I was born and brought up in a suburb of London and always lived within an hour's travel to the Smoke.

Two years ago I changed continents and am now living in a state that has only 1,000,000 people in total, although it has a land mass the size of England. I agree with Giok - I would not want to move back to London at all and find the crowds when I visit the UK to be aggravating. There is less music here, but I have made friends and we have started our own song circle.

Good luck with your move Jenny - I hope it works as well for you as it has for me.