If you grew up in London moved out....

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Where did you move to?
Did you like it and why?

Born in London, never lived anywhere else until I was 40, moved to Norwich. Moved out just because I was tired- of the hassle, the knife crime on our doorstep, the mortgage we would never pay off.
Love it here! Only issue is its almost impossible to get people from London to visit you, so we're always trekking back to London.

Moved to Beekshire and will soon move to Hampshire. I like being semi rural with the best of both worlds. Does mean driving nearly everywhere though.

Moved to Kent to avoid knife crime, shootings and acid attacks. The final straw was when my block of flats was on fire - not long after Grenfell. Enough was enough. We looked at properties and moved!
Although we still private rent, moving has saved us money and were close to the coast too!

I didn't grow up in London. We moved when I was 7, my parents had spent their whole lives (35&37) in South London. They wanted more for me than c4ippling interest rates (mid 90's) in a dodgy area, better schools, freedom etc and we moved to the Isle of Wight. Now DH, DS and I live in East Kent close to a beach. As much as I can control, as a child DS will always be within walking distance of a beach.

Noodlenose which part of Norfolk did you move to?

Lived there until I was 30 then moved to Manchester and now happily settled in Cheshire. I moved to save money and have more space and have never regretted it.

Agree with PP about people not visiting though, I do miss my friends a lot

Cotswolds, love it here. Great schools & villages bit drive everywhere.

Born in east London. Moved to rural Gloucestershire when I was 32. Hated it after a while but kids loved it. Once they got to teens they started to hate it too so we moved to a market town in Wales which is a happy medium between the two.
I always think I’d love to move back to London, but after a visit I remember why I wanted to move in the first place and can’t wait to get home.

27 years in London. Then moved to Berkshire. The commute to work is a bitch but I'd never move back. I dont miss the traffic or pollution.

Born and raised in west london, moved when I was 20, my DS was born there we moved a year later to Brighton, we moved because generally where we were living wasn’t a great place, when someone you know gets shot 2 roads away you really gotta question your priorities, some family already lived in Brighton and we decided we’d take the plunge. I know Brighton ain’t angelic but compared to london it defo is. Dd is the only brightonian in the house. 5 of us in the house born in london, one from the midlands and dd in Brighton 😊

Grew up in London - SW1 and SW11 - abd couldn’t wait to leave. I was the last year group to go to university on a full grant and maintenance and wanted to go as far away as I could. Applied to Edinburgh, but ended up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Now live in West Yorks.

Never ever thought I would leave London but to afford a decent house and run our own business we moved to Norfolk. Both partner and I had friends there so we had a social network already which was a bug decider for us.

Unlike noodlenose, we always have visitors and have even enticed a lot of our family to move to Norfolk too!

Grew up in north London. Moved age 34 to try to keep my sons away from knife crime, drugs and gangs. We now live near Cambridge with pils close by who help us out with childcare. Kids are happy. As teens there are fun activities a short drive away and we don't feel worried when they're out alone

Born in London. My family moved out when I was 14. I’ve lived on the south coast ever since. I love it. Amazing place to bring children up. I would never move back to the city.

Parents raised in South and East London, moved out slightly to just outside East London when I was first born but I moved back when I was sixteen. Lived in East London and worked in the City from then on. Thought I’d never leave. Was not particularly happy when, shortly after having DD1, DH persuaded me to move to the Kent coast. DD is sixteen herself now and I can honestly say I am so glad we did. It’s been a great childhood for her and her sister. Living rurally, but near the sea, excellent schools, but not too far to travel to get to the gigs and museums and culture that we all love visiting occasionally. No regrets.