What's it like living in the City?

[OwlHoot]

Lived in a caretakers flat it a corporate building on old street for 18 months. Pubs closed at 9, place was like a ghost town at the weekend.

Done the city thing now. Give me a nice piece of quiet countryside.

Bath is the nicest place I've lived, best mixture of 'city' and countryside all rolled into one.

WHS, although Bath isn't ideal for anyone with asthma or breathing problems, as the air is as damp as a well digger's arse on account of the river running through it and heated by the hot springs.

[shaunbhoy]

the air is as damp as a well digger's arse

Nice one. I shall add it to my list.

Cheers OH!

[Scrag Meister]

I was bought up in Devon and moved up to London with a perm role in 2005, went contracting 2007.

I am fortunate enough to still have a house in Devon too, so I think I have the best of both worlds.

I really love London, but like anything its nice to get away sometimes and we go back to Devon once a month to see my kids and grand daughter.

London really is a great place, I agree with MF, that "The City" can be dead at weekends but weekday evenings are fine.

There is loads of stuff to do up in the smoke.
Theatre
Bands come to play London NOT Exeter.
Olympics
Great football teams
Get food delivered easiliy, not just Pizza

Fab public transport when the twunts aren't on strike, B0b Cr0w is the king of the twunts.
Multi ethnicity
Lot of history

Loads of other things too.

I love London and if you can it pays well, to enhance the rest of your life no end.

[sasguru]

I was bought up in Devon and moved up to London with a perm role in 2005, went contracting 2007.

I am fortunate enough to still have a house in Devon too, so I think I have the best of both worlds.

I really love London, but like anything its nice to get away sometimes and we go back to Devon once a month to see my kids and grand daughter.

London really is a great place, I agree with MF, that "The City" can be dead at weekends but weekday evenings are fine.

There is loads of stuff to do up in the smoke.
Theatre
Bands come to play London NOT Exeter.
Olympics
Great football teams
Get food delivered easiliy, not just Pizza

Fab public transport when the twunts aren't on strike, B0b Cr0w is the king of the twunts.
Multi ethnicity
Lot of history

Loads of other things too.

I love London and if you can it pays well, to enhance the rest of your life no end.

WHS.
Unless you are an overweight, dull, dessicated, doddery, old fart in which case London is not for you.

[norrahe]

I lived in the city for about 10 years and was smack bang in the east end for about 6 of it.

Since I'm still working in the city, I still have the best of both worlds but I don't miss living there anymore.

[Scrag Meister]

It is an overpriced tuliphole full of loudmouthed, ignorant, intolerant wideboys and scruffy refugees. Avoid it like the plague.

HTH

"About shaunbhoy
Location South Devon "

Devon is full of loud mouthed, uneducated,ignorant, inbred, small-minded, intolerant, yokels and I bet there are nearly as many immigrants there these days per head of capita.

I know, I've lived there and still do from time to time.

Shaun, when did you last work up here?

[sasguru]

"About shaunbhoy
Location South Devon "

It is full of ignorant, inbread, small-minded, intolerant, and I bet there are nearly as many immigrants there these days per head of capita.

I know, I've lived there and still do from time to time.

WHS. And the average IQ has been considerably lowered since SB had 5 kids. Granted they are extreme outliers though.

[amcdonald]

In a nutshell!!




You moved AWAY from Dorset to be CLOSER to London?


Ah well, each to their own. I did it the other way around.

I hated the limited work opportunities, it was always easier to commute to London and get a contract immediately rather than actually look around locally

[cailin maith]

Stayed in a friend's apartment at St. Katharine's, very nice it was too - very quiet which was surprising.

When we visited London I was also taken aback how beautiful much of it was... expecting a big dirty mess but virtually everywhere we went there were lots of old buildings, areas of grass, etc. I guess London'sa bit unique in that respect - can't imagine the same in other big UK cities like Birmingham or Manchester? Glasgow perhaps, but that's hardly in the same league.

Don't imagine then, go and see for yourself.

I've lived in Manchester City Centre for 8 years now and I've loved it. London is nice but it's too big for me. And I hate the tube.

I'm a bit bored of the city now and I want to live out of town and have a garden. I think I'm heading to middle age

[MarillionFan]

WHS.
Unless you are an overweight, dull, dessicated, doddery, old fart in which case London is not for you.

WHAT! WHAT! What's that you say? Speak up I can't hear you?

Can anyone get be a sandwich?