Very interesting post. You mention being at Uni in Manchester. When was that. My brother was there in the 80s and early 90s (lived a stone's throw from Maine Road) and I remember him saying that 'people' of Manchester were insanely jealous of Liverpool the city. And it was down to the success of both Merseyside clubs. Could it be that the hatred of Scousers per se was born (or accentuated) in that period when We shared a local, and top of the table rivalry.
They even forced through an act of Parliament to get a canal built to undermine us.
Though to be honest the Lpool and Manchester were offered the chance of having the Burtonwood airbase (monster runway for then, acres of space) but the lpool council knocked it back...and now Manchester is the hub