To ask where you go if you're disabled, broke, no family and not an economically viable person?

[PippaThePauper]

I currently live in London. I have to stay here for 6 months more for definite to finish some medical treatment. After that I think I need to get out of this city it's too expensive. I'm facing up to the fact my body isn't healthy enough to allow me to work full time. I do 3 days per week and I'm almost comatose with exhaustion and pain doing that.

Where do I go though? What part of the UK should I look at? I'd love to be properly rural, but am scared of being isolated and also not near centres of excellence for my medical needs.

I suffer severely from anxiety and have been sexually assaulted before so terrified of going somewhere that turns out to be a bad neighbourhood and being targeted.

Wwyd? Where would you go that's safe and affordable?

Sorry forgot to say that's in West Yorkshire.

I wouldn't go to the south-west - lots of people move there to retire which pressurises health services.

I'd second Northumberland - outskirts of Newcastle maybe?

Or Carlisle? I don't know what the house prices are like there, but I'd choose a northern city where housing is cheap, there is good public transport and you can live well without having to earn a lot of money. Liverpool might also be worth looking at - plenty of nicer areas.

There are actually very few places that are two minutes walk from good public transport.

You need to concentrate on that and the hospitals you need.

I think public transport outside major cities is dire. You need London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and other places people are mentioning with good transport systems.

If I were you I wouldn't move far from London as that's where your current hospitals are. What about getting your nane down for social housing, disability bungalow? You need the less desirable areas that London councils are putting people out to so you have a chance. So Luton, High Wycombe, Birmingham.

If you get town centre in the above 3 towns for example you could walk or short bus to work and crucially you can get the train to London for hospital appointments.

I think you're going to need social housing if you're conditions aren't going to get better?

In fact it reads like you're going to get worse? How long have you been in your London borough? Do they have a duty to house you? Or are they one of the ones that don't?

Newcastle area if you don't mind the weather - apart from that it has everything.

Not wales or the borders if you have medical needs - an hour from hospital is deemed acceptable here.

Sometimes North is not cheaper e,g, areas like Sheffield and Leeds whilst less expensive than London (I mean where isn't) there is still a premium.

Try Coventry
Peterborough
Birmingham if you like City life or even Manchester but remember city can bring its own issues

Also areas like Warrington, Preston, Wigan etc

If you want semi rural try North Wales but in land, if you can afford somewhere with say a small holiday rental attached that could provide income (really depends if you rent or own in London) If you struggle to work then if you have capital you need to think about how it might work for you

I fourth Glasgow :) or just outside. Would you be looking to rent? What kind of budget would you be looking at?

Not wales or the borders if you have medical needs

Actually spat out my tea at that comment! Rural Wales like anywhere else in Britain and has piecemeal health care but in the cities we have these things called hospitals. They are incredible even under pressure.

@PippaThePauper To be sensible though, do research which hospitals have a good record at treating your illness. Some conditions will see you treated faster in Wales, some swifter in Scotland, others better in England. Once you have your shortlist the cross reference against the popularity of your career or a compatible one then you'll have a list of places you could move to.

Then might be a great idea for posting on areas to avoid/recommend in those places.

At the moment you're casting your net a bit wide and you're as likely to get some excellent suggestions in with the frankly silly ones (like claiming Wales has no discernable health care!!) and it'll be harder to find the gems worth looking into.

Will your workplace also need to be 2 mins walk from the train station/ bus stop?

Will you need to secure a job before moving?

I would look at cities/ big towns with offices close to public transport. Then follow the lines out to find somewhere affordable near a stop.

I don't think other cities have as dense public transport as London. So you could get a train into Leeds for example from somewhere pretty, but your office won't be 2 mins walk from Leeds station. Although I guess if a good bus network you could catch a bus from the train station to work.

Without a car I would suggest you need to be in a city where there is a job. Most cities are cheaper than London, but jobs might not pay as well. Presumably a city would make it more likely you would be near somewhere suitable for your medical needs. I suggest looking for jobs first and moving when you have one. Start off with cities with the medical facilities you need, see if there are jobs and then whether the jobs pay well enough for the cost of rent, compared to what you are paid/ pay in London.

Newcastle or Gateshead. Affordable housing, great communities, great hospitals. Not Leeds, anywhere ' pretty' is expensive.

Sheffield hospitals are very good. Unfortunately, or fortunately as it turned out, my family have had a lot of use out of the children's hospital, the Northern General and the Hallamshire.

If you have a rare or complicated illness then I would research where there centres of excellence are for treatment before looking at anything else.

It may be that it's best to stay in London (esp re public transport) but move to a cheaper area. I'm in Leytonstone in east London which is cheaper than a lot of areas and feels safe.