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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

To the peeps living in London.

Do you ever see yourself leaving this magnificent city and settling somewhere suburban?

I've been mulling it over as house prices make it impossible to find a nice house.

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London

You, that is what we are working towards. When the kids are finished their education .... we have two houses and a flat so we are housing them all and flit between different locations ourselves, all in greater London, but we hanker for the country, about an hour or two out.

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London

I mean yes ...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"You, that is what we are working towards. When the kids are finished their education .... we have two houses and a flat so we are housing them all and flit between different locations ourselves, all in greater London, but we hanker for the country, about an hour or two out."

Yeah of course the countryside appeals but I'm thinking I'll miss the chaos of London and want to move back!

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London


"You, that is what we are working towards. When the kids are finished their education .... we have two houses and a flat so we are housing them all and flit between different locations ourselves, all in greater London, but we hanker for the country, about an hour or two out.

Yeah of course the countryside appeals but I'm thinking I'll miss the chaos of London and want to move back! "

Or having everything close by .... and different cultures. I do miss the beach though, as I grew up by the seaside

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"You, that is what we are working towards. When the kids are finished their education .... we have two houses and a flat so we are housing them all and flit between different locations ourselves, all in greater London, but we hanker for the country, about an hour or two out.

Yeah of course the countryside appeals but I'm thinking I'll miss the chaos of London and want to move back!

Or having everything close by .... and different cultures. I do miss the beach though, as I grew up by the seaside"

Oh I'd love to live by the sea.

I'll be looking up locations now!

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London


"You, that is what we are working towards. When the kids are finished their education .... we have two houses and a flat so we are housing them all and flit between different locations ourselves, all in greater London, but we hanker for the country, about an hour or two out.

A couple of our friends have just moved to Dorset and one does a weekly commute to get here. Its working for them

Yeah of course the countryside appeals but I'm thinking I'll miss the chaos of London and want to move back!

Or having everything close by .... and different cultures. I do miss the beach though, as I grew up by the seaside

Oh I'd love to live by the sea.

I'll be looking up locations now! "

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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago

london stratford

I think (which is hard for me to do), if you think you may miss London, you will miss London. Don't leave until you know in your heart, you have had enough! You will know then to go......

That's my tuppence worth ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

London is good for kids but brutal when you are older. When l lived near Bath a colleague had sold her two bed flat in Carshalton and a bought a 5 bed house. Bristol provides all the vanilla kicks l need, lovely woman with accents. A carribean community so l can get my food and spices and a great music scene.

When l lived in Derby it had a carribean pub and a great cub scene l went out every night got hammered and still had money in my pocket and l could walk home.

My family have lived in west london for 50 years. In London Theatres are over priced, live music venues are closing, housing is about speculation not about viable communities and affordable homes, but great pricy restaurants.

I would miss the 5 swinging clubs but only because the lodge in gloucester closed and no jungle fever (ok, pc did not get down there!).

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By *rbane PlayerMan
over a year ago

London


"

To the peeps living in London.

Do you ever see yourself leaving this magnificent city and settling somewhere suburban?

I've been mulling it over as house prices make it impossible to find a nice house.

"

Yes, I do. But not because I love London less, but that I would love the countryside, not suburbia (which I dislike) more.

I go to see family in rural Ireland a few times a year and quite enjoy it. But I realise that for me to live somewhere else it would have to be 'hardcore' rural (meaning with your neighbour actually being in the distance), above a lake, with a view of a mountain.

I am told that I can find what I want in County Mayo. So I intend to go there first, to see if that is going to be my future home!

But I love London, it is my home. I am one of those people who when asked: where are you from? I would first say 'London;, rather than 'England' or 'Britain'. I am proud of my city, but notice the problems, like housing and poverty. I would still want to live in London and let it become a 'happy' city like Bogota, Vancouver and Portland. we would be unstoppable them.

