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I would like to move to Cornwall...
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Isn't it full of Londoners?
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oh god, is it? what's the work situation like down there? I'm pretty damn talented at, well everything.
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It's a very nice idea, depends why you want to move there, are you thinking non stop surf or doc Martin?
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It's full of people who live in London ?
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My brother, Yorkshire through and through ( with White Rose tattoo to prove it) has just had an offer accepted on a house in Truro. He seems happy about the idea so it might be a good one.
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Can you roll yer rrrrrr's?
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I would like to find a single story barn thing with a sea view, work on doing it up, have a home office where I could work remotely doing whatever, a garden to grown foods and things, maybe a hot tub and oh oh oh and a cannon, I'd love to have a cannon too.
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what's the work situation like down there?
less jobs and probably less money if you get one, but the price of life is cheaper and the quaity of life is alot better,
i would hate to live in the city
I would like to find a single story barn thing with a sea view, work on doing it up, have a home office where I could work remotely doing whatever, a garden to grown foods and things, maybe a hot tub and oh oh oh and a cannon, I'd love to have a cannon too.
think everyoe else had that idea 5 years ago, do well to find any in prime location
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ok, when do I start?
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Is it just an age/mental/life paradigm shift or sommat? I got totally fcuked off with living in London in shared houses and all that crap on little money. realised I could just have a much better way of life on a menial job if I moved to North Wales, on little money. I am happier for it. Depends what you want. Have a goooood looong think. write lists. What is wrong with a change in perspective. You can always change back.
oh, sorry, it's just some middle class dream. i didn't realise.
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well I'm a country boy, sick of the town & city, would prefer to be out of that hell and somewhere where I could enjoy the area I live in.
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It's very nice down here!
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giz a job
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Nah you'd hate it down here mate, I'd stay in Swindon if I was you
We've got nothing down here to rival the trails in the woods behind the Nationwide you have up there & everyone knows it's as flat as a pancake in Kernow.
Don't get sucked in by all that Doc Martin crap on the telly, it's so bad down here we've even got to charge people leaving Cornwall on the Tamar Bridge - we do let them in for free tho.
All the barns have already been done up & sold to the Chelsea tractor brigade, all the spare plots of land have been turned over to growing pasties courtesy of the EU CAP & hot tubs are now banned on H & S grounds, can't have people bathing outdoors down here.
Finally sorry to disappoint you but all the cannons have been melted down to make Orange P7's. If I can be of anymore assistance please let me know 'moi ansome'
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It is nice down here....but
Finding a job is tricky (unless you want to be a care assistant on min.wage)
Wages are generally a fair amount lower than elsewhere
Property prices are relatively high (very high in some areas, e.g. Padstow)
The cost of living is not as low as you would think (water rates, for example, are extortionate as the local water board are responsible for keeping the beaches/inshore waters clean and that cost is passed on to the consumer)
Public transport is diabolical, as is the road network. Especially this time of year when the roads just choke with the extra numbers. It takes AGES to drive anywhere. There are quite a few nice B road runs once you get to know them tho
There are no venues for decent live music, theater, comedy...in fact any cultural activities come to that.
It has to be said the riding is not great. What at first appears to be miles of open countryside is in fact pretty much all enclosed farmland with little or no public access and there are no big hills at all.
Very high average yearly rainfallBiggest bonus would have to be the beaches, although if you think mountain biking has it's share of wannabe poseurs wait 'til you sample the surf "scene"
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I think Devon would be a much better option eg Barnstaple with town/community life, surf, offroad cycling, none of the Kernow chauvinism nonsense.
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what is this Doc Martin thing? is it the boots? I'm not a fan of laces (did the whole 18 hole malarky at secondary school)
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Isn't hell living there during summer with traffic?
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thats fine, I don't mind walking
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barnstaple is an ace place to live in as an mtber , exmoor, dartmoor, and quantocks all within striking distance. cheaper than kernow too and the coastline is just as good.
that said, there are a high number of chavs.... so i'd live in the outlying villages (if i didn't spend all my money on ridiculously expensive mtb kit).
walking is a good option in tourist season, especially if you have some nice sturdy doc martins.
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Walking? no no no
Good excuse for a roadbike though!
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what?!? actually ride my bike? are you out of your mind?!?!
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I like it down here.Peacefull and some good riding.
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That's what I'm taking about! I'd like somewhere near st just
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Solution to Summer crowds? Get a boat. Nowhere in the World I'd rather be.
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Of course! A rib would be awe, er, fantastic!
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I lived there when i was younger and remember spending about 4 years looking out the window at the near constant rain. And when it stops, the tourists turn up in there 1000's.
Also, as other people have said, property places are very high, except in the rubbish run down areas like St Austell.
if you've got the money though to live somewhere nice and you enjoy the sea, it could be great.
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St Just Penwith (OK riding up on the nearby Moors, like I said before, no real hills to speak of tho just a few good 2-3 minute descents) or, more expensive property-wise, St Just-in-Roseland?
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Was born in cornwall and would not live there for anything, it's OK for a summer holiday but during the winter months it can be very bleak ,full of moaning OAP"s and it takes hours of driving if you want to get some place else. moved up north to Preston and love the fact i can be in the lakes north Wales peak district in two hours.
Traveling down to Plymouth soon for the newnam 60 and visit family put dreading the journey.Posted 1 year ago # -
Lived there for a year - loved it, but it gets wetter and windier than you think, is a hell of a long way from anywhere, nearest half decent airport is Brizzle. And way too busy in summer.
Try Devon
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Hmmm - strange views some of you have.
Living in Cornwall -
Nip to the beach after work
Have a surf before work
Bring up kids by/on the beach
Very little crime
Amazing scenery all over the place
Now plenty of good places to eat
Laid back people with a sensible view of life
Nip by boat to Falmouth/St Mawes/secluded beach by boat on a sunny afternoon
Tonnes and tonnes of great MTB trailsSure a good job won't find you - it needs searching out - but if you can live down here, it's total paradise for the "right" people.
Cornwall vs Preston
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Tonnes and tonnes ofa few short but great MTB trails-Fixed that for you
Sorry-compared to other areas in the UK we just don't have the altitude gains/losses to make good trails. Just take an hours drive up the road to Dartmoor and have a proper ride and you'll see what I mean. Having said that it is nice to be in the woods almost straight out of the front door and all types of users seem to get on better than in other areas I've ridden.
I love living in Cornwall been here most of my life, and as you rightly say it's a great place to bring up my children but if you think the riding down here is awe..er I mean fantastic then I'm afraid I would have to disagree
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it's total paradise for the "right" people.
you make it sound really welcoming, i'd imagine the op is on his way down immediately.
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So, MrNutt, having absorbed all the fantastic wealth of knowledge and experience on STW, are you gonna make the move? downshift from being Damn Talented, sell shells on the sea shore!
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