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The countryside everywhere in UK ? Or just around London ?

• makomk 7y ago
  Everywhere in England at the very least. Wales and especially Scotland might be a little better. The south and around London is probably worse, but even rural Yorkshire is pretty bad.
  • GordonS 7y ago
    Scot here. The countryside is open to everyone, and the "right to roam" makes it even moreso. But I haven't seen much different in the rest of the UK - honestly, to claim the countryside is a giant retirement home seems absolutely absurd to me.
• gambiting 7y ago
  Around London and a lot of the "south". But come out to Yorkshire or Northumberland and you can buy a farm and some land for very little. Living outside of the city in Northumberland(say within 30 minute driving distance to Newcastle) can be stupidly cheap.
  • chrisseaton 7y ago
    > Living outside of the city in Northumberland(say within 30 minute driving distance to Newcastle) can be stupidly cheap. Shame there aren't many decently paying jobs there, though. Unless you work remotely I'm not sure what there is compared to the south east?
    • gambiting 7y ago
      That wasn't the point though - the point was that farm workers don't live close to farms anymore, because British countryside has gotten really expensive. Well, if you work at a farm in Northumberland you can rent a room pretty much anywhere in the area for a few(3-4) hundred pounds, maybe even less. Obviously that doesn't negate the broader point - North of England isn't where most farms are, after all. And places where most farms are, are expensive.