The Exodus has begun!
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My mum lives down in Sussex, she moved there from London a few years ago. It depends what you're used to. I stayed there for a couple of months - initially I loved it, the walks, the country pubs, the old towns, the history etc etc. However, after a while it did get kind of limiting. Even though it's very beautiful, there is not much variety. In London things are changing all the time, and down where she lives very little changes, as nice as it is.
I'm back in London now and kind of prefer it. I think the move to the country is a nice fantasy for some, but I think, like yourself, @Scam, some people should realise that what they're looking for is just an extended break.
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I don't see anything traitorous about it. Moving away from an overpopulated area with high crime, high homelessness with currently no end or plan to end lockdown where you cant work or do what you love but still have to pay an exorbitant amount is self serving and beneficial for him and his families mental state and safety but hardly traitorous. I would liken it to someone moving themselves and their family to another part of the country or another country for make their lives better. Surely anyone should have the freedom to do that?
Well he's moving to Austin and according to Alex Jones, Austin is becoming a craphole due all the junkies and lefties moving there. I don't know how true that is but he seems adamant that it is.
For me it depends on why people live in the City, I lived in the City Centre for years in Manchester because I despised commuting, and have zero interest in owning any form of personal transportation other than my legs, whereas now I have moved back to my home town about 10 miles away because I don't foresee myself ever going back into the office full time. I was never necessarily an average city liver as I didn't do much in terms of the 'standard' stuff.
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has always happened tbh - we moved from Guildford to Norfolk about 6 years ago. I work from home but have offices around London and spend time on customer's sites throughout the uk. When we got here the number of people we met who have done the same thing is amazing, got to be 1 in 5... (must be helping when it comes to increasing the gene pool!)
Our house costs about 1/2 - 1/3 the price of the south. We have fields surrounding us, a friendly pub in walking distance and good local restaurants (albeit a bit of drive away) access to Norwich for shopping and now fiber to the house
Yes most stuff is 30min away by car, including the north norfolk cost & a train station with 90min journeys to London - you get used to driving around all the time
Our house costs about 1/2 - 1/3 the price of the south. We have fields surrounding us, a friendly pub in walking distance and good local restaurants (albeit a bit of drive away) access to Norwich for shopping and now fiber to the house
Yes most stuff is 30min away by car, including the north norfolk cost & a train station with 90min journeys to London - you get used to driving around all the time
It's Alex Jones so obviously he's wrong. Why would you even need to question it?
Austin is a great city, been there quite a few times. Very student vibe due to UoT being there, which might not be for everyone I guess.
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Damn, i remember him saying on a recent podcast, think it was with Joey Diaz, where he was going. I think he is right that its Texas but don't think it was Austin but I may be wrong, I am pretty sure there are quite a few of his friends who are comedians that are doing the same because they cant work due to the lockdown in LA. Think Joey Diaz said he was moving to New Jersey.
Well I'm retiring on the 31st Aug after nearly 50 years of employment, 40 of those years with British airways engineering. I live in west London and can't wait to move to the coast, I actually loathe the place now and I'm a londoner born and bred, noisy overcrowded, dirty, rubbish all over place, shops closing (unless you want a coffee then you're good to go), nobody says "hello" anymore unless you know them, confrontation seems to be on the rise, very expensive, nowhere to park......need I go on, so its bye bye London and good riddance and hello the south coast (nice quiet seaside town hopefully)
Zero or very low stamp duty on your sole main residence (to increase mobility and work opportunities) and exponential stamp duty on each additional property purchased by any individual or company would help sort it out.And it will continue to be until the boomers are no longer in power, no matter what party they all have skin in the game
We need to kill BTL, abolish section 21, bring in a land value tax, overhaul council tax as a proportion of property price (stops homeowners wishing for price gains) and we might actually start to get somewhere in stopping UK property being seen as an investment vehicle.
Following the lead of many other countries and not allowing foreign investors to buy property as an investment which then gets left unoccupied would be a good start too.
I plan to leave London but at the moment I'm stashing as much cash away as possible while I wait for the planets to align correctly.
Last time I tried the sale fell through and it all did my head in, plus my situation has changed somewhat (was about to resign and got a big pay rise :/).
