To absolutely hate living in Surrey

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I guess I have been here too long. Am 4 weeks away from escape to a very different part of the British Isles. All anyone seems to do here is go on about their sodding house price, how important their job is, the same one that has them getting the 0605 train like lemmings everyday. Socially people I habe found unfriendly and insular. It is practically a crime to be anything other than a Tory, but you can't show any interest in politics. The only acceptable subjects of conversation are how great you are, your job, Southern Rail and rugby. I hate it so very much I just hope there is a different world out there.

If you hadn't said Surrey in your op I would have assumed you were talking about a south Bucks town starting with an M. especially with the stuck up their own backsides comment.

I think you may be referring to my home town allwornout - if it ends with "-on Thames?"

DD1 has settled in Norfolk, where she went to uni, DD2 has a lot of links to here now, and is planning to stay.

It will be me that leaves, I would be better off living in a little, modern apartment near a big hospital.

Cat, I did actually have a very wierd conversation at a party last week.
I was talking to a man I had never met before and I we started off talking, then we got onto Angela Merkel and how he thought that she was going to lose the next election, then the recent BBC show 'war and peace' and he ended up telling me that he had read some poetry by the Russian Akmatova, which I too had read as part of my studies.
I had never talked to anyone of anything particularly Russian at a party before, and I suspect I never will again.
But it just goes to show, people do talk about very weird things, even at surrey parties they don't just talk about house prices as the OP suggested.

Come on over shodan!!
I'm off to para's with me abba costume!!

We moved specifically for the schools, it was worth it. We've also discovered a place 50 years in the past, where everyone knows each other, where healthcare is faster and better than any I've experienced in either Essex (where I'm from), or Surrey. The GP level of care is infinitely better, the practice we are at is small, only 5 GPs, but they actually know their patients. Same with the hospital, and there's less waiting for access to treatment. The only reason we have to move is because my stupid asthma is at a level that a bog standard hospital can't deal with; I'm under Leicester's Difficult Asthma Clinic, but would prefer to be physically closer to a big teaching hospital.

Doesn't everywhere end with 'on thames' these days? Even Ali g place now does.

oblomov16, I could chat Abba with you all day long, but not Akmatova, but that is a co-incidence that you also met someone who had read it!

Re this thread, I've never been to Surrey, although I live the other end of the train line that goes to Sutton, which I always thought was Surrey but after reading this thread I'm guessing it's not 'proper' Surrey, more like the outskirts of London, so would it count?!

Also from my station, at 9.19am each morning there's train that goes to Sevenoaks, and just before the end of the line there's a station called Bat and Ball. I'd love to know what's there, I have this image in my head and I bet it's nothing like it!

I think there's stereotypes of certain people everywhere, my sister has lived up North for over 20 years now and it's true, a lot of her friends are sterotypical - friendly, no nonsense characters .Some of them are nasty and hostile, and the total opposite of the friendly northerner.

Having said that I went to a wedding in Essex a few months ago and wore my Jeremy Corbyn badge everywhere (except to the actual wedding ha ha), I was definitley a pariah. I wonder how may Corbynistas live in Essex?!

Marlow?

Why the cryptic comments about it? I know Marlow quite well and it does have a repellent feel to it, but I wouldn't say its full of x y and z who are all stuck up at all.

But it just goes to show, people do talk about very weird things, even at surrey parties they don't just talk about house prices as the OP suggested.

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Blimey. I've just moved to Surrey. I haven't heard anyone speaking about Rugby. It's South West trains here, not Southern, and although I have blonde hair, I'm afraid it isn't swishy (though I have been considering hair extensions so if anyone can give me any recommendations... ;) ).

I think you might be mixing with the wrong folks. I've found everyone to be wonderfully friendly and inclusive.

It must be awful to hate where you're living. I hope you can find somewhere you're more comfortable.

I wonder how may Corbynistas live in Essex?!

Not many

St Stratters I'm sure the bus driver from Chelmsford to New Malden saw my Corbyn badge and charged us double. £10 for me and my son to go 30 minutes down the road? It takes me an hour on the bus to get to Oxford Street from where I live in London and only costs £1.50 on my oyster card. Perhaps he was related to Farage and thought he'd fleece me. Mind you, it was almost worth it when we passed a street called Tom Tit lane, I nearly wet myself laughing!

Bloody hell Stratters, when did you leave? Were we neighbours?

If its any consolation, Essex is also full of house price obsessed swishy blond types here too. Parts are niceish, parts are awful and parts are very very expensive all with their own problems im sure. Its a county defined by TOWIE types whose parents sent them to private / very good schools and everyone thinks we're all the same! We are not! I despair of it all.

We've lived here for 7 years, Pimm

So wish I was young and blonde with swishy hair. I didn't live in Surrey then. Rather like when we lived in London I do what I want when I want. Started Pilates in Surrey but they only talked about horses - I am from a racing family and it was prattish tbh.

We moved there 8 years ago.... To the 'W' side.

I spent 20 years living in one of the poshest bits of South Farnham - do I miss it? Not one bit! (I do tend to cry though when I see what my house there is now worth!)

I live in lovely Surrey and love it so much that everywhere else- shitholes like London, Essex, Manchester and Bradford depress and scare me so much (I have anxiety, sorry to offend if you live here). I adore the Guildford area, and although there are plenty of these posh 'lie back and think of England and think about husband's credit card limit 4 x 4' mums in many a place, don't worry, we have our chavs as well, if it's diversity you're after!
Just wish I could afford to buy here- sadly, the two bedroom house I covet is about £400,000 too much!
I wish that I knew areas other than beautiful, leafy Surrey and could feel comfortable and safe elsewhere, but I guess I am spoilt having been brought up here, and too used to Guildford now!

I wonder how may Corbynistas live in Essex?!

I wonder how many Corbynistas amongst the Labour Party membership? Huh?

Essex leftie here. And I mean proper Essex (the TOWIE part).

Uber you're looking in the wrong bits if you can't find a nice 2 bedroomed house for under £500k. Our area is a bit cheaper (still absurd, obviously, but relatively a bit cheaper) and we're just down the road from Guildford.

Papaver ooooooh I'm your area I think! From the 'Combe just outside Godalming right? I'm assuming it's the same Combe :) agree, we got a lovely 3 bed for £350k.

Ah yes we only bought last year. It is such a labyrinth isn't it

All I can say is Thank God OP is going! She is overly concerned with house prices - has stared a thread on it in fact -, very concerned about how all her neighbours vote, and clearly doesn't like anyone within a 20 mile radius. I am sure wherever she goes that'll be delighted to have her - as long as they don't tell her they vote!! .