To want to escape London and move to Cambridge?

[georgiegirl]

I live in London. Really like it. Kids seem OK at school Have a great part-time job which I love, and can cycle to. So are we being mad to consider moving back to Cambridge, where we both lived before kids? The reasons for moving are: to free up some cash and get a bigger house. Less pollution. Cambridge seems like a better place for teenagers (they can get around independently on bikes, and it's a less edgy place than London). Husband (who is very stressed and overworked - he works for himself at home) can (hopefully) have an easier time if we have less financial pressure and are in a place that is less of a rat race. Good transport links to London. Have nice friends in Cambridge (but also have nice friends in London too)

Two of my kids are pretty academic, but one (aged 10) is severely dyslexic - not sure what schools would be best for her, but that's going to be an issue whether we live in London and Cambridge I think.

Any thoughts, especially from people who are bringing up teenagers in Cambridge?

I grew up in Cambridge- now in Surrey. Desperate move back but she won’t budge.

I love Cambridge. It has got expensive in recent years but nothing like London or even places like St Albans. It’s a easy, small city.

That meant to say easy to live in!

YANBU for wanting to leave London but YABU for wanting to move to Cambridge. It's horrible and very overpriced.

I live just outside Cambridge and it IS lovely. But if I were a teenager and my parents suggested leaving London to live there I'd probably want to stab them with a fork. The time has passed.

Enjoyed being at Cambridge when I was a student but I know it can be a different perspective for townies. Buses were OK though this was a decade ago. Well known for being full of cyclists and I think there's an element of "safety in numbers" in the town centre, on the other hand it's also full of bike thieves, as I learnt to my cost. Agree with PP, I wouldn't want to drive into the centre. Town nightlife was meh, about three or four crappy clubs.

Oh and everything shuts at Easter. Quite jarring if you're used to big cities where shops open normally.