I’ve lived in London for the last 20 years and think I’ve finally had enough.
We live in a lovely flat but our mortgage is large and we have another 28 years left on it. I wouldn’t say it stresses me out on a daily basis or anything, but it is undoubtedly a weight around our necks.
The hot weather today reminded me that London can be so noisy and relentless. I have a baby and tried to catch some much needed sleep this afternoon, but wasn’t able to because there’s constantly people talking, cars coming and going, neighbours doing home improvements. I would love to live somewhere peaceful and quiet and less claustrophobic, where people aren’t so on top of each other!
The restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, culture and parks in London are undoubtedly second to none, but I barely have the time to visit any of them anyway.
I’m also worried about my child growing up in such a polluted city and am concerned about schools - the ones near us aren’t great from what I’ve heard, but we couldn’t afford to move to a different part of London.
I would love to live by the sea and am thinking of relocating to Kent - maybe somewhere like Margate. If we were to buy there we could reduce our mortgage to about £300 a month, although I’m not sure what we would do about jobs. I’d rather we both worked in the place where we live as I wouldn’t want myself or DH to have to commute back to London every day. I think it would be soul destroying and also very expensive.
AIBU to consider leaving or am I being unrealistic, especially on the jobs front?
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alreadypastit · 20/05/2020 19:28
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Am I being unreasonable?
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