Possible move to Rothwell, Northants.

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Hi all,

I've currently had an offer accepted on a house in Rothwell, Northants.
The house is just what I'm looking for, and I totally love the house, and if it goes through, I'll be moving there from Milton Keynes on my own, but with two kids who'll be staying with me every other weekend. I'm concerned that going on my own might be a regret in the future as
I really don't know much about the area........ I've visited a couple of times, had dinner in one of the restaurants, drove around the surrounding area and around the streets and I felt it had quite a nice feel to it, but it's difficult to judge what the place is actually like, especially now that we have these restrictions in place. Would like to know more about the area, the people, places to go for a meal and a drink, and also the places to avoid, if any. I know East Northants gets a bit of bad press sometimes but is it that bad ? Honest answers appreciated. Thanks.

One thing I’ve learnt in life is depending on how your life generally is going (friends, work, relationships, family ) totally affects how you often feel about ‘where you live’. I read a piece on here about why living in Bath was shit. Now I live in Bath and it most certainly isn’t a shit place to live, quite the opposite, but the person who wrote the piece was Having a tough time generally in many areas of life and she basically projected it all on Bath! Now if she had been enjoying her course /job, had good friends, etc, etc I doubt she would project in such a way- you can live in a crap place but if the rest of your life is going well you really don’t notice it as much . It may be perfect for you OP, just not someone else!

Hi all,

Thanks for your responses. Seems to be a general, 'not that bad a place, could be worse' kind of response.
I think it is easier for me in the fact that I don't have the problem of making sure my kids are catered for here, as some of the other people who have replied have had, and I understand totally how that can make it more difficult as you want them to be happy first and foremost. I'm lucky that my two are a 50 min drive away. May seem far for some but that doesn't bother me.
My main concern was meeting like-minded people that were easy-going and open-minded and not too insular or ignorant towards strangers/newcomers, or towards anything else for that matter.......... and the odd few that I do meet like that, well, they can ram it as far as I'm concerned.
I'm sure not everyone will be like that as I generally think most people are decent. I'm not looking for best buddies, just friendly faces.