I'm thinking of moving to the UK.What place would you recommend?

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*Care Bear*

I agree with C. Green, I'm a bit wary of answering too as everyone has their own individual opinion of where is nicer to live.

I live in Colchester in Essex. Yes it's a garrison town and yes Essex is supposedly notorious for slappers and chavs but it's really just an overexaggerated stereotype and I'd have to seriously disagree with it.

Everywhere has stereotypes, I see a lot of people saying that its grim up North, but in all honesty they couldn't be further from the truth. Its like everywhere, there's good bits and bad bits and a lot of regeneration going on (Manchester for example) that are making these places so much better to live.

I personally love where I live, as much as I want to travel the world, I know I'd still come back here and settle down because to me its home and its so comfortable and familiar and has so many memories. Some people might come here and think what a dump it is or something but its not special to them because they don't have the memories here that I do.

I haven't had much experience of anywhere further North than London, again nicer bits and some down right rotten bits, but at the end of the day you have to weigh up your own pro's and con's and whether you want to live in a town, a city or the countryside, whether you'll be able to get a job (lots of unemployment at the moment, me included!) and the prices you can afford to pay when you get there.

I love my country and it does have it faults, as does everywhere, but I wouldn't choose anywhere else for my home. So although I don't feel I can satisfactorily recommend one single place in the whole of the UK, I can say that I think its great that you're considering living here, as its a real compliment to our island that people think its good enough, you could choose anywhere but you're looking here.

To all the people who keep saying they want to keep foreigners out and that they're taking all the jobs etc, just think if you wanted to move to a different country how you'd feel if you got treated the same when you got there. Not very hospitable is it?

Moorglademover

Hey Lino, I really wouldn't bother at the moment. Stay in Italy.
There is too much 'bad stuff' going on at the moment. People are really down on immigrants right now. Any foreigner is likely to face the same abuse and distrust. Whether their intentions are good or not.
I truly want to see the back of people moving to this country just to see what they can screw out of us, as quickly as they can.
There are too few jobs at the moment even for the British ourselves.

Meeeee!

Edinburgh in Scotland is excellent- if you don't mind the cold weather that is!

C Greene

I'm a bit wary of answering, everyone has loads of thumbs down, very confusing. We all have our own opinion of which is the best place to live but the best thing to do would be research each city/county that interests you & weigh up the pros & cons. I personally wouldn't want to live anywhere but Southampton, but that's because I've lived here my whole life & it's all I've known. Good luck

Jenn

I actually don't know where you should move. I like London personally but its pricey. If I had to move to any where in the uk in would be london.

But personally I can't wait to get out of the UK.

sexy legs

Edinburgh !! Its one of the safest cities in the UK ! We are a lovely lot of people , very polite and helpful !
Dont go to Glasgow i think theres a murder there everyday !
London - Too expensive .

snow_dog_babe

What do you want to move to the uk for? are you mad? it rains most of the year and its freezing cold,,,,if i had my chance i,d leave the place and go some place the sun always shines.

foxy lady

i live in glasgow and its fantastic we have a underground, airport, buses, taxis and boats so its easy to get about there are plenty of shops, clubs, pubs, restaurants so you will always have lots to do, and because its a city it is really easy to find a job!!!

mark_of_madness

Although I have to agree with a previous answer. I would stay out of the Uk at the moment, Foreigners are receiving a lot of blame at the moment, from the murder of 5 prostitutes, to causing race hate crimes and rioting.

However, should you still decide to come, Wales has a high volume of Italian descendants, due to many POW camps being set up, during the War.

I personally like my city, of Chester, which has a popular night life culture, History dating over 2000 years and a superb public transport, that can take you to most places in the Uk.

edward m

move to scotland mate nice people and nice veiws the people are well mannered and u will love it it does get cold but thats what pubs are for do not move to england they hate each other and us scots lol but the big question is where do u live now????

GeneHunt

MANCHESTER.

It is fast becoming the envy of every city in England due to its style, sophistication and down to earth attitude.

