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Manchester is ace. My girlfriend lived there for the first 3 years of our relationship - I would go up every other weekend. To start with I wasn't sold on it (it rains a lot) but by the end I was very attached to it. It just takes a bit of time to figure out where everything is.
Would definitely consider moving there, or Bristol. The housing market in London is just bananas- even if you make good money and have help from family you still can't buy anywhere big enough to raise a family. Unless you want to live right out on the edge - in which case, you're missing all the 'benefits' of living in London anyway.. might as well keep going...
I'm born and raised in London, all my friends and family are here, but it's a very different city to the one I grew up in.