northernhord
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moose said:
I wouldnt bother Manc is shite nowadays I reckon, I live 15 miles away from where I was bought up and have been into the centre of Manc twice in seven year, only cos i had to
City folk country folk, where floats your boat?
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I wouldnt bother Manc is shite nowadays I reckon, I live 15 miles away from where I was bought up and have been into the centre of Manc twice in seven year, only cos i had to
Grew up in countryside mostly. Formative years in city.
I like countryside for short breaks. The one year isolation in rural Andalucia sent me a bit mental at times.
City living is always going to be my first choice. Can't imagine I would want to live in the countryside again.
I like countryside for short breaks. The one year isolation in rural Andalucia sent me a bit mental at times.
City living is always going to be my first choice. Can't imagine I would want to live in the countryside again.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
I grew up in a small town, one mile one way and you were in the town center, one mile the other and you were in the country side. Was great when I was a kid, but as I got older it got very boring and bigotted.
Moved into a large town, now a city, when I was 18, and loved it. Loved the social life, the fact that there was more than one pub I could go to without getting grief, and being able to walk the streets without endless abuse hurled from twats as they drove past.
Now I live on the outskirts (although only a mile into the centre) but a couple of miles the other way and you're in the Shropshire countryside, and am quite happy where I am.
I quite like the idea of country living, but I don't think I'd like the isolation.
Moved into a large town, now a city, when I was 18, and loved it. Loved the social life, the fact that there was more than one pub I could go to without getting grief, and being able to walk the streets without endless abuse hurled from twats as they drove past.
Now I live on the outskirts (although only a mile into the centre) but a couple of miles the other way and you're in the Shropshire countryside, and am quite happy where I am.
I quite like the idea of country living, but I don't think I'd like the isolation.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I'm with shiftybaglady and scifisam in that london has been great for my daughter
I'm actually thinking of moving to the countryside (west dorset ish) when she ups and leaves home
I'm actually thinking of moving to the countryside (west dorset ish) when she ups and leaves home
northernhord
Active Member
moose said:I was thinking more like Urmston or somewhere.
Ah well that's a different kettle of fish innit, Urmston and Flixton are OK places innit
northernhord
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Kanda said:
Where do you never grow up though?
northernhord
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Kanda said:In me head
Same here Bro
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Was born in Glasgow, but left before I can remember. I can remember Lincoln a bit, then Arbroath(smallish NE town, Scotland) and Rainham(smallish SE town, England)
Both of the smallish towns were ok. Tried living in London, lasted a month before going back to Arbroath, mananged a bit longer in Edinburgh, even thought about moving there but didn't.
Couldn't live in a village now, let alone a town or city
Where I live is 3 miles(ish) out of town, a row of houses with the nearest visible house about 1/2 mile away. Town is near enough if I need anything and far enough away that I can forget it's there.
Been out here for 12 yrs now and see no reason to ever live in town again.
If I get really old and need company(if hubby goes before me) I might f off abroad, either the Netherlands or Southern Italy.
Both of the smallish towns were ok. Tried living in London, lasted a month before going back to Arbroath, mananged a bit longer in Edinburgh, even thought about moving there but didn't.
Couldn't live in a village now, let alone a town or city
Where I live is 3 miles(ish) out of town, a row of houses with the nearest visible house about 1/2 mile away. Town is near enough if I need anything and far enough away that I can forget it's there.
Been out here for 12 yrs now and see no reason to ever live in town again.
If I get really old and need company(if hubby goes before me) I might f off abroad, either the Netherlands or Southern Italy.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
scifisam said:
I do, my house is one of a row of 6, there is also the farmhouse and a B and B within half a mile then there is nothing more than the odd house here and there until the nearest town which is 5 miles away, and it's really more of a large village than a town. My nearest big town is 20 miles and nearest city (Edinburgh) 40 miles. I lived here for two years without being able to drive (Mr weepiper drives but he was often away for a week at a time and I had a baby/toddler to entertain). I nearly went out of my skull with boredom and cooped-upness (literally no buses at all).
However once I learnt to drive it became much better, now that I can escape it when I want to I love it here. It's better in the summer as two of the six houses in the row are holiday homes and when the families who own them are around it feels like more of a community IYSWIM, the kids all play out together.
