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Swansea, Wales, UK I moved back (in from there originally) and we have - the UK's first area of outstanding natural beauty - mountains, loads of mountains - w

Swansea, Wales, UK I moved back (in from there originally) and we have - the UK's first area of outstanding natural beauty - mountains, loads of mountains - world class beaches - low cost of living - a TechHub with easy access to TechHub Shoredich in London - pretty good internet, with 300mb consumer connections being rolled out - great surfing And soon to be built, a £1.5bn tidal lagoon and £0.5bn to be spent on regenerating the city centre. Desk space in Techhub is currently £150p/m Average monthly rent is £500 p/m for a studio/1den in a pretty new shoreside development SA1 We have a few London based businesses looking to relocate because of the low cost of living and great lifesytle. Two Google engineers were here last week and were massive impressed, needless to say they are coming back here on holiday.

codezero 11y ago
Wales is beautiful. I spent quite a bit of time in Aberystwyth, and look forward to returning one day.
danschuller 11y ago
I have quite fond memories of Swansea, I use to walk down to the beach on mornings in the summer and read there for a few hours before starting my day. I think everyone would win if it became a tech-hub. The city center is a bit ugly (probably due to rapid post-war reconstruction after being bombed, combined with the general horrors of UK 1960s architecture) :D but cost of living is definitely cheap. Because of general UK drinking culture and Swansea being a University town the town center is pretty raucous most nights and especially at the weekend. At least that was the case when I was there about 10 years ago! There's a lot of beautiful scenery - like the Gower http://www.visitswanseabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rhossili-bay_gower-peninsula.jpg http://www.visitswanseabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rh... And away from the city center it's much quiter and rural. People are super friendly and warm in my experience, definitely more so than average for the UK!

codezero 11y ago

Wales is beautiful. I spent quite a bit of time in Aberystwyth, and look forward to returning one day.

danschuller 11y ago

I have quite fond memories of Swansea, I use to walk down to the beach on mornings in the summer and read there for a few hours before starting my day. I think everyone would win if it became a tech-hub. The city center is a bit ugly (probably due to rapid post-war reconstruction after being bombed, combined with the general horrors of UK 1960s architecture) :D but cost of living is definitely cheap. Because of general UK drinking culture and Swansea being a University town the town center is pretty raucous most nights and especially at the weekend. At least that was the case when I was there about 10 years ago! There's a lot of beautiful scenery - like the Gower http://www.visitswanseabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rhossili-bay_gower-peninsula.jpg http://www.visitswanseabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rh... And away from the city center it's much quiter and rural. People are super friendly and warm in my experience, definitely more so than average for the UK!