Do you like where you live?

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Where do you live? Why and do you like it or not?
I'm in a commuter town. I don't like it but I'm not sure of where best would suit me.

North East Scotland, love where i live, 20 mins from the town centre by car, 10mins in the car your in the countryside, have no desire to live anywhere else.

I live in Edinburgh, case closed.

[fist bumps midsomermurderess].

We lived in SE England for about 18 years, sold our 3 bed house just outside M25 and bought a 2 bed flat in Edinburgh. No regrets.

I Love where I live now In the centre of a West Wiltshire town, having moved from a major tourist city nearby following my divorce, A big Sainsbury's is my corner shop and everything is close by with good public transport( I'm disabled and don't drive) My flat is tiny but it's MINE!

Love it!

I live in the "posh bit" of a very rundown part of London, but the community spirit and schools are A-mazing. I run into someone I know every time I leave the house, have neighbours who will help me with DD if I ever need, and a superb park and playclub on the doorstep. And a giant Sainsbury's that constitutes a lot of DD's entertainment. Downsides - we're in a flat because I couldn't find £1.6 million down the sofa for a semi, and the high street is run down. But I wouldn't swap it for anything.

No, I don't like where we live. Surrey/Hants border. It's quite a rundown area. We privately rent so the places we've lived are because rent is cheaper. We've been wanting to move to Cornwall for years. Am beginning to think it may never happen now which is a shame.

Hate it. Fucking hate it. Suburb. Never see anyone as everyone drives everywhere, and there's nowhere to walk to anyway. Ugly. Nothing to do. Only good thing is that it has a train station so can get into the (not that interesting) city centre easily. Rest of transport links to rest of the UK (and world) are dire.

Caucasian yep that’s the one. The other B.
We’re the same. Eldest is 17 is at college in Manchester and if all goes well will be in London in 18 months.
DD is yr6 and we’re waiting to find out if she has a place at the same school as DS. If she hasn’t, well I dread to think.

I live near Paderborn in Germany and love it here. We are moving to Newcastle later in the year and can't wait! Not sure where in Newcastle yet though!

I'm in a small but very vibrant city and love it.

I'm not in love with the area of the city I'm in atm but we have just bought a bigger house in the same area but the 'right' side of the tracks.

There is a very strange spilt across the main road, the side we are currently on is lots of estates and pretty rough. The bloke opposite us has had a fire going in a steel bin in his front garden for the last week and a few people seem to never wear anything other than pajamas, for the school run, shopping, going to the hairdresser etc.

The street we are moving into is very quiet and there's a horsebox a couple of doors down. Talking to the neighbours 'a disturbance' was someone getting their drive reflagged a while ago. On our current street a disturbance is the houses being built at the end of it and a van being set on fire because it's owner owed drug money.

For all of that though I have lived semi rurally and loathed it. Fuck all to do and zero anonymity. I much prefer living in a city. Especially a small one on the coast (like the one I live in) where you can get back to nature with a half hour drive.

I live in Bedfordshire, I love my house and that we’re close to so many shops and the school is practically next door, but I do wish I was closer to my family as I can feel very isolated

Agador I know what you mean about the secondaries. Mine go to CS which isn't perfect but better than our local one. It's weird because there's so many really good primaries. Regarding the homeless people I've noticed loads begging at traffic lights or junctions now and it's awkward trying to avoid eye contact. So sad about that and the town in general. Our local library shut a coup!e of years ago - it had been there over a 100 years. I reckon Debenhams/m and s will close next and then there will literally be nothing to go in town for

Live in West Dorset, half a mile from anyone else but with a pub and farm shop within a 10 min walk.
Half an hour to the sea and 25 min from county town. Absolutely love it.

Bristol & hate it. It's ridiculously expensive to live near a good secondary school (£750k+) primary schools are average. Local hospital is appalling, and there is no work. Bristol is heavily dependant on Financial Services but everyone is reducing or pulling out due to Brexit. Honda pulling out yesterday in Swindon will affect Bristol due to the impact on the port. Lots of ex Londoners who want to live somewhere cheaper but can't face living up north - they change the feel of local communities (more sharp elbowed, range from unfriendly to rude). Economically divided city, always has been. Near the coast, but impossibly to get there in the summer due to the hoards from the north who turn the M5 to a car park from May to September. Isolated city in that it's not near anywhere else. Public transport is shit so the traffic is dreadful. At rush hour it will take you 1 hour to go 8 miles. .

@Alpha can I pick your brains for a nice restaurant where you are please? Staying not far from there in October.

No. In the Surrey. Suburbia.

Moved here a year ago from Glasgow. Miss Glasgow. We lived in the west end it was fab! Our place is also smaller than the flat we had in Glasgow and costs almost double.

But we've decided to moved back to Australia next year... so I'm not too fussed anymore and I am looking forward to it! DH is from the U.K. so is ok with the weather, I am not and I am struggling... I'm already mentally planning for surviving this years winter (diagnosed as having SAD coupled with depression and anxiety) all my thoughts are of once again living in the land of thongs and shorts 😬.

Swansea. Short drive to shops, countryside and beaches.

Caucasian: it was such a lovely town 20 years ago but the gulf between rich and poor is quite startling now.

Norfolk, on the edge of the fens very close to a small market town with a train into London.

I am very surprised at this, but I actually love it. It took a long time though. We moved here to be between mine and my husband's work places and I never saw it as a permanent move, but, last year, I suddenly realised I have fallen in love with living here, despite the drawbacks. I think it has a lot to do with having made good friends here though and I know quite a few of them are planning on moving when children have left school so it may change.

We can whiz up to the coast in 45 minutes or be in London in 1hr40. There is quite a lot of rural poverty around and the facilities are quite lacking and we always have to drive everywhere, but overall, it is a good place to raise my family and I am happy enough.

I live in Cumbria , just south of the Lake District national park. It's beautiful, friendly, uncrowded... and very rainy . I love it.

I live in a market town in the Lake District and love it.

Positives: 10mins walk from a lake, right under the fells with amazing views and lots of outdoor pursuits that the DC love. Plenty of shops and restaurants with local produce and wonderful community spirit.
Negatives: Long way from chain supermarkets and shops like Argos/B&Q! Tiny cinema that barely shows anything, tourist prices for most things and tourists themselves

Oooh high 5 @Slowknitter !

I think hates a strong word but wouldn't say I like where I live (town in Greater Manchester). Lived here all my life and just stayed as mine and DH family live here. I suppose it's just familiar. We plan to move in about five years and it's definitely a possibility that we move to a different. Still Greater Manchester but somewhere abit nicer.

Super small town in a rural setting half way between two big cities.

In the town everything is in walking distance for what you need. Although to buy clothes it's an hour drive. For a McDonalds it's a 30 minute drive.

It's a lovely place to bring up the kids as the countryside is right on our doorstep.

The commutes for work are horrendous though.

South East England, seaside town.

I love it, grew up here, lovely parks and woodlands to walk the dog. The area my parents live in (my childhood home) is lovely- child friendly, near good schools, great memories for me!

I now live in a part of the town 10mins from my parents (drive) and it isn't as nice. It's close to town but not near to the nice park or woods, deffo wouldn't raise a child in this area.

My boyfriend and I are trying to move back near to my parents area but have a long ways to go to save for a house deposit and renting is hard due to having a dog.

I live in a village about 3 miles outside of the small midlands city I was born in.

It’s OK. It’s pretty accessible to everywhere else - being in the middle of the country helps with that - and about 30 minutes from Birmingham.

It’s not where I want to live forever though. Unfortunately I’m not sure where is!