Nice things about where you live

[DaftyLass]

People are so quick to notice when a place gets run down, to witness decay and desolation, but you don't often get to hear about nice places.
I just thought it might be nice to have a 'share the love's type thread, let folks know what's good!

I live on Vancouver Island, I love that the local schools have canoes for the students to use on the local waterways.
It's a lovely sunny day here, and I can hear the students singing as they paddle by.

I know it's isn't fancy, but I like it.
What's good about where you live?

I live in a town with great facilities, good cafes/restaurants/shops and a really good theatre. We also have various festivals throughout the year. We can be in the countryside climbing hills within 15 minutes - which we do every weekend.

Yeah unfortunately that's the downside, average 3 bedroom family home is around £280K for one in a good area

I live in outer London (zone 4). Yesterday me and the kids popped into town as my daughter wanted to see some paintings by an artist she's been learning about in art, so we went to the tate modern. My son wanted to buy some manga, so then we went to two brilliant graphic novel shops. We had a very nice and not too pricy lunch at seven dials Market. Home by 4 and then took for dog for a walk in a beautiful park 15 mins drive away - we have so many lovely spaces for him to run around in. My son went to the park with one friend and they bumped into more friends there. I feel we have the best of all worlds and feel v lucky my kids get to grow up here.

Stunning countryside views from every window, mountain range in the background, lots of wildlife, 10 minutes from a quiet beach. The air is clean and everything is so fresh, green and peaceful. Amazing produce from local independents.

Big garden, unoverlooked . (Detached) Edge of village,10 minutes from the beach. Near the south downs,can see them from my windows,a couple of minutes to get to them to walk the dogs.

We live in South Stockholm in a very quiet neighbourhood, we’re a 25-30 minute walk from central stockholm (or a 3 minute walk to the metro), yet we regularly get deer in our garden, a different thing (we moved from Shoreditch) is that not a single car parks on our residential road for the metro, despite this being perfectly legal. We’re a 20 minute walk from a large national park, lakes and the sea. We have two good play parks within a five minute walk. Its very safe and family oriented here (without being boring), so our son can play out, go to the park on his own etc. If we open our windows we can hear birds etc, but no city noise like traffic, as the metro line goes away from us we can’t hear that either despite it being overground.

My autistic son is in a fantastic specialist school where he is settled and thriving.
Access to lovely parks and nearby walks, as well as plenty in driving distance, drive a bit further to some stunning coastal areas, libraries, beaches, museums, swimming pools. Head towards one direction for more city life or towards the other for green space/countryside.

My other child is also in a lovely little school. We live in a quiet cul-de-sac which overlooks to trees and a stream, lovely neighbours, nice garden.

It's taken me a while to appreciate my area. Truthfully, I'd love to live more rurally but it's not going to happen. So I try to focus on the good where we live. Plus, the biggest factor is I wouldn't want to uproot my son and take him away from his school.

I live in the country side, very quiet, a river flows through where the children like to play, we have dairy cows that come to the field next to us every few weeks and they like to come up the fence and listen to me chat to them (must be going mad!) 🤪 we also have pheasants, ducks, hares and many types of birds. Love watching them in the daytime.

We're in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria UK, population of only 3,048 and it's such a dinky little place!

George Washington attended Appleby Grammar School just up the road, along with probably his dad and 2 stepbrothers definitely.

We've got the lovely River Eden running through here, artist Turner stayed here and so did Beatrix Potter and we're associated with various other well-known names in one way or another, and if you Google ''Harry Potter shop The Cupboard Under the Stairs opens in Appleby'' you'll find Jennifer the boss there and in 2020 Appleby was recognized an an Honorary Quidditch Town as the home of Appleby Arrows!

I'm not a Potter fan at all but it's certainly bought a lot of interest to the place!

@Rattlethestars Would you mind saying where you live? We’d love to move out of London but finding an area with a good special school is the holy grail.

Outer SW London, but very leafy, and a massive Royal Park a 5 minute walk away. And fantastic public transport, with just about everything more or less on the doorstep.