Liverpool Night Buses Christmas 2015

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RE: Liverpool Night Buses Christmas 2015

(29/11/2015 22:39)Barney Wrote:  Whilst it's true that a large number of students live along the 86 route, in recent years there has been a lot development of student accommodation in the heart of Liverpool city centre. Consequently, for many Liverpool students a ten-minute walk gets them to the bars and clubs which I suspect is not the case in Manchester.

That's actually incorrect, I can speak from experience in both Liverpool and Manchester, although there is large development in the city centre, it's more targeted at First-year students (freshers), post-graduates and mature students. People who have came to the uni with no friends, and those who aim for a quieter lifestyle.

The cost per week of living in a city center student flat with bills is around £130-170 per week (depending on the type of accommodation). The cost of living in a shared house just out of the City Centre is about £95 pppw. The higher priced accommodation is primarily targeting international students with housing targeting those struggling to make ends meet on the Student loan and grant, or those who are in larger friendship groups and then you're able to get an 11 bedroom house compared to a 4 bed apartment, sadly not everyone gets the full loan and grant amount so can't afford to live in these new high-rises. So theoretically, it's cheaper to get a house just off Smithdown Road and invest in an annual bus pass than it is to live a full year in one of the city centre private developments.

The only difference with Manchester is that there is a lot more student houses and student halls and apartments in comparison to Liverpool, yet people are constantly moaning whenever new housing is built over local housing despite students being one of the top sources of income for the city with having three universities within a mile radius of one another.