Why do you like where you live?

[Profpointy]

Bristol

A big enough city that there's a lot going on in terms of culture, music, theatre etc but also a city where it is desirable to live in the city proper rather than out the 'burbs. It less pretty that say Bath, or even Cardiff, but I'd say it's a better place to actually live

I can walk to pretty much anywhere I need to go: shops, theatre, cinema(s), music venues of all kinds, mainline train station, innumerable excellent pubs, but can also walk out of town to a deer park in maybe 20 minutes. And despite living very much in town we even have a badger that visits our garden !

Our own street is quite a mix of people: shared house renters, students, houses split into flats, whole houses etc - "a good thing" in my view. Our street, and seemingly Bristol more widely has good community spirit and (in the street) we have an annual street party, and also a faceache page where people borrow kit or recommend tradesmen and so on.

The only downside, and it is a big one, is that housing, whether to rent or buy, is brutally expensive. I'm fortunate to be at a stage in life where I'm on the right side of that calculation and own my house outright, but you'd need a big salary and / or a lot of family money to buy in the nice parts of Bristol, and if you rent then saving much is going to be hard

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

We would like a nice pub within walking distance

We were hoping the arsenic poisoned golf course would be re-opening so we would have a decent clubhouse and bar etc just up the hill

but it looks like the owners have discovered a better way to use the land - involving dumping and then reselling soil and rubble

anyway - remind me to annoy the local counsellor again to see if she can find out what is happening

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Don't forget, its your duty as a new resident to complain about the tourists as if your family has been there 400 years.

Absolutely Drags, I mean, just the other morning me and my dog were walking on "our" beach, and some holidaymakers tried talking to me, telling me they were from somewhere called Northants?

Northants, and on "our" beach, bloody cheek.

 

[Drago]

Tourists from Poshshire are worthy of being chased by a pitchfork and burning torch wielding mob at the very least.

 

[Dadam]

Potholes, broken glass, entitled nobbers in huge SUVs and a pervasive smell of weed everywhere.
On the plus side it's not London

Oh forgot to mention, we do have an Aldi and a 'Spoons... so there's that.

 

[Moodyman]

Potholes, broken glass, entitled nobbers in huge SUVs and a pervasive smell of weed everywhere.
On the plus side it's not London

Oh forgot to mention, we do have an Aldi and a 'Spoons... so there's that.

Morley?

 

[grldtnr]

Actually , I don't think I do ! I have a bit of a schlep to get anywhere vaguely attractive.
And generally have to travel west then north to get anywhere.
I bought my property whilst still working, and now too se in my ways to want to move.
But I live by the coast ,so there's that, with easy access to London by rail, and moderate roads to find the M25.
So not all bad.

But liking it ,not really , there are 2vcountries I'd like to move too, Ireland and Netherlands, but my pockets are deep and arms short, plus the little matter of Brexit.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Potholes, broken glass, entitled nobbers in huge SUVs and a pervasive smell of weed everywhere.
On the plus side it's not London

Oh forgot to mention, we do have an Aldi and a 'Spoons... so there's that.

They are required
you need somewhere for them to accumulate so the decent places can keep a decent clientele

Bit like Mount Snowdon - all the tourists go up it because it is the biggest
and leave the better mountains for proper walkers and climbers

 

[gavroche]

We are 200 metres from the beach and have a cycle path that runs along the coast for a good 40 miles . We have a Coop 5 minutes away and Llandudno close to us for all the shops.
I really like it here and my next move will be in a wooden box.

 

[Drago]

But liking it ,not really , there are 2vcountries I'd like to move too, Ireland and Netherlands, but my pockets are deep and arms short, plus the little matter of Brexit.

This is intended as a factual comment rather than an invitation for a political discourse; if the current eejuts drive us into the arms of a Deform government, or a Deform/Conniving alliance of some sort, then I'll be heading for the Republic of Ireland and taking my family with me faster than you can say, "blimey, Drago's heading for the Republic of Ireland and taking his family with him." Fortunately the B word is no legal or procedural impediment to that plan.

 

[DCLane]

Morley?

That was my thought - Morley / Batley - both have similar issues. Some bits of Morley seem nicer though.

 

[presta]

It's mostly inertia that's kept me here. I did consider moving to Chelmsford after my father died, but....inertia.

Given I'm looking to move in the next few years it would be helpful if replies included where they lived!

Don't come to Essex unless you want flat, I used to get out of the area every time I was touring far enough to do it.

Over the years Mrs Tkk and I have become the oldest residents in our street

I moved here 65 years ago this month.

I find that places that are pleasant to cycle in are not always places that appeal as good places to live.

I used to fancy going somewhere good for walking, but in reality I would never have made myself dependent on a car to get to essential amenities. I considered York about 10 years ago, but my criteria were all mutually contradictory (bungalow not in a flood area and close enough to the city centre not to need a car). Acomb might have been a good compromise, big enough to function independently, and a bus service into the city.

an abandoned Russian submarine in Strood

I went over that when it was on the Thames.

Bit like Mount Snowdon - all the tourists go up it because it is the biggest
and leave the better mountains for proper walkers and climbers

One advantage of peak-bagging is that it gets you to all of them, including the obscure ones that nobody else bothers with.

 

[grldtnr]

Actually Chelmsford is alright, more of a city than the one I live in , good shopping and things to see , and it's easy to get in and out.
Essex vastly improves ,once heading North from Chelmy, well I think so.
But I can't afford to move now,

 

[Dadam]

Morley?

Crikey are you psychic!

 

[grldtnr]

This is intended as a factual comment rather than an invitation for a political discourse; if the current eejuts drive us into the arms of a Deform government, or a Deform/Conniving alliance of some sort, then I'll be heading for the Republic of Ireland and taking my family with me faster than you can say, "blimey, Drago's heading for the Republic of Ireland and taking his family with him." Fortunately the B word is no legal or procedural impediment to that plan.

Not to the Emerald isles anyway, wonderfully place, except it does fecking rain !