Reply to: Money vs Home - who wins?

[shaunbhoy]

Very few people seem to be factoring into their responses the fact that for the OP, "home" constitutes Sunderland!!

[Moscow Mule]

Yes the countryside is full of economic failures, drongos, the mentally feeble and congebnital inbred idiots. That s why I prefer living in the prosperous parts of London.

Did you forget how to type? C-

[sasguru]

Well. That's the point. If you can afford it.

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Yes the countryside is full of economic failures, drongos, the mentally feeble and congebnital inbred idiots. That s why I prefer living in the prosperous parts of London.

[Mustang]

I just want to be at home. I just miss my husband - he's my best mate and sick of not being able to meet him for a pint after work, or sit and watch tulipe documentaries together, and cuddle up with each other...
There's no amount of money that could keep me in London any longer (well...within reason like)

I just left a fairly long term contract in Berkshire for a lower paid one in London so that I could be home every night. My kids are only 2 and 4 years old and I wanted to be around them as much as I could and I missed Mrs Mustang. We all talked on the phone but it wasnt the same....!

Sure the money is an issue but I will have plenty of other opportunities down the line to earn some more money but never a second chance to play Daddy to my two kids.

S-A - you made the right call IMHO.

[Mich the Tester]

BBC's 'Escape to the country' is hardly full of 40-somethings trying to move into the city, is it?

Well no, but the clue is sort of, erm, in the title of the programme.

It's interesting in terms of spatial demographics. In the turd world and developing world, many many people are moving into urban areas looking for work, including middle aged people. Birth rates then fall, as urban familes (worldwide) tend to have less children than rural families. Kids from smaller families grow up in the city with economic opportunities; some then do well, and many of those who become wealthy middle class people move back out of the city to the provinces. However, net migration to cities worldwide is still higher than migration out of cities; it seems that the difference between the two is much smaller in developed countries than others, but I think if you see the statistics most western cities are growing; the exceptions are places like Detroit, where an industry has died and the city no longer provides economic opportunities. But there, people aren't likely to move out to little villages, but to another city to find the work they know; their skills are rarely suited to the rural economy.

I'll stop before this turns into an essay. I got a degree in this tulipe so I could go on all bloody week about it.

[Gibbon]

Family and friends win every time, Sal - don't listen to anyone who has neither.





BBC's 'Escape to the country' is hardly full of 40-somethings trying to move into the city, is it?

Is that everyone? Well I know for a fact that the crowd of 40-somethings I'm a part of much prefer living in a city than the country so the statement I was objecting to was 'that the quality of life is higher in the country' is not true for everyone. Might be true for 70% of people, but not everyone. For me I hated living in rural towns and villages during my service days, boring, small minded and no facilities. The countryside is nice to visit even for a few weeks, but those long cold grey winter days with everything at least an hours drive away, keep it.

[rsingh]

Indeed.

No amount of money can buy your child's trust, respect & love. I'm a bad example as I live and work in a different country to my little man and although he likes coming to Germany to visit I know he'd rather have daddy at home every night and much as I like having my free time I'd rather have him than CUK of an evening.

Kids are over-rated. Except mine

[SizeZero]

Family and friends win every time, Sal - don't listen to anyone who has neither.

Only in your opinion, don't be definitive with a matter that is subjective unless you have compelling evidence.

BBC's 'Escape to the country' is hardly full of 40-somethings trying to move into the city, is it?

[BolshieBastard]

I'm handing my notice in today on a reasonably long term gig in stupid fecking London, for a job on half as much money back home.

Am I mad?

How many of you would choose home over money?

Sal
xxx

Sometimes working away has its advantages. Like being able to live a bachelor life again, going out on the lash when you want, pulling a bird or two when you want, then, going home at weekend!

I'd chose a job in Newcastle upon Tyne over home any day of the week. Other than that, I prefer to work near home.

So, I cant do the poll cos the option for me aint there.

[doodab]

Home every time but only because I have a 2 year old.

It's quite liberating to discover that spending less is the same as earning more.

Indeed.

No amount of money can buy your child's trust, respect & love. I'm a bad example as I live and work in a different country to my little man and although he likes coming to Germany to visit I know he'd rather have daddy at home every night and much as I like having my free time I'd rather have him than CUK of an evening.

[SallyAnne]

Bloody hell - 3 pages of replies and we all stayed on topic!!!! Whats happened to this place?!

Thanks everyone. I dont think there's a right or wrong answer here - everyone is different. But for me...I just want to be at home. I just miss my husband - he's my best mate and sick of not being able to meet him for a pint after work, or sit and watch tulipe documentaries together, and cuddle up with each other...
There's no amount of money that could keep me in London any longer (well...within reason like)

[Scrag Meister]

It's quite possible to feel at home in more than one place. My tiny but charming residence in town is an oasis of rest and tranquility at the end of a day's work, and convenient for visiting good restaurants while my house in the country allows me to unwind at the weekend in a more rural environment.

WMTTS

Ahhh, Devon and London, Just like Hovis, "Best of Both" worlds.

[Gibbon]

Well. That's the point. If you can afford it.

I am neither a Russian oligarch nor a NHS manager, so I can't.

OTOH, the older you become, the more you prefer the company of sheep and the less of (some) humans.

Nicely explained, you're Welsh and missing the green green grass of home.

[Mich the Tester]

It's quite possible to feel at home in more than one place. My tiny but charming residence in town is an oasis of rest and tranquility at the end of a day's work, and convenient for visiting good restaurants while my house in the country allows me to unwind at the weekend in a more rural environment.

Lady Tester sometimes visits me in town during the week, and I go back to the country at weekends.

[markinbrussels]

Nonsense.
If you can afford to live in one of London's more salubrious areas you can have a village-like existence (minus all the stupid drongos) AND all the benefits of the big city, when you choose.

Well. That's the point. If you can afford it.

I am neither a Russian oligarch nor a NHS manager, so I can't.

OTOH, the older you become, the more you prefer the company of sheep and the less of (some) humans.