If you could live anywhere in the UK, where would it be?

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Ok so it's slowly driving me insane living where i currently am, and i'll be looking to move next year sometime unless something major happens. However... i have no idea where to move to!

I think i need somewhere with more going on, i'm in my early 20's and really can't stand the quietness of this place! and the fact that it's 1hr+ to a city and the nearest big town is somewhere you'd rather never ever visit!

So where would you live if you could live anywhere in the UK? :)
 
London, of course! I'm living in Putney next year. The Docklands area is very up-and-coming, and there are nice suburban bits of north and north-west London to live in too.
 
Don't think I could narrow it down to one place I would really want to live. I would love to have a flat in either Edinburgh or London and then a house in a small coastal village.
 
Well, mind you, I live in Denver, so my answer is based solely on my annual trek to the UK....

If I was still single and childless, I'd almost certainly be in London, at least for a while. Of course, I'd have to be wealthy, but that's another wish.

Otherwise, probably Brighton, which I absolutely love.

- CJ
 
Been there and done that one Matt, a bit older now and quite like where I am in a quieter part of Nth London, but would like to move a bit further into 'the sticks' once the kids have left school. Seen plenty of nice places, but would probably stay south-ish.
 
North Norfolk coast for me, I love it up there, a slower pace of life so it wouldn't suit you
 
If it weren't for work, the middle-of-nowhere in North Wales would do me, or somewhere around the Lake district. Birmingham isn't the most inspiring and scenic of places!
 
I have three, in order of preference.

1. North of Scotland - almost at the top!!

2. Croatia - Dalmatian Coast. (I used to live in Sarajevo and would spend my weekends there. Stunning place.)

3. Seattle - Spent a few months there when I was a very young man. Great place.

.... at the moment though quite happy in Geordie land.:woot:
 
Pretty happy with where I am at present 2 minutes from the country side 5 minutes from a major city ( don't laugh 'tis true I tell ya :D)
everything a young'un could wish for in the way of night clubs
and general entertainment, me, I am past all that crap and looking forward to retirement to somewhere nice and warm and preferably NOT in the UK
 
I'm happy where I am. I'm within easy striking distance of the shops and the motorway - far enough away from s***sville for it not to be a problem.

I like visiting the country, but as for living there - after a couple of days I can hear the grass growing and start climbing the walls. I'm just a townie at heart I suppose. ;)
 
I live in Edinburgh, and it is a beautiful place, but I'd rather live in Glasagow, my previous home town.

It is such a beautiful place if you look up from street level, and is so laid back about its culture.
 
My current thoughts on places to live are a bit limited, but ideally it needs to be a city (doesn't need to be huge, but does need things going on) and by the sea... Here's what i have so far:
- Poole
- Bath (not near the sea...)
- Cheltenham (not at all near the sea!)
- Vancouver (would take a while to sort this one)

Any ideas on where else i should consider? I currently live in north Dorset and it's just way too remote and depressing for people under 30! I lived in Plymouth for 4yrs and that's very much a changing city, and would be ok, but there are no jobs and it's 2hrs from anywhere really.
 
I wouldn't choose to live anywhere in the UK now. I grew up and spent the majority of my life in South Yorkshire, lived in Cheshire 3 years whilst at uni, now live in Hampshire. I must say that I do prefer the north to the south, although doubt I would ever go back there now.

I can't wait to leave the UK, and hopefully this time next year I'll be almost ready for my one way ticket to Canada :D
 
minimeeze said:
I can't wait to leave the UK, and hopefully this time next year I'll be almost ready for my one way ticket to Canada :D
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If you get a few minutes, could you jump on to MSN so i can ask lots of questions about leaving the country? :thumbs:
 
Weymouth for me as the whole family just love the place and we have a good connection with the town.

Pat
 
Matt. said:
My current thoughts on places to live are a bit limited, but ideally it needs to be a city (doesn't need to be huge, but does need things going on) and by the sea... Here's what i have so far:
- Poole
- Bath (not near the sea...)
- Cheltenham (not at all near the sea!)
- Vancouver (would take a while to sort this one)

Any ideas on where else i should consider? I currently live in north Dorset and it's just way too remote and depressing for people under 30! I lived in Plymouth for 4yrs and that's very much a changing city, and would be ok, but there are no jobs and it's 2hrs from anywhere really.
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Southampton!!
 
