Hi everyone, my boyfriend and I are nearly finished saving up for a deposit on a home and believe we have come to the decision that Swindon would be the best place for us to live. We are moving from London and we really do hate the hustle and bustle of London, its becoming very unsafe I know so many people personally who have been murdered its just becoming so scary to live here. We are more country people and ever since I was younger have realised that I am a lover for the countryside, its like my happy place. The reasons we want to live there is because its close to all of our family who are situated in Devon, Somerset, Swindon and London. I dont want to move too far and would just prefer to be somewhat in the middle. House prices are cheap compared to many other places. Seems to be quite a practical place to live with nearly everything on your doorstep. I dont want this thread to be full of nasty comments like please dont move there etc cause honestly we have looked at SEVERAL others and I would love to be on my familys doorstep. I am writing this post to ask what is it actually like to live there we want to move to west part of town preferably Shaw/middleleaze/nine elms sort of way... so is it boring? safe? a place to raise a family? plenty of things to do no matter the weather? is there an issue with youths and anti social behaviour? is the public friendly towards eachother? is public transport expensive? what are the jobs like? is there anything that you dislike about the town?
This would be very helpful for me if these were answered :)