Stockton

tres · 13 May 2017 at 09:50

Does anyone live in, or know the Stockton on Tees area?

Ayahuasca · 13 May 2017 at 09:59

It's not too far from me, been there a fair bit, anything in particular you want to know?

tres · 13 May 2017 at 10:13

What (if any!) are the best areas to live in, or certainly to avoid?

Dis86 · 13 May 2017 at 10:14

The entire place is a dump.

Mucky_Pup · 13 May 2017 at 10:14

tres said:
or certainly to avoid?

Stockton.

tres · 13 May 2017 at 10:21

So if you had to live within a commutable distance, Yarm/Eaglescliffe? Any other places?

Dis86 · 13 May 2017 at 10:22

tres said:
So if you had to live within a commutable distance, Yarm/Eaglescliffe? Any other places?

Define commutable. I know people who live near me and commute there every day. It's about a 2 hour drive for them.

tres · 13 May 2017 at 10:26

Good point - ideally a short commute, <30mins. Going to be there for 3 years.

And where are you?

moid · 13 May 2017 at 10:37

Plenty of villages in the Darlington-Stockton-Sedgefield triangle that are nice and should be <30min commute depending on which side of Stockton you are looking at

Ayahuasca · 13 May 2017 at 10:38

Wynyard if you have the dough

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Wynyard.html

tres · 13 May 2017 at 11:09

Excellent, thanks.

North Stockton I'll be working in

Wynyard has some lovely properties! But I'll be renting for 3 years. And don't have a 7 figure bank account.

Dis86 · 13 May 2017 at 11:09

tres said:
Good point - ideally a short commute, <30mins. Going to be there for 3 years.

And where are you?

Up in the middle of Northumberland. Also yeah, avoid Darlington. It's very meh.

tres · 13 May 2017 at 11:10

Dis86 said:
Up in the middle of Northumberland.

I love it up here, came up 5 years ago and don't intend to move back south. Northumberland is beautiful. Spent a few months with the air ambulance last year, absolutely stunning part of the country

Dis86 · 13 May 2017 at 11:26

Durham might be an option? Gives you the best of both worlds really.

LOAM · 13 May 2017 at 12:09

Parts of Darlington are nice but the town folk are bizarre. I would be looking at Yarm, Hutton rugby, stokesley etc.

Love Cleveland area, grew up there, folks live there and I still consider it home despite being in Nottingham since 1998

Dis86 · 13 May 2017 at 12:09

LOAM said:
Parts of Darlington are nice but the town folk are bizarre. I would be looking at Yarm, Hutton rugby, stokesley etc.

Lol they really are aren't they?

Greebo · 13 May 2017 at 12:10

Dis86 said:
The entire place is a dump.

This

LOAM · 13 May 2017 at 14:17

Dis86 said:
Lol they really are aren't they?

Yep, me and a mate used to work there and travel from Stokesley every day. We used to go and sit in the center at lunch time and marvel at the array of strange characters about. Its no coincidence that the half of Vic and Bobs characters were based on Darlo folk. The Brothers Stot, you could often see walking round, one had a real stuffed dog held together with orange charlie band

BDEE · 13 May 2017 at 15:53

The only place I would consider within Stockton would be Norton - But not all parts of it. Some of it is OK. The high street has had a lot of improvement over the years.

But yeah, Yarm would be a good place to consider, or Sadberge. Maybe also check out Hartburn - quite nice there.

Wyrdo · 13 May 2017 at 18:44

Middleton St. George, Sadberge, Long Newton, Yarm, Eaglescliffe