally seeing people on the loungers 😁
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u/Felrathror86 1d ago
Mr Burke needs to step outside his shop a bit more. Knutsford is falling on it's arse (or apart, after watching a pane of glass from a shop almost Final Destination someone a while ago). But then I guess within his own little world making a mint on commission, it's probably fine.
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u/captain-carrot 1d ago
I rarely go to kuntsford any more so likely out of touch. In what way is it taking on its arse?
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u/Felrathror86 23h ago
No different from other towns tbh. Rents too high, shops closing. Banks closing. Parking and traffic is insane. MP non existant (too busy on "TV", even before the last GE they were absent from their own office on the high street).
Even a restaurant that was doing well closed because the landlord hiked the rent up to pay for roof repairs that were a decade or two overdue.
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u/anewpath123 1d ago
You sound bitter mate
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u/No-Insurance3043 1d ago
I fit in very well.
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u/5teph5cott 1d ago
Also grew up in Altrincham/Hale/Bowdon, moved away in the early nineties, sold our house for £85k. It was re-sold in 2012 for £500k, new owners rented it out so no cost to them and then sold it last year for £1,000,000 - yes ONE MILLION POUNDS!
The house we moved to and still live in has soared to a heady £225k, but we're happy, not bitter, no, no, not in the slightest. In fact I still go back to Altrincham from time to time, cursing everyone under my breath and nauseous at their smug upper-middle-class-ness.
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u/DangerousHall973 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nothing new about any of these locations being middle class. Also, statistics are misleading/don't match, other areas of Manchester have far out grown house price increases than these 😮💨