Moving

Yeah, of course it's not safe to walk the streets. I feel safer walking around London then I would walking round some shitty suburb of Sunderland.

hes just a numpty man, everytime hes been to nottingham to visit me he whinges about how he recons people are eyeing his car up and that he recons hel get mugged or shot by just walking down the street. boring crack.

Ha ha, I guess living in a big city is just too scary for some people.

aye, lee's just scared that after 23 years on the planet he might have to learn how to use a washing machine and an iron and actually fend for himself!

newcastle isnt really that boring and repetative, and i suppose anyone can say that if they go/work there every day, of course its going to get repetative.

although with london - it always seems to change in one way or another in a shorter span of time than any other city.

i wouldent mind leaving the north east for a while, might give me a new outlook on life. but armin's on in august - so i guess i'll use that as my excuse to stay (for now).

fucking off abroad is the way forward

I couldnt be chewed on with moving and stuff, I'm settled here lol, mortgage the lot.I can see the appeal of moving around but it just isnt for me I guess lol

dear me, sunderland

you would aswell you daft fuck.

every town/city has shite areas but londons got the most.

Nowt wrong with living in the same area all your life but Lee you're such a numpty some times. You seem to think you'll be stabbed or shot everywhere you go. The farthest south you've travelled is Jacksons Landing you uncultured hermit!

I moved to Grantham about 4 year ago and only lasted about 6 month, I moved for the wrong reasons though and had to move back home.

If an opportunity comes along with work/uni I will definately consider moving out of the country. Work always has openings for overseas placements, just depends on the location and practicalities with the young'un. When you are young your friends/socialising are more or less your life but eventually you will grow apart and wont see them or socialise as much, you settle down, have kids and your family become your life, makes the decision much easier

I wouldn't wanna move anywhere else in the country but I'd move to Australia or the US when I'm a bit older.

ive been to london and i have no love for the place, its crowded and people just look at you like you have been shit out, they have no time for anyone, the friendliest people in london are the tourists, stop trying to make yourself look big by nicking birdys 10yr old jokes

I'm not trying to make myself look big, I'm trying to make you look small.

I'm no fan of London in that I wouldn't want to live there but how long were you actually in London and how much of that time were you in a jam packed club full of piss heads and gurners? You flew to london, went in a club, got back to the airport and went home. Who was unfriendly?

everywhere is crap and boring if you stay there for long enough.

apart from Hexham which is crap and boring from the start

wallsend

I love Australia, feel a lot safer here than in Gateshead, and its a more laid back lifestyle, but there are some things I miss about home.

There is a real shortage of housing here, especially in cities. Rent is unbelievably expensive, and theres hardly anywhere to rent. Students are playing at least a 100 quid a week for a room in Brisbane. There was a story in the paper this week of a Chinese girl paying that to share a room (and a double bed, the kinky bitch) as there is nowhere to rent. A lot more expensive to rent here than in Newcastle believe it or not. Houses in or near city centres are really expensive to buy too, so to be able to afford a house, you have to look right on the outskirts or further afield, like 20-30 miles from the city center (which a lot of Brits have to do unless they have a shitload of cash). In these places there is fuck all public transport, shops close at 5, takeaways close at 8, bottle shops close at 7 - 9 (depending on if its a weekend), pubs don't even open on a Sunday unless they are 'taverns' (which are basically gambling dens with no music and fuck all atmosphere), and its a lot more difficult to have a decent social life. Everything is spaced out so you need to drive.

So what I'm basically getting at is that I miss the closeness of everything back home, being able to get a bus and be in the center of town in 10 minutes, and being able to buy a Chinese takeaway and a few cans at 10 at night.

What you do for coin like?

fuck that, although - a different way of life and all that.

but i dont think i could take much of the melbourne shuffle