Yeah, I've read a few spots were they supposedly grew up, when I looked on Wiki and I checked the maps, John lived closest to George and Ringo was just over a mile off the Mersey, still, not all far from each other. A great story for the lads, it's fascinating to wonder wether any of them would have made it big if they never met each other, I think so. As for Lennon & McCartney, both equally as talented, for me Paul made the better melodies, the catchy tunes that the public sway towards, but I think Lennon was more gritty, a better lyricist and when he wrote something more melancholic, def