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Lets face it, the whole of the UK has access to some awesome stuff, whether that's good restaurants and nightlife or some rolling hills and valleys. The problem is all the loving british people everywhere. Bastards.
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Pissflaps posted:Yeah but you're hours away from a performance of The Lion King Musical. *weeps silently into Greggs steak bake*
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Aug 6, 2014 13:36
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Malcolm XML posted:Cool I totally want to take a 75% paycut to do a job with worse career prospects so that I can live in the sticks with a lower cost of living! (Yes I've been offered these) I moved from London to Liverpool his year and got a 10% raise in salary because my skillset is harder to find up here. Had a good choice of places to work as well. Better prospects as well. So I'm going to say you don't know what you're on about.
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Aug 6, 2014 13:52
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Cerv posted:brighton train'll drop you at croydon, clapham, victoria, london bridge or blackfriars. Brighton is awesome, but as expensive as London. Also enjoy £5500 a year just for commuting into London on one of the most overcrowded trains you'll have the displeasure of standing up in.
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Aug 6, 2014 13:56
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Gonzo McFee posted:I think you'll find that Glasgow is da best and all others are da rest. Based on the highly drunken weekend I just had, confirmed. Lovely place.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:24
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"Bristol is ok if you avoid St.Paul's Bedminster, Brislington, Easton, Fishpounds, Filton, Frenchay, Hartcliffe, Knowle, Lawrence Hill, Southmead and St.George"- My last Boss. Bristol is actually great as long as you don't expect to get anywhere quickly.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:24
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Spuckuk posted:Brighton is awesome, but as expensive as London. brighton came up because Aliginge wanted to visit. nobody was talking about living there and commuting to London
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Aug 6, 2014 14:36
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Norwich is UNESCO's first city of literature in England. You also have the Norfolk Broads nearby, which are beautiful if you like that sort of thing. Sadly it is at least 2+ hours away from a performance of Stomp! Clearly culturally lacking.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:42
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Bozza posted:e:f,b Cardiff owns. I've made more money busking in Cardiff in one week than I've made in months in London. Plus it's just a better place than London in general what with it being run by the Welsh.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:47
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Party Boat posted:*weeps silently into Greggs steak bake* Any city without 3 Greggs within line of sight is not a real city.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:48
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Greggs is garbagge. Though I do appreciate their efforts to bring lower cost eating to motorway service stations.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:51
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KKKlean Energy posted:You can't just say something is an "hour from london" because once you get to london it could take up to an hour more just to get to your place of residence or work edit: plus my commute takes an hour to a London station even now.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:56
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Spuckuk posted:I moved from London to Liverpool his year and got a 10% raise in salary because my skillset is harder to find up here. Had a good choice of places to work as well. Better prospects as well. What industry do you work in? Do you need a visa? twoot posted:Any city without 3 Greggs within line of sight is not a real city. There is a Greggs outside my office. It is disgusting, I don't know what you people see in it.
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Aug 6, 2014 14:57
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JoylessJester posted:"Bristol is ok if you avoid St.Paul's Bedminster, Brislington, Easton, Fishpounds, Filton, Frenchay, Hartcliffe, Knowle, Lawrence Hill, Southmead and St.George"- My last Boss. I'd live in a solid 50-75% of those and most of the rest aren't that bad. I mean loving Bedminster, really? Place is yuppie central, it's about as scary as a puppy. But yeah the roads in Bristol are terrible that's it's major con.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:06
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Malcolm XML posted:There is a Greggs outside my office. It is disgusting, I don't know what you people see in it. I don't really like it either. It's 2014 they should really be able to keep hot food at edible temperature, rather than either stone cold or mouth-burning stodge.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:08
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twoot posted:I don't really like it either. It's 2014 they should really be able to keep hot food at edible temperature, rather than either stone cold or mouth-burning stodge. I think what happens is that when their food has been cooked it is very hot then it immediately begins to cool until eventually it reaches room temperature. That's my understanding of the process anyway.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:11
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mfcrocker posted:I'd live in a solid 50-75% of those and most of the rest aren't that bad. I mean loving Bedminster, really? Place is yuppie central, it's about as scary as a puppy. If you're not in BS8 or BS9 you're basically an unperson. You may even have to interact with black people!
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Aug 6, 2014 15:15
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Jack the Lad posted:What happened with BoJo volunteering to get shot by a water cannon? I really hope this is brought up repeatedly during his election campaign as yet another promise he's broken. I hope he does run for a seat in London, as I think that might be tougher than he expects. It's one thing to break a load of promises in London and then campaign somewhere far away, but there's a lot of poo poo that could be thrown at him that would have affected his prospective constituents. Hopefully it'll stick. Aliginge posted:Leamington Spa was a bit posh for my liking Nothing compared to Stratford. Upon Avon, if that needs clarifying. I was back in Leam at the weekend for a mate's party and was shocked that the Spa Centre actually puts on half-decent gigs now. Back in the day it was just battle of the bands, terrible covers bands and computer/train fairs.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:20
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Cities are poo poo, small-town living is where it's at.
