Where is the best town for good jobs but low rent?
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Where is the best town for a good job market but low rent? Somewhere like Shrewsbury has low rent, it's a decent town but not many jobs; places like Reading and Milton Keynes have jobs, especially if you commute, but rent starts to get high. Cambridge and Oxford have high rents for obvious reasons.
Where is a happy medium of job availability but manageable rents?
Where is a happy medium of job availability but manageable rents?
Couldn’t spot anything down to town level, but some regional data is included:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/p...
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/p...
There isn't one.
Rents are high because people want to live there.
Generally people want to live there because there are jobs available.
If you want a good job and cheap rent you'll have to commute.
Plus it's all relative, what's a good salary versus what's a cheap rent?
It depends on your own personal budget
Rents are high because people want to live there.
Generally people want to live there because there are jobs available.
If you want a good job and cheap rent you'll have to commute.
Plus it's all relative, what's a good salary versus what's a cheap rent?
It depends on your own personal budget
I’d say you need to put some parameters in there to get any kind of reasonable answer. But if, for instance, commuting is OK you could consider renting in Bradford and working in Leeds. The rent is cheaper in Bradford and there are more, better paid jobs, and with more variety, in Leeds. I mean, you probably wouldn’t, but still .. 
sociopath said:
There isn't one.
Rents are high because people want to live there.
Generally people want to live there because there are jobs available.
If you want a good job and cheap rent you'll have to commute.
Plus it's all relative, what's a good salary versus what's a cheap rent?
It depends on your own personal budget
This.Rents are high because people want to live there.
Generally people want to live there because there are jobs available.
If you want a good job and cheap rent you'll have to commute.
Plus it's all relative, what's a good salary versus what's a cheap rent?
It depends on your own personal budget
bigandclever said:
I’d say you need to put some parameters in there to get any kind of reasonable answer. But if, for instance, commuting is OK you could consider renting in Bradford and working in Leeds. The rent is cheaper in Bradford and there are more, better paid jobs, and with more variety, in Leeds. I mean, you probably wouldn’t, but still ..
Right, and you could live in Telford and commute to Birmingham, or even possibly live in Lancaster and commute to Manchester. I ask because some of these may look good combinations from the outside, but actual residents will have better knowledge. For example, as an outsider, Southampton, Bristol and Nottingham look decent candidates but I can't gauge - maybe Bristol rents are high, Southampton may not have many jobs despite its size and Nottingham may be just students. I've no idea.Depends on work.
Rugby is now more mid-market but used to be cheap. Cheaper than adjacent Leamington/Warwick, but not as grim as Nuneaton/Coventry.
Anywhere in south midlands is good balance. 3 bed modernish house around £900p.c.m or 2 bed flat around £650-700ish.
Plenty of warehouse/logistics jobs being in golden triangle. Few big employers too such as JLR. Then your also well
Connected being right on M6, M1, A14, A5. Trains are good too, London Euston was 50 mins not sure now.
Rugby is now more mid-market but used to be cheap. Cheaper than adjacent Leamington/Warwick, but not as grim as Nuneaton/Coventry.
Anywhere in south midlands is good balance. 3 bed modernish house around £900p.c.m or 2 bed flat around £650-700ish.
Plenty of warehouse/logistics jobs being in golden triangle. Few big employers too such as JLR. Then your also well
Connected being right on M6, M1, A14, A5. Trains are good too, London Euston was 50 mins not sure now.
montecristo said:
Right, and you could live in Telford and commute to Birmingham, or even possibly live in Lancaster and commute to Manchester. I ask because some of these may look good combinations from the outside, but actual residents will have better knowledge. For example, as an outsider, Southampton, Bristol and Nottingham look decent candidates but I can't gauge - maybe Bristol rents are high, Southampton may not have many jobs despite its size and Nottingham may be just students. I've no idea.
Plenty of employers in Nottingham, depending upon what work you want.Pflanzgarten said:
ChevronB19 said:
Whitehaven or Workington if you work for Sellafield…
Barrow the same for BAE.My guess would be Swansea - plenty of casual & public sector jobs, as well as museums, hospitals, university, regular office work and quite a bit of science industry, and you can still rent a one bed flat for ~£550 near the centre. Sure it doesn't compare to Reading but neither does the rent 
I think Leeds has got to be one of the better options as mentioned above. You’d be mad to live on the Bradford side and the north side gets expensive. But the Wakefield side is a good balance between the two - as northern cities go it’s actually alright - and property prices and rents are reasonable.
Crumpet said:
I think Leeds has got to be one of the better options as mentioned above. You’d be mad to live on the Bradford side and the north side gets expensive. But the Wakefield side is a good balance between the two - as northern cities go it’s actually alright - and property prices and rents are reasonable.
The north side of Leeds has gone mental.OP of you want the best of both worlds get into IT or related roles where remote working is more the norm.
A500leroy said:
You need somewhere like solihull, cheap houses but commute to London via train.
I know what you are trying to say, Solihull houses vs London & surrounds prices but Solihull houses are no longer really cheap at all. People who can't/don't want to pay Solihull prices will move to Coleshill or over to Redditch, Bromsgrove/Worcester way. And rent is ridiculous here currently, in OK places of Solihull you could be paying close to £1000 now PCM for a 3bed semi
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