I hate those ‘good old days’ pricks but they were good old days, weren’t they?! If stuff goes to plan I’ll give you a shout. Likewise if you hear of anything do the same, there was a night in Newquay called Cohesion that looked promising, hopefully that’ll get going again… Bodmin’s beautiful, try to get up roughtor a good few times a year for a dawn stomp! Did some daytime bits at a place called Kudhva, there should be more of them this year but they’re not organised by me. Maybe there should be a ‘Cornwall’ thread on the forum? This is the first time I’ve really bothered with one since about 99 I think!
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nothing to write home about?? I beg your pardon!! 
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Sorry for butting in but I’ve just moved to North Devon and I’m working on this is -
If anyone is interested pop an email to [email protected] 
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Hi Stu,
Just moved to North Devon a few months ago,
Working on this at the mo -
Pop me an email [email protected] if you’d like to know more
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Yes Steve! im a north devon bey - will email you!
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I found myself in Saudi Arabia after 10+ years in London. It’s crazy, it’s mad, I kinda love it.
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I’ll just say this: Brighton.
The sea in front, the Sussex downs behind.
You can walk everywhere.
Schools are great.
Nightlife & culture.
Downsides: it’s a bit dirty, it’s ridiculously busy in the Summer, a teensy little bit of a drug problem (ex drug death capital of Europe).
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my wife is from cardiff and wants to be nearer to her family. we’re considering Bristol, have visited a few times.
Going to check some areas later in the year but if anyone has any tips on nice areas to check out, that would be great. Ideally not too far the centre, has a decent vibe to it etc.
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I thought most coastal towns had drug issues?
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ALL coastal towns do.
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i’m from the US (and i live on the coast, but not really a “coastal town”). genuine question - any cause for the drug issues?
Yes I believe it’s to do with available housing. Prior to the low cost air travel boom, people used to holiday in these places so they were very popular. Then in the 80s it became just as cheap and much warmer to go somewhere in Spain for a beach holiday so a lot of homes and hotels became available for housing the poor and vulnerable and ex convicts.
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gotcha. wasn’t sure if it was a change in local economies or just a convenient place to chill and do meth.
a lot of the local tiny coastal towns up here are either vacation/second homes or just places to retire to. the empty ones become burglary targets. air bnb has changed a lot of that, but now there’s a sort of backlash against short term rentals because of the traffic, noise, garbage, etc.
i would love to have a place where i could chill and stare at water, but i still need to live here in the city (and don’t want to raise my kid in a tiny coastal town) so i’ll just dream about it for a while longer. the wife pitched this one as an option the other day - i just don’t have that much time/energy/skill to bring a lovely place like this up to speed.
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That looks very nice. Don’t know anything about the local area but love the house.
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Seabeck is a cool spot. It was an old mill town that went bust and the old town is now a conference centre - I taught at a music camp there for years. There is an overgrown 19th century cemetery in the woods above the old town and we’d do ghost walks–good times.
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Definitely true along the South coast, loads of old B&Bs that are now cheap HMOs (Eastbourne, Littlehampton, Bognor, Hastings etc)
Growing up, someone told me Brighton’s issue was down to the hotel trade providing casual work for people on their uppers
the ultimate goal is an island house, doesn’t have to be waterfront but i want a view of the water. i haven’t been out to seabeck, but when the weather improves, i’ll pack the kid & dog and go for an adventure drive and try and get the feel. it looks lovely - i laugh at the fact that as the crow flies, it’s about 40 miles away from my house, but it’d take me about an hour and a half to get there - longer if i take the southworth ferry.
sorry, didn’t mean to turn this into a “leaving seattle” thread.
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I hear you-- that is our ultimate goal as well! We missed the affordability window for housing in Seattle and so the ultimate goal is to buy in Italy or Spain (I have EU citizenship). We have good jobs and decent rent for waterfront near Pike Place so we’re saving for an EU cash buy in the next couple years or so. Between affordability and and just how much the city has changed, we’re itching to move on. I feel that is somewhat in the spirit of what folks have been saying about London on this thread. 
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Contemplating buying a place in Barcelona.
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When you go out for a beer or to a club in Seattle do you bump into members of Mudhoney or the Melvins etc? Or is it a larger place?
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