Places to live

[Saluki]

I am just curious to know, if you could live anywhere in England, where would you live and for what reasons. While you are at it, where would you hate to live and why. Not necessarily for cycling reasons, I just would like to know where people consider great places to live.

I'm an East Anglian girl and rather like the flatlands, that are not totally flat but gently rolling. I know that I now live in the South West but that's probably not where my heart lies. I like the sea, the broads, the rolling roads and the pace of life.

I would hate to live in London, Birmingham or Manchester - any big city come to that - because there is just too much hustle and bustle for me.

 

[Sharky]

I was brought up in Lancashire, but family moved to Kent when I was 19. I like both places, but you lose all your old friends and places when you do move. Even now after 45 years, I still miss some of the old places in Lancashire, but I've established new friends in Kent, so would never go back.

 

[Dave 123]

The Yorkshire Dales would do me. Nice countryside, good pubs and modest, demure locals!

 

[Brandane]

It would have to be Berwick on Tweed, because that's about as close to Scotland as you can get without breaking the OP's stipulation about living anywhere in England.

 

[EnPassant]

Not the metropolises ever again for sure. Hate London, never going back.
You can talk to people here in Gloucester and surrounds and they don't think you're barking mad. It's an odd and oft mentioned truism that there is a point at which you are surrounded by so many people, yet so alone. So anywhere not too far for convenience, but not so crowded as to be isolating.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

I wan't to live in Scotland. I don't know why but I just do. Must be some ancestral yearning. The hills would be nice too, and I could afford a nice house.
I live in Berkshire and it is expensive and busy. I grew up on the south (saaaaaaaaffffff) coast.

 

[Spiderweb]

I love living in North Yorkshire, Gods own county. The Yorkshire Dales are stunning, we have a tin cottage in beautiful Wensleydale which is not far away.

 

[Gert Lush]

I'd like to live somewhere near where I just went on holiday. I went to Ashbourne which was lovely but I wouldn't want to live in Ashbourne itself but maybe somewhere around that area. Possibly a bit more north, going into the peak district or possibly going more towards the Derbyshire Dales. Definitely don't want to be living in Weston-super-Mare for my whole life.

 

[Lonestar]

Looking to move out of London when I retire.Vastly put off by the house prices but there are other reasons.I've lived here for all of my life bar two years.Probably Derbyshire or more up narth.

 

[Milkfloat]

Grew up in Kent, bounced around the world a bit and ended up in Warwick. I love the place and have no plans to move anywhere else despite my company trying to move me.

 

[nickyboy]

Lot of love for Derbyshire going on......

Probably one of those nice seaside villages in Dorset/S Devon. Good weather, nice scenery, within reach of some larger town. When you've lived in Glossop you do come to appreciate how much better the weather is in the South

 

[Dec66]

Liverpool.

This isn't just sanctimonious whining. If I could go back, I would, in a heartbeat. However, I have to consider other people.

Why would I want to go back? The place "crackles" in a way I've never experienced anywhere else. It's a really difficult feeling to put across, because it's so visceral. Anyone who's lived there for any period of time, however, will know what I mean.

 

[Dec66]

[QUOTE 4499447, member: 9609"]I've been watching Poldark and I quite fancy living there and having a horse to ride along the cliff tops, looks good.[/QUOTE]
What do you look like wielding a scythe?

 

[Markymark]

I live in a small village just outside Grimsby.

 

[Dec66]

I live in a small village just outside Grimsby.

Cleethorpes?

It must be soul-destroying for an aspirant such as yourself to cast your gaze north up the Humber Estuary, see the bright, shining lights of Hull, sigh, and say to yourself "if only... one day..."