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I wouldn't worry, unless your cows sound like cop cars and ambulances I'm sure they'll be fine.
Yeah. I mean it's ridiculous how many things there are that could be done. Don't forget we still currently give council tax discounts to people on their second homes/holiday homes. I mean FFS!!
Singapore bans home purchases by foreigners doesn't it? Sounds a bit right-wing but it clearly works well for them. It also happens the majority of people are on long-term public tenancies, rather than homeowners. It's nice to point that out to people that think the UK "hasn't got enough space" which is one of the more risible arguments that come out of people's mouths... (that and "omg protect brownfield sites")
Big league (alleged) criminals laundering money. Isn't that what property in London is for?
Unfortunately not in a position to move at the moment - various finances need to be sorted out first, but assuming WFH sticks (even if I'm still in the office a couple of days/week), in 3-4 years we will definitely be looking to move somewhere more rural. I hate city living, and Birmingham in particular is just making me miserable.
Just hoping rural house prices don't rise too much in the meantime
Just hoping rural house prices don't rise too much in the meantime
Unfortunately not in a position to move at the moment - various finances need to be sorted out first, but assuming WFH sticks (even if I'm still in the office a couple of days/week), in 3-4 years we will definitely be looking to move somewhere more rural. I hate city living, and Birmingham in particular is just making me miserable.
Just hoping rural house prices don't rise too much in the meantime
That's why I left last year, glad I no longer live in the Midlands area. Especially now!
I think a lot of it is due to Jobs that you were told could only be done in the office, turns out can be done remotely...
My other half office in London is pretty much closed until January at the earliest.
I miss being able to use my office/playroom - it has been taken over by post it notes and girly cushions.
My other half office in London is pretty much closed until January at the earliest.
I miss being able to use my office/playroom - it has been taken over by post it notes and girly cushions.
I think a lot of it is due to Jobs that you were told could only be done in the office, turns out can be done remotely...
My other half office in London is pretty much closed until January at the earliest.
I miss being able to use my office/playroom - it has been taken over by post it notes and girly cushions.
Yanno, if you can't find a way to turn this in to a fun little sexytaims game, then you're lacking imagination.
Start off with a sexy secretary outfit, and make a game called "find the magic post it" and get her to write something kinky on one single post it note, then cover herself in them.
Cmon man, this ain't rocket science
A lot is going to depend on how many jobs do go fully remote.
I live between Cardiff and Newport I a detached house near a park. The idea was to live near work but have some space.
I think if city centres die off and I go full remote I'll look back and think I could have lived further out and had more space.
But that might not be the case.
Really, I've found I only go to the city for cinema, and odd social thing (rare). And cinema isn't out off the woods yet
The places I do expect to suffer are smaller cuties. Cardiff is big and won't die. But smaller towns like Peterborough where i used to live, its already very dead. Its one of those places where restaurants close thier chain as its just not big enough.
It has good links to London.
But yeah. I wouldn't want to be owning a flat in a small city right now.
Maybe we will all go back to office and this will be moot. But maybe not. You don't have to go far in South Wales to add a bedroom, add detached, add a big garden, add rural and pay same price as you were in before.
But transport is a nightmare in those places
I live between Cardiff and Newport I a detached house near a park. The idea was to live near work but have some space.
I think if city centres die off and I go full remote I'll look back and think I could have lived further out and had more space.
But that might not be the case.
Really, I've found I only go to the city for cinema, and odd social thing (rare). And cinema isn't out off the woods yet
The places I do expect to suffer are smaller cuties. Cardiff is big and won't die. But smaller towns like Peterborough where i used to live, its already very dead. Its one of those places where restaurants close thier chain as its just not big enough.
It has good links to London.
But yeah. I wouldn't want to be owning a flat in a small city right now.
Maybe we will all go back to office and this will be moot. But maybe not. You don't have to go far in South Wales to add a bedroom, add detached, add a big garden, add rural and pay same price as you were in before.
But transport is a nightmare in those places
Yeah, Mid Wales is where we were thinking.
Far out enough that we could get a 4+ bedroom detached/semi with a big garden in the middle of nowhere/small village for the same as a 3 bed semi/terraced on an estate around here.
Close enough that even having to commute into the office 1-2 days a week isn't too much of a big deal.