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by Cor
4283 days ago
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Interesting. Is that doing a direct comparison between Leeds and London? Also - if you don't mind me asking - why did you prefer your life in Leeds? I do really like it in Leeds, but the lack of meetups and networking opportunities are quite disappointing, so I was contemplating a move to London for a year or two. I'd love to hear about your experiences. |
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Maybe I had a deeper emotional connection with Leeds, I went there to study for a master, the first experience out of my country, I made loads of friends. It was easy to do anything I wanted, studying, have fun, visit other places... When I moved to London find a decent accommodation for a decent price was hard, moving around is time consuming, everything requires more time and it's more complicated.
Leeds is not a small city, but everything is close, I used to walk to go to work (20 minutes). The city center was close and small, I rarely used cabs or other vehicles.
London is huge, you can find everything you possibly want, but everything is far. I'm quite lucky, I work in the city center and my commute is 40 min, I have a colleague that commutes for 1h 15 min and he thinks he is lucky. All this erodes your free time.
London has like 10 million people and a lot of tourists,so it's always busy: having so many people around makes me stressed.
I went to some meetups and I was partially disappointed: a lot of them, despite looking interesting, were in fact boring and without substance.A few of them were really good but I stopped now cause I don't have enough time and energy. I'm not good at networking, I chat when I'm at conferences and meetups but usually it ends there as I feel that keeping in touch is not worth the effort (with a few exceptions)
The big plus for me is my job: I'm doing really interesting things with really good people and that's why I'll stay here for another three years at least
London is not perfect but it's really the capital of something, you can feel it, it's definitely a good thing to spend some time here.
Do ask me if you have more questions