! London

[realityhack]

Thanks for all the responses so far folks - keep them coming.

realityhack, could you be totally freelance and work from home? I do like London but I couldn't live there, raising childen in the countryside has to be the way to go.

I suppose I could do that - but I like being out and about, seeing clients etc. Also, would be helpful if the area has a strong arts community I could get involved with.

[Moscow Mule]

SW LOndon has planes going over it all the time. SE LOndon is far nicer.

is a lot easier to find a gun in.

[wobbegong]

Another vote for the Dorset coast, Bournemouth, Poole etc. It really is fantastic to finish your day on the beach!

[Lockhouse]

Winchester. 1 hour from Waterloo. Was voted nicest place to live in the UK last year or the year before. So saying that I live in London during the week and go home weekends because 5 years of the commute was getting a bit much. 500K gets you a nice house.

[boo.boo]

Thanks for all the responses so far folks - keep them coming.


I suppose I could do that - but I like being out and about, seeing clients etc. Also, would be helpful if the area has a strong arts community I could get involved with.

That's an idea, I've also wondered about approaching companies with really poor sites and offering to re-design them, not that I could do that, but if you have the skills I wonder if there is a market for it.

[ctdctd]

Near Luton - handy for North London one way, Milton Keynes the other.

But if there was any work, Norfolk or Suffolk near bits of the coast that don't flood!

[Alf W]

How about Wilmslow?

Easy access to Manchester (England's 2nd city), and London, by rail.
Handy for Manchester Airport.
Handy for the Theatre of 5h1te (always handy for Home Counties types)
Kind, generous, humourous Northerners who will talk to you.
20 mins from the pennines.
15 mins from the Trafford Centre.
Relatively chav free (there are some but they are kept to a few specific streets).
You can just about commute to Leeds or Liverpool if you have to.

You might wince a bit when you see the house prices but you can reassure yourself that they are still going up around there.

[DimPrawn]

How about Wilmslow?

Easy access to Manchester (England's 2nd city), and London, by rail.
Handy for Manchester Airport.
Handy for the Theatre of 5h1te (always handy for Home Counties types)
Kind, generous, humourous Northerners who will talk to you.
20 mins from the pennines.
15 mins from the Trafford Centre.
Relatively chav free (there are some but they are kept to a few specific streets).
You can just about commute to Leeds or Liverpool if you have to.

You might wince a bit when you see the house prices but you can reassure yourself that they are still going up around there.

<< canned laughter >>

[Lockhouse]

How about Wilmslow?

You forgot to mention great neighbours and plenty of parking space.

[lambrini_socialist]

Winchester. 1 hour from Waterloo. Was voted nicest place to live in the UK last year or the year before. So saying that I live in London during the week and go home weekends because 5 years of the commute was getting a bit much. 500K gets you a nice house.

i went there for a meeting once, the Wetherspoons was doing a roaring trade and it was 10am. overall impression was of a town full of hillbillies and people who look a bit racist.