Anyone moved from a larger town/city & regret it?

[itscomplicatedlife]

Hope this is the right area for this - For family reasons we came to the conclusion to move to a smaller town away from our city as schools a bit better and not as much crime but now living here it's so quiet, hardly as many young families as first thought on the estate stupidly bought a home on a long road it's not super busy but peoole drive over the 30 limit and the towns crap no brand names or decent shops and end up driving back all the time the 10 miles!! and the parks are crap, we have a little park right round from our house we thought was perfect when we started a family but realised in reality it's worn down and it's dead no kids whenever we go! I want to move back but DH isn't convinced at all he thinks I'm stupid to want go back to a worse area but our estate was great no crime at all it was just surrounded by some not so great areas but it wasn't that bad!! Anyone else experience the same thing and what did you do??

Yes. I am waiting until DC finish school then will move back, as we've only got a couple of years to go. This place is safe, good schools, an easy place to raise DC but I feel like my life is on hold.

It's such a hard decision, just taking to time to ensure to mull it all over so thoroughly I don't want to make the wrong decision, for me the schools are the main reason and fact it's safe to stay here but it is hard when it's very quiet and not that many children locally... a lot to consider x

You meet other DC once they're at school. You're a bit stuck with all the same ones here from when they're born to age 18.

We felt like that originally when we moved from a great city to a large village. We did it because house prices were cheaper there and schools were much better than in the city. I hated it for the first few years as it felt so parochial and very few facilities but I'd never move back now! The kids go to a good school and have friends. We do have to drive everywhere which is a huge pain but definitely worth it in the long run.
I've really embraced quieter living and often can't wait to get home if I go back and see friends in the city where we used to live!

Things could also change like more young families moving in around you which might make you feel differently

Hi both, very good points, I don't mind driving to places it's great at least it's not too far but I do miss actually walking to places! Where we were before we could have walked in to town and back regaulary and to a few parks, luckily have a friend there who I see regularly so I get to go back but just wish I could have realised/known these things before we moved and living on a busier road although I think it didn't worry me as much that bit as grew up in a busy terraced road and didn't go out to play until I was 8-9 sensible enough then to not play in the road etc and kids don't seem to play out much in the street, bur they do go to the little field around the corner.