In Surrey in the United Kingdom. It's in the South East area about an hour train commute to London. Pros: Safe. Beautiful. Quote: "Surrey is officially England

In Surrey in the United Kingdom. It's in the South East area about an hour train commute to London. Pros: Safe. Beautiful. Quote: "Surrey is officially England's most densely-wooded county, with more than one-fifth of its land area covered by trees". We're surrounded by forests, countryside, hills. Our town in busy enough to be fun but not city busy. People are friendly (at least in the part we live, not everywhere). English humour is great. Pubs are fantastic (nothing like the British pub). I work from home most of the time and commute to London once or twice a week. I get paid a good London salary. Also London is a commute away and London is London, lots of culture and things to do. Cons: Very expensive housing. We have a relatively small house compared to those surrounding us (120 sq m) and it still cost us an enormous amount. Traffic is bad as the roads here haven't been designed for the number of people. The weather is rubbish. We have small children and many months of the year you spend indoors because it is rainy and very cold (not a good combination). If it wasn't for the weather and house prices, it would be my ideal place to live (except no mountains). But I guess house prices are high because it is so good. I do often daydream about moving somewhere warmer though. I'd quite enjoy spending some time in Singapore or Malaysia I think.