Right. K'ford is not Brum, we have sorted that. Good music scene round there and good beer. People round there are really nice, alot of housing is standard suburban pre/post war stuff, not too inspiring, Wolvo does have some good bits, but not too many.
J2 on the M5 (and all roads around) is pretty bad traffic and oldbury isnt a great place, although it does have a Toys r Us. I wouldn't live anywhere in the M5/M6 corridor betwen M5 J3 and the M54. Its pretty much all urban part-decay and new housing /shopping tedium built on old factory sites. Traffic everywhere is generally v bad in rush hour, but black county route is OK once you can get to it.
iDave- I now live on top of a hill. Can I get a nice unisex scarf to keep me warm?