Aberdonian considering move to Devon
Discussion
Hi PHers,
Anyone from down Devon way or know it fairly well?
I'm a young guy still at home with parents and up in Aberdeen. Everything is expensive so I can't afford to move out despite being paid pretty much the UK average. If I got a flat, I could not afford to live. No chance of council house by the way!
From my research so far it seems the south west of England around Devon is pretty expensive?
Flat price in Aberdeen is around 100k for a one bed room. 1 bed room Devon is possible at around 70k.
How is the cost of living etc?
The reason I ask is that it looks likely I'll be offered a job. It's a junior sales job so driving around the region (how are the roads/traffic?) and the pay is £25000-£30,000 plus potential 10k bonus max a year and a company car.
Money aside, anyone been in a similar situation? Devon is right at the bottom as opposed to near the top of the UK like Aberdeen so ages away from home/mates etc. I'd probably have a crap social life but I'm hoping the sacrifice will be worth it in the end and I can move on to better things sales wise. I can't get a job in the particular field closer to home and I've been looking for years now and don't want to be stuck in a dead end job as I am now.
Anyone from down Devon way or know it fairly well?
I'm a young guy still at home with parents and up in Aberdeen. Everything is expensive so I can't afford to move out despite being paid pretty much the UK average. If I got a flat, I could not afford to live. No chance of council house by the way!
From my research so far it seems the south west of England around Devon is pretty expensive?
Flat price in Aberdeen is around 100k for a one bed room. 1 bed room Devon is possible at around 70k.
How is the cost of living etc?
The reason I ask is that it looks likely I'll be offered a job. It's a junior sales job so driving around the region (how are the roads/traffic?) and the pay is £25000-£30,000 plus potential 10k bonus max a year and a company car.
Money aside, anyone been in a similar situation? Devon is right at the bottom as opposed to near the top of the UK like Aberdeen so ages away from home/mates etc. I'd probably have a crap social life but I'm hoping the sacrifice will be worth it in the end and I can move on to better things sales wise. I can't get a job in the particular field closer to home and I've been looking for years now and don't want to be stuck in a dead end job as I am now.
DonkeyApple said:
Seems a somewhat odd thought process to be young and go and live in some serious backwater. However nice Devon is absolutely no sane person can admit that moving there isn't going to pretty much halt your life's potential before you've even started.
Why not leave the UK? That's what most young blokes seeking a better quality of life have always done.
Aberdeen is a pointless place to live if you're not going to tap into the oil revenue for a living
I take it it's full or old people and holiday makers in summer! I know, it seems drastic but there are not much jobs going in the specialism I want to work in. I don't have a degree so unsure what I'd do abroad! Why not leave the UK? That's what most young blokes seeking a better quality of life have always done.
Aberdeen is a pointless place to live if you're not going to tap into the oil revenue for a living
Aberdeen really is a pointless place to live if your not in oil, it does grudge me that probably most people in the city are not earning stupid money (including some oil workers) but yet everyone wants a slice of that oil cash because we all earn £60,000 a year!...
I'm hoping it would be a quickish steping stone up the ladder in sales (medical) but perhaps Devon is too drastic?
I'm just so fed up here. It really is depressing, I don't want to be living at home at 30! Although I have a few years to go.
Thanks for food for thought so far.
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