Moving to Accrington?!

AbsDabs007 · 20-07-2010, 13:36

Hey, I'm looking to move to Accrington possibly, and want to find out details from people who actually live there.. (rather than the other gloss coated rubbish you find about places on the internet

!) So yeah, it'd be brilliant if some of you guys could help me out and be honest please?

I have info on house prices.. Things I'm more interested about are:

*Shopping
*Areas to Avoid?
*Things to do
*Price of Living
*General Quality of Life
*Jobs
*The Locals
*Anything I may have missed out

Thanks

Tealeaf · 20-07-2010, 14:11

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Originally Posted by AbsDabs007

Hey, I'm looking to move to Accrington possibly, and want to find out details from people who actually live there.. (rather than the other gloss coated rubbish you find about places on the internet

!) So yeah, it'd be brilliant if some of you guys could help me out and be honest please?

I have info on house prices.. Things I'm more interested about are:

*Shopping - If you're into charity and 99p shops, then Accy is the shopping capital of the Universe.

*Areas to Avoid? - West Accy and the whole of Ossy

*Things to do - Get drunk monday through to thursday. Friday night is fight night. Saturday night is get drunk and fight night.

*Price of Living - Cheaper than Kent

*General Quality of Life - Fantastic if you're a Chav. Otherwise, forget it

*Jobs - Eh?

*The Locals - You'll get on fine, providing you speak Urdu and Polish

*Anything I may have missed out - No, you've covered everything.

Thanks

And Thank you, to and welcome to Accy.

Less · 20-07-2010, 14:35

Ignore Tealeaf, he always tries to make things seem better than they really are.

Tealeaf · 20-07-2010, 15:08

I do my best, Less.

Anyway, I've been thinking. Maybe AbsDabs - before her mum and her undertake a permanent relocation to Accy - could consider hiring a caravan and then taking advantage of one of the many delightful caravan parks we have around the town. I would particularly recommend the Market Street site at Church, a beautiful shaded location and with a stunning vista of the traffic lights.

vera · 20-07-2010, 16:05

My view is better

Restless · 29-07-2010, 22:17

Tealeaf makes it sound like such a wonderful place to live

Stay away from....

Church & Woodnook

mallard · 29-07-2010, 22:32

hello i hope you like were you live

BERNADETTE · 30-07-2010, 00:11

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Originally Posted by Restless

Tealeaf makes it sound like such a wonderful place to live

Stay away from....

Church & Woodnook

Why is that so?? Walked in the Woodnook Area recently to watch my grandson in "final assembly" at Woodnook School. Ok the areas are less than would be desired because all the funding is directed to the "choosen areas". You lot get me so angry, you seem to judge folks by the area they live in without saying what you really want to say/mean. Come on folks or do you really only care about your area???

Restless · 30-07-2010, 16:29

Not the state of the area. Just the stories that you hear about some of the people that live there.....great take away there tho, Omars

robot1002 · 06-08-2010, 11:05

Hi Abs Dabs 007. Yes it depends where you live now really. I moved here 4 years ago, and just love the place. The people I have met are welcoming, the shopping is great, the town is an old town so you can expect some wear and tear. My forfathers where from here, and it felt to me like comming home. If these people knock the place they choose to live in, then we have a good motorway network to whisk them to somewhere else in quick time. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Beachy Head. As I say, I am settled here and not inclined to leave this Historic, Floral, beauty spot of the north of England. Tony

jaysay · 06-08-2010, 18:03

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Originally Posted by robot1002

Hi Abs Dabs 007. Yes it depends where you live now really. I moved here 4 years ago, and just love the place. The people I have met are welcoming, the shopping is great, the town is an old town so you can expect some wear and tear. My forfathers where from here, and it felt to me like comming home. If these people knock the place they choose to live in, then we have a good motorway network to whisk them to somewhere else in quick time. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Beachy Head. As I say, I am settled here and not inclined to leave this Historic, Floral, beauty spot of the north of England. Tony

They should find you a job with HBCs tourism department

heth · 06-08-2010, 18:49

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Originally Posted by robot1002

Hi Abs Dabs 007. Yes it depends where you live now really. I moved here 4 years ago, and just love the place. The people I have met are welcoming, the shopping is great, the town is an old town so you can expect some wear and tear. My forfathers where from here, and it felt to me like comming home. If these people knock the place they choose to live in, then we have a good motorway network to whisk them to somewhere else in quick time. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Beachy Head. As I say, I am settled here and not inclined to leave this Historic, Floral, beauty spot of the north of England. Tony

very refreshing Tony

too many of us focus on the bad things

Restless · 08-08-2010, 12:21

give it time, hes only been here 4 years

heth · 08-08-2010, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Restless

give it time, hes only been here 4 years

ahhhhhhhhh true, but nice comment all the same!!!

flashy · 08-08-2010, 18:54

not lived in Accy for 14 years so i don't really know what the areas are like...but....in my opinion every town has it's bad areas, just have a look around, talk to some locals and make your own mind up....