I completely agree. I would not have discovered the joys of hiking and hillwalking if it wasn't for my four years at Durham (and "relatively" easy access to the

I completely agree. I would not have discovered the joys of hiking and hillwalking if it wasn't for my four years at Durham (and "relatively" easy access to the Lake District). Overall, my love of the countryside trumps cheap access to live plays/concerts/public transport/museums/etc; that's why I moved out. My point is just that there are definitely reasons why people would choose to live in the city (reasons I did not fully appreciate until I lived in London) Swings & roundabouts, as you say :)