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I live there and like it. Here are some random pros and cons:
- Decent parks right in the middle of the city
- Good cycling a short distance away
- Excellent cycling a medium distance away
- Cheap compared with London and Bristol, although obviously not the cheapest part of the UK to live
- Progressive council who are making lots of good noises about home building/metro/cycling projects
- Less dog shit on the pavements than Bristol!
Cons:
- Fairly old housing stock, great if you like Victorian terrace, but there's not much other choice
- Some of the area seem quite cut off, or have some fairly bad social problems: see Butetown/Riverside*
- Having lived in Bristol we don't get as many big gigs coming through, although that's not much of an option at the moment anyway. There's loads of places to eat and drink though, and some good independent cinemas, although we don't have a good local at the moment. Brains pubs dominate which are a bit...meh, but I think they're slowly selling some off.
- It rains... a lot
*perhaps unfair as I don't live there.
I have a car, but use it a couple of times a week at most, usually for food shopping or if I'm in too much of a hurry to drag the bike through the house. I try and go across to Cowbridge road by bike as it has the best butcher and green grocers and is a nice trip to do. You're better off not driving much because you have to go a long way north/south in order to get from one side of the city to the other because of the way the parks divide the city. There were lots of fuming motorists when they closed Castle Street recently as it's the way through south of the parks, I think they'll probably keep it closed to private vehicles.
Anyway, that's quite rambling, feel free to PM if you want to know anymore specifics.
- Decent parks right in the middle of the city
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I'm seriously considering making a move and would really appreciate any advice or experience anyone can share!
I've looked at all the normal London commuter areas, and then looked at some smaller, more rural places around the south east. None of them really appealed, but it did lead me to writing a list of what I do want:
My research so far has narrowed it down to Cardiff...and that's about it. Has anyone spent much time there? I've never been and only know one person there so I don't know if I've just built it up in my head into what I want. Or any other recommendations on places that might be appropriate? I had considered Hove, but I think given the WFH situation I feel like now is the right time to try something different.
My main concern is that I need to make a decision soon due to my flat tenancy. I either decide by 10th December or I'm stuck where I am until June, which doesn't sound appealing.