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To ask which city you'd move to in England if you didn't live there already

301 replies

CurdinHenry · 18/07/2026 18:51

I am thinking about it. Would prefer not London tbh although appreciate that's where the jobs are (and in some ways it's probably the easiest fit for outsiders).

Where is friendly, has stuff to do, jobs and the like. I think my answer is going to end up being Newcastle (but I like York).

OP posts:
Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 18/07/2026 22:45

York

Ingles2 · 18/07/2026 22:46

We moved form rural Kent to the middle of Leeds last year and I absolutely love it!

KrazyboutKillian · 18/07/2026 22:46

Newcastle , love it
jesmond preferably if I had the money

MarxistMags · 18/07/2026 22:47

The Lake District.

NotAnotherScarf · 18/07/2026 22:47

Bluesclues1 · 18/07/2026 18:53

Bristol

Im bristolian, live outside now. No just no. Expensive, shite transport links, no decent bands ever play there, the council are dreadful....imagine you have a competitor building a complete new docks and all you have to do it straighten a bend in the river...then you own the docks and sell it for a pittance...or drive cars out of the centre of town and wonder why its dead.

No just no

sallyluyah · 18/07/2026 22:48

YellowTulips · 18/07/2026 18:54

Not really the question you asked - but I’d stay exactly where I am. York 😂.

Edited

@YellowTulips you are right. It's not the question that was asked. Try harder.

Minasama · 18/07/2026 22:48

Oxford, Worcester or Birmingham.

sallyluyah · 18/07/2026 22:49

Coralsunset · 18/07/2026 18:55

Brighton
Edinburgh
Oxford
York

Have you been to Brighton lately?

SoBoredOfSelfDoubtHowToGetOut · 18/07/2026 22:49

London.

sallyluyah · 18/07/2026 22:50

MarxistMags · 18/07/2026 22:47

The Lake District.

The Lake District is definitely not a city.

nightowlzzz · 18/07/2026 22:53

Newcastle

Spanglemum02 · 18/07/2026 22:53

Southampton or Brighton

shortsaint · 18/07/2026 22:54

Birmingham

inmyera · 18/07/2026 22:55

cheater ❤️

onlygeese · 18/07/2026 22:57

Not English, loved living in York

EmeraldRoulette · 18/07/2026 22:58

CurdinHenry · 18/07/2026 20:48

It's a child free city - makes sense if first time parents are in their thirties and there are few adults under 35

Sorry to ignore your original question

London is Absolutely full of kids all the time! Just as it was 10 years ago! I should know because kids really get on my nerves 😂

I'm also baffled about you being the oldest person on the Tube.

I'm relieved you're finally thinking about moving though - but any city is going to have similar problems to what you've got now.

shortsaint · 18/07/2026 22:58

Oxford - too snooty
Cardiff - too Welsh
Worcester - too parochial
Manchester - lost Burnham
Newcastle - too far north
Edinburgh - too full of tourists
Bath - also too full of tourists
York - too wet (every time I’ve been there)
London - too up itself
Bristol - too up itself

Quite happy where I am 😃

ChocolateCinderToffee · 18/07/2026 23:01

Salisbury or Wells.

Anonymouseposter · 18/07/2026 23:01

I don’t really want to live in a city in England but if I had to I would choose Chester.

Bowies · 18/07/2026 23:02

Would be tempted by Norwich if it had to be another city in England

Really don’t like York…but think this is a minority view as lots do.

NerrSnerr · 18/07/2026 23:03

I think I’d choose Nottingham. Loved my few years living there after uni. Lots going on.

i live slap bang in the middle of Cheltenham and Gloucester and would prefer to live in Gloucester than Cheltenham (and Cheltenham doesn’t fit the bill anyway as it’s a town). We lived in Cheltenham before kids and visit a lot now. It’s fine but a bit dull.

DeanGaffneysCumFace · 18/07/2026 23:05

Hounslow. Preferably round the back of the Treaty Centre

feellikeanalien · 18/07/2026 23:07

I really wouldn't want to live in a city at all but if I had to then it would have to be either Newcastle (but only Jesmond or Tynemouth), Durham or Canterbury.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 18/07/2026 23:13

York, Newcastle, Sheffield

I’ve worked in all of them; lived in N & S. Would love to live in York, apart from anything else it would save me a moderately hefty commute a couple of times a week!

MrsClattenburg · 18/07/2026 23:14

Love York but also have an affinity to Barnsley 😍

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