Reply to: Your home town

[Moscow Mule]

Sarf London me. Go back there? Not likely.

Dulwich or Catford?

Makes a difference

[Sysman]

I agree, what about compromise?

Had a mate whose girlfriend insisted he move 300 miles north and leave his career and flat that he owned to live in a rented house with her.
She was a temp and lived with her parents so had no ties to speak of, her reason for not compromising SHE didn't want to leave her friends.

At a time when I was in a permie job I hated I met a girl who wanted me to pack it in and she would support me. She was a supply teacher - i.e. a temp really and suffered from bits of bench time.

Heck no! I still wanted to work, and I certainly didn't want to sell my own house at the bottom of the market.

[Bob The Drummer]

Drederick Tatum summed up nicely how I feel about my home town:

"That town is a dump. If you ever see me back there, you'll know I really ****ed up bad"

[alreadypacked]

Brisbane?

Not even warm

[Fred Bloggs]

I still live there.

It's more of a tuliphole because almost everywhere I've worked locally has closed.

Not to mention all the mines, and most of the steelworks. Plus the General Hospital. And the NOR (oil refinery). And the Baglan Bay chemical works.

Once Margam goes (though that's in Port Talbot), that'll be the end of it.

The "high tech" stuff like the semiconductor assembly plant closed nigh on 20 years ago.

I used to work a lot in south wales, it is dire round there I agree.

[xoggoth]

Sarf London me. Go back there? Not likely.

[original PM]

When I got married me n the missus moved away from the home town (only about like 30 miles) but it meant we could (and had to) really work at our marriage as we could not just go and see old friends - best thing we ever did!

8 years later we moved back as we had kids who were growing up and wanted babysitters on the door step (both sets of parents live there)

The place is a bit in bred and they let anyone in now adays but it will not grow much as most of the surrounding land is properly farmed so is unlikely to be sold........

so all in all yes i would and did move back to my home town!

[minestrone]

I live a couple of miles away from where I grew up. I am about 300 yards from streets where houses start at a million and 300 yards the other way tower blocks are filled with junkies. It's a mixed bag and really depends on your street.

[norrahe]

Sounds like she should be your ex-gf

I agree, what about compromise?

Had a mate whose girlfriend insisted he move 300 miles north and leave his career and flat that he owned to live in a rented house with her.
She was a temp and lived with her parents so had no ties to speak of, her reason for not compromising SHE didn't want to leave her friends.

[h2oalex]

I think the beasite Boys said it best:
"a nice place to visit but a better place to rob"
originally from Kwebeck (French part of Canadia) and will never live there again

[Platypus]

Endless grief from gf about moving to her home village - Royston Vasey without the excitement, 'but I know everyone', yeah but 'everyone' not using it as a commuter village is a gene-pool challenged dullard desperate to share the slightest detail of their tedious existence.
Been pushing the 'got to stay in reasonable distance of contracting locations' for years to stay somewhere most people would love to move to.
Her solution - how about a perm job ? how about not until they come to take the house ...

Sounds like she should be your ex-gf

[lukemg]

Endless grief from gf about moving to her home village - Royston Vasey without the excitement, 'but I know everyone', yeah but 'everyone' not using it as a commuter village is a gene-pool challenged dullard desperate to share the slightest detail of their tedious existence.
Been pushing the 'got to stay in reasonable distance of contracting locations' for years to stay somewhere most people would love to move to.
Her solution - how about a perm job ? how about not until they come to take the house ...

[SupremeSpod]

tulip hole. Glad I left. Folks moved away to the countryside too.

WMMS

My Dad said "I've spent 30 years policing the bastards, the last thing I'm going to do is retire amongst them!". Harsh but true.

[Lockhouse]

I was born and grew up in East London. Go back? There's nothing to go back to.

[OwlHoot]

Wimbledon, up the hill. Pretty much unchanged from 40 years ago, although a bit more yuppified on the High Street.