Great questions, thanks!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"

To the peeps living in London.

Do you ever see yourself leaving this magnificent city and settling somewhere suburban?

I've been mulling it over as house prices make it impossible to find a nice house.

Yes, I do. But not because I love London less, but that I would love the countryside, not suburbia (which I dislike) more.

I go to see family in rural Ireland a few times a year and quite enjoy it. But I realise that for me to live somewhere else it would have to be 'hardcore' rural (meaning with your neighbour actually being in the distance), above a lake, with a view of a mountain.

I am told that I can find what I want in County Mayo. So I intend to go there first, to see if that is going to be my future home!

But I love London, it is my home. I am one of those people who when asked: where are you from? I would first say 'London;, rather than 'England' or 'Britain'. I am proud of my city, but notice the problems, like housing and poverty. I would still want to live in London and let it become a 'happy' city like Bogota, Vancouver and Portland. we would be unstoppable them.

Great questions, thanks! "

I've not been to any of those cities.

Yes you are right.

There's a lot wrong about London right now includes the filthy air we breathe everyday too.

More reason to get out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think (which is hard for me to do), if you think you may miss London, you will miss London. Don't leave until you know in your heart, you have had enough! You will know then to go......

That's my tuppence worth ?? "

I totally agree

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I think (which is hard for me to do), if you think you may miss London, you will miss London. Don't leave until you know in your heart, you have had enough! You will know then to go......

That's my tuppence worth ??

I totally agree"

True

but I'm a Flake

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

London is a strange place in some ways. It can be a very lonely place for a person or it can be all embracing. Depends on how you approach it really. I came to London in the late 80's when I finished in the Armed Forces and got married to a London girl. Lived in various places in London and eventually moved out to Essex. Did I miss London? Not really because my work has always been in London since the 80's and since moving out I can go home, via very expensive unreliable trains, to a nice quiet town with plenty of restaurants and bars plus a couple of nightclubs. Also only a 15 minute drive to the coast.

For me London is a workplace and that's it really. I would not live in London again for a King's ransom. Too expensive, too noisy, too dirty and too risky in the wrong areas.

Once I end my working days I will probably move back to my roots in Yorkshire and one of the nice little villages the abound there.And NO I won't tell you where they are - find them yourselves!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

"

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio."

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another.

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By *rbane PlayerMan
over a year ago

London


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

I was listening to a podcast about Caravaggio recently. As well as being a genius he loved a sword fight or two. Off topic I know, but the odd detour in our chats can be interesting !

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another."

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

I was listening to a podcast about Caravaggio recently. As well as being a genius he loved a sword fight or two. Off topic I know, but the odd detour in our chats can be interesting !

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another."

but but there is so much beauty in London!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

I was listening to a podcast about Caravaggio recently. As well as being a genius he loved a sword fight or two. Off topic I know, but the odd detour in our chats can be interesting !

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another.

but but there is so much beauty in London!

"

Been on the tube recently? Sorry, am letting a bad day come out...

You're right, London is full of beauty, whenever I start a new contract my favourite thing is to aimlessly wander at lunchtime soaking up a new part of town I may never have been to before.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

I was listening to a podcast about Caravaggio recently. As well as being a genius he loved a sword fight or two. Off topic I know, but the odd detour in our chats can be interesting !

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another.

but but there is so much beauty in London!

Been on the tube recently? Sorry, am letting a bad day come out...

You're right, London is full of beauty, whenever I start a new contract my favourite thing is to aimlessly wander at lunchtime soaking up a new part of town I may never have been to before. "

I'm a poet.

I see beauty in the most peculiar places.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm born and bred in London and have moved out to the 'burbs. It's nice, I have a house now rather than renting a flat which cost more than my mortgage now does and central London is only an hour away, plus I work there so I get my daily fix.

I do however long to live in the country side, 35 years of London is a long time and sometimes a change is a good thing. IF I were to move out, I'd keep my place and rent it out so I can get back if I need to.

