Wendy

West Yorkshire, Hun

kiwichild

Oh I'd imagine Yorkshire to be quite a nice county, cold in winter tho yes.

Have heard some troublespots in Leeds and Bradford at times tho.

Wendy

Yes, Bradford is really bad. That's where I live. Leeds is not much better but it's about 40% dearer.

Lewis Lapthorn

Good post, and wise words. This is why we did a 10 month reccie.

1. Throughout their autumn, winter, and spring - not just seeing their beautiful summers.
2. I worked, and we integrated as though we were actually living the life in that environment.
3. We had a short list of places we fancied (you won't be able to do a reccie on every city and town iun Australia). So made sure we fully exprienced each one before returning home.

I would throughly recommend this sort of experience before deciding on such a big move.

L

kiwichild

I imagine York, Scarborough, Whitby etc would be nice but perhaps not as many work opportunites in the last two.

Do you think you will emmigrate or maybe move somewhere else in Yorkshire or UK?

If I stay in OZ I will move to Melbourne or Tasmania. Everything you probably coudl want can be found in Melbourne but Tasmania offers a more relaxed lifestlye with a relatively low crime rate and beautiful scenery. Apparently has a real community spirit which seems to be lacking in a lot of OZ's bigger cities.

Wendy

York is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't live there. Don't really know why, it's just not for me. Scarborough is one of my favourite places, but lots of hills. Whitby again nice but lots of hills and very little to do after a few days, unless you like fishing in the rain.

We are coming out there and settling in Adelaide where my aunt lives. We will be there before November. It will be lovely to be able to get to know my aunt as I haven't seen her for years.

<")))><

No, no kiwichild...I think you misunderstood (again)

It really is A CROCK OF SHIT to say..... "I just found there was no character to it." Obviously millimog didn't have the presence of mind to visit any other part of Australia before making such a sweeping statement.

Fine, have your say...share your experiences and opinions on this board and I will share mine. 'Crock of shit' summed it up for me...so back off.

kiwichild

If you read the rest of this thread you will see that the point you have raised has been discussed, including by the OP who agrees they did not unfortuantely get to visit other parts of the country while here.

The term 'crock of shit' in my opinion has always been used when one is dealing with substantsiated facts and not opinons. There is a difference.

kiwichild

Adelaide is a lovely city in my opinon. Hope you enjoy it

Wendy

Thanks, I intend to.

Margaret2

As we all know every place is not for everyone, but it's not just the 'place', that people take into consideration.


It depends on lots of stuff, for e.g, i lived and worked in Melbourne when i was younger (23-24) and it was not what i expected, but that was at that age, i was looking for nightlife, a busy soical life , lots of friends, and it did not live up to my expectations. To be honest, i never really thought about the country or surroundings, just about myself, coz thats the age and life i was leading, a selfish, self-centered, immature one.

Now (yes its taken 20 years for me to grow up), I want a totally different life, we don't have much friends or family, so this is not a huge consideration.
I just want myself and family to experience something differnt . As i have said to my daughter we are not rich enough to go european hols, god we can barely afford a hol in Britain, every 2 years. But i can give her the experience of this 'other' life and shit, if it is shit, then , nothing has to be for ever

benny the ball

Sounds like an 'executive toy' for the more discerning customer.

Wendy

Hutch

Or possibly the name of an Australian sports reporter ... "And now with all the news from today at the MCG, here's Dicky Thyroid."

Lewis Lapthorn

What part of Bradford are you Wendy. My brother's in Thornton.