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Can it be possible to be wholeheartedly OS in London or am I just being a bumpkin?
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Ooh well there's me then in the second most deprived borough in the country (if i've read it correctly) and as I said I absolutely love it and so do my two children now twenty six and nineteen.
I have never had any worries about coming home at night - I think you just apply common sense and either you do or you don't worry what ever area it is.Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
A E Housman0 -
I would advise you to ignore all these bloomin tables and actually get a feel for the place yourself and get talking to folks who actually live there.
Everyone likes different things - I have lived all over London since I was nineteen and am definitely a North side of the river type of girl overall.
I grew up in Hertfordshire and would propbably want to curl up and die if I moved back there although I like to visit.
Really only you will know what is right for you but I always say you take yourself with you where ever you go and that has a lot to do with whether you are happy or not!Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
A E Housman0 -
rubytuesday wrote: »I would advise you to ignore all these bloomin tables and actually get a feel for the place yourself and get talking to folks who actually live there.
Everyone likes different things - I have lived all over London since I was nineteen and am definitely a North side of the river type of girl overall.
I grew up in Hertfordshire and would propbably want to curl up and die if I moved back there although I like to visit.
Really only you will know what is right for you but I always say you take yourself with you where ever you go and that has a lot to do with whether you are happy or not!
Out of interest, what was it about hertfordshire you didn't like? I have a daughter and have considered living there and commuting into London instead ...(sorry to hijack OP) I may be moving back to London next year, but I want to move somewhere that has a bit more of a community feel!8k in 2015 Challenge ( #167)0 -
It wasn't that I didn't like it - I was perfectly happy there I just feel like I would be bored out of my brain if I moved back somewhere like that.
I do love the country especially the sea but think I would prefer something more extreme were I to leave London which isn't likely.
(Which probably makes no sense at all!:rotfl:)
Ps there is definitely a community feel where I live - I know all the neighbours this street bar one house and also plenty in surrounding streets.
At one point years ago we had twenty five kids in this street in various age groups and they all played out together and looked out for each other.
It's only a little road - nineteen houses and one way and I love it!Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
A E Housman0 -
As for being OS, you will still need to budget carefully, take packed lunches, cook & eat at home rather than take-aways, using up food via meal planning, shopping around to find the best sources locally to where you find to live, you can also looking st growing some veg in window boxes or tubs. Eating out will be more expensive, and it is easy to "go back to old ways"
Good luck. DGMember #8 of the SKI-ers Club
Why is it I have less time now I am retired then when I worked?0 -
Thanks everyone for all the advice and tips. It is very much appreciated and so useful for our pros and cons list."We always find something, hey Didi, to give us the impression we exist?" Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.
DFW Club number 1212 - Proud to be dealing with my debts0 -
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rubytuesday wrote: »
Ps there is definitely a community feel where I live - I know all the neighbours this street bar one house and also plenty in surrounding streets.
At one point years ago we had twenty five kids in this street in various age groups and they all played out together and looked out for each other.
Oh dear.. what is one person's idea of heaven - may be another person's idea of something else
I personally quite like having nothing to do with my neighbours, everyone keeps themselves to themselves and.. hope it stays this way
Polite "hello" when we pass each other is more than enough - for me.
As to so many kids running outside... kids being kids.... ermmmmmmm
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Absolutely each to their own....................best thing about London is being able to go home. Quote by my OH who is ex Londoner now living in..................Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri Pob lwc!
LOL! Diolch yn fawr Pingu, dw i'n siwr dwi mynd i colli Eryri a Mon ond mae'na i treniau syth i Gaergybi. Well, Bangor i fi a nol i Gaernarfon de. Naiswon cont! "We always find something, hey Didi, to give us the impression we exist?" Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.
DFW Club number 1212 - Proud to be dealing with my debts0 -
oh dear... (shall I type in Polish now? :P)0
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