BS: Good places to live and house prices

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Watson
Date: 21 Aug 03 - 05:16 AM

Don't come to Shropshire - it's horrible and there are far too many people here already.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: gnomad
Date: 21 Aug 03 - 05:05 AM

If you get a particular place in mind in the UK then a placename (or better still a postcode) inserted at this site will provide a good range of useful info re what's in the area, housing, even weather.

Good luck!

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,J
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:21 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Padre
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 08:53 PM

Clifton Forge, Virginia - houses from $25K to about $85K and low property taxes. Plus, some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the eastern US. And an additional plus, a Mudcatter in nearby Botetourt County.

Padre

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Indie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 05:00 PM

I do have to consider immigration, but I would prefer to find somewhere I like and take it from there than limit myself to the places I KNOW I can go to live.

I am European and have work skills and qualifications that are sometimes sought after abroad.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,mg`
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 03:30 PM

don't you have to worry about immigration etc.?

I live in a great place, with low prices..yhou could get a beach cottage for under $60,000..finding work is a problem..check out Long Beach Peninsula. Washingtons tate. USA

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 12:14 PM

That'll be the Canada geese will it?? Or maybe the Pink Footed geese!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Alice
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 12:03 PM

British Columbia is beautiful. You'd have to search the 'net for house prices. I'm sure there are some small towns there where it would be affordable.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Amos
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:50 AM

Many of them blame the new mayor, who is gay and therefore fair game to be blamed for anything

The logic escapes me!! :>) Especially the relationship between excessive goose shit and gays; I would have thought it was tradityionally the heterosexuals who slipped into buggering the sheep and geese. No? LOL!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Indie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:50 AM

Some good advice there. I'll order the book and check out the places !

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: greg stephens
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:48 AM

The folk in Stoke on Trent are extremely friendly. We dont get a lot of visitors (apart from specialist tourists who like going round the Wedgewood/Spode /Royal Doulton works and buying china). Basically we are short on cathedrals, wonderful buildings, famous art galleries etc.But we have very nice oatcakes, two canals, and loads of country all around.The locals have a pretty funny accent, but that's true anywhere,isnt it?
   There is a lot of goose shit in Hanley Park, which is bothering letter-writers to the local paper. Many of them blame the new mayor, who is gay and therefore fair game to be blamed for anything.
    We are unlikely to be chosen as European City of Culture, or a suitable venue for the Olympic Games, but we enjoy ourselves fine. And housing is certainly cheap.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:48 AM

The formula that applies for me, in the U.S.--the places I want to live, I can't afford. The place where I live I can afford but I'd like to leave.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Amos
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:46 AM

Guadalajara has beautiful weather year round and a pleasant ENglish-speaking community. It is the capital city of Jalisco, Mexico, a flourishing cultural center with a beautiful city center and lots of wonderful sites.

Not sure what houses cost there these days.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: Allan C.
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:46 AM

For ideas regarding the USA I highly recommend "Places Rated Almanac". It is well worth perusal even if you are not especially considering the USA because it gives perspective to considerations that may not have crossed your mind. For instance, climate, crime rate, availability of hospitals and schools, etc.. It rates hundreds of cities using these criteria and more.

By the way, Charlottesville, Virginia (where I am living at the moment,) was rated the number one city of its size (roughly 40 thousand inhabitants) in the United States for quite a few years in a row.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Hel
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:40 AM

Majorca...a nice 2 bed from 150,000 euros

beautiful scenery and a home from home.. loads of sing song bars about if you can't find a folk club

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:32 AM

Jeez, that's cheap !

Is it a nice place and are the folk friendly ? I'll check it out on the net. Thanks !

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: greg stephens
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:29 AM

There are very beasties in Stoke on Trent, house prices are low, and there are a few folk clubs around. Some 2 bedroom houses are below £20K(though possibly not in parts of town you'ld care to live in!).

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Alphie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:27 AM

Canada was named the best country in the world to live in, by the UN( I think ).

I don't know how much a house would cost though

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Indie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:25 AM

Em , good question, Greg. But that is my point ! I am hoping for a huge change in my life ( ok, we are talking about terminating a dud relationship ! ) and I am willing to consider anywhere, as long as there are not too many beasties !

Places that have crossed my mind; Canada, Australia, New Zealand, maybe the USA, a warm place in Europe, maybe back to the UK.

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: greg stephens
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:19 AM

Could you indicate the general area(s) of the world that might suit you, to narrow it down a bit?

Subject: RE: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Lanza
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:18 AM

Lanzarote is a good place to live; good weather all year round, nice walks, good night life.

A two bedroomed house with a garden could cost 120,000 euros.

Subject: BS: Good places to live and house prices
From: GUEST,Indie
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 11:15 AM

I am hoping to change my life & I am looking for a new place to live. So, Mudcatters, where can you recommend and do you happen to know how much a two bedroomed house with a small garden costs there ? Or an apartment ? I don't mind. I just want somewhere that has a nice standard of living and where the folk are friendly. ( Oh yeah, and a folk club would be nice ! )