Anyone else want to move but no fucking clue where?!

[Cuppasoupmonster]

And want to have a moan about it or work through your thoughts?

We live in a medium size town, moved here a couple of years ago because covid made me fall out of love with our city (big mistake). I miss it. This is Brexitland, can’t get a decent takeaway, the place feels stuck in 2010 and I miss my friends. It’s now unlikely we can move back - DC2 on the way so would need 3 bedrooms rather than 2 (different sex children), we have DDog now so need a reasonable garden for her, and this will all cost too much back in our city.

So that leaves surrounding areas which are… a bit like here. Rural or semi rural, dull. I wouldn’t be fully back there if that makes sense, I would just be moving to another town or village that’s closer.

Arreggggghhhh. DD starts school this year so race against the clock.

Hmm. When would you typically need to reply for a school place in your part.of the world? Here, we had to get the application in a couple of months ago. Having not done so, we'd be limited to undersubscribed schools, which are few and far between.

If I had to move now, I'd start by researching which schools would be likely to have space, and focus my search around them.

In terms of area, we live in an outer suburb with a thriving local high street (independent restaurants shops, etc), churches, nurseries etc. There are several parks in walking distance. There is excellent public transport into the city centre, 25 minutes away by frequent buses or trains.

Unfortunately, other people also like living in such areas, and we had to compromise in other ways - number of bedrooms (can a living room with a good sofa bed provide guest accommodation), off road parking (look for streets/parts of streets with easier off road parking), smaller gardens (parks and street trees make this more bearable).