Why are you living in your current location?

[No17CherryTreeLane]

How did you end up living where you are?

Work?
Schools?
Family connections/support?
Other?

We've lived in our current location for over 20 years.
The primary reason was for schooling, and this particular town was chosen as it had direct trains into London (where we moved from) for both our work.
In the intervening years, the majority of people we've met and become friends with have mostly said the same was true for them.

What are your reasons?

Came here for a course in 1992.
Autistic and too scared to move anywhere else. Have moved within the area though.

Dh’s work was the primary factor, and then we looked at various areas that were commutable for him, and had good schools for the dses.

Schools and simply just really liked the area.

Other

We wanted to live in This house

That’s not to say we moved hundreds of miles for it. It is nearish
( 25min drive ) to our kids school

School catchment and it was the house most suitable in the school catchment

Family are close by but I would have moved a bit further away

Moved here for work 19 years ago and got "stuck", hoping to retire soon and move back to home area for a long and peaceful retirement, fingers crossed! 😊

Moved to this town by accident. Was looking at houses elsewhere but needed to see a show home for the house we were looking at so were sent to a different development, which was cheaper and an easier commute. Later moved to this house in the same town because it was in the catchment of the only accessible school and we were told we might not get a placing request.

My work relocated.

We live in a rural area of the South West. We’ve always lived in the South West since we got married, but moved here specifically 4 years ago for the lifestyle. Lots of outdoor activities, close to beaches, good quality of life for the kids, into a more affordable area so bigger house and land. I love it. I can’t see ever leaving.

Downsized and moved to a seaside cottage.

Council flat I got when I left a refuge.

I moved here with my ex husband because this is where his family is. We got divorced a few years later and I stayed so that we could do 50/50 with the DC.

Forgot to add in OP -

Did you have any connection to this location before you moved?
(Obviously if it was yours or your partner's hometown!)

We only knew it existed because DH had a summer job here about 10 years prior to our move. He liked the area and the job, and it stuck in his mind that it was a nice town to bring up a potential family!

I relocated after almost 20 years in London. Just packed my bags and moved north. Rented up here to see if I settled. That was just before Covid. 6.5 years later and I own the house three doors down from the one I rented in 2019 as I only wanted to live in this street after looking at hundreds of properties. No ties to the area. Now lucky enough to have a fully remote role and my neighbours are all good friends.

Family, work, school and two children that do niche sports requiring (different) specialist facilities. I don’t think there are many places that they could walk to the sport facilities we have on our doorstep.

Originally moved to this town as DP (now DH) lived here and it was a lot closer to work than where I was. Stayed and bought a house as we have a ten minute commute and lots of local facilities including access to the nearby city.

Needed to live with either my parents or DH’s parents when we found out we were expecting DD1 at a young age. DH’s parents live in London so finances were a major consideration.

We moved in with my parents and then moved to the major town 5 miles from them. I grew up in this town and feel I had a great childhood and went to good schools. It’s easy links to get to DH’s family and we’re well located for accessing most parts of the UK within a reasonable time.

Now our DC go to school and we have good jobs so we don’t want to move out of this town.

We love the house and surroundings, it’s quiet, no neighbours, lots of outdoor space, but it’s close enough to everything we need. We moved here when we both were able to work from home so no longer needed to be close to work. Our children’s school is a hours drive away but it used to be a 40 minute drive from our last house so not much difference. No family near which is a bonus on the whole but some of our closest friends are only 30 minutes away so we get to see a lot of them.

The local primary school had an awful reputation and we knew that we wanted to move out of the city. We spent a long time looking at nice areas, that were in a commutable distance. It was a good decision - we love it here.

I only live 20 mins from my hometown. I wanted to be close to elderly grandparents and support my parents in that. In my late teens/early twenties, I never wanted to leave and really love where we live- coast and countryside. Luckily found a great career opportunity not too far away and a desirable market town in between the two where I could afford to buy a house so it’s a great set up! Met DH at work and my location had the best commute to the office so he moved in with me and we’ve bought a bigger house and settled here.

We’re in a phase of life where we’re growing careers and building financially as well as my family still needing support- so it suits us to be close to work and family.

We don’t plan to have DC but if we did this town has excellent schools. However, it makes me realise that my familial ties won’t last forever and DH has many friends and family further up north, though this is less good for employment. I think we’d consider moving further up north (with proximity to great outdoors and hiking!) one day far into the future, when we have less dependency on our very well paying employer. The only other opportunities in our industry are London centric and we really don’t want to move there so want to increase equity/pensions etc.

Because I moved with husband who was in the RAF 42 years ago and never escaped

No connection to this area
however
both dh and I went to Uni in a city about 25 mins away by car

We really just bought because of the house
We’ve been working our way through building styles 🤣🤣

Back in 2012 my husband got a job in a nearby town. It was pure coincidence that i had family up here. By a stroke if luck my Aunt and Uncle had an empty flat that they offered to us at very reasonable rent. Ascwecwee cosy much less than market cslte once we both got jobs settled we wer able to save up to buy a house which we did in 2017 when I stopped working we did seriously consider moving back to Devon but after careful consideration and looking at the facilities here for my disabilty: we have a local support centre that provides physio, support and social assistance for my specific condition and my consultant is one if the most experienced in the country. I wouldn't get that in Devon.

Circumstance really. We had both wanted to leave the UK before we had even met each other, when we discussed places the most logical place seemed to be Canada (we’re there now on holiday). At the time we holidayed a lot in Sweden as my husband is Swedish and has a home there that he inherited. One year we spent every school holiday at his house in Sweden, and we didn’t miss the UK or really do any Canada planning. So we decided to give it ago, and we’re still here, still enjoying it and likely staying here for good.

DH has always lived in main town and I moved here as a baby. When we bought together this was our first choice location on outskirts as a few local good pubs/restaurants, two supermarkets, good bus service with the attraction of an old style village. Moving forward, we're right in edge of countryside with lots of walks, brilliant views and ended up with good schools (not a factor when we originally bought). Only thing we haven't got for us is the sea or Riverside location.