Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

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edited June 8 in Student general
I currently live in Manchester having moved there from Kent just a couple of months ago, but have recently decided its just not for me.

A couple of my friends are going to share a flat in Milton Keynes, and this is just one of my options (other than moving back to Canterbury).

Can anyone shed any light on what its like in MK? All I've heard is that its a new town, and is all pretty artificial. I've been there a few times, but wondered what it'd be like to live there.
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  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Hi Wayne,

    I presume your moving 'cos you're being transferred to the mk dons. don't drop anything on your foot during the move.

    Seriously though, I would suggest testing the area out first. Flat share with your mates first of all.
    Try it for 3 months like you have done Manchester, this way you can leave your options open. I moved to Derbyshire 3 years ago and I hate it. At least you haven't got property to sell (I presume). I should have stayed in Cumbria which I love and that was after moving from London after 23 years. (Wot a mistake!)

    have a look at http://www.upmystreet.com and
    http://www.chavtowns.co.uk they're a good indicator of what most people feel about a place. Sadly the grass is not greener on the other side, just green and in some places more of a sludgy brown colour.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    After a pm from Blobbyh pointing your post out (I completely missed the post thanks to the b****y forums not colouring new posts properly again), I can only advise you that I love Milton Keynes!

    It is a new town so if you're looking for history you need to go up the road about 5 miles to Stony Stratford (where the original 'cock and bull story' saying came from)! Being a new town there are many roundabouts, concrete cows etc but it's great.

    I've lived here for 17 years and I would recommend it.

    Annette
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    bluewednesday wrote:
    After a pm from Blobbyh pointing your post out

    Sorry - is he the administrator? I thought Anna was?
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Sara - I think he's vice administrator, he's the one who complains about all the saucy posts!

    For anyone new reading this - it is tongue in cheek and blobbyh is a much respected and admired poster.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    bluewednesday wrote:
    Sara - I think he's vice administrator, he's the one who complains about all the saucy posts!
    I don't think we have any administrators anymore since they got left behind in the recent big AAT move. Roll on the inevitable Forum crashes next Tuesday/Wednesday!
    bluewednesday wrote:
    For anyone new reading this - it is tongue in cheek and blobbyh is a much respected and admired poster
    Hmmmmmmmmmmm............ not sure about that Annette, but I do try to never be boring!

    Robert




  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    bluewednesday wrote:
    blobbyh is a much respected and admired poser.
    no way!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    bluewednesday wrote:
    blobbyh is a much respected and admired poser
    Sara81 wrote:
    no way!
    LOL!

    Hey, 'cos I'm a bit anal at times (but isn't everyone in our trade?), did you notice your post count is the same as your name Sara81?

    Plus, I'm now only 16 posts behind Annette - it's taken me months to get within sniffing distance of her... :shock:

    Robert
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Typical bloke. obsessed with size.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    :lol:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    There is no such thing as a typical bloke! We're all different and we're not all obsessed with size :lol: no more than all you girlies are :P
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    farmergiles wrote:
    we're not all obsessed with size :lol:

    But it does matter FG. :wink:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Depends what size your going on about :)
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Not to me, M.
    Take me as you find me, I'm sure the quality measures up. I've never had any complaints :P Well, apart from when the doc called me a fat so and so :oops:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Absolutely! Just think when we go to the super market for example. Don't we all look for the biggest fruit/veg/meat to put in our baskets or trolleys, when we cut cakes we go for the biggest bit, oh the list is endless.... :lol:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    devilishbird wrote:
    Depends what size your going on about :)

    I think Mandy is referring to feet :lol:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Rather have a cucumber than a marrow.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Feet, hands, arms but not heads eh? :roll:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    Sara81 wrote:
    Rather have a cucumber than a marrow.

    A marrow is nice when stuffed.....and slowly baked
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Whats the point of a gherkin? Hardly a mouthful.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    I suppose you could have lots of gherkins to make up for the one marrow?
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    An orgy of cucumis sativus!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    Sara81 wrote:
    An orgy of cucumis sativus!

    If you insist, as long as it is in private and between consenting vegetables :P
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Dont forget protection. You can get little crawly things infest you if you mix with the wrong sorts.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Red spider mite is terrible, you need to dust for that
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    yuk. You sound like a dirty old marrow!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    He is Farmer Giles, Sara, so he likes to get mucky!!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    No, I'm more of a *computer potato*, bit like a couch potato but more active. :lol:
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    blobbyh wrote:
    Hey, 'cos I'm a bit anal at times, did you notice your post count is the same as your name Sara81?
    Could not let this one slip by without comment.

    Robert? Anal? OK, if you insist.

    Anal? Administrators? Are you letting that stay?

    So, Sara81 has posted 81 times. Wow!

    Where would we be without Robert's analysis of these threads?

    :shock:

  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?
    farmergiles wrote:
    No, I'm more of a *computer potato*, bit like a couch potato but more active. :lol:
    Do you have one ball? In your mouse I mean.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
    Re:Thinking of moving to Milton Keynes. Any advice?

    Where would we be without your analysis of Roberts analysis H. :lol:

    If you look hard enough, I said Anal twice!!

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