Which English city? Is London really so much more expensive than other cities?

Question

Hi everyone!

Please I 'd like an advice about London and Uk!

I’m Italian,28 years old and decided to work as a dentist in England, but I can't decide the city!

I'd like london for its free time,beauty,international atmospheare,more flights to Italy,and there's a colleague I know a little bit.And actually I had thought at least to try in London.

But the life cost (room, food, time and money spent out,etc.), even if I'm not going to go out or to be drunk every 2 or 3 nights!)is high, even if this could be partially compensated by the higher salary, I guess.

Is London really so much more expensive than other cities? even living in zone 2 or 3, and without going out every night?

Which one could be another big/medium city in Uk/England, nice to live, with a good "quality of life"(public transportation, free time, green areas, sport facilites,etc.) with a little bit of amusement?

For example:Birmingham,Manchester,bristol,br... I could have an opportunity inBirmingham

Thanks

Answer 1

If you want to be where its at live in London  there is an old saying the 4 corners of the world meet in London .

Answer 2

its a very expensive place as in central london a flat with1 bedroom is like 750k

try brighton its expensive but big and i hear not much dentists down there

Answer 3

Come to Leeds, West Yorkshire.  A great city, with a terrible shortage of dentists.  Cost of living significantly lower than London; great countryside, night life, culture, restaurants and bars.  People very friendly

My partner's children live in London and the cost of living is sky high; one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Answer 4

birmingham is good,

city centre is a good place to shop- bullring, mailbox....buses, trains, cabs, metro(to get to wolverhampton), airplanes.....chinese quarters....electric cinema....lots of places to eat & drink & go out to....lots of places to see and things to do....its pretty at night and at christmas!!! lol.....star city.....

BUT

its busy 24/7...dangerous, fair bit of crime

its just as expensive as any where in the UK...i would say london is more expensive, i have never been there but tourists tend to normally go to london, so it makes sense it would be more expensive there, like blackpool, (which is another attraction) is sooo expensive it costs like 85p for a can of cake and round here(wolverhampton- near birmingham) its only bout 50-60p.

oh and other places by it are

dudley- dudley castle, dudley zoo, bowling, showcase cinema, black country museum, priory ruins

wolverhampton- shopping, molyneux, places to see(churches, museums),

brierley hill- big shopping centre, cinema, canal, waterfront

walsall-  lots of shopping centres

and so on..

and birmingham is nearer blackpool & drayton manor!!!  lol

Answer 5

nowhere else in England will compare to London, there's just something about it. i live just outside of london in surrey, it's expensive here too but not quite as much as central london. in all honesty i wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the UK except for london. i appreciate the other areas like brighton but after a while i just crave to be back where i live. it's hard to explain but somehow all the bad points of living there are justified by the good points.

you could try living in a s*****r area and then working your way up to the nicer parts when you earn more money. or living outside of london like i do, where i live you can be at waterloo in about 15/20 minutes on a fast train, or 30 on a slow train.  

Answer 6

London is in England,

The UK is not a Country but a Union of,

England,

Scotland,

Wales,

and Northern Ireland,

in England try,

Newcastle,

Liverpool,

Manchester,

York,

Chester,

Durham,

Leeds,

Lancaster,

Cambridge,

Oxford,

Bath,

Birmingham,

Answer 7

Yes, London is more expensive, but you get paid a bit more to make up for it.

Answer 8

Although it is true that London is an expensive city, most people who work here get what is called London Weighting Allowance.  This is an addition payment to salary, something in the region of £2,000 plus a year or more, to help compensate for the higher cost of living.

The link below will take you to a list of further links regarding the London Weighting allowance.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=...

The real advantage which London has on many other UK cities, is that the Mayor's office lay on lots of freebie events throughout the year.  There's really lots to do here in London which is absolutely free and also unique.

This next link will allow you to see other links about what is free in London - far more than any other city.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=...

So, don't be put off by London and talk of the cost of living here.  It really is a great city and one built 2,000 by the Romans.  There is a well established and large Italian community here.

One other small point - London actually gets less rain per year than does the city of Roma.

360-pans of London

http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/pan...

Trafalgar Square webcam - refreshes every 5 seconds

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/t...

Westminster Abbey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IzhjqyDz...

London Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKflLrxD...

Transport for London - latest news and updates

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2625.as...

Transport for London - maps [vital for getting around]

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106...

Please note that you can pick up a free London Tube map at any London UndergrounD station.

St. Paul's Cathedral - City of London

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...

Tate Modern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnsJzSV4m...

William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Bankside Southwark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf2DEOgMO...

St. George's Day - Covent Garden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYfrMkl5x...

Every year in June here in London, we have the Queen's Birthday Parade - a Royal event, which allows everyone to see the Queen and other members of the Royal Family.

In this next link - the Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards, the Household Division, Horseguards Parade 2006.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofhv9KWo...

Every year in November we have the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjZ_Kmjr3...

London is the place for you.

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life."

Samuel Johnson, a Londoner.

Answer 9

the south is a little bit more expensive but then again so is everywhere these days have you thought about newcastle or liverpool there both lively places and cheaper

Answer 10

WEST/SOUTH LONDON

SURREY

ESSEX such as BRENTWOOD

are expensive to live