Choose the correct answer

Why was Manchester considered ideal for textile production?

d) is correct. Cool climate is required for spinning and weaving, else the thread tends to coalesce into each other. Cool climate keeps them taut and away from each other.

a) is incorrect. In the pre-industrial days, land scarcity was not an issue anywhere.

b) is incorrect. Manchester was a sleepy town, which certainly had no good craftsmen.

c) is incorrect. Manchester was a mere town, and it’s living conditions were no match to London’s or elsewhere.