Originally Posted by
PDXCWL45
Or maybe Northern Englands Gateway would be more accurate.
That would be fair and equitable if LHR referred to itself as the Gateway to London and the South East.
In any case you miss my point - it's all about positive marketing and perception. Accuracy too - make a dart board out of a map of the UK and MAN is more or less a bulls-eye.
People in all the other countries that I work in don't see Manchester as a 'northern' this or that. When I show them where it is on my phone they always say 'oh right in the middle'. You would be surprised how many people think London is in the middle of the country - including people who live in London.