Working near Watford, best place to live?
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Posted in the London forum, but this place is probably more relevant. I'll be working in Bushey, just east of Watford next year. Are there any recommended places to live or avoid like the plague?
On a salary of ~25K and don't mind sharing a flat if need be, but really, really want a place where I can park a car without it bleeding me dry being parked/vandalized and good driving roads would be a bonus. Regarding me, I'm early 30's, Single, more into pubs and outdoor stuff than clubs and lairy inner-city stuff, but would rather avoid a dull Hot Fuzzesque curtain-twitching nightmare if possible. A youngish town with a uni-town vibe & lots of active societies and people doing things would be ideal, but I have precisely zero knowledge of this part of the UK so I am at PH's mercy.
On a salary of ~25K and don't mind sharing a flat if need be, but really, really want a place where I can park a car without it bleeding me dry being parked/vandalized and good driving roads would be a bonus. Regarding me, I'm early 30's, Single, more into pubs and outdoor stuff than clubs and lairy inner-city stuff, but would rather avoid a dull Hot Fuzzesque curtain-twitching nightmare if possible. A youngish town with a uni-town vibe & lots of active societies and people doing things would be ideal, but I have precisely zero knowledge of this part of the UK so I am at PH's mercy.
Radlett and Rickmansworth are good suggestions.
St Albans matches your criteria, but pricey and does have a few less salubrious areas.
Traffic on the Ring-Road and in the town centre is awful.
Go for the south side of the city for an easier commute to Bushey.
Chiswell Green, Park Street & Bricket Wood are all ok.
Avoid Borehamwood, Hemel Hempstead. London Colney and South Oxhey.
St Albans matches your criteria, but pricey and does have a few less salubrious areas.
Traffic on the Ring-Road and in the town centre is awful.
Go for the south side of the city for an easier commute to Bushey.
Chiswell Green, Park Street & Bricket Wood are all ok.
Avoid Borehamwood, Hemel Hempstead. London Colney and South Oxhey.
Edited by forsure on Monday 16th December 21:26
Rickmansworth is lovely, but if you're commuting to Bushey by car you're the wrong side of town.
Watford gets a terrible reputation, most of it is warranted but not all. The Cassiobury estate is a lovely place to live by ANYONE'S standards, and I'd be more than happy in Croxley too. Snorbans and Harpenden are also lovely but IME expensive for what you get.
Don't underestimate just how cruddy the traffic situation is each morning, it really is a grind. I have colleagues doing Hemel to Watford each day and they allow an hour and 15 minutes!
Watford gets a terrible reputation, most of it is warranted but not all. The Cassiobury estate is a lovely place to live by ANYONE'S standards, and I'd be more than happy in Croxley too. Snorbans and Harpenden are also lovely but IME expensive for what you get.
Don't underestimate just how cruddy the traffic situation is each morning, it really is a grind. I have colleagues doing Hemel to Watford each day and they allow an hour and 15 minutes!
shim said:
That doesn't worry me too much, TBH- Birmingham's Broad Street was just behind on that list and I walked up and down that twice every day when I was at uni. I reckon any street full of nightclubs is going to be a bit crap at chucking out time. Thanks for the suggestions, guys. It didn't occur to me that commuting might be a soul-draining stop-start hell so far from the centre. I might be better off looking for a place with good public transport links and buying a thirsty cruiser for weekends instead of a b-road hooligan to live with all week.
rb5er said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
St Albans is nice....but it is the most expensive place to live outside the M25.
Yes it is nice, but no its not the most expensive place to live outside of the M25.Okeydokey, I mean it is expensive,
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