What things do you wish you lived near to?

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Whenever I visit a new town or city I feel jealous of the amount of places there are to sit out in lovely surroundings and have a nice breakfast. I live in a village that has a shop and a church, nothing else. I could drive 15 minutes into town and get a breakfast but it would be at a chain pub on a main road. There's literally nowhere nearby where I could sit outside, people watch and enjoy a nice breakfast and a good coffee on a little cobbled street while reading the paper on a Sunday morning. And it upsets me.

What do you wish you lived close to?

An amazing library and a good repertory theatre that puts on different plays every month. Grew up in a town that had both and took these for granted. So rare these days.

I do think that for most people a nice market town is a better option than a village..

I’d like to live near the sea, a loch, the highlands, a forest… I mean I wouldn’t because I like living in cities overall, but if I had a double life. As it is I’d like to live near a fancy gym with a pool that doesn’t use chlorine and a sauna.

The sea, and a beach promenade.

But also a railway station and bus stop. I used to live within 5 minutes walk of a mainline station into London, and 30 seconds from the bus stop! It was so convenient for getting into town, especially as I worked there. Buses every 15-20 minutes.

These days I'm a 10 minute drive/30 minute walk to the nearest station (a large mainline one) and although the bus stop is a 5 minute walk if that, it's not a frequent service.

Oh I missed the most important thing - I’d like to live near all my friends, who are as it is spread out all over the city and in fact the country.

Obviously if I wasn’t such a lazy arse I could make some local ones.

A lido or John Lewis/Oliver Bonas.

I do live near the Lake District though. Sorry @Toddlerteaplease

@Findyourneutralspace so do my sister and parents. My dad keeps posting photos of his walks!

A train station!

A farmer's market - I live in a deprived town (though am comfortably off myself) and long to be able to buy fancy food!

The Pakleni Otoci just off Hvar Town.

A really good fish and chip shop.

Somewhere to swim outdoors, not fussy whether sea, lake, river or swimming pool

I live near the sea and love it, never take it for granted.

However I travel to London on the train to go to the west end and art galleries/museums, there is nothing like that where I live.

A dentist that’s taking on NHS patients. Been on the waiting list for nearly 3 years now

I would love to live by the beach. I would love to live closer to my Dad. My Dad lives close to the coast.

It seems simple, but I could never live in his area, it’s too densely populated and I love my rural space in Wales.

Same

Interesting thread. I live in a beautiful national park.. only 15 mins from the sea. Lovely market town with cafes etc just a couple of mins walk.
Really appreciate what I have but actually really miss being near a river...
Used to live on a lovely part of the Thames and altho I wouldn't go back (to live), I remember with a certain nostalgia the lovely walks and sometimes paddles (in our canoe) down the river - although edge of London, it was was so quiet at night and beautiful on a summer's evening. Lots of wildlife. I used to really like the smell of the river too!

Paris 🙂

I’m on the Wirral and we have NO WAITROSE despite being the ideal sort of place for one… . The best we’ve got is some bizarre petrol station version which flogs ready meals to unsuspecting caravanners.

I wish I lived near a proper market.

The nearest village has a 'Farmers' Market' one Sunday a month. It consists of local urbanites dressed up in designer wellies, carrying wicker baskets and their pooches.
You can buy expensive honey, even more expensive chilli products, 'artisan' bread at nearly a fiver a loaf as well as locally reared lamb chops at twelve quid a pair.
Not to mention all the cloth bags , with your name in plastic for £9.99.

Don't get me started on the vast, overpriced Turkish delight/olives stands.

Utter shite.

Apologies.. I was ranting.

Disneyland. Or Disney World. Either would be fine.

On a more realistic note, a train station.

That's a very fair rant @SpamFrittersYouSay .

For my part, I live ten minutes' walk from Borough Market which must be the farmers market to end all farmers markets, but like most people I can't actually afford to shop in it.

Sometimes I just accept it and go for a walk round to look at all the nice things and eat the free samples. 😀

Aldi and Primark. And my family.

The sea.
Failing that a town with an outdoor lido to swim in.

We're by the sea and awash with the kinds of breakfast places OP mentions.

We've no decent theatre or concert venues at all though, a total cultural desert. I've taken to going to London as often as possible to soak it up.