Moving to Manchester for a temporary 6 month stay!
I’ve seen some great advice on here, yet also a lot of contradicting and outdated advice. My partner and I have decided to move to Manchester for 6 months as I work remotely and we are currently working toward him being able to do the same so that we can live our dream of traveling come the spring. We have to stay in the general area in the meantime due to some family responsibilities/events. We found a 2 bed apartment with all utilities included for much less than we were paying at our leased apartment with no utilities included which will help in saving for our adventures! I’ve always lived in typical quiet very safe suburban neighborhoods and I’m really looking forward to embracing some city life! I’m not overly worried or scared about “bad areas”, but genuinely curious to hear people’s thoughts on the specific area. We will be right on Union St, on the south end by Somerville. I do consider myself reasonably smart and don’t plan on taking long walks alone late at night lol, other than that would you consider the general area safe for a daily morning/afternoon walk? Any insight and also recommendations of food to try, places to see and experience etc would be greatly appreciated!