Is the job market any better up north? seriously thinking of heading there.

buglawton

If you are young enough OP, consider going abroad for life and work experience. Would you qualify for the Australian working holiday visa? Could you get a TEFL certificate and teach English in Asia? (accommodation is often organised for you).

For a certain segment of young UK people, even educated ones, who are stuck living at home, the British outlook is very bleak. Your Facebook friends announcing their successes is a taste of the inequality to come. The only way out in the UK seems to be have kids, socially priced housing and a benefits topup to earnings. That's why I'm advising my son to try abroad for a while.

dawyldthing

Cubanista wrote: »

hey,



okay, so I have been working in minimum/slightly above minimum wage jobs for a while now and I am looking for a change, or at least a change of scenery.


I am struggling to afford to move out of my parent's home on my own with the salary I am on, so I have been thinking hard about taking the appropriate steps and moving up north.


now I really enjoy living down south but it's become a hindrance in some ways. it isn't very cheap standard of living and even in less desirable areas the price of flats/studio flats rent are over a quarter of my monthly wage. then I have to factor in costs for bills and furniture.


to be honest, if I had my own place I would be frugal anyway and I wouldn't need a lot just my own place, own privacy, somewhere to call my own etc instead of living with parents. I am 25 and feel like a loser living with parents, rather than in my own place.


i am someone who can save when i need to, it's just being with parents i have become a little lax on that area and tended to live more frivolous due to home comforts. i am going to start saving hard from now on to get my own place, but i just wanted some guidance on whether it would be worth my efforts to move up north, maybe to say, Manchester or leeds?


thanks,


Cubanista.

It's relatively cheap to rent in Leeds due to the supply for the student population if you chose the right area and aren't fussy. Most I spend was £228 a month but had the smallest room in a 5 bed house and had the bills to split between us. But if your sharing all bills it can work out really cheap. Job wise you would be competing with the students, but there's Leeds airport, pubs etc job wise plus many offices etc. just depends what you want to do really

dawyldthing

If you liv on your own your looking at around £400 rent (my friend rents near Bradford on her own and pays about that), £110 council tax roughly, £40+ water rates (depends where you live though), £60 electric and gas roughly, cheapest Internet is £2 but then you need to pay the landline upfront. But if you don't mind sharing with a few others you'll be able to save more, but it does have its ups and downs