Fed up with London but scared of leaving! Wwyd?

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I've lived in London all my life but am getting progressively fed up with it. The pace of life, pollution, house prices, knife crime to name some of it. I have to sisters living happily in Worthing and am tempted to move near them.

Wwyd?

Get out !!

I did it
Still miss it but life now so much easier

And CLEAN AIR

forgot what that felt like

two sisters

Worthing isn't too far away. You can easily visit London via train if there is stuff that you want to do there.

Leave. No brainer. I'd make it to somewhere fairly near a decent size city so you still have major shows/band tours/art/what have you available. Worthing might not really count for that, it's a bit of a long schlep to anywhere - back to London is probably best but not good for evening stuff.

Born and bread Londoner here.

Feel the same way. Sick of all the gangs, stabbings, kids running the streets mugging other kids, pollution, expense, noise, the list goes on and on.
Sometimes I love London so much but right now I'm so sick of it!!! The crime rate feels so high right now. But where could we possible go, I don't know anyone living elsewhere and worry I would be extremely bored in a small town and probably not be able to get a decent job.
Could you rent there temporarily to see if you like it? Before uprooting completely?

Born & bred Londoner here & still love it. However I do worry about crime & pollution affecting the dcs. A huge plus for me is that I have my mum around the corner & mil a 15 min drive away so we are staying put for the time being.

However DH & I have decided that if we do leave it will be to another city, not interested in the countryside. I’ve said it on a number of threads before but friends have left for Edinburgh, Bristol & Manchester & they are really enjoying it.

I definitely wouldn’t want a long & expensive commute so we would have to change jobs too.

Moved to Somerset. Easy to get a job but wages go further.
Local pub excellent, really easy to make friends. Loads to do.
Busier here.
Plus can buy a house half outright low, bigger etc....
Definitely recommend

I did it. I don't regret leaving London.

Leave, but leave properly - if you just move to somewhere still orbiting London you'll miss it. If you move to, say, Edinburgh, that's got plenty of pull of its own so you won't feel like you're missing out.

Go for it! I lived in London for 11 years and left about 7 years ago. I like the cheaper life, slightly slower pace, less crime and pollution

Leave! I moved to the south coast a few months ago and bloody love it after 25 years in London. I'm still commuting, but that's the next step to sort out.

We did it two years ago, incidentally most of our new neighbours are from London also. I miss my previous life sometimes but wouldn't go back

Move to Brighton. It’s quite close to Worthing and has always felt a little like London on Sea.

Leave. Yes London has lots of things to do but be honest, how often do you do them. I can take a train to London when I want a bit of big city life. I've never looked back

Leave.

I was you some 17 years ago. I left. I Live close to Worthing & I've never looked back. Most of my friends have since done the same thing & are now scattered around the country. I hate even visiting London these days & when I do, it reminds me why I love it here

Do it 👍🏻

MsLayla we couldn't rent first. If we do it there will be no turning back! I'm also worried I'll end up bored and lonely. My sister moved to Worthing last January and has made loads of new friends but her dc are primary age which helps.

My dc are 13 and 10. Would they end up resenting me? Dc1 really wants to move but dc2 is worried about losing his friends.

Things like theatre etc kind of doesn't matter to us. We can't afford to go anyway!

Where in London are you OP? We moved out to zone 5 last year and although we're still technically in a London borough it doesn't feel like London at all - we're a 5 minute walk from fields and woods in all directions and no gangs etc, but still loads going on and excellent train connections.

South London born and bred here. Got out as soon as we could afford something outside London. Do it. London's for provincials on the make. Londoners just want to get out.

Do your DC like being outside? Homefield park in Worthing has a really nice skatepark and playground for older children.

What's it like in Worthing? Have been considering a move to this area myself...?

Born and bred Londoner here, moved to Worthing in September. Absolutely love it and have spent past three days on the beach with DS (11). Worthing has its problems, but we have found the people lovely, his junior school is fantastic, and although he only got his 3rd choice of High School we are very positive about it. Schools are over subscribed in his year (bulge year). I haven’t even been back to London since we moved and have no desire to honestly. I’ve managed to find a great job after being self employed for years and afford a detached bungalow we will be doing up over the coming few years, we couldn’t even afford a decent flat in London. I really recommend it, and found DS settled in so quickly. A friend moved two years ago with her two DS that are teens and they have also settled well and made lots of friends. Do it, you only live once.

This is all very encouraging! We're in se London. Yes, my dcs love the outdoors! I might start a new thread just asking about Worthing.