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Interesting thread. I was born in London, but my parents decided to move out of the city when I was five (and my brother three) as they didn't really fancy bringing us up here; moved to Peterborough...I came back in 2006.
Had I mortgaged myself to the eyeballs on arriving back I'd be laughing right now but hindsight, as ever, is a wonderful thing - instead I've rented in and around Zones 2-4 over the years and we're just in the process of purchasing our first house. We've ended up heading out to Dartford to find something that's both affordable/decent-sized and reasonably convenient (both of us work in Westminster).
We'd have loved to have moved nearer Cambridgeshire or Norfolk - St. Neots was on the list, and commuting time wise isn't actually that much different to where we've ended up looking, but the season ticket cost of £6,076 each put us off...not keen on blowing c.£12k of take-home salary on getting to and from work at the moment.
London's great, there's always something to do if you have the time/money to enjoy it. Unfortunately it's getting that balance right that's the difficult bit!
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I left Pimlico Comprehensive School in 1895
Which one is you?
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Birkenhead FTW.I'll get my coat.
Nu Brighton or Waterloo....alll day long!
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>>>>>> in reply to @TW
That's me in the middle wearing the tie...That knock in the middle of the night: "YEWTREE OPEN UP!!"
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No, you're a tree etc...
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No, you're a tree etc...
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We're looking to head to Bristol at the moment. There's no way we'll ever own a house in London. Plus our ageing families are in Bristol and Devon.
There's lots going on in Bristol music/arts-wise and the amount of good food and local breweries about and the relatively small size of the city mean that there's a lot to explore.
Now, if we can just keep our jobs...
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This is an interesting thread. I'm looking to be part of the exodus to (probably) Bristol in the next year or so. Lived in London 11 years now, and want to own a house, ideally with 5 sheds (bike shed, brew shed, garden shed, my shed, misc shed).
London's awesome. I just don't want to burn through money forever. Bristol could be awesome-er. Have mates in Bristol, and lived in the West Country for 5 years.
Mildly worried about not having a job/ever getting a well paid job again, but having minimal mortgage will make that less of a worry.
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Our plan is to move out West in about 5 years time - probably South Gloucestershire, as that strikes a good balance between distance to ageing parents, family, availability of work, and town & country living (she's a little bit town, I'm a little bit country).
Staying in town just isn't affordable if we want a bigger house and not be tied to a huge mortgage, and by association, jobs that we don't love.
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Would love to leave London but all my fam are here and would quite miss some of them.
That said, Sweden or Austria are both extremely tempting.
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Where did you move? Compelling experiences, relate to feeling hemmed in