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Ashton-under-Lyne or just "Ashton" is a town in Eastern Greater Manchester and located in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. It is the Administrative Head-Quarters of Tameside and contains Tameside Hospital and Tameside Council. Ashton is also known as 'Little Karachi' for its large Pakistani minority. It is often connotated as quite a rough area with high poverty and a higher crime rate than average. If you go to Manchester for vacation, don't say in Ashton!
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