The Contentment Chart
 

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Pleased to see Exeter in #4 :thumbsup:. Noticed that London featured prominently on the discontented side. I'm glad we have abandoned the idea of going back there. But, I do so love it still, and will look forward to many visits. Anyone else have their chosen place (or nearby) on the contentment chart? Louise, I think you are nearish to Harrogate?

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Makes me glad I didn't choose London after all. LOL. Although my place isn't on the Contented side, at least it's not on the discontented side either.. :D

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They don't have Wales on it, but I'll be closest to #2 Stockport which is too far on the motorway. :lol:

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Yep, I'm in Harrogate. That's why I'm always smiling :lol:

Seriously though, I am not at all surprised to see that. Harrogate really is a lovely place - hence the high housing prices.

Maybe I shouldn't be moving to Skipton next week :eek:

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You're still close enough to keep smiling :D :rofl::thumbsup:

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I'd love to see Scotland mingled in with these results :D

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Yes, wondering what happened to Scotland and Wales :confused:

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Scotland featured a year or two ago because I remember Argyll & Bute was one of the top 10 regions. I guess this time the Scots are neither the happiest nor the saddest.

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Today, I'd give my eye teeth to be just about anywhere in the UK, although my mind always goes to northern England (Yorkshire) or Scotland nowadays. I really want to learn more about Yorkshire. Your photos and blog have really made me take an interest in it. It looks very like the Scottish countryside that I love and it is also very well situated for travel to both Scotland and England, being right in the heart of the UK.

What I don't care for is that it seems to be close to Manchester which is one of the heavily populated urban areas of England, next to Birmingham and London. Of course, I should have taken note of the scale of the map I looked at but did not.

I am very much drawn to Fife, though - and Stirlingshire is beautiful - and so is the Edinburgh area - all in Scotland!!! Choices! Choices!!

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I'm going to be on the border of Lancashire and West Yorkshire and you'd never believe Manchester was about a 30 minute drive away, because if you saw my photo's then you'd think I was miles from anywhere and anything. :) If you live in Yorkshire you'd never have to go near Manchester if you didn't want to, because there is everything you need there. It's not as close as you think...LOL. The same can be said of any 'major' city...you don't have to live right in the middle..you can go further out and not realize you are anywhere close to the crowds.

I love using Google Earth because then I can pick somewhere, zoom down to street level and go 'walking' down the streets as though I lived there..LOL Gives me an idea what an area looks like and so long as you check the date of the images, they're pretty accurate :thumbsup:

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You are quite right! :) I had forgotten that a 30-minute drive is a significant distance in the UK. In fact, I remember Glasgow being about a 45-minute drive from Edinburgh and we only visited there about twice in all the years we were in Edinburgh, and even though it is only something like a 35-mile drive, the two cities are SO different from each other :)

I didn't realize that Diggle was close to West Yorkshire!!!! That's terrific!

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I only found this out later, but Diggle used to be classified as part of Yorkshire until they changed the boundaries, so now it's in Lancashire, but I can walk up the lane and find myself in West Yorkshire :D The very best of both worlds :) :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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It sounds terrific!!!! I am SO glad you didn't choose London!!!!

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Yes, me too, for you and for me! It will be so much better to just go and visit. I think I read that it is the most crowded city in the world :eek:

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Me too !!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: