Audio documentary about university students living in Manchester and shutting off from city environments.

Transcript:

Jack: I’d not been to Manchester in years and the first train, I was so shocked at how many more buildings there were.

(Train announcement) Northern service to Manchester Victoria.

Lucy: Yeah I literally feel like Manchester changes every single day, there's a new building and some place you have never been to before. 
Friends from college also came to Manchester unis as well so we all sort of just met up and explored the city together and we just sort of got more used to the city.
The amount of crowds and people, it’s just something that I’m not used to living in the countryside. I always keep my phone out of sight where ever I go and just like, I always cover my body sometimes, you know when I’m walking the streets.
I don’t drive so I can’t really get anywhere rurally, I mean we don’t even have pavements. I find most of my life at home quite cooped up in my room.

Jack: I’m the same because when I started studying in Manchester the crowds and the buildings, it was a big change for me.

Lucy: I was feeling really really anxious, the disability team recommended maybe I’d live on like the top floor just so if there were any noise, I would be on the top floor, I wouldn’t hear it as well as anyone on the bottom floor would.

Jack: Can I ask you more about your experience with being triggered by noise?

Lucy: Yeah so, I mean the main thing for me is when babies cry. I’ve noticed recently living in the city like the brakes on trains and stuff they really squeak. 

Jack: So how do you shut off from the noise?

Lucy: So I find it really difficult to shut off from the city, but I tend to use like my Beats headphones and my AirPods that are quite noise cancelling, and I just put them on like every time I get triggered by noise.

Jack: I’m the same, I shut off with my headphones as well, music allows me to shut off and go into my own world. 

Lucy: Through my AirPods and my headphones, I listen to like podcasts and when im at home I just watch YouTube channels you know, and like YouTube channels that I’ve watched from a young age that like always feel like it brings me back to home.


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