Should I move?

[Jolene93]

I got a job a few months ago and my company office is based up north even though I WFH completely due to the distance. I’m thinking about moving from where I am now to where my company’s office is
I have one child and it’s just me and him,
My mum passed 3 years ago, my dad’s now dating someone new & both my sisters have their own families now
My friends don’t contact me or see me anymore the last time I think I saw any of them was middle of the year. I’d like to move but I just keep thinking I’m being selfish by uprooting my son to somewhere we’ve never been before & away from his school and friends.

Should I move?

Is his dad involved?

Tbh I would go for a better life but not for a whimsy

No we haven’t seen him since I was pregnant

How old is your DS and "the north" is huge. Would you be able to afford the same standard of living? What are your plans for building a social life for you and DS?

@PritiPatelsMaker My son’s 5 - my colleagues who all live in Yorkshire have told me it’s cheaper to live up there & regarding social life I don’t know, being a single mother I don’t have much of one as it is where I live now lol.

COME TO YORKSHIRE IT'S CRACKIN'

COME TO YORKSHIRE IT'S CRACKIN

Well that's the decision made!

@dolor tell me more 😂

m.youtube.com/watch?v=8cipMoGKXGE

I think this explains things perfectly.

Leeds is great (sadly I'm not in that bit).

Stay the fuck away from Doncaster and Bradford.

York is delightful (I'm also not in this bit either)

There's lots of lovely green things about and excellent scenery.

Cracking pubs. Lots of moorland to wander about in.

@dolor what's wrong with Doncaster? What's your view on Sheffield?

If you do move, I'd start a plan on how you will make friends.

Maybe start DS with a sports club or swimming lessons and Beavers and see if you can arrange meet ups with colleagues.

Could you invite your DSis up to stay?

Thank you @PritiPatelsMaker for your suggestions 🥰 still thinking it over though the wanting of a move grows stronger, I just don’t want to move there & become completely isolated I guess. Yeah I’d invite them of course, not sure they’d go though haha

It is
come on up here

South Yorkshire - generally a bit grim
North Yorkshire - generally nice if you can afford to live in a posh bit
East Yorkshire (Humberside) - some nice bits and cheap housing but a lot of grimness too
West Yorkshire - aka The proper one, mostly affordable and some great places to live. Bit of grimness but overall good. Easy to access most of the rest of the country.

Me grandma is from Sheffield!

The few times I've been it's been a good laugh. Been a while tho.

I'm unfortunately from Bradford, and ohgod it's so shit here honestly.

Doncaster, welllllll I'd really rather not get into that. It's also the UK dogging capital.