to want to move 'up north'?

[onemiddlefinger]

That is if South Yorkshire is actually considered 'up north'?
We have always lived in London and now DH might have a job offer near Sheffield and i'm actually surprised that really want to move.
If someone told me 3 years ago that we might be moving nearly 3h away from London i would have been laughing, but now it might be a reality and i'm really hoping it works out.

We would have less money each month, but i would be able to stay home with DC for a few years and we would have much more space, a lovely house, a garden and DH would have more free time to spend with us.
I'm just so sick and tired of squeezing into our tiny flat and worrying about the downstairs neighbours coming to complain again about the noise and the commute on packed tube trains and just generally people everywhere.

AIBU?
Maybe it's just a phase of being fed up and once we actually move i'll be missing London? This is really all i can think about the last few days and in my head i'm already decorating the house and imagining us there - kids happy playing, our family able to come and visit (they live in another country) and actually be able to stay with us comfortably.

Enjoyinycoffee: couldn't remmebe the exact time so just did journey planner but from zone 3 North London to heathrow on the tube takes 1 hr 8 mins! 1 hr 8 mins!!!! That's not including walking to the tube station etc. And Londoners think that's a good thing?!

I'm living in Sheffield. Love it here. 3 miles one way and I in the very centre of the city, less than a mile the other was and I am in the middle of beautiful countryside.

Ok, about 40 quid in a taxi from where I used to live with a journey of an hour ish. That doesn't sound easy to me, and we did the journey a few times, a few different ways. Was a fecking pain in the arse.

Eurostar terminal - Went via Waterloo (central London, remember? So going INTO the centre to get to France)

I know I'm right here!

AND, Enjoying, I remember quite a few incidences of tube strikes/bomb scares when I really actually struggled to get home from work that night. Buses all too full, no free taxis. And I did remember thinking to myself "but this is London - it's supposed to be one of the best cities in the world. And I can't even get home!!!"

It's all very well saying how proud you of your tube system. But really, it's so far over capacity from the numbers of travellers it was designed for that during rush hour when normal Londoners just want to get to and from work, it's a fecking trial using it. Just getting actually ONTO a carriage never mind getting a seat - I don't think people who haven't ever done daily rush hour on the tube realise how bloody cattle-truck-like it is. Third world.....