Samual Johnson I think got it completely wrong with...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

I think that London is great, but so are lots of other places, and London isn't going anywhere, spread your wings and explore what's out there, you can always come back

So true.

I'm bound in some way to this city as dirty, dangerous and dishevelled as it is.

It's like a Caravaggio.

Quite an eclectic comparison there. Work by a renaissance painter and London is a new comparison on me.

I was listening to a podcast about Caravaggio recently. As well as being a genius he loved a sword fight or two. Off topic I know, but the odd detour in our chats can be interesting !

Personally I could enjoy Caravaggio all year round and his work reminds me of the beauty within people. London, I can take it or leave it and more often than not reminds me of what c*nts people can be to one another.

but but there is so much beauty in London!

Been on the tube recently? Sorry, am letting a bad day come out...

You're right, London is full of beauty, whenever I start a new contract my favourite thing is to aimlessly wander at lunchtime soaking up a new part of town I may never have been to before.

I'm a poet.

I see beauty in the most peculiar places. "

Ah, that explains why you fabbed some of my pics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

"

The thought of having fields around me is becoming more and more attractive.

Maybe I'm, I'm....growing tired of London?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

The thought of having fields around me is becoming more and more attractive.

Maybe I'm, I'm....growing tired of London?!

"

Richmond park? Hackney Fields?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

The thought of having fields around me is becoming more and more attractive.

Maybe I'm, I'm....growing tired of London?!

Richmond park? Hackney Fields?"

Field fields with nothing around for miles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

The thought of having fields around me is becoming more and more attractive.

Maybe I'm, I'm....growing tired of London?!

Richmond park? Hackney Fields?

Field fields with nothing around for miles."

Spent a lovely day in Suffolk for my birthday. Lots of fields there, can recommend Arger Fen area

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I moved out 5 years ago and miss it but have never really regreted it. I'm 20 minutes and a tenner (well a tenner on a weekend) away on a fast train, pay far less rent, am surrounded by fields and no longer fear imminent death while commuting by bike or have to deal with overcrowded tubes/trains.

I miss the choice of places to eat and don't see as many gigs or as much comedy as I used to but overall I think I made the right decision.

The thought of having fields around me is becoming more and more attractive.

Maybe I'm, I'm....growing tired of London?!

Richmond park? Hackney Fields?

Field fields with nothing around for miles."

That's what I found to be the difference, although London has plenty of green you have to share it with a lot of people. Out here I can run 10 miles and not see a soul

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London


"The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too "

I don't think for everyone, for example public sector workers ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too

I don't think for everyone, for example public sector workers .... "

Yep them too

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London


"The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too

I don't think for everyone, for example public sector workers ....

Yep them too"

Nope, not the case, I know that for a fact, certainly in my profession

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too

I don't think for everyone, for example public sector workers ....

Yep them too

Nope, not the case, I know that for a fact, certainly in my profession"

Same for me. In fact I could do my job elsewhere in the country for more than they pay in London

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By *awandOrderCouple
over a year ago

SW London


"The jobs and wages outside of London are a lot lower too

I don't think for everyone, for example public sector workers ....

Yep them too

Nope, not the case, I know that for a fact, certainly in my profession

Same for me. In fact I could do my job elsewhere in the country for more than they pay in London "

The only thing keeping us here is keeping the kids in education without too much disruption .... I am not a native Londoner, so I still like it here. I have lived in LA and loved that too

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By *oungladMan
over a year ago

Burnham

There's a part of me that will forever hold London in my heart, there's another that hopes in the future that I might enjoy it once again, but for now pragmatism dictates I live in slough

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Nah. I've considered relocating to Dorset previously for about 5 minutes (the old live by the sea thing...) but I think I'd miss the faster pace of life and the big city feel.I'd probably only leave London to emigrate somewhere warm and to experience a different country/culture.

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