• 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.

  • 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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