To wonder what's great about SE England?

[Babyzoo]

I hear that everyone wants to live in the South East of England.

What is it that attracts everyone there?

Is it really a wonderful place to live?

Thank you for the sensible answers. Exactly what I was wondering and it's I wresting to hear from people who've lived elsewhere.

Trills yes I have read lots about the SE being a very popular place to live, it's also much more expensive than elsewhere.

It's interesting.

Whinyleonard here's one. Not pretty but on a lovely coast.
www.propertynews.com/Property/Ballyhornan/UPS11217-12-10073989/5-Donard-View/390846783/Page1

Well I've always lived here and it's where my family are, but the things I like about it are:
Generally better weather than elsewhere in the UK.
Near enough to London for days/nights out, theatres, museums.
Better wages/job opportunities.
Near to airports/Eurostar for holidays.
Convenience - everything is here.

I live in the SE and wouldn't move. I love that my DD will grow up here. We are close(ish) to London except southern rail is pretty shit you can let your kids go out and not really have to worry about gang violence (although I'm not sure if it's a problem or not in NE). We have beaches within easy reach and most of our schools are pretty good

I think the point of 'it's near the coast' is that it is near everything all at the same time. Not that there is no coast worth living near elsewhere!

I have never lived anywhere else but I have many happy friends who live in the north.

The cost of living here has been pushed up because of what it has to offer. It's only worth paying it if that's exactly what you are looking for. Or you are here because everything you have is already here!

I like the multicultural aspect of things, seeing many different cultures amalgamated. Also think that things are more... convenient? Not sure if that's the right word - more shops that are open later, better public transport, better roads, (more motorways) more jobs/opportunities etc

We're in the SE because it's near London and we have friends/family here. Weather is good, beach is an hour away (which is very far for me, as I grew up on a beach practically, in a different country). It's nice and peaceful, not a lot of crime in my area, and generally a pleasant place to live :) It's ridiculously expensive though, so for that reason I could happily move North for a bit more space :P But I need to work partly in London so here we are.

No, not everyone wants to live in the South East.

If ever I do move away from the East Midlands, it'll be either up North to Scotland or down South to the South West.

Jobs
Transport links
Slightly warmer than other parts of the country

I didn't mean that literally every single person wants to live there. It's just a figure of speech.

It isn't always colder in the north. DD has had better weather in Hull this 'summer' than we have had in rural Northamptonshire.

I used to live there, cashed in and moved away. Now 200 miles north.

Weather is the same or better - I checked micro climates. Car insurance and houses much cheaper. Much much less crowded. Much worse public transport. Less crime.

London is great fror landmarks and heritage, and WIMBLEDON tennis is there, otherwise....

I HATE it.
I have no choice but to be here, im disabled and in council place, dingy and damp, could never afford to leave.

Id love to actually live in the countryside near a quiet coast nearby, meadows and fields surrounding us in a lovely detatched cottage, lovely clean air, few people.

instead, right by bloody heathrow constantly under a flight path, dirty, smoggy, noisy, crowdy...get me outta here!!!!!

Oh sorry to hear that Becker You don't always hear about that side of London.

Is it possible that you could exchange your property elsewhere?

I can't believe people saying the weather. I live here and it never stops pissing down. When it is hot its that moist muggy heat.

I would love to be nearer the channel to be fair. Though I wonder if you live there how often you actually make use of the closeness to mainland Europe.

I don't, the husband tried very hard to get me to move to London for eg and just no man can't stand the place. I got him up here instead and he doesn't like it up here. If we ever split up he would go back in a heartbeat.

If I didn't have kids it might be different, you can live anywhere if you don't have any but raising a family there gives me the horrors but I live in a seaside town and can't imagine anything different.

Ah yes, the planes were a reason to go. While there is this holy grail of airport expansion, that was a big threat. Didn't want to end up like all the poor buggers under the flight paths.

1. We are right near the river
2. High employment rate
3. Low crime rate
4. Naice areas
5. Good schools

It's just always been a desirable place to be.

Everyone I know that didn't grow up here is here for the jobs.

6. Good links to London

Bastard Last time I went to Norwich it wasn't in the SE, unless Norfolk has moved. It's East Anglia, not the SE.

I find people who've lived in the south east (not London) can be incredibly parochial. London is such a big draw, that there's no reason to visit any other part of the UK. The media is very southeast centric so they aren't exposed to what the resource of the UK is like in the same way that if a snowflake falls in London or there's a change in house prices in the south east or Southern train guards go on strike the rest of us hear all about it.

Some of my wife's family have never been further north than the confines of the M25 and if you suggested moving to, say Yorkshire, you'd think you'd have suggested moving to Greenland.

First time one friend of hers visited us in Scotland, she bought her own food in the suitcase as she wasn't sure they'd sell 'normal food' and her first question on getting off the train was 'white do I change my money'?

we're classed as SE and I'd move in a heartbeat. Can't as OH won't. I quite like where I live but it's too busy for me. Too much traffic.