This is bollocks was it written by an American tourist? All tourist places Americans tend to go to. Plenty of other more liveable UK cities that are affordable and pleasant to live in
Brighton is not a comfortable city to live in… I know. I live there. It has high levels of homelessness, an uncontrollable drug problem and every other problem you can think of. The housing situation is extortionate and employment is scarce. Good luck trying to live there.
Agreed. Brighton is only affordable for people who got on the property ladder in the 90s before the boom, or who've moved down from London. I lived in Lewes down the road, and it was even less affordable
Agreed, my nephew lives there, apparently it is the second worse city in Britain for disposable income and that's taking into account those with money who have moved to the city from elsewhere to retire.
@@ravensthorne4631 most affordable cities to relocate to from America? Large cities have large city issues so that’s fine, but not trying to live in the projects again😆 I’m from south central Los Angeles in America.
Okay Barnstaple is not a city. It's an affordable place to live and an okay market town, however the job market lacks diversity with few well paid jobs about. It's a little boring, the night life being pretty poor however the surrounding area has a lot to offer.
The best cities to live in are usually not the obvious ones that everyone’s heard of, small enough to be pleasant, big enough that there’s loads going on.
Congratulations , outside London you have found the 5 most unaffordable cities , I 100 per cent agree with Newcastle being a great place and it is true with the correct skill sets you personal earnings maybe higher in some of these places but overall there are many cities that offer great opportunities
London is a great city but many would hate because they are jealous and don't like the expense or population oh well no one cares, London has a lot that the rest of the UK doesn't have.
@@elvisaddaiyeboah3721 Hi , first i would like to clarify , that i am saying that there is nothing wrong with any of the places mentioned in the video or with London either , its just that they are expensive places to live in and the title states clearly that its a video about places that are affordable (live comfortably in) . My suggestions of great cities that are less expensive but good to live in would be :- Norwich Nottingham Sheffield Newcastle Exeter Nowhere is perfect and all have better/worse/cheaper/expensive neighbourhoods and i could give you a much better list of towns to live in but the undoubted fact is the five places in the video really are not places you could live comfortably in unless you earned a very substantial wage .
Pity you got it wrong with the first city shown - York. The second photograph is actually of Edinburgh. And when it comes to Edinburgh at number 1 on the list you only mention two of the city's festivals - the official Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You could have also mentioned the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Science Festival, the Edinburgh Television Festival, not to mention the world famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. All of these in total make Edinburgh unique.
What you just said is the same in Birmingham full of homeless people and druggies and mental health issues in Birmingham and west midlands place is a dumping ground.
@@wolfpackpete6408 London and the South East has always been more expensive than the rest of the UK as it has a lot more to offer than the rest of the UK as Jobs are more available too.
Who's planted those hills just outside York? Most of Yorkshire is hilly some parts approaching 1,000 meters, but York and all-round it is as flat a pancake.
What has snp to do with Edinburgh?? Never heard such an ignorant question . Scotland has been a lot better under snp rather than labour. Tories are just the dodo in Scotland.
Why would it not be? I strongly support Scottish independence. I was born in Edinburgh and love it. And I live in Glasgow and love it even more. I welcome people from everywhere, including England, to either city. People who are pro-Scottish independence are not anti-English, just anti-Westminster. And more pro-Scotland being like a normal independent country. Any English person in Edinburgh or Glasgow who is nice and respectful is a good guy in my books.
London. Good and bad. Public transport is brilliant, 24 hours a day. Cross into Essex and buses finish befotre 7. Wherever you live, you just have to get on with it.
Hmmm dont agree much here. Oxford very very expensive over busy and car hating, Cambridge gridlocked and very expensive Edinburgh miserable and grey, Brighton WTF ! and no mention of Exeter - reasonable job availability reasonable property prices, good climate near the coast, lowish crime and good University vibe for youngsters ...
