Have you ever fallen in love with a place...

[vivacian]

...and if so, did you do anything about it?

Recently I spent a couple of nights at the coast and the best way I can describe it is that my soul fell in love with the place. I’m seriously thinking of upping stocks and moving there. (I am in a bit of a midlife rethink place in general).

Has anyone else ever felt like this and what did you do about it?

New York. I would give anything to have lived there. Sadly my life is totally embedded in the UK now so I'll have to make do with very occasional visits.

Yes Corfu in 1982 and even though it can be tourist hell these days I still feel as if I'm coming home the moment I'm off the plane

30 years ago I drove down Glencoe for the first time.

Days later I was putting my house in England on the market and had made an offer on the house I know live in.

Still here. Still in Love.

Couldn't think of living anywhere else - actually I did for 6 months - Los Angeles. Hated it.

Argyll. Went there on holiday, XH and I fell in love with the place, ended up re-evaluating our lives and moving there for over ten years.

I lived in Surrey when I visited the coast and fell in love with it. Moved and have lived here 22 years now. 5 minutes to the beach, fresh local fish etc. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else now!

Yes. Two places.

One a little corner of the UK about an hour from where I live. Impractical to upsticks there just yet due to dependent teenager and employment. We have a bolthole there though and spend most weekends planning the dogs we will have when we retire.

The other is a special place in the Canary Islands we have visited twice a year on holiday for years. We will never live there I don't think but hopefully be able to visit for longer stretches when we retire.

Wonderful reading about people’s experiences. I already started thinking about a second home, but am aware they can be so damaging to the community. I think for now it’ll be a case of short dashes there when I can to an air b&b.

vivacian where did you stay?

I am reluctant to say, in case people try to burst my balloon

Liverpool. I feel like it's home and it's where I'm meant to be.

Cannot move there at the moment, I have a young DS and I would not move him away from his dad (we're divorced) and we have all our family here as a support network.

I may make the move when DS has flown the nest but that's way into the future.

Dogs, smaller house and a simpler life figure in my dream too.

New York City. From the very first moment of my very first visit I felt I was home and I suffer from homesickness terribly for months every time I leave. I've not been back for nearly ten years and it's a craving that never goes away

I'd give anything to move there. It's the only place I feel whole and content. Sadly I've neither the financial means or eligibility for getting a visa

I dream of going back one day even just for a visit

Iceland 🇮🇸
I was always a sun holiday person until I met my husband. He loved adventure and persuaded me to hire a car and trek around Iceland for 2 weeks. I would happily move there, it was so peaceful and lovely. Went back with the in laws and I still miss it, can't wait to go back with our little one, it'll be her first holiday abroad 😊

Northumberland or North Yorkshire. I’ve been up there a lot on holidays and I especially love Northumberland. I like the outdoors. Sadly kids are too entrenched in school (one attends a Sen school) so cant risk moving them.

The western Lake District. It’s a long term, long distance relationship.

A place in the Canary Islands which we've visited umpteen zillion times but it doesn't grow stale. We both feel totally at home there so we go 3/4 times a year.

The other place is the village where I live. So pretty and there's a lot going on (but no pub )

Yes. I would move there in a heart beat but just isn’t doable with other people to consider.

Otherwise North Yorkshire which is fortunate

London - life long love affair, started fifty years ago on my first visit.
Budapest - only place that has ever turned my head to be unfaithful to London - just fell in love with a physical ache for it. Overwhelming

Oh, that's interesting. London is my favourite place, and I absolutely loved Budapest, and felt that I could happily live there. I wonder if people who love London are likely to love Budapest? (I also loved Prague, but not as much as Budapest .... and I'm really not at all keen on Paris).

I already started thinking about a second home, but am aware they can be so damaging to the community. I think for now it’ll be a case of short dashes there when I can to an air b&b.

So can AirBnBs - a recentheadline in our local paper says that 10% of the houses in our area are AirBnBs - no wonder kids are finding it harder and harder to find housing.

Yes Clearwater in Florida. I'd move there tomorrow if I could. Never felt so relaxed and happy anywhere. I belong there and if I won the lottery would buy property there first thing.

Yes, Orkney. I still think it's a lovely place but I realise I was very unhappy at the time and it was the perfect escape.
I wouldn't move there now but it definitely gave me food for thought and I plan on taking dd and dp on a wee holiday there one day.

The Lakes, we spent every childhood holiday there. Anywhere along the Wye, too. I spent a lot of time visiting in-laws there and whilst it probably won’t ever happen due to life being firmly where we are now, I’d love to move there eventually. We keep sending each other property adverts. It’s ridiculously good value compared to our commuter belt home.

Seville and Newquay beach. The only two places I've ever properly felt at peace.

Yes, a little coastal town south of sydney. Im Australian, moved back from London a few years ago to sydney thinking I'd have a quiet beachy life. Was so busy! Found this place and dh, dd and i moved down asap. Now looking to buy here after selling up in London, best place ever

Norfolk. I lived there as a child and miss it a lot. I always felt safe and at home there, I like the slower more gentle way of life. But they hate incomers and I know I'd never be accepted and I won't put my children through that either.

I’ve got a few places. I’ve moved home A LOT and some of the places, I really fell in love with. I can’t go back so I like to use googlemaps to have a look and sigh.

I used to live in North Yorkshire. I like visiting, but I find the endless mud a bit dreary. Perhaps that was just my parents though , it was a bit back-of-beyond.

So can AirBnBs - a recentheadline in our local paper says that 10% of the houses in our area are AirBnBs - no wonder kids are finding it harder and harder to find housing.

Yes, I think Air BnB has drifted somewhat from it's initial premise which I think was a good idea. Now it seems another way of doing holiday lets. I think better to use a house that's already a holiday property than take yet another one from the community.

I have looked up houses for sale, but they tend to be 3-bedroom+ with prices to match. Strikes me as unreasonable that there isn't a cute little detached, 1-bedroom cottage for sale for £75k .