The idea for this thread is to get an image of your city and compare how much it looks like an other with both of them side by side!

This needs to be in the City Talk forum.

leeds on a map looks like a bigger guildford, in its shape

leeds on a map looks like a bigger guildford, in its shape


Ok Wiggles!
My friend in Los Angeles is looking to move back to the UK with two kids (five and two) and Finish wife. We realise the South is too expensive. He is coming back with maybe 100k pounds in savings. We talked about Yorkshire. Where would you raise a family= all things considered? :)

^^ Sheffield - greenest city in the UK apparently (just my two cents)

Nottingham, Leeds (and Guildford) all look like mushrooms :yes:

Since I was a child I've always thought Leeds looks like a brain actually.

well, you're a fool Boards, a fool!

Ok Wiggles!
My friend in Los Angeles is looking to move back to the UK with two kids (five and two) and Finish wife. We realise the South is too expensive. He is coming back with maybe 100k pounds in savings. We talked about Yorkshire. Where would you raise a family= all things considered? :)

leeds is down as the best place to bring up children in a recent study. Much of this is due to great country side locations. A big bustling city, yet its suburbs are very green. Its like working in central london, yet living 10 minutes drive away in affordable areas that look as green as the home counties. Very low unemployment levels. Little deprivation, and high wages.

That said, he should really move to where he gets offered the best job. However, dont be easily lulled into thinking a job in london that pays 20k more means you're better of, you'll be a lot worse of.

I mean, if i wanted to bring up kids, and I lived in london, id wanna live somewhere like say hampstead. Not too far from central. Green. pleasent, good schools, and an affluent area where my kids would grow up in a nice environment. Im guessing a 4 bed house in a deisrebale location would cost 1 million pounds. This makes it impossible lol. Even if it was possible, household income would need to be in excess of 60k to sustain such a lifestyle.

Compare that to Leeds, or anywhere up north really. You can get a desireable 4 bed detatched in a very green affluent area for 400k. The area would be safe, low crime, with excellent schools, and a good area to bring up kids. You'd be 10 minutes drive into the city centre, and you and your partner would both only need to earn a hell of a lot less to sustain such a lifestyle.

Since I was a child I've always thought Leeds looks like a brain actually.

thats why we are the brainiest out of the core cities lol

it does look like a brain, its an odd and unnatural shape i think. Why didnt it fill out at the bottom bit. it doesnt look right.

leeds is down as the best place to bring up children in a recent study

Don't know where Leeds finished, but here's an article on a survey last year of all 408 local authorities in the UK on the best places in the UK to bring up children. East Dunbartonshire is the county consisting of Glasgow's northern suburbs ( also featured in Location, Location, Location as 11th best place to live in the UK this year ) and East Renfrewshire is a county consisting of Glasgow's southern suburbs. Quite an astonishing one, two given the number of local authorities in the UK.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=britain-s-best-and-worst-places-to-bring-up-children&method=full&objectid=18926250&siteid=89520-name_page.html

Could dig out more if I could be asked but I'm looking for a new pad.

Yes, Leeds is a strange shape, like they forgot the south.

not read the link but i think ive seen it in the readers digest. a lot of scottish suburban areas, again much down to quality of life, and the rural nature. And yes it does stand out that many of them are places in scotland, considering one instinctly thinks of the "affluent" south east as the best places to bring up kids

This was it...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2224672,00.html

Weathers not too hot though round here. My sister likes Harrogate, she'd probably be quite happy up in Leeds. Don't know how she hacks living in rural Berkshire.

Can't argue with the article, Leeds has plenty of leafy suburban areas. Jesus wept, I could never bring children up in Blackpool.

I do think london is very over-rated though. The only significant thing I can think of that london really trumps other core cities to live there is in terms of musems, theatre, and cultural activities. The trouble is, If you live in london, working 5 days a week, working your bollox of to afford that 900k home, 45 minutes away from work, you really dont have time to go visiting such attractions. You spend your life working. And when you do get some time of, you fuck of abroad for a week, like everyone else.

I've got to admit I wouldn't mind a year in London, living in a true world city, but just a year then I'd be offski.

