What are your experiences of leaving London?
Me and my wife have both been Londoners our whole lives, which is a city we love, but having just had our first child and another on the way we keep returning to the idea of selling our outer London house for somewhere more rural. We want more space for our children, a slower pace of life, less traffic and more opportunities to engage with nature. However, the reality is once we leave London, we will never be able to afford to move back - so it would be great to hear experiences of those that have made the move, especially if you have kids that have been though rural schools etc
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Really interesting to hear people's experiences.
As addressed, I may need to review my idea of rural, we are thinking somewhere within an hour's drive of a translation which is linked to London, under half an hours drive from a town and within walking distance to a pub & shop.
We are able to stay where we are and keep chipping away at the mortgage but do not feel the city draws us in the ways it has before. Both me and my partner have experience working with children and young people in areas of high deprivation and have seen how difficult city life for teenagers can be and what we are trying to figure out of this has created an unrealistic romanticised version of small village life.