I'm originally from SA, but Jo'burg rather than Cape Town, and currently live in London. DP (French) and I have both been seriously considering leaving the UK and moving to, 1st choice, Cape Town, and I was wondering if anyone has done this? It seems much more common to go the other way around
Our reasoning is this - both of us are pretty miserable in London. Career wise, it's going amazingly, but everything else is getting us down - the constant winter (will it ever end?!), the expense of pretty much everything (food accomodation), the hassle of commuting etc. etc. To both of us, it seems that our lives are just a constant hamsters wheel of tubes, work, staying inside because it's too cold to go out, being ill and we'd like a life that is a bit more balanced. Things like, going to the beach on the weekend, actually seeing the sun once in a while.
Being South African (with many relatives still there), I'm well aware of all the crime problems, the fact that you do need to pay for pretty much all medical and dental bills and provide for private pension, pay when doing bank transactions etc. We don't have any DCs (yet), so don't need to consider schools. In all likelihood, it would only be for a couple of years, as DP's mom would be very upset if he was that far away long term.
Any views?