London isn't a bad place to live

But I'd rather be at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, or Chamonix
 
Matt. said:
My current thoughts on places to live are a bit limited, but ideally it needs to be a city (doesn't need to be huge, but does need things going on) and by the sea... Here's what i have so far:
- Poole
- Bath (not near the sea...)
- Cheltenham (not at all near the sea!)
- Vancouver (would take a while to sort this one)

Any ideas on where else i should consider? I currently live in north Dorset and it's just way too remote and depressing for people under 30! I lived in Plymouth for 4yrs and that's very much a changing city, and would be ok, but there are no jobs and it's 2hrs from anywhere really.
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Anytime now Pete will be along to recommend Liverpool as fitting all your criteria ;)

Bristol is an option I think, though I have no idea what it's like as a city.

What about the outskirts of London, sort of M25 belt? Close enough to the city for some fun, far enough away to be not too far from a coast line, expecially down the south, or N to NE - I can do Clacton sort of area in an hour on a good day, and you could go much further east than I am.
 
Was discussing this with Mrs G the other day on the way to pick the kids up (a whole week without was bliss ;)) , I wanted to move somewhere that I could open the door in the morning and hear nothing but nature while she still wanted to have neighbours. We compromised on a small seaside town (North Berwick or Lyme Regis :shrug:).


Still haggling over which end of the world , I want NZ , she wants UK :)
 
Matt. said:
Any ideas on where else i should consider? I currently live in north Dorset and it's just way too remote and depressing for people under 30!
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Joking apart Matt Milton Keynes is still growing fast. loads to do for the yung'uns property varies greatly in price. loads of job vacancies (I don't know what you do)
about 110 miles from Poole ( we go there for day trips)
the road grid system works well, only brief traffic jams in the rush hour.
And quite a few local parks, open spaces, lakes, etc I have lived here for many years and seen it all change, If I hated it I would have been long gone. like anywhere though, there is one or two places within the boundaries that I would NOT live at any price
Though of course if I was your age I would be tempted to emigrate


 
I travel up and down the country for work. I don't think I have any preference. Every County has it's own beauty.

If I'm pushed perhaps Northumberland..... or Derbyshire...... or East Anglia..... or Cumbria.... or Western Ilses.... or............ No, sorry, just can't make up my mind.

No help whats so ever :lol:
 
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Joking apart Matt Milton Keynes

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There is no way i'd ever move to Milton Keynes... sorry :p

London really isn't for me either.

Oh and LadyLens, i think Pete would be ever so slightly amazed if i moved to Liverpool! :lol:

What's Southampton like Spencer? I have high standards so it takes a lot to impress me! Southampton would be good job wise though as there are a lot around there.

York would be good, but it's a bit far north for me!
 
I am most happy here on the Isle of Wight and have no intention of moving.
 
Matt. said:
There is no way i'd ever move to Milton Keynes... sorry :p

London really isn't for me either.

Oh and LadyLens, i think Pete would be ever so slightly amazed if i moved to Liverpool! :lol:

What's Southampton like Spencer? I have high standards so it takes a lot to impress me! Southampton would be good job wise though as there are a lot around there.

York would be good, but it's a bit far north for me!
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Matt, if you want 'city' you are already running out of options, especially if York is too far north, that discounts th e other major coastal cities of the North East too! :lol:
 
York is a nice place, traffic is a bit crap :( Newcastle is also nice but if York is too far north then guess not. Leeds? hear some good things about it, but its never grabbed me personally.

Nottingham is a nice city, not very close to the coast, but has train links to Skeggy etc and not too far from some nice East coast places.
 
Sounds to me like Brighton would be your kind of place. I lived there for about 6 months several years ago, but I wasn't fashionable enough so they made me leave:D.

I now live "up north", which, as a southerner I never thought would happen, but I can recommend it. For a start you get a lot more house for your money:)
 
I'm with CJ on this one. If I could live anywhere it would be Brighton or maybe Newport in Pembrokshire
 
Very happy where I am in the Yorkshire dales, Got a nice house in the country and only 5 minutes from Harrogate for any shopping etc.:)
 
Would have to be near the coast for me, either Brighton or Scotland, maybe a home in each depending on my mood!

............. off to buy a lottery ticket!!! :exit:
 
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