[jamienicol]

I'm from Scotland but moved to London a few years ago for work. I very much have that perception. Like many people from other parts of the UK I moved to London for the excitement. I wouldn't want to live in Zone 1 but there's plenty of places in Zone 2/3 which are lively and fun to live in.

Maybe I just don't know the best places in Zone 6, but my perception is that they feel like small towns which just happen to be on a tube line, if you're lucky. Even in zone 3 it's a lot more suburban than where I used to live in Glasgow.

If one day I have to move to Zone 6 because it's cheaper, then I'd much rather move to somewhere like Glasgow or Manchester, live centrally with more space, and for cheaper still.