Thanks guys! :)

love london...along with NYC, it's my favorite city but don't know if i could live there...too much of a rat race but would not mind living nearby where i could be right in town within an hour.

Ok Wiggles!
My friend in Los Angeles is looking to move back to the UK with two kids (five and two) and Finish wife. We realise the South is too expensive. He is coming back with maybe 100k pounds in savings. We talked about Yorkshire. Where would you raise a family= all things considered? :)

If he can afford it, the western side of Sheffield. Not only is it very green, its safe, got good schools around, good public transport links to the centre, vibrant, blah blah blah. :happy:

Then again, saying that, most of the good areas in the provincial cities will be quite similar in what they offer.

Sheffield - greenest city in the UK apparently (just my two cents)

Nah, I'm pretty sure I've read it was Cardiff. :)

Nah, I'm pretty sure I've read it was Cardiff. :)

Well, i was sure i read it was Sheffield.....Mabey it was the Hilliest then??

I don't know - Greenest, Hilliest.....in all honesty, who gives a shit? They are both nice cities :D

LOL, indeed!

TBH, I think the best places to raise a family are nice sized cities with plenty of nearby countryside and SPACE. Places like Cardiff and Sheffield are good choices, not too big and not too small. :)

Nah, I'm pretty sure I've read it was Cardiff. :)

Sheffield always uses it int it's branding and stuff, but I reckon they're both probably as green as each other.

TBH, I think the best places to raise a family are nice sized cities with plenty of nearby countryside and SPACE. Places like Cardiff and Sheffield are good choices, not too big and not too small. :)

Yeah, I agree. For raising a familiy the biggest cities are often not so great. Places like Sheffield, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol and so on would be pretty good for it (obviously in the right areas).

Ahhh now I remember:

The city benefits from extensive parklands, some of which come right into the city centre itself. Indeed, Cardiff has a greater area of parkland per head of population than any other city in Britain, providing residents with unrivalled opportunities for sports, leisure and relaxation.

http://www.cf.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/lifeatcardiff/thecity/index.html

But i'm very sure I read it elsewhere though.

Then again, saying that, most of the good areas in the provincial cities will be quite similar in what they offer.

aye true, i do agree with this. affluent suburbs of any northern cities will be very similar. However, i do think Leeds offers a very good balance between a good city centre, yet almost rural like suburbs. For example, in comparison with sheffield, leeds offers better shopping, nightlife, eating out and restaurants, and designer stores. It also has the virbrancy that goes with a very high student population - just like manchester. On top of this, Leeds most closely matches the employment offering of London, with its strong business and financial sectors.

In short, Leeds rivals all the positive indicators of a big city (eg, shopping, nightlife, restaurants, large & strong business and financial sectors and legal sectors, big universities, massive construction boom, city vibrancy, and a cosmopolitan feel) yet manages to also have the positive indicators of a small wealthy pleasant city / large town, (eg very low unemployment, very low deprivation, high proportion of affluent suburbs, nice streetscapes that dont have the urban gritty feel of big industrial cities).

This is why i chose leeds for uni, and its why I havent moved back to london. I enjoy london more as somehwre to visit.

Ahhh now I remember:



http://www.cf.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/lifeatcardiff/thecity/index.html

But i'm very sure I read it elsewhere though.

I see.

Well, London is the greenest major city in the world. FACT. :yes:

Taken from wikipedia:

Sheffield has more trees per person than any city in Europe[2], outnumbering people 4 to 1. It has over 170 woodlands covering 28.27 km² (6985 acres), 78 public parks covering 18.30 km² (4522 acres) and 10 public gardens. Added to the 134.66 km² (33,275 acres) of national park and 10.87 km² (2686 acres) of water this means that 61% of the 362.38 km² that the city encompasses is greenspace.[3]


And wiggely, Sheffield has a lot of that, just not in the city centre. Although I would agree with the employment opportunities probably being better in Leeds.

Ahhh now I remember:



http://www.cf.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/lifeatcardiff/thecity/index.html

But i'm very sure I read it elsewhere though.

the same :yes: