Another take on 'affordability'.

lostinrates

edit to remove a question to sjay

Bournemouth has some really, nice clean, very middle England spots where I imagine its very safe and reassuring to live. Its not my cup of tea, but its not fair to say its just God's waiting room.

fc123

carolt wrote: »

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You can take the girl out of the city; but not the city out of the girl.

I so agree CT

I am very lucky as I have 2 lives at the moment and adore the seaside one for part of the time, but the London one just feels more 'me' when I am there.

Some I know feel ...um....pensive (?) as it's so multi-cultural now..full of people from pretty much all over the world. That's the bit I like though.

sjaypink

lostinrates wrote: »

sjay, do you live in Ferndown or Wimbourne or round there?

Bournemouth has some really, nice clean, very middle England spots where I imagine its very safe and reassuring to live. Its not my cup of tea, but its not fair to say its just God's waiting room.

I'm about 25 miles from there
Even Bournemouth would be too big for me I reckon As I get older I'm starting to look at little hamlets and think: 'that looks nice...' !

ETA: Oooops too late again lir

lostinrates

sjaypink wrote: »

too big for me I reckon

I removed it because I decided it was a silly question to ask on the open forum. I haven't been to weymouth forever it seems.

carolt

fc123 wrote: »

What about those that grew up there? We are nice, very nice.:o

I love the energy of Central London. I am deff not mad about the suburbs though + now the kids are bigger (and may leave one day ) I would swap our family home for a flat in central London (but being greedy), not until I can afford something by the sea at the same time.

I loved this post too, esp the bit in bold.

carolt

lostinrates wrote: »

I removed it because I decided it was a silly question to ask on the open forum. I haven't been to weymouth forever it seems.

We had a holiday there! - camping. V nice.

fc123

carolt wrote: »

I loved this post too, esp the bit in bold.

Well..I was a bit worried as don't want to come over as some greedy HPI Cheerleader who wants 2 houses to flit between.:D

As the bank account stands today, it is just a dream..as got to get rid of mortgage on family home first........but it was only when I found this board that I read the idea that wanting an extra house was a sign of greediness:o...I mean, if we had the £££ then we could just by one bigger house for the same money.

It get's me up in the morning though and praying for 70% drops (which I no longer believe will happen unfortunately) keeps the dream alive.

Actually, OH is down until tomo and we roughly totted up the cost of kids to us over 22 years. I minussed the cheaper rent we paid in the council flat for 3 years (as we only got it because I was pregnant) and we gave it back to the council so never made ££ from selling the keys (as many did back then)...and it's such an embarrassingly huge sum, I daren't write it down.

It included the extra staff wages paid as we used to parentshare so worked less hours than we needed to.

sjaypink

fc123 wrote: »

Well..I was a bit worried as don't want to come over as some greedy HPI Cheerleader who wants 2 houses to flit between.:D

We all would if we are honest, surely? ... Well I would :A

sss555s

fc123 wrote: »

What about those that grew up there? We are nice, very nice.:o

I love the energy of Central London. I am deff not mad about the suburbs though + now the kids are bigger (and may leave one day ) I would swap our family home for a flat in central London (but being greedy), not until I can afford something by the sea at the same time.

We are all close to the place we originate from and i'm sure it's as good a place to grow up as anywhere and also very varied.

I just thought what carol suggested you could rent for your money wasn't very desirable.

I know what you mean about energy or buzz as it's also called.

Glasgow has great buzz and identity as has Manchester. The people are friendly and have their own culture. I found London to have little identity as it's a melting pot as you say.

Course, there are as nice people from London as anywhere else which goes without saying

carolt

I suppose London doesn't have "an" identity in the same way as Manchester, say does.

For me, that's part of the appeal - you can be anything/anyone - the choice is infinite.