What county of area is the best place to live?

I would definately live in London if I could afford it. I love the hussle and bussle of the big city. Coventry would never be my first or even tenth choice to live but I've grown attached to it and like I said we do have good curries and a crap football team!

I would definately live in London if I could afford it. I love the hussle and bussle of the big city.

Me too Pebbles!  

The key is affording it and being comfortable.

I would live in London in a heatbeat if I could really live there with a nice standard of living.

I really like the area of Birmingham that we live in, but I too would love to live in London if it were possible.

Naaaaah, I love London - for visiting & being a tourist, plus you can find anything you want there!

But for living?  No way!

Naaaaah, I love London - for visiting & being a tourist, plus you can find anything you want there!

But for living?  No way!

Read my mind Carolyn_b!! 

Everyone of course is going to post that their place/area is the best cos they live there!!!

I'll kinda do this....anywhere in London walking distance to a major park.  I love having all the pluses of living in the big city but the ability to escape with a 2 minute walk from my house to Greenwich Park (or a 1 minute run if my boy uses his scooter!).  There's lots of places in the park that tourists/visitors don't venture into so I go there with my wife & son to get a little "artificial" country.

As far as the "country", nice for visiting and being a tourist but I wouldn't want to live there 

If you were to ask my son, he would say Strood, Castleford, Langley Park, or Cullompton.  These are the 4 locations with Diggerland Parks....the type of park you would NEVER find in the lawsuit-prone US.  Check out the website and you'll see why!
http://www.diggerland.com

Does it have to be England? What about Wales or Scotland?

Absolutely!  Broaden that search!   

Absolutely!  Broaden that search!   

Yup, and I'll put in my .2p for the Isle of Man. No council tax, much lower taxes in general, less than 1% unemployment rate, and the average full-time employee makes around £600 a week.

I have to say that I absolutely love it here in Holbeach. Everything I really need is in walking distance and the kids school is so close by.