Our lovely, ugly city has been voted the best city in the UK for first time buyers to put down roots. The following factors were used to determine the contenders:
Average house price.
Crime safety.
Traffic index.
Life satisfaction.
Swansea achieved a score of 82/100 followed by Edinburgh with 78.5, Plymouth, Sunderland and Newport with a total of the 30 most populous cities being considered. I'm not surprised. Our fabulous world-famous beaches, open spaces and parks, cultural activities etc etc can't fail to impress. I've had many friends to stay as guests when I lived in the Mayals in the past and, without fail, they were amazed by the city and its environs and I well remember the look on Rainbow's face when she first saw Rhosilli Bay - and that was on a poor misty day!! Mind you, coming from Peckham where she could get a bus every 5 minutes to anywhere in London, she wasn't happy to see that where I now live, the service could be two hours apart to any particular destination.
I reminded her that I had a car, so no need to use buses very often but she can't drive, so that didn't cut much ice with her. I suppose we take what we have for granted all too often and, whilst I loved South Africa and Spain where I've also lived, and France where I visited friends a lot, at the end of the day, Swansea is a pretty cool place to live a life.
Average house price.
Crime safety.
Traffic index.
Life satisfaction.
Swansea achieved a score of 82/100 followed by Edinburgh with 78.5, Plymouth, Sunderland and Newport with a total of the 30 most populous cities being considered. I'm not surprised. Our fabulous world-famous beaches, open spaces and parks, cultural activities etc etc can't fail to impress. I've had many friends to stay as guests when I lived in the Mayals in the past and, without fail, they were amazed by the city and its environs and I well remember the look on Rainbow's face when she first saw Rhosilli Bay - and that was on a poor misty day!! Mind you, coming from Peckham where she could get a bus every 5 minutes to anywhere in London, she wasn't happy to see that where I now live, the service could be two hours apart to any particular destination.
I reminded her that I had a car, so no need to use buses very often but she can't drive, so that didn't cut much ice with her. I suppose we take what we have for granted all too often and, whilst I loved South Africa and Spain where I've also lived, and France where I visited friends a lot, at the end of the day, Swansea is a pretty cool place to live a life.
