People who have moved to the country from London

[CountessDracula]

What exactly is so much cheaper about living in the country to justify the massive salary cut you have to take when you move?

Food, clothes, schools etc the same price surely. Plus masses of petrol so that is more. If you are moving to an area where the house prices are not dissimilar to London, I can't see where you make the saving.

(and it goes without saying that no one works past 5.30!)

Living in the country costs a fortune-I have been spending £40 per week to drive 16miles to get to the nearest supermarket.

It was a dream and i have done it but now i can walk the school run.

Where we lived living in the country was poverty and deprivation for some people.

Its quite different in the South East

I guess you would get more garden for your money though and a parking space

i always laugh at londoners sayign how dulla dn white "thecountry" ( for that read anywhere that isnt london) is
even when i live d in birmingham - yes it was very multi cultural but all excpet abotu three of my frinds were.....white

but it's culture innit

white farmer culture is not very interesting

more diversity makes more a more interesting and tolerant environment imo

also no one is gay in the country

hmm thinkt hat is crap ( in a lovely way mp)

SM, I don't know quite what upset a your mother so much about Winchester, but I thoroughly enjoyed my childhood there and would go back like a shot if I could afford it. (also liked Richmond many years ago when I once went shopping there!) I think Winchester has a lot to offer young families, but if it is not your cup of tea, it is best avoided. I wish others felt the same and all the affluent Londoners looking for a bit of country living would go back to the big smoke, thus making the Winchester of my childhood an afforable option once again!

and the gay " cluture is so fascinating"??
not all weekend trips a round ikea?

Sorry MP? The people are boring and white? What sort of racism is that?

tell me how being in a multi cultural area affects you daily

apart form retail opportunities please.

Why crap cod?

its just pretentious guaradina crap
( but i still love you)

"I love buying fresh samosas" or getting curry goat on a saturaday?/
whyw hwywyhwh

WELL all the gay men will marry your daughters which is not very satisfying.

I regularly hear people talking about 'pakis' and 'wogs' and 'homos' and no one questions it - even children. Racism is rife because people are ignorant of what they don't know.

And there is no where to buy a Guardian.

And everyone dresses like it's 1984.

You wouldn't be allowed to love me in the country

They would call you a lezza

MP I live in the country (ish well not in a city anyway) (a rural area lets say) and I can't MOVE for gay man.
always tripping over them

and they are so tolerant in cities
( thnk s back to allt he race riot sof the 1980s) and recently in birmingham
come on!

peopela re popele
they just hide their racism better in cities
living cheek by jowel ime maeks peopels worse

MP where do you live??

in the west counrty we dont ask them

we dont want ot knwo what epopel get up to in bed.
arf

oh god it pains me to say it but I agree with cod on this one tbh

she loives in

a house

cloud
cuckoo land
britain

europe

t he world

Well, as a foreigner, albeit a white one, I feel happier living in a multicultural area. If I lived somewhere more rural, I would be "that Canadian".

And I do like getting good curry/dim sum/etc etc.

totally disagree

I think that London is very tolerant.

The race riots were over 20 years ago - things have changed a LOT. Look at other countries and the racial tensions going on there e.g. France - Britain is admired for its cultural diversity and acceptance of other cultures.