[Hekna]

I have lived in London all my life and I love my city. There is so much going on, so many things to see and do. It has shaped me into the person I am today so I will always love it.
HOWEVER, I no longer enjoy living or working in it for various reasons. Commuting is beyond a joke - MPs and Olympic 'officials and VIPs' are getting chaufered around while I have to endure crowded, smelly, polluted and in the summer very hot conditions, yet I am paying for both through tickets and taxes. I don't enjoy being heavily taxed to support other areas of the country or an Olympics I think shouldn't be taking place. There isn't a chance in hell of anyone who isn't already on the property ladder or doesn't have a rich Mummy or Daddy to run back to for backing getting a property of thier own unless they want to move miles away and either face an even longer commute or move jobs and lose at least £10k pa in salary. However, I do plan on moving out of London in the next decade and further out into the countryside. Of my friends that have managed to purchase houses not one is in London. Most people I know are heading out and into the country. Two people left work recently as they had moved too far away from the city. Who wouldn't love to live away from city smog and city transport? My ideal is mid way between complete rural bliss and a reasonable distance from city life and facilities (and a supermarket that delivers without complaint!). I think more should be done to encourage city dwellers to appreciate the countryside and venture out into it once in a while. My niece didn't see a real life cow until she was 6! That's a disgrace!!
I see more rural areas being developed like Manae has been and more people flockign away from city centres.