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I recently moved to Bristol after living in London for my entire life. Was slightly worried about how it would all go but has been smooth, apart from a few lonely moments in first couple of months.
Cost of living is nearly half that of the big smoke, people are just so more friendly, actually a community, and the cycling's great - what's not to love?
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Just wondering if anybody has any thoughts or experience on moving out of London.
Short background: lived in London pretty much all my life, but getting itchy feet now. Without wanting to complain too much as I know I'm far from the worst affected, it feels like rising rents mean that even though I could afford to stay here, doing so would mean spending more and more to live further and further out. No way are salaries keeping up with rents. I'm not one to bash London, I love it here, but I don't think it's the only decent city in the UK either. And it just doesn't seem like the best value any more.
Anybody else had similar thoughts or moved away?
Where did you/would you go? Sheffield is cool and cheap, Manchester is booming, Newcastle and Birmingham seriously underrated, Glasgow has tonnes to offer, Edinburgh is beautiful and Bristol is a gateway to the countryside of the West of England and Wales...
How did/would you find it moving to a city probably 1/10th the size? Convenient and manageable or dull and provincial?
Obviously London has more jobs, but more people applying to them as well, and well you only need one job... What would it be like in your sector?
London has tonnes of cool areas, but for the price of a 1 bed or a room in a house share in somewhere like Peckham or Finsbury Park, you could live like a king in the very centre of most other cities...
Thoughts please!