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LemonDrizzle posted:If you're not in BS8 or BS9 you're basically an unperson. You may even have to interact with black people! Haha, gently caress Cliftonites. And yeah, I had noticed most of those were places with non-white communities.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:31
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I like the concept of living in cities more than anywhere else, some are just too much though. Cardiff is pretty much perfect as it has a central area that's pretty good, has got tons of stuff, but doesn't require a day long commitment to go somewhere or do something. I liked it much better when I lived in Riverside, though, as it was a five minute walk to town, it was a hugely diverse area and had loads of cool little halal places etc. Now I live in the closest Cardiff has to suburbs and it loving sucks.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:33
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sebzilla posted:Cities are poo poo, small-town living is where it's at. As long as it's not suburbia. Someone I know is moving to Letchworth. I would rather kill myself. Cities are great, and the wide open countryside is great. (Commuter) towns are poo poo.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:36
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Malcolm XML posted:There is a Greggs outside my office. It is disgusting, I don't know what you people see in it.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:37
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Greggs are alright if you catch them early when their stuff is hot. The pro choice if you miss them during the optimal time is a sandwich. The Mexican chicken baguette is rather nice.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:39
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mfcrocker posted:Haha, gently caress Cliftonites. And yeah, I had noticed most of those were places with non-white communities. or students. The two scariest things to middle aged shop managers.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:43
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Ddraig posted:Greggs are alright if you catch them early when their stuff is hot. The pro choice if you miss them during the optimal time is a sandwich. The Mexican chicken baguette is rather nice. I will never forgive Greggs for what they did to their Whopper sandwich.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:43
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Greggs sausage rolls are like pink vomit slime in a sock.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:53
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London: the Toronto of Europe.
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Aug 6, 2014 15:58
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tentish klown posted:As long as it's not suburbia. Someone I know is moving to Letchworth. I would rather kill myself. Letchworth isn't just a commuter town though, it's a garden city designed and built by a quaker. I think they allow places that sell alcohol within the 'city limits' now, but when I was there the only 'bar' was a den of iniquity just outside the city limits, where there were knife fights regularly. You pretty much had to walk to Hitchin if you wanted any kind of entertainment other than what the library could provide. There was a nice chinese takeaway at the bottom of town though.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:02
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El Scotch posted:London: the Toronto of Europe. London is an alpha++ city, Toronto is some kinda beta loser-bumsville.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:16
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I am shocked and appalled that not one of you has mentioned one of Britain's newest cities as a London alternative.  The best part is it's only 35 mins from London!
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Aug 6, 2014 16:16
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Once again I feel like the only person in the world who actually likes Middlesbrough.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:28
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Praseodymi posted:Once again I feel like the only person in the world who actually likes Middlesbrough. I love Middlesbrough.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:29
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Don't Gregg's still use indentured servants instead of employees?
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Aug 6, 2014 16:33
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Pissflaps posted:I love Middlesbrough. I wouldn't say I loved it, I enjoyed living there, and for the most part felt safe in most places, more so than I've ever felt in southern towns/cities.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:47
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glitchkrieg posted:I really hope this is brought up repeatedly during his election campaign as yet another promise he's broken. I believe a seat is available the ward of Uxbridge and South Ruislip after Conservative MP Sir John Randall announced he will be stepping down and in neighbouring Hertsmere, Conservative MP James Clappison has also said he will be leaving Westminster. Both are really safe Tory seats mind. Also worth noting constituents in both campaigned against Heathrow expansion, something BoJo himself opposed whilst running for his second term. Not sure if it was a campaign pledge. The independent report into aviation capacity is rumored to favour Heathrow. Although I don't think the final report is due back before the election.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:50
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Britain sold all the pig semen to China so that's why Boris isn't getting hosed down with the cannon.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:52
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LemonDrizzle posted:London is an alpha++ city, Toronto is some kinda beta loser-bumsville. Who would you prefer to have in charge, BoJo or RoFo? 
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Aug 6, 2014 16:54
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El Scotch posted:Who would you prefer to have in charge, BoJo or RoFo? Cage match?
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ultrabindu posted:I believe a seat is available the ward of Uxbridge and South Ruislip after Conservative MP Sir John Randall announced he will be stepping down and in neighbouring Hertsmere, Conservative MP James Clappison has also said he will be leaving Westminster. Both are really safe Tory seats mind. Uxbridge is an odd one for Johnson. They're very anti-heathrow expansion because they're right under the flight paths. But also a lot of people are employed at the airport or in related business so Johnson's pie-in-the-sky about demolishing heathrow is just about as unpopular as a third runway. And yeah, the report's not due till after May cos everyone's too scared to touch it.
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