Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Is that a good thing?
leaving london for good....
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zenie
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I've left London for good, but I only lived there for a couple of years anyway. It was fun at the time, but not somewhere I would want to settle and have a family. I've moved back nearer my family and where I grew up now, but still in a city, and eventually I'd like to end up in Wilts, Dorset, Somerset maybe Gloucestershire - a small town/big village with a pub, shops, primary school and railway station will do me nicely
how about Stroud? I like Stroud, sometimes stop there, very hilly, but it has a good vibe about it, if i was to leave London, I'd consider Stroud, but can't imagine leaving London until i retire, and maybe not even then
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Is it just me who thinks Brighton is a pile of wank?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
aye, i have friends down there (who moved from london
) and i visit them occasionally, but i'd never live there, it's london concentrated into a small space, and whilst i love london, it needs to spread out 
It's a good place to visit but I wouldn't to live there. It's a bit Islington-on-Sea at times, with everything quite compartmentalised.
I love the idea of living in seaside towns, but in reality it's a bit miserable in winter and then too busy as soon as it does get nice in summer.
clandestino
no llevar papel
Re; the cool bit - Oh really? I don't find I feel like that, though I'm not bothered about being cool at all!
I guess what I mean is that I choose to live in south London, Brixton in particular, because there isn't that very cool attitude and atmosphere that you often get in north London (by which I'm including Shoreditch etc). Going to Brighton, for me, was a bit like going to north London. Or maybe that was just the bits I visited?
So here's a question: where's the equivalent of Brixton in Brighton?
I like the idea of London by the sea, but I want it to be south London by the sea rather than north London by the sea.
When I visit there with work often get the feeling that everyone is running around in a mood (mini London).
Thora
Differently Ethical
I don't think I've ever been to Stroud. I'm quite keen on Malmesbury (though no station I think) or maybe Pewsey.
clandestino
no llevar papel
My friends moved from London to Malmesbury. They seem to be enjoying it, but, yeah, no train station and no cinema. The thought would make a little nervous, even though I haven't been to the cinema for a couple of years now...
I always enjoy Malmesbury when I visit, though, but that might be more to do with my friends than the town itself.
Thora
Differently Ethical
I grew up in Devizes, which does have a cinema but also no station. I'd move to Devizes except it's stuffed full of my relatives
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
How about Folkestone? Not hugely ethnically mixed but a fair few settled Ghurkas
It's been horribly run down for years but there are serious attempts afoot to turn it into the new Brighton or something. http://www.creativefoundation.org.uk/ The jury's out on whether it will work but if it does you might* just be one of the first to see the potential of Britain's new coolest town
I hear Whitstable is nice.
*Disclaimer: The value of Folkestone can go up as well as down and if the last fifty years of constant down are anything to go by then simple extrapolation tells us where it will go next
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
How about Folkestone? Not hugely ethnically mixed but a fair few settled Ghurkas
It's been horribly run down for years but there are serious attempts afoot to turn it into the new Brighton or something. http://www.creativefoundation.org.uk/ The jury's out on whether it will work but if it does you might* just be one of the first to see the potential of Britain's new coolest town
I hear Whitstable is nice.
*Disclaimer: The value of Folkestone can go up as well as down and if the last fifty years of constant down are anything to go by then simple extrapolation tells us where it will go next
i went to folkestone about a year ago, just for the day, it was grim imo, very grim
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Exactly! It has that certain quality of grimness to be found in many parts of South London. Bermondsey for example, or Croydon, or parts of Lewishami went to folkestone about a year ago, just for the day, it was grim imo, very grim
As a south londoner you would also feel a certain sense of familiarity about the feckless youths such as the Daily Mail despairs of hanging around on street corners
Sorry, was this too literal an interpretation of south-london-on-sea?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Exactly! It has that certain quality of grimness to be found in many parts of South London. Bermondsey for example, or Croydon, or parts of Lewisham
As a south londoner you would also feel a certain sense of familiarity about the feckless youths such as the Daily Mail despairs of hanging around on street corners
Sorry, was this too literal an interpretation of south-london-on-sea?
it did remind me of south london
clandestino
no llevar papel
How about Folkestone? Not hugely ethnically mixed but a fair few settled Ghurkas
It's been horribly run down for years but there are serious attempts afoot to turn it into the new Brighton or something. http://www.creativefoundation.org.uk/ The jury's out on whether it will work but if it does you might* just be one of the first to see the potential of Britain's new coolest town
I hear Whitstable is nice.
*Disclaimer: The value of Folkestone can go up as well as down and if the last fifty years of constant down are anything to go by then simple extrapolation tells us where it will go next
I grew up in Sandwich, Deal and Canterbury, so I know Folkestone and Whitstable. I don't really feel like going back to Kent is the answer. I was desperate to get away from it when I was a kid and it's fairly culturally bereft (at least SE Kent is, Medway has a scene of sorts).
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
This *is* the correct answer
I wasn't being entirely serious. It would take the destruction of all life on earth save on the Kent coast in order to make me go back and live in a Kent coastal town.
clandestino
no llevar papel
This *is* the correct answer
I wasn't being entirely serious. It would take the destruction of all life on earth save on the Kent coast in order to make me go back and live in a Kent coastal town.
Where are you from then? Folkestone?
clandestino
no llevar papel
Weirdly, though, we've started going on holiday to Broadstairs, of all places. Mostly because some friends have a holiday home there they lend us, but also because it was one of those places I just didn't go to as a kid. We either went to Ramsgate and Margate or down to Folkestone. So I don't have any childhood memories connected to it. I quite like the place.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Pretty much, yes, though we actually lived outside town most of the time. Folkestone was the big buzzing metropolis to us
clandestino
no llevar papel
Pretty much, yes, though we actually lived outside town most of the time. Folkestone was the big buzzing metropolis to us
Canterbury was the bright lights for us!
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
I grew up in Devizes, which does have a cinema but also no station. I'd move to Devizes except it's stuffed full of my relatives
I can understand wanting to be left to your own Devizes
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
Having been on the fringes of various 'scenes' in Brighton (mostly mod/indie-ish), I'd say you were spot on. Unfortunately it's quite hard to escape, what with the smallness of it.
Barcelona really is stunning you should try to get there at some point Mount Tibidabo is the best place in the world
I had a flat all set up to move into many years ago then changed my mind very quickly.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
they are all near bath, but i've never been there, or to pewsey, or to our manor, devizes
I used to go to Deal when i were a nipper to stay with the g/parents
My lovely g/f took me there for the weekend last year as a special treat (thanks sweetheart x)
it was quite nice, saw my g/parents old house (they're both dead now), went to the castle, on the beach etc. And most of the pubs too But I don't think i'd wanna live there, nice for a weekend away, but i guess it would get a bit boring being there all the time.
