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Spent 3.5 months in Reading recently.
It is ok. For a set period of time.
It is small enough you can walk
Nice Thames walks
Nice canal walks
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No real ghetto areas - everywhere is OK for living
Close to London for drinks out
45 min away from Heathrow
75 min away from Gatwick
Some nice pubs
Cons:
Expensive rents, but much cheaper than London
If you got a good contract for 3-6-9 month it is OK.Last edited by kolata; 8 July 2016, 13:55.
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostMaidenhead and Dudley, two of my "choice" places...
Dudley I've been to; did some work for Dudley Borough Council, AKA the teat that feeds the multitudinous, obese descendants of cannon fodder that can be seen lumbering around the town on mobility scooters in search of their next free meal ticket.
To be fair, you can get a good pork and apple roll in all the local butchers every lunch time though. Must be some local tradition.
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Originally posted by Phil Rouge View PostIndeed, I'm always amazed at what constitutes most people's definition of a sh1thole.
I can only assume they're not very well travelled.
I remember going to Gateshead once - an absolute depressing hellhole dominated by a derict 1960s monstrosity of a multistorey carpark.
I also seem to remember there was some kind of supermarket there that specialised in out of date food. What the legal implications of that are I do not know....
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI like Reading. Got a mate at Capita, but he's a permie. He's happy enough there (been there for about 10 years, so must be!)
I can only assume they're not very well travelled.
I remember going to Gateshead once - an absolute depressing hellhole dominated by a derict 1960s monstrosity of a multistorey carpark.
I also seem to remember there was some kind of supermarket there that specialised in out of date food. What the legal implications of that are I do not know....
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI went to the Slough Trading Estate and was extremely disappointed as it was one of the better trading estates I've been to.
qh
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Originally posted by kingmob View PostI like Reading too, though in the 6 years between jobs there the number of people working there has skyrocketed. Sweeney Todd's do great pies and you can take them away for half the eat in price Sweeney and Todd | Sweeney Todd Restaurant | Reading
Knew a few people who got taken over by them and our Service Delivery Manager is just about to start there. Best try to avoid the festival if you can 26 August
Though the curries are better in Slough.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI like Reading. Got a mate at Capita, but he's a permie. He's happy enough there (been there for about 10 years, so must be!)
Knew a few people who got taken over by them and our Service Delivery Manager is just about to start there. Best try to avoid the festival if you can 26 August
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThe best thing about Reading is Junction 11 from the Basingstoke Road onto the M4, cause if you're going onto the M4, you're leaving Reading.
I remember an early draft of a poem by Betjeman...
Come friendly bombs and fall on Reading
It is not fit for human breeding...
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The best thing about Reading is Junction 11 from the Basingstoke Road onto the M4, cause if you're going onto the M4, you're leaving Reading.
I remember an early draft of a poem by Betjeman...
Come friendly bombs and fall on Reading
It is not fit for human breeding...
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Originally posted by Phil Rouge View PostThanks for the insightful comments!
I was actually hoping to cryptically reveal myself to a fellow poster - there are so many contractors here I was thinking there must at least be one other subscriber to this site.
Then again, they're all Indian so I guess not.
Regarding Reading itself though, I've been to far worse places. I actually wander through some very pleasant leafy burbs on my lunchtime visits to the library.
I like Reading. Got a mate at Capita, but he's a permie. He's happy enough there (been there for about 10 years, so must be!)
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