Why would you move to South?

[snorri]

I'm less keen on just being in a place where 180 degrees is blank sea.

Me too.

 

[steveindenmark]

It's a stupid argument. There are large conurbations in the north which aren't exactly underpopulated and there is London and it's environs which account for most of the crowding. Elsewhere there are are beautiful quiet swathes of countryside and normal population density.
Ever been to Dorset, Steve?
I cycle around the lanes of Sussex, and on the South Downs, barely seeing any traffic.

I have been to Dorset. It was shut.

We like these discussions. Dont be so touchy.

 

[Drago]

Denmark has its picturesque scenery to admire

 

[User482]

Denmark's countryside is pretty dull IMO: miles and miles of flat farmland.

 

[martint235]

I moved to London from the Pennines 26 years ago. Money is way better, opportunities are better (ie I have the opportunity to go to museums and theatres etc, the fact that I don't doesn't remove the opportunity), transport is better (the bus to my dad's place runs twice a day I think, the bus past my house runs every 3 or 4 mins) and over the years I've been down here it's been warmer and drier than my childhood home (the one thing I've realised about London is that it is very rare that it rains all day, in Lancashire it could rain for a week without ever stopping).

The countryside is better up north though and there's hills.

 

[rich p]

Dont be so touchy

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Denmark has its picturesque scenery to admire

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Who can't marvel at the natural beauty of Skovparken?

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I love the coast if you can look along it and see interesting things. On the other hand, I don't want to gaze out at the grey North Sea, on an eroding coast, with zero expectation of seeing Denmark. I find it faintly depressing.

The seaside is a hive of activity.
We just don't see it because we don't bother looking for it.
Give me the coast any day

 

[steveindenmark]

Denmark's countryside is pretty dull IMO: miles and miles of flat farmland.

I think you are thinking of Norfolk. You rode up the West coast didnt you? Probably North Sea Cycle route. Now that is really boring. But very uncrowded.

 

[Lozz360]

But if you are in public sector, salaries are nationally set. A teacher or nurse in Surrey has the same pay scale as in Liverpool or Manchester.

No London weighting nowadays then? Or London fringe weighting as we are talking about Surrey.

 

[Ian H]

I like where I live, wherever that is.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I like where I live, wherever that is.

Even Swindon, if you lived there?

 

[User482]

I think you are thinking of Norfolk. You rode up the West coast didnt you? Probably North Sea Cycle route. Now that is really boring. But very uncrowded.

I forgot to add that the food's mostly terrible and they're mean to pigs.

 

[steveindenmark]

I forgot to add that the food's mostly terrible and they're mean to pigs.

The next time you come, give me a shout.

Your research must have been terrible

 

[martint235]

No London weighting nowadays then? Or London fringe weighting as we are talking about Surrey.

Entirely different pay scales now. London and National with different min, max and pay points.