I grew up in a farmhouse 3 miles out of nearest small town so this where I live now is very similar in a lot of ways. Inbetween I lived in the centre of Edinburgh for 10 years. I do miss some things about it - the choice of shops, entertainment, being within easy reach of my friends etc. But the overwhelming invasion of my personal space of living on top of so many other people really got to me. The being woken constantly at 3 am by drunken students singing under your window. The constant traffic noise. The streetlight glare. People gawking in your window as they walk past. Other people's obnoxious kids and teenagers getting pissed up and setting off fireworks near the front door. The general feeling of pent-up violence. None of that where I live now
This is taken about 100 yards from my house:
I would not choose to live in the small town that is my nearest though - it's like a microcosm of all the bad bits I've mentioned above
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
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Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
I grew up in a village in Hampshire, where everybody knows me.
I thought I'd go to the big city to uni, but I only got as far as Aberystwyth. Can't see the attraction in the city anymore. I now live and work on a trout farm outside Stow. Most of my family are from and still live in Salford, I'll go there, but I don't like it, conversley, they dont like it at night in the country, whereas I am happy to kip in the woods....
Outside looks a bit like this:
Still miss my home village though and would love to move back, as every time I go back, I still know everyone and seem to fit back in.
I thought I'd go to the big city to uni, but I only got as far as Aberystwyth. Can't see the attraction in the city anymore. I now live and work on a trout farm outside Stow. Most of my family are from and still live in Salford, I'll go there, but I don't like it, conversley, they dont like it at night in the country, whereas I am happy to kip in the woods....
Outside looks a bit like this:
Still miss my home village though and would love to move back, as every time I go back, I still know everyone and seem to fit back in.
Tankus
Slowing down to a stop
Grew up on the edge of rural Wales , worked on a farm ..Moved to London in the early 80's in my late teens (student ) still here ....!
London floated my boat in my 20's and 30's ..nothing could touch it ..utter eye opener and FUN
heh... All night cinema on charing cross road in the winter with an 8 pack to stay warm, and watch cheech and chong / black exploitation/ chop suey films ,'cause you missed the last train/tube home ... pissed as farts
Always the same local insomniacs sitting in the backrow ,making up the dialog when the sound lipsynch was too far out ... far funnier ...
Down to embankment arches at kicking out time (6am ish) for the free Salvation army breakfast ...get there before cardboard city woke up .... Get bacon and egg rolls instead of just egg , or soup with actual lumps of things in it ..! All shops now
squat parties in Camden (christ) heh ....
30's ...more money ...more upmarket fun and night buses
.mid forties ...Find the place a tad more aggressive than it used to be.....dont go in as much as I used to ..tend to dine outside the town more
think ... sell the property... bank a mint ..back to rural Wales ...
full circle ...isn't it !
London floated my boat in my 20's and 30's ..nothing could touch it ..utter eye opener and FUN
heh... All night cinema on charing cross road in the winter with an 8 pack to stay warm, and watch cheech and chong / black exploitation/ chop suey films ,'cause you missed the last train/tube home ... pissed as farts
Always the same local insomniacs sitting in the backrow ,making up the dialog when the sound lipsynch was too far out ... far funnier ...
Down to embankment arches at kicking out time (6am ish) for the free Salvation army breakfast ...get there before cardboard city woke up .... Get bacon and egg rolls instead of just egg , or soup with actual lumps of things in it ..! All shops now
squat parties in Camden (christ) heh ....
30's ...more money ...more upmarket fun and night buses
.mid forties ...Find the place a tad more aggressive than it used to be.....dont go in as much as I used to ..tend to dine outside the town more
think ... sell the property... bank a mint ..back to rural Wales ...
full circle ...isn't it !
Kanda
Diving wanker
Born in Yeovil (Navy Father), moved all around the SW bases, parents split, moved to London into my Nans flat in Islington.
Became *London overspill* and was shipped up to Milton Keynes in 76, Mum remarried, stayed there till 84 and parents got a housing exchange to a village called Shorne just outside Gravesend in Kent, shortly after, both my brothers and my school were set for closure so moved back to Milton Keynes (better the devil you know?). I left home in '88 (16) and had some seriously wrong years, then had the shits put up me with the wrongness, found a sensible girlfriend and started on the sensible carreer path. Got headhunted for a job I never thought I'd get and moved back to London in 99. Fucking love it here now, was hard to start with though...
Became *London overspill* and was shipped up to Milton Keynes in 76, Mum remarried, stayed there till 84 and parents got a housing exchange to a village called Shorne just outside Gravesend in Kent, shortly after, both my brothers and my school were set for closure so moved back to Milton Keynes (better the devil you know?). I left home in '88 (16) and had some seriously wrong years, then had the shits put up me with the wrongness, found a sensible girlfriend and started on the sensible carreer path. Got headhunted for a job I never thought I'd get and moved back to London in 99. Fucking love it here now, was hard to start with though...
