Why would you move to South?

[swee'pea99]

Even Swindon, if you lived there?

When my sis moved to Basingstoke she described it as 'like Croydon without the glamour'.

 

[User482]

When my sis moved to Basingstoke she described it as 'like Croydon without the glamour'.

Amazingstoke, you mean?

 

[User169]

I had a feeling the thread might go this like this following @threebikesmcginty 's post.

 

[Drago]

When my sis moved to Basingstoke she described it as 'like Croydon without the glamour'.

As bad as that?

 

[swee'pea99]

Amazingstoke, you mean?

Someone hereabouts referred to it as Basingrad, which I thought had a certain ring to it.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We can do selective posting all day. The fact that you have posted a tiny corner of Wales on the only day of the year when it didn't rain, does not prove your argument.

Do you really want to argue the fact that most of the UK is over populated?

Not where I live.

Apart from the obvious conurbations it is a very empty country. Try flying over it in a light aircraft to experience how empty it is.

 

[Spinney]

Someone who worked in Basildon told me to think of it as like Harlow, but without the good bits ...

 

[Ian H]

Even Swindon, if you lived there?

That's an unfair question.

 

[ColinJ]

Apart from the obvious conurbations it is a very empty country. Try flying over it in a light aircraft to experience how empty it is.

This NASA photograph makes it very obvious!

 

[screenman]

Looks like I have left the porch light on.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

This NASA photograph makes it very obvious!

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It looks like Tumbleweed should be blowing through the whole of Ireland

 

[nickyboy]

[QUOTE 4703808, member: 45"]Yes, but it's nowhere near proportionate to the cost of living increases.[/QUOTE]

Yes, the London Weighting does seem a bit of a nonsense. It doesn't reflect the additional, unavoidable costs of living there. Also, presumably there are lots of places with high costs of living (primarily but not exclusively the SE) but there is no weighting there?

 

[subaqua]

Yes, the London Weighting does seem a bit of a nonsense. It doesn't reflect the additional, unavoidable costs of living there. Also, presumably there are lots of places with high costs of living (primarily but not exclusively the SE) but there is no weighting there?

apparently , according to some, its more expensive to live here, as we can afford to pay more so get charged more.......

which is patent bollix

 

[Mr Celine]

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

I went to Denmark once and found this example of picturesque scenery.

Like the East Neuk but smaller and rather plasticky...

 

[stephec]

So is it the general consensus of this thread - if you like cities, or you like the countryside, there's somewhere for everyone?

Assuming you can afford the house prices that is.