where would you want to live if you can work from home?

tony124

Hi,

I got a new job and my boss allows me to work from home, so I would like to take the advantage of that flexibility and move to a cheaper place than where I am currently living (Tunbridge Wells, Kent). Could you please name a few places as a starting point for my hunting process? The most important thing for me is a safe and not expensive neighbourhood, and preferably not too far (up to 50-60miles) from a city with a university. At the moment I am thinking most of Liverpool and Newcastle.

thanks,
Tony

goRt

Val d'Isere or Verbier

ailuro2

We are in Dundee, I think it's a great place to live. Out here in the suburbs is very quiet, it's a city but it isn't that big, has well respected Universities, teaching hospital etc, east to get to Edinburgh or Glasgow for flying off on holidays.
Just an hour away form the glens too, and the beach is 10 minutes walk from where we are.
A bit colder than Kent, though, we have relatives who stay down there and they stay down south because it's more temperate than here.

Dundee is officially the sunniest place in Scotland though.;)

justjoda

Southampton

A small city with lots of unniversities, surrounded by beautiful places all in easy travelling distances (Devon, Bournemouth, New forrest, London) and still not oo far from Kent if you still have family to visit there.

RacyRed

County Durham, especially the Durham Dales or Northumberland, the Tyne Valley. There are some lovely places to live at very reasonable prices. Chose carefull and you can be close to the universities in Newcastle and Durham

warmhands.coldheart

Belfast.

Houses are the cheapest in the UK of all major cities and even with the odd bomb scare, still a very safe and friendly place to live!! Also has a number of well established Uni's

Savvy_Sue

Bristle, sorry I mean Bristol. TWO universities, thriving culture, and if you pick the right area excellent transport links. But do pick the right area, ie NOT one which is only served by the exorbitant and unreliable First bus services!

tony124

Many thanks to all. Great help to narrow the choices.

davemorton

Or the wild card, Sunderland. Right in the middle of Newcastle/Durham and Teeside University, and also their own.

NGlady

Nottingham - central location, promiximity to lots of cities, Lincoln Derby Sheffield Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester all accessible within a hour and a half, Nottingham itself has two universities and its close by to Loughbrough uni Derby uni etc. Relitively cheap house prices, good for links back to Kent and to the capital, and not far from lovely things like the peaks

tabskitten

I lived in Edinburgh and loved it but i was a student so am sure i would hate it now!!
Lived in Bristol and hated it.
Lived in Hampshire, bet Marlborough and Andover and loved it
Live in Greater Manchester Rossendale Valley now and LOVE it, 30 mins from center of Manchester yet surrounded by moors and countryside
Knutsford is worth a look a beautiful market town up north. Further South I would go for Hungerford, Sailsbury Marlbrough
Personally am emigrating but have fun!!