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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

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  • michaels
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Where are you moving to?
    I heard Hatfield is nice?
    I think....
  • LydiaJ
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    You are making me feel very glad I have the sort of job that can be done in any town rather than the sort that can only be done in London. Sending hugs to all NP affected by the rise in commuter fares.
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    I do envy Londoners the frequency of their buses and tubes, though, and the whole "free public transport for school children" thing. There's no way for DD to get to school on public buses here, so I am stuck paying whatever the company running the dedicated school bus choose to charge, which is a little over £1k each year. Fortunately DS can walk to his school and I can drive or cycle.
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  • Jazee
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    michaels wrote: »
    I heard Hatfield is nice?

    Really? It's now become just another student town with nothing to highlight for anyone else. Most people I know who've lived there all their lives are now moving away, if they haven't done so already.

    I had a colleague in London who moved from there 10 years ago to St. Albans. It worked out more expensive then, but she wanted to move out of the big city.

    My own move was more drastic. 200 miles north. Best thing I have ever done.
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  • Pyxis
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    I like St. Albans.


    The older part anyway. Don't know the rest of it!
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  • chris_m
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    michaels wrote: »
    I heard Hatfield is nice?
    Jazee wrote: »
    Really? It's now become just another student town with nothing to highlight for anyone else. Most people I know who've lived there all their lives are now moving away, if they haven't done so already.

    I assumed that michaels was joking ;)
  • Jazee
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    Ah good. It was a bit early in the morning for me to make the connection. Beginning to wake up now.
    Spend less now, work less later.
  • SingleSue
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    You are making me feel very glad I have the sort of job that can be done in any town rather than the sort that can only be done in London. Sending hugs to all NP affected by the rise in commuter fares.
    hugging.gif

    I do envy Londoners the frequency of their buses and tubes, though, and the whole "free public transport for school children" thing. There's no way for DD to get to school on public buses here, so I am stuck paying whatever the company running the dedicated school bus choose to charge, which is a little over £1k each year. Fortunately DS can walk to his school and I can drive or cycle.

    Snap, we have a one train an hour service that is regularly interupted by a late running freight train or the first to be cancelled when there is a shortage of trains. Buses are more frequent where we live in our village as all of them come through on the way to the next big town but for my parents, there is one an hour.

    We also have to pay for transport for the children here too, at Joe's college it works out at just under 1k a year, luckily he received a bursary to cover the cost of his.
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  • vivatifosi
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    I am surprised as they are quite big towns that places like Watford and Uxbridge are missing. I guess it is outside of M25 only. I think Stevenage is the cheapest place in Herts to live. If I couldn't afford to live here and had to go further out, I'd probably pick Bedford, as it is nicer.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Nikkster
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I am surprised as they are quite big towns that places like Watford and Uxbridge are missing. I guess it is outside of M25 only. I think Stevenage is the cheapest place in Herts to live. If I couldn't afford to live here and had to go further out, I'd probably pick Bedford, as it is nicer.

    Some of the inhabitants of Bedford are a bit dodgy though! Train fares have gone up too.

    Lived in Uxbridge for a few years -probably didn't help that they weren't happy years for other reasons but I think it's a horrible place - soulless.

    Happy New Year NP! Hope it brings good times and things to you all :)

    I'm doing OK. Still working full time and don't really look too ill (more like I've got terrible ideas about eyebrows and hairstyles!). I got through chemo relatively easily - no horrendous side effects. In fact I think my social life and levels of mischief increased :D Surgery is likely to be next, but maybe not for a few months. Currently trying to adjust to living with this and being aware of possible changes but not paranoid, and also working out how far ahead I can plan things eg travel in.
  • vivatifosi
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    Nikks! Happy New Year Wonder woman!

    I was thinking of you as I typed the B word. Glad to hear you are getting through things. Where are you planning to travel to? Hope you get to go somewhere wonderful.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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