TOM_1900

Hi mates.

I'm researching moving to England right now, hence unfortunately London is too expensive and not affordable, I'm trying to find another good alternative. I'm looking for a very liberal, diverse, non religious, safe, good hospitals and health and very liveable and young city that will be good for a middle eastern single guy to live in.

Thanks!

Pollyana

Brighton & Hove, but it ain't cheap.

TOM_1900

Thanks, heard about it multiple time, does look expensive and a bit small.

christmasoompa

Did you follow the suggestions in your other thread - job hunting first (you may not get any say in where you go, as it will have to be wherever you can find a job offer and employer willing to sponsor your visa), and also looking on the Rightmove affordability tool to see where you can afford with your housing budget? If so, what cities have those things given you?

Your criteria is very broad and will apply to pretty much any city in the UK, so you really need to narrow it down a bit (as above) and then you can ask about more specific places once you've got potential jobs lined up.

Good luck.

SanDiegogirl

You need a work visa - so getting a job first is your main task. You may not have much of a choice as to where to live.

TOM_1900

I did actually, but it’s impossible/ irrelevant for me to search for a job in a huge country like the UK, also - I will not move to every place, there is a reason I’m leaving my home and its for a better life quality, I should choose my next destination carefully. I did such an experiment in Berlin just to find out It’s aint for me and I need to stick with the original British plan, I don’t want to the that risk again.

Also - I did applied already for a dosens of jobs in Newcastle and Brighton. Let see how it goes.

christmasoompa

OK, so if you get some interest from the employers there (i.e. an interview) then that's the point you can research areas. You can always turn down a job offer if it turns out to be somewhere you don't like the look of, and the majority of cities in the UK will offer you a similar quality of life.

In all honesty, with the restrictions you've got (wanting care work but no early mornings or dealing with people's hygiene needs), I wouldn't add geographical restrictions as well.

TOM_1900

I appreciate your help. It’s good feedback for me. My method in life is always start with very specific idea, then slowly start compromise and lower expectations when needed.my first destination was totally and only London, but I understand quickly what is relevant and and what is not. It’s just you always need to set the bar high first in my opinion and then lower it, not the opposite.

Pollyana

You are seriously limiting yourself if you think Brighton is too small

Largest urban agglomerations in the United Kingdom in 2020

TOM_1900

compared to London and major cities in the world, even for medium sized cities like Tel Aviv, it’s small…🤷🏻‍♂️

But now I saw that the metropolin itself is indeed big.

But I’ve applied there everywhere I could. Big difference in the jobs offers available compared to Newcastle which I’ve also applied in.

Next on my list- Bristol and Sheffield.

C.2s

I can't really comment specifically on Sheffield because it's not somewhere I know well, but I can talk about Bristol where I'm from originally.

First I'd say that in general every city in the UK has most of the qualities that you have listed above. Everywhere is liberal, diverse, non religious and relatively safe. There are no religious cities as such. Most people now describe themselves as 'non religious'. There are some faith based schools that serve particular minority sections of the community, but most schools that have the words "Church of England" in their name are not specifically religious anymore. Every city has parts where you need to be careful where you go and at what time of day. But it all depends what you are comparing it with (from your experience in other countries). Crime tends to be linked to poverty and drugs, and every city has areas where the crime levels are higher. You can search online based on the postcode of an area (you can find the postcode on Google maps if you don't know it). On the whole hospital and healthcare is a good standard everywhere. But access to NHS services is not always easy. You might know about the waiting times in the UK. I'm not sure that it's easy to predict where the shortest wait times are.

Bristol has been doing consistently pretty well economically speaking over the past 40 or 50 years and perhaps hasn't suffered as badly as some of the other more industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. The central area that used to be the docks has been transformed into an area of waterside housing and recreation. The areas near the centre that were once poorer housing areas have become very hipster. It has a long history of different ethnic immigration (from Irish in the 1800s, to a relatively large Black Caribbean community in the 60s, to people from all over the world more recently)...yes there have been some difficulties with integration, but it's a very, very multicultural place. Because Bristol is the sort of 'capital' of the South West you will find a sort of medium size music and arts scene, but if you wanted to see the really top name international acts you probably have to go to London, and that's possible because the rail and road links from Bristol to London are good (trains are expensive in the UK). It's a similar thing with the hospitals. Bristol has two large NHS hospitals and several smaller private hospitals. They are high quality because they often include the specialist units for the whole of the south west. There's an airport that might be handy for you if you need to fly regularly, but it's also possible that you would need to go to one of the London airports for a wider range of destinations (there are a variety of ways you can get to the other airports including dedicated coach services from Bristol). I think that Bristol has a similar size population to Tel Aviv, which means there's enough people to create a lively buzz, but not so many that it's overwhelming (like London can be). I have heard it described as 'to the measure of a man' by an Italian who moved there a few years ago - meaning it's very liveable in his opinion.

TOM_1900

That is really amazing and useful answer. Thank you! 🙏🏻