u/Odd-Paramedic-3826

I hate trying to between two non-london locations and trainline tells me i have to make a double change on the underground. I'm going from crewe to brighton next week and I really honestly cannot be bothered hauling my luggage around the tube. Taking a long-way-wound route even if its hours longer and more expensive would be preferable

22m, potentially moving from england for a job (still waiting on the final word). Never been before, Don't know anybody in all of scotland let along glasgow. Looking for places to build a social circle.

I'm into indie music (arctic monkeys, stone roses, etc), anime and japanese stuff, video games, rock climbing, cycling, art, museums, and nightlife.

Any good shouts for places where i can meet people who might be into similar stuff?

That place used to be my 2nd home basically, i spent all of first and second year finishing off my final projects on the top floor where the big window was. I barely used the new library after they switched last year since it felt cold and labyrinthian on the inside and didn't have the view the old one did.

this weekend was my first time going back down that way since i graduated and I was shocked to see it halfway through being torn down. Absolutely gutted. I just assumed they'd be remodelling the interior and repurposing the building. Anyone know why this is happening?

If there was a saint buried under the volcano, it would create a devils palm, and the lava rock matches the blessing of the earth theme from the previous parts as well as the causality abilities associated with them

I understand from the title that this sounds like an absolutely insane plan but I need to lay out the full context to get across why I'm considering doing something like this.

I'm 22. I live in a rural post-industrial market town in the northwest. I absolute detest it and my life here has just got worse ever since I moved back after university. I kept telling myself that leaving was only one job application away but it's been a year since I graduated now with no job in sight so it's time for me to take some personal initiative.

I also don't particularly feel safe here either. This town is full of flag shaggers and is primed to be a reform constituency next election. I've had tons of abuse hurled at me from complete strangers and even friendly interactions often lead to them saying something absurdly bigoted and expecting me to agree with it. I'm queer and alternative so I feel like I can't properly express myself or find community here without being judged.

I know London is the place for me. I'm a sensory seeking extraverted person and I like to always be doing things. London has so much interesting stuff going on all the time and a huge amount of it is free. So many opportunities to meet people or be surrounded by culture. There's nothing like that for miles around up here. The nearest social events aimed at young people I could find are 20 miles away. There aren't even basic things like museums or climbing gyms for miles around. and I don't drive so it's all inaccessible to me (yet another reason for london, public transport and walkability)

I work part time and I've managed to save up a small pot to use as a launchpad. This time next month I'll have £3000 in the bank. My plan is to use 2/3s of it to book out a hostel or other temp accommodation for as long as I can, keep the rest of it for food/other costs, then pack a suitcase and just get my nose to the grindstone. Rabidly apply, pick up whatever work I can get, network and build community in the city, and do everything else I can to build a life.

I've got no family or friends in the entire southeast so it would be a complete square one start, so it'd be hard, but staying where I am is also hard. So what difference does it make?

The way I see it, worst case scenario is I end up back at square one having lost £3000. Best case scenario is the entire trajectory of my life objectively changes for the better.

I'm mostly posting this for a reality check, but if anyone here has done this in the past and has some pointers on what to do/what not to do that would be greatly appreciated.

(I.E. job hunt stuff, I've got a degree in video game design and 10 months experience working as an admin assistant for a small business, part time)

Last week I messed up while turning a corner and went flying. I was very lucky since i only got a few bad scrapes and a sore wrist. But I've not been back on my bike since cause I keep thinking to myself, if that happened to me while I was on the road instead of a footpath, I’d have been completely at the mercy of cars.

I use my bike to get to the gym and back. The route has me going down a rural B-Road for about a mile. No good alternatives since it's the only road out of my village. The drivers along that stretch have a stick up their arse and are often aggressive and stupid. I've been shouted and peeped at for no good reason. The thought of falling off while people like that are on the road around me is terrifying.

