Do you think you'll ever move to the countrside

[Goddaz]

@ Natalie

That's what I thought before tbh but eventually you adapt.

The first few months was hard, everything apart from one small Co-op supermarket & a post office was either 6 miles away or 11 miles away.

Moretime it was mainly the little things like shops open all the time, petrol stations around the corner, banks everywhere, the tube, barbershops, ethnic foods, no night life, mix diversity of people that took time to adapt too etc.

I still come back and fourth 2-3 times a week depending on business, family & friends committments so it's like I haven't fully left it.

[JLovely]

How are your kids adapting?

[Michel Kane]

I dunno man.

I do want one of those big houses somewhere out in Hertfordshire or something, but I do want my kids to be raised in the city.

[Michel Kane]

TBH, it isn't even strictly a LDN thing too, just loved metropolitan/multi-cultural life & would want that for my kids too.

London, NYC & California.

[Goddaz]

I'm loving living in the sticks.

It's peaceful, beautiful & the people/neighbors are so friendly it took me a while to adjust & stop suspecting them of ulterior motives.

One of the best decisions I ever made was to raise the children out of London.

Two-ish years ago like a donut I left my house keys in the door as I was rushing, I was out the whole day in London. Came back late to a note on the door from a person I never knew or met saying 'Hi, sorry to have walked onto your front garden onto your residence but you left your keys on your door. Alll seemed well, I locked up for you so just pop round at number 39 when you get this. Love Mary'.

Now it's a strong possibility if I'd done that in most parts of London my day would have ended very differently.

thats beautiful still

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im on a gradual move out from the ends tbh, dnt know about livin in the english countryside tho

but i will not be in the ends much longer, its horrible, an its not jus the things that happen, its the people u actually know, the mentality

man are tellin me to get unemployed, get on job seekers so i can get a yard an that

but ive actually got better options than that, a lot of people in the ends jus limit themselves an limit u

Trust me G, it's beautiful.

Defo agree with the mentality thing although you'll find similar mental attitudes exist all over the UK tbh.

C/s people limiting themselves fully tho.

[JLovely]

Yh the multi-cultural aspect is def a plus for living in a city.

[Michel Kane]

Thing is, I'd genuinely consider Paris/South of France aswell, but I wanna stay in English-speaking countries.

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I hear what Smaddy's saying but there's the 'ends' & then there's LONDON you feel me & you'll find a lot of people ain't on that.

[Guest Triple XXX]

London is jus too damn expensive

[Goddaz]

How are your kids adapting?

They absolutely LOVE IT J.

Lol when I take them to London, it's a big adventure for them.

[Grafter]

im glad i grew up an live in a multicultural city, shits amazin to see so many different kinds of people an hear so many different languages

but i would like to live in a black country, where my youts can see successful black people right in front of them, i dont want it to be a novelty to see that

like when you speak to certain jamaicans an africans, they have a different outlook on success as a black person, than us who have grown up over here

[Michel Kane]

I hear/respect that.

[Queen Bee]

When i moved back to Surrey from London i really missed it for a while, took a while getting used to the fact that theres not a 24 hour shop down the road, not as much going on, and definately regret not learning to drive when i could afford it because u really do need a car round here.

I find alot of things to be more expensive round here aswell, but ive been back here for 2 years now and i can safely say i will never move back to London again, im only about half an hour away so i can go back whenever i want, and i usually spend weekends there at least once a month anyway.

[Goddaz]

London is jus too damn expensive

I hear you but moretime it's all relative tbh bro.

[imhim]

its not about when ur older and ur kids want to go to london for the day... what madness is this

but yes the furthest ill live is just on the skirts maybe between zone 5-6 ish

[Queen Bee]

There are black people outside of london aswell tho lol

[Guest Triple XXX]

tbh i only seen 1 around here

but that jus may be cos i only frequent a few close areas there may be more about

edit - 2, my barber is black

[Grafter]

tbh i only seen 1 around here

but that jus may be cos i only frequent a few close areas there may be more about

edit - 2, my barber is black

so what about the people that go to ur barber?

[Mr.Skeng]

f*ck leaving da endz.

aint no p to be made from milking cows and growing cabbages.

NW9 till i die.

[Queen Bee]

> > > being black and not living near other blacks imo

I assumed thats what u meant here

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there are

[Black Ant]

i don't really want to move away from where i am now

reading about William Stanley, who did alot for the area and the people in his time

thinking why can't i do the same...

[Guest Triple XXX]

tbh i only seen 1 around here

but that jus may be cos i only frequent a few close areas there may be more about

edit - 2, my barber is black

so what about the people that go to ur barber?

tbh the dude works out of a hair salon n i go on wekdays

only other people i see there are white

[Queen Bee]

here we go...

What??

[Black Ant]

pack it in queen bee

[Queen Bee]

Pack what in he said here we go and i said what, dont see the problem with that 2bh

[Queen Bee]

Oh f*ck right off im not even doing that, all i said was there are black people outside london which isnt even an outrageous/unreasonable comment so dont tar me with that brush please