To ask if you love where you live?

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I don't feel settled. My partner and I are tempted to just completely move away. We'd need to rent a 3 bedroom house, have schools nearby and just a pleasant day to day life.....

Where do you live and what do you love about it? What are costs like?

I do. Village on the Thames in South Oxfordshire. Good access to London by train, lovely for walking and the river, decent village shops/school and super community. Nice balance between being peaceful but still alive! But it's expensive. Feel very privileged to live here.

Not really, I loved where we used to live which is only 10 mins away but we couldn't afford a house there. Love that we have a house, but it feels like I'm in the wrong place.
We're unable to be able to afford to move again, so I need to just get used to it.

I do love where I live. It’s taken me years to get to this point, though.
We moved out of London to a city in the Midlands to afford a house and at first I really hated it, then we moved out a bit to in posh’ (not very) and ‘sought-after’ suburb and that was better, and then we had kids and integrated more, and now it’s honestly great. Nice, but modest, house, good school round the corner, loads of kids for mine to play with, close to the centre of town but also on the edge of the countryside.

I live in Hove. It’s absolutely fan bloody tastic.

HIDEOUSLY expensive though 😎

Love living in Bath- although at the moment it's lashing it down . We live on edge of nice hilly countryside and yet I'm in town within 6 minutes on bus and a bus every 5 minutes in Uni term time. Advantages are lots of cafes, pubs, good retail, theatres, music venues but small enough to be able to meet up with people , on train line to London and Bristol every 30 mins . It's expensive but at least you get a fair bit for your money- lots of other places are expensive too but with fewer advantages.

West Malvern too - simply stunning, the views of the hills above are balm to the soul and the quality of light is fantastic. Lovely engaged community; fantastic newly-opened community pub after a huge communal effort; close to the centre of Malvern with the amazing theatre and arts facilities, great restaurants and cafes, and lots of lovely indy shops. Waitrose, M&S, the beautiful Priory church. A brand new bookshop which means I no longer have to travel to Ross-on-Wye (not that I minded that - Ross is fabulous too) to visit its sister shop. Two railway stations just over a mile away with direct links to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Hereford etc; great choice of both state and independent schools.

Our house is old and cold and very, very shabby and needs lots of work but funds are an issue, but my heart still soars when I walk into it, just as it does when the GWR train pulls out of Paddington - I work in London a good deal - and I know I am going home. And I will never tire of the view of the Malvern Hills as the train leaves Worcester Foregate Street and there they are in the distance, as lovely now as when they inspired Elgar, Tolkien, Barrett-Browning, Masefield and C.S. Lewis. I've worked and lived all over the world but this area is where I was born and brought up and it's part of my DNA. I am very fortunate and my DC know they are too; they have all flown the nest but love to come home.

I live in what was known as 'leafy Warwickshire'. Up till about 5 years ago, it was stunning, really rural. Now they have built over 12500 new homes in a 3 mile radius, and there're more planned. I moved to a village which is now not a village, it's rapidly becoming a town! I hate it.

I live on the outskirts of the Lakes. I love it here. It's not my home area - I grew up somewhere scummy in another part of NW England.
It's rainy but the air is fresh and there aren't many people! It's not too bad getting to cities for stuff from here either.

I love Brighton and Hove. I love how accepting everyone is and all the lovely vegan food and old hippies and ravers along with all the gays. I don't think MN likes it much though 🤣😂

I live in rural Northumberland and hate it. We are moving to a big town soon and I can't wait. Everyone who lives here thinks the world revolves around this place and hate all 'incomers' and 'townies'. The only thing I like about it is that it's relatively safe for the DC.

Love it! Expensive area though.

Another vote for Brighton. Have lived all over the UK and there’s nowhere like it ❤️ We moved back 18 months and haven’t looked back since. Wish we’d stayed! It’s pricey tho and generally disliked by MNers 😂

They’re all just jealous of us!

Yeah I do

We live abroad, East coast of Canada

No. It’s a cultural black hole and full of small-minded people. I like our house (semi-rural) and the green spaces but I grew up in a big city and I don’t fit in here.

I don’t like living in the UK but as I have to, I love our village. It’s quiet, in the middle of the countryside but also by the sea. It would be better if they stopped dumping sewerage in the sea though 😡.

We have a lovely 4 bed house in a naice area of the NE. Property is cheap (average house price in the region is £158,779). Good schools. Town centre 15 mins walk away with theatre, cinema, lots of good restaurants and bars. Beautiful countryside around us, National Parks, the beach, historic houses and lively cities all easy day trips. My work commute is 20 minutes each way. Life is good.

I'm in North London. Biggest plus points for me are multiple airports that are accessible, so I can have a weekend (or even just overnight) in Europe on a whim. Plus if I go long haul, I don't have another gruelling journey on top once I reach London. I grew up in Cornwall where everywhere abroad was a full days travel in this country before you could even leave it.

I like being able to get anything I like almost whenever I like! Dsis came up from Cornwall and was overwhelmed by the options when we went to order a take away one night! We have also done price comparisons, like buses here are much cheaper than Cornwall (and probably many other places), my utilities are cheaper than hers, CT is also "cheaper" (although I think it's expensive). It seems you pay a premium for living rurally in some areas.

I like having access to multiple entertainment options. There's always something to do. I used to live in Hertfordshire and while it is close to London, it required more planning, like making sure I didn't miss the last train home!

I do have a nice garden though. There's a lovely big tree in it and it's really quiet. So I can feel a bit closer to nature. Plus there are parks, woods etc not far away. I'm not sure I'd want to live in a flat in London, but I guess it would depend where it was.

On balance, I prefer to live here over anywhere else. Everything is just so convenient.

Love it. We are in a quiet town on the outskirts of the Lakes. Both of us used to live in big northern cities (separately and together), and while we occasionally miss access to gigs, theatre and nightlife, we're not too far away to do it for a night. We love having the fells and lakes on our doorstep, long walks with the dog, and proper pubs. Mind you, both of us are local to the town we currently live in; it might be different if we'd moved here from the city and not knowing the area.

I live on Skye, remote, overlooking the sea and mountains. Lots of wildlife. So yes I love where I live. Love my house as well.

Yes I do. I'd prefer to be closer to the coast, but other than that I like my house and the small town where I live.

You don’t live by Cambridge by any chance?

I love where I live on the south coast near Hastings. Easy commute to London for work, by the sea and great countryside on the door.

Yes I love where we live in the Dominican Republic. I never felt settled in Canada, but accepted it was home at that point. I still love Belfast more than anything and my husband has agreed with me that if at some point we get sick of Dominican, we will move back to Belfast (he has never been there for more than a 2 week holiday lol)

Edge of the Cotswolds (Gloucestershire), in a small town. Rural, but close enough for motorway links, and we have a train station, so nothing is too far away. Absolutely love it here, and couldn't imagine living anywhere else now. Met some of the best people I've ever known since moving here, and wouldn't give it up for all the money in the world. Fabulous schools, great little shops, and everyone is so friendly. It's the only place I've ever lived where I've felt "home"