I'd only been cycling for about 2 months beforehand. I don't have a car and the busses around here are unreliable and too expensive for what they are, so the freedom the bike gave me was a life changer. Since the accident I've just been relying on lifts, getting the bus, and walking. Which all take longer and are less convenient than cycling. I'd like to get back on it but I can't get over the mental image of falling off into some cars path

what an actual embarrassment. grotty shitboxes that don't get treated well by the staff, passengers, or management. Last one i went on had two vapes rolling around on the floor and seats so dusty you could see the brown through the blue pattern.

Is there no reason they can't just scrap them and move onto 197s like TFW did years ago?

I only live near one of the postings, the other 4 are in places I don't particularly want to move to. How often is it with these applications that you actually get the posting in the place you wanted?

I've been jobhunting for over a year now so it'd be foolhardy to turn down a stable role but packing up everything and going to a town in the other end of the country that I don't even like feels like it'd be bad for my life

I got into a discussion about this with my mum earlier. I think urban centres are usually safer these days because they have more dedicated cycling infrastructure (liverpool city center for example, absolute covered in bike lines) as well as slower roads and typically less dangerous drivers.

She insisted that cyclists are safer in small towns like the one we live in. the residential roads around where we live are quieter sure but there are much more reckless drivers, much fewer cyclists, and far less cycling infrastructure on the main roads that you inevitably have to cycle down if you want to get to anywhere. There's been a few times where a joyrider has hurtled past me at 100mph, can't really do that on a city street.

I do 3x12 seated rows, 3x12 shoulder presses, and 3x12 lat pulldowns, usually to failure on the last set. I've made strength progress with every other muscle group but it feels like my back and shoulders have stalled out.

For reference I'm 22, 6'4, and 220lbs. I'm eating enough protein, getting enough sleep, etc etc. I also used to be able to do pullups effortlessly when i was 16/17 while i was taking gymnastics classes. I've not grown or put on that much weight since then. so i know it's possible

I've been thinking a lot lately about travelling ethically. I think the #1 thing to consider there is how you being there affects locals. There are plenty of parts of the world where tourism and travel have dealt significant damage to the communities that live there and I definitely bear in mind to research wherever I'm travelling to make sure I'm not going somewhere travellers are discouraged from.

The opposite also exists though. I've been to plenty of places where people were happy to see someone visit from elsewhere. Usually it's less well trodden places that tend to fly under the radar. For example, I spent a couple of days in Southwest Scotland a few years ago and felt extremely welcome, everyone I spoke to was very friendly and helpful.

Yesterday I went from london stanstead to warrington via leicester and sheffield. because otherwise i'd have to go into london and change between tottenham and euston on the underground, and i genuinely could not be fucked with taking my luggage onto the tube. It took nearly 6 hours.

(before anyone asks, i flew to stanstead instead of manchester or liverpool because it was significantly cheaper)

I graduated a year ago and I’ve been unable to get into the field i studied for, and I’m still living with my parents in the miserable market town I grew up in. want to leave as soon as i can realistically. Looking at moving to Liverpool/Merseyside since it's got pretty much everything i want in a place to live, cheaper rent than other cities, and it's still pretty close to family.

I've sent out about 40 applications to jobs in the area in the last three weeks (mostly admin/support roles at private businesses, but also a few in the civil service and a few retail/service roles) , got one interview that i cancelled because the role was obviously a scam, haven't heard back from any of the others. I'm considering going in for office temp work until i land a permanent role to make the move happen sooner.

This a good idea or is agency work too inconsistent to make ends meet? I'll be living pretty threadbare anyway (houseshare, batch cooking, etc) but with the cost of living these days it wouldn't surprise me.

Also worth noting that I don't have a car or drivers license, it has occurred to me that a job could come up through an agency but it might be in a location I couldn't walk or use public transit to get to, but im not sure how much of an issue thats going to be.

the keaton version. Only caught a glimpse since i was going in the other direction

"pink tax" being products/services aimed at women having a significant price markup in comparison to the male equivalents

Not something i'll ever pursue, just curious. Must be quite a life, spending all year travelling up and down the country going to random parks in towns you've never heard of