Firstly, she's wrong. But putting that to one side
isn't too far from good road connections north.
is the killer. M5 will be the best which means Bristol way. M40 and M1 are less good but would put you around Bucks - places like Tring and Amersham are nice with good connections to London.
My wife is less and less sure that we should be living in London. Where should we thinking about moving to which:
Villages or small towns near Bristol seem to be leading contenders at the minute, but I don't really know any.