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Not being born in London and moving there only for work it was never a good fit for me. I moved back to Wales, where I'm from, and now have access to the resources I always wanted, whilst in London, on my doorstep: top mountain biking, a beach 200 metres from my house, family being within a ten mile radius, friendly people, far less pollution of all kinds, etc.
I ride 10-15 minutes out of my back door in two directions and am able to ride quality technical or flowy trails as I want, and not have to make a one and half hour train commute either way to ride in the Surrey Hills or Swinley, or, if I wanted proper downhill, two and half hours each way to go to Aston Hill.
And my local trails are crowded when ten people are out on a weekend. Pitch Hill sees hundreds of eager beaver MAMIBS on a Saturday and Sunday.London was an interesting experience but I have no desire to repeat it.
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Fair enough, that makes a lot of sense. Glad you've got a balance you like.
I guess for me, I need to have lots of people crammed into a small space to do what I do (although the Internet has changed that a lot and will continue to do so). Having to navigate it physically is the corollary of being very plugged in to certain things.
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now have access to the resources I always wanted whilst in London on my doorstep: top mountain biking, a beach 200 metres from my house, family being within a ten mile radius, friendly people, far less pollution of all kinds, etc.
Well, why didn't you say so? We could have sorted something out. :)
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Can you get a good flat white though?
h2o
Oliver Schick
TvH
What kind of place are you in now, then?
I lived out in the burbs quite a bit as a teenager, I have to say I felt back then I'd rather be in London than too far out to be involved but not far enough to escape its gravity. I'm curious what people feel when they consciously move away from it.