Returning to the north east after 44 years

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Kent_Mackem said:
I was happiest of all in Sandwich, Kent. Loved there for 6 years hence the username. I've been living in Cambs, near Ely, for the past 15 years and I've never considered it as home.

If circumstances allowed I'd move to Northumberland in a heartbeat for the rest of my days.
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When I moved back to the NE I would work down there a bit, lovely part of England. Mind some of the surrounding towns were a bit rough
 


Kent_Mackem said:
I was happiest of all in Sandwich, Kent. Loved there for 6 years hence the username. I've been living in Cambs, near Ely, for the past 15 years and I've never considered it as home.

If circumstances allowed I'd move to Northumberland in a heartbeat for the rest of my days.
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Was down Littleport at the weekend
 
Kent_Mackem said:
Cracking Tapas cafe in Littleport. The most unlikely place you'd expect to find it. (Apart from Durham!)
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Went to Wright's garage to collect our horsebox. Might have to pop in to sample the tapas bar. Went to the Gunton Arms nr Cromer also on Saturday. Would recommend it to anyone
 
Harry Angstrom said:
That could be said about anywhere in the world.
I love the place. It has everything I want from life. Big enough city in Newcastle. ( I know) fantastic countryside. Plenty of bars and pubs. More than enough culture for me. A group of friends that I wouldn't swap for anything. No idea why people have such a downer on the place. I certainly wouldnt swap it for anywhere south of sheffield.
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Glad I live in North Sheffield.
 
There's a lot of gentrification going on in the NE. A lot of the former colliery villages are gradually turning into just rural villages with good links to big towns/cities and plenty of scope for building. No public transport but no traffic to speak of either. And all dirt cheap for people selling houses in the southeast.

Seaham, mentioned above, is a good example - it’s a hidden gem now really, it would cost an arm and a leg to live somewhere like that in the south. A traffic-free little town by the sea with all amenities, countryside round about and a city centre only 15 minutes drive from there. Yet someone on here called it a shithole.
 
Manny F said:
There's a lot of gentrification going on in the NE. A lot of the former colliery villages are gradually turning into just rural villages with good links to big towns/cities and plenty of scope for building. No public transport but no traffic to speak of either. And all dirt cheap for people selling houses in the southeast.

Seaham, mentioned above, is a good example - it’s a hidden gem now really, it would cost an arm and a leg to live somewhere like that in the south. A traffic-free little town by the sea with all amenities, countryside round about and a city centre only 15 minutes drive from there. Yet someone on here called it a shithole.
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Seaham is really different from how I remember it just 20 years ago. I really like it now.
 
Manny F said:
There's a lot of gentrification going on in the NE. A lot of the former colliery villages are gradually turning into just rural villages with good links to big towns/cities and plenty of scope for building. No public transport but no traffic to speak of either. And all dirt cheap for people selling houses in the southeast.

Seaham, mentioned above, is a good example - it’s a hidden gem now really, it would cost an arm and a leg to live somewhere like that in the south. A traffic-free little town by the sea with all amenities, countryside round about and a city centre only 15 minutes drive from there. Yet someone on here called it a shithole.
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Also so many southerners won't consider Northumberland as a holiday destination because they (genuinely) think it has an Arctic climate.

Good!! And Robson Green can get fecked too advertising how lovely it is. Shhhh man!!
 
matt228 said:
I lived in Co Durham until I went to uni at 18 and would say it’s a great place to live, but not to the exclusion of all others. The 3 years I spent in Edinburgh were exceptional and I’d move back there in a heartbeat. I’m in Montréal now and move to the other side of Canada in Feb. But when I get back to the UK in June, that is home. The exact town/city doesn’t matter because it’s so small, everything is close enough if you want to see family.
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Je me souviens.
The vastness of the dominion has changed your perspective:)
 
123SunTan said:
Je me souviens.
The vastness of the dominion has changed your perspective:)
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Nice reference. It’s true! In September I drove 12 hours one day to Gaspé and didn’t leave the province! Then two days later, another 12 hours to get to Saint John, NB. Everything is so bloody far away.
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
When people say that the NE is worse now than say 20 years ago I just don't get it...

Look on the banks of the Tyne and the Wear and some of the developments have been really good. In terms of facilities surely the NE is getting better all the time?
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It’s all relative though isn’t it?
 
Been back for a month now. Two things that have really struck me;

1. How open everyone is compared to down south - you meet someone for the first time and they immediately tell you personal stuff.
2. Mesmerised by the 5 red lights in the sky.
 
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