There is PLENTY of work and the crime is NOTHING compared to London.

Go on. You will not regret it.

BRYAN F

wigan sucks,rochdale is crap, milton keynes is rotten

Phlodgeybodge

If Barrister Girl is going to criticise Middlesbrough she had better learn to spell it correctly in the first place.

If I was going to live anywhere in the UK it would be within walking distance of the North Yorkshire moors. North Yorkshire is by far the most beautiful place on earth. Middlesbrough is such a place - per head of population Middlesbrough has an 'average' crime rate, and inward investment has meant that a lot of the previously run down areas have either been demolished, or had millions spent to improve them. Employment is at the national average also. Barrister Girl was obviously reading from a 1980's census.

pampurredpuss

Don't think about, just don't do it. It's cold, wet and windy. British people moan when it cold and they moan when it's hot, which is rare. They moan about the telly, they moan about everything, they just love moaning. And you don't want to become one of them.

Watch all the thumbs down now from all the moaners.

pop

piss off we dont want any more foreign imports

Bulle Rouge

Scotland is lovely, particularly Edinburgh

ann n

i wouldnt go to nottingham in the east midlands its awful

wave

I would move to another country. But i'd say go up north, the south is too expensive! Try cities like Manchester or Sheffeild. Liverpool i gather will be nice soon as it is seeing regeneration.

And i can't beleive the yahoo! answers team refered to britain as a small island. You should see my question about what some dumb yanks say and this is one of those things! Britain is the eighth largest island in the world! Its huge!

LNAN

i'd suggest glasgow : a moderately large city which has much lower house prices than in many other areas of the UK (a much smaller mortgage than if you lived in Edinburgh, Hull or anywhere else of comparable size). It would be easier to recommend somewhere if you said what your job was though.

biker_mouse

Why would you want to move here. Over taxed, crap weather 6 months a year and tied up in costly, (both in money and lives), wars in Iraq and Afganistan. Still, it'll probably get worse. The muslims will probably win the next election and throw out all the minority groups - like scots,christians and whites. I'll really be out being in all 3.

elsie

York is the best place to live in the country. I have never met a person who dislikes it. It is not a huge big scary city but is very close to Leeds, it is not a small parochial town either. Loads going on, loads to great bars and restaurants and shops. Fantastic people- salt of the earth. everything is fantastic. The north is way better than the south, ok london is cool to visit but not to live. The North is fab and york is the best place to live up north.
just in case you are interested i'm from the south west midlands (welsh border)

Flagbearer

Come up to the North, we'll give you a warm welcome here, and we're much better than the londoners!

quicker

As a Londoner who lived in Yorkshire for many years, I moved up to Scotland a couple of years ago and love it.

The countryside is fantastic, the people are friendly - in shops and elsewhere you can get into a conversation with anyone, and one advantage for you would be that there is an established Italian Scots community.

If I were you, I'd try and stay a week or so in wherever I was thinking of moving, and decide beforehand whether you prefer the city, or the country, or some of both.

Then try and make contact with someone like yourself wherever you were thinking of going; ask them if it gives them what they need.

For me, Scotland is the greatest: I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Good luck! I hope you're happy wherever you end up.

Scotland

soloxine_rabbit

Anywhere but the whole bloody UK

TRACY M

U should go to glasgow as the people are really friendly there and we also have a good nightlife and shops, and brilliant restaurants, bascially scots are the best!!

Eva R

i suggesst a little village in northumberland called shillbottle.its mint!

bringmesunshine is back!!!

I have lived in Newcastle for 15 years and loved it (well, I should!). There are good night clubs, cheap pubs but you can't get a council house for love or money (thank Blair for that). The weather is cold thanks to a breeze from Sweden but apart from that we are happy bunnies!

Gossip81

Surry

Princess p

stay clear of the dereham area in east anglia as u can't get any jobs there

likkle

Blackheath full of attractions right on your doorstep, very nice people very comfortable to be and great place to go just a bus ride away

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