NQ questionaire

Although the area the NQ is situated in is historic and has been through many different eras throughout the development and progression of Manchester as a city, there is still very little written about it or much documentation. There are only a few online sources that reference the NQ and hardly any publications. Therefore I have little to quote, note or refer to when talking about the area. A lot of my knowledge of the NQ has come from me and my thoughts, through its influence on me.

To resolve this issue I decided to ask people around the NQ going about their daily business "WHAT IS THE NORTHERN QUARTER TO THEM?"

Here are some of the answers I got back:

"Okay to me NQ represents diversity and tendiness. That whole area suggests creativity from the wall art to the bars, and even the people. NQ and Oxford Road to me go hand in hand, its like Manchester's two cool cousins who don't like the glam sleek city life and instead stay abit on the sidelines, drinking craft beer rather than fancy wine."

"It's about expression of who you are and who you want to be, there is so many crazy different people here every day."

"I dunno, I love all the vintage shops here and its got a really cool vibe about it."

"It's just a place in Manchester." (I have a feeling they really didn't care)

"Cool place, always love coming here."

"I mean I work here, it's full off culture and you just see amazing things every day. Whether its the street art, the creative people or a sick poster on the wall. There is always stuff happening here."

After a while I had to stop as the many rejections just got too much. However, this really did help get a perspective on the opinions of the place, which the majority agree with my own. I think it would be interesting to include some of these quotes within my publication or to use them to write a short passage within the book that shows the love for the NQ.

Inspired by the public's opinion and my own I created this passage for the introduction.