It it worth us moving to Bushey...from North Watford??

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we've lived happily in north watford (balmoral road) for 7 years, but now we have 2 1/2 year old girl...im thinking, should we "upgrade" to a slightly nicer area (ie watford is a bit towny)? We cant afford st albans or berkhamsted. But we could, at a stretch, afford bushey. But its 80k more FOR THE SAME HOUSE AS IN WATFORD, urgh. Is it worth it? bringing our daughter up in area where she'll aspire to do more than peroxide her hair and wear fake tan, which is what a lot of the teenagers in watford appear to value, is worth moving 2 mile down the road to Bushey for, but i dont know Bushey well enough, is it worth it?

I live and was brought up in Oxhey Village near Bushey station and to be honest with you it is a nicer area but as the town centre its only 20 min walk away it wont make much difference in the long run espcially for the money

thanks Kat, really appreciate this info, you are right!

Berkhamsted is not as nice as it used to be. There are too many people and not enough infrastructure. I wouldn't move there, having lived there for 20 years. My parents are still there but my 2 1/2 and 10 month olds will be brought up in Bushey, where there is more diversity, less snobbery and not such overcrowding and keeping up with the Joneses. Have confidence in your ability to bring up a polite, confident child regardless of where you live.

Exactly, wish I could afford to buy in Watford, let alone Bushey, but most likely once we finally get a deposit together we will be moving further out again and will be still doing our daily commute to London just to keep up with paying our bills. Again as someone says if you have confidence in your parenting ability your kids won't grow up to be chavs. I grew up in chavvy Thamesmead, Southeast London, sorry probably none of you know where that is as it is too far down South, just think of the tv programme 'Misfits' lol anyway I don't consider myself to the stereotype that supposedly comes from there, so why would that be determined by the area you live, that is determined by the values and behaviours you learn from your parents