The title of the video is misleading. Cambridge and Oxford are very expensive places to live. You could live there comfortably ONLY IF you have a comfortably high income.
Not sure about Brighton as it's too easy access to London (can be less than an hour away depending on the train one gets). In fact, anywhere that's within living/commuter belt to/from London is as expensive as London. That includes Oxford and Cambridge. A very misleading list indeed. And the beach in Brighton is stones and pebbles making it very uncomfortable to walk for those with mobility issues. That being said I love all of these places.
Burgess Hill. Soon to be made a City. It is vibrant . The people are kind and Generous. The Buck Centre. Incorporates its international and intellectual. heart. It is a Gem in the Sussex Crown. Once you have met a Burgess Hillian, you'll never forget them..! It is up there with Cambridge and Oxford.
The second worst city to live in is Birmingham and the second best city to live in is Oxford. I really do struggle to see why, just what could be the difference?
@@bluecheese4877 Immigrants as a thing itself is not a problem. People have been immigrating and emigrating since the dawn of time. The problem is the arrogance and insular nature of contemporary mass immigration. These people do NOT care for england as a land with a history that goes far back before colonialism, it's own lore, had it's own gods and goddesses, it's own festivals and native celebrations, it's own ways....These people just want to come over for money and force their culture on the natives. And if you say anything they immediately flash the colonialism card....Again England is way way older than Colonialism. Stonehenge is older than the Pyramids and even in Czech Republic they have a structure older than Stonehenge! So no, Europe and Uk is not a land of colonisers, that's such a tiny part of UK history but these immigrants have no interest in that or the natives...They are as bad as the colonisers they love to blame.
This list is a bit ridiculous. Brighton is a nice place to live but I'd hardly call it affordable. Edinburgh likewise, it's probably one of the most expensive places to go for a pint outside of London.
cheap compared to london but uk average salary for non skilled workers. are very difficult right now, not the same when i first come in the earlier 2000, brighton it’s definitely not cheap to live now days
7min:13sec Edinburgh is the best city in "England?" I never knew that Edinburgh was in England, so much has changed in 10years since leaving Edinburgh.
There's definitely an argument that Southampton should be on this list given the relatively low cost of accommodation for the South/South East. The job market is also good and it's the economic driver of the region. It's relatively close to London which is good but sadly not really close enough to commute. Nearby Winchester is however but accommodation there is incredibly expensive. It has good transport connections to the surrounding region but is held back by regional transport infrastructure not being well integrated and affordable. No where near as good as say Greater Manchester for example. It also has pretty good weather for a UK city and plenty of green space.
Brighton " incredable beautiful beaches"...lol horrible dirty beaches full of pebbles...and is a very dirty town,used to live there so glad i left years ago.
This was not accurate as a video I wouldn't take this advice as good. Author has made quite a few errors here, I'm not sure they actually even know the UK that well. Brighton, Oxford and Cambridge are all expensive places to live, suffer from congested roads and lack affordable housing.
So you reckon Oxford is a good place to live.. It isn't. It's grim..dirty, poorly maintained public spaces, badly administered, pretentious, precious, over-priced, poor retail, and over-run by tourists blocking the pavements snapping pics. Enjoy the architecture virtually rather than actually.. far more rewarding than visiting.
@@Robsadventures06there are housing estates in most UK cities bigger than Hereford, it’s quite pretty but traffic is awful for such a small place, not much going on for younger people
Wow, you have outdone yourself with this list of five of the cities in which I would LEAST like to live - and I know all of them. If you assembled it from statistics you have proved that statistics really aren't everything. These towns are bloody awful places to live.
Live comfortably? Is this a joke?? This is pretty much the five most expensive places to live outside London. I think you need to change the title of the video.
Most of these places Oxford, Cambridge Brighton are ok if you have money. Edinburgh no 1 no its gloomy, old fashioned, drab, Edinburgh Castle is like a block of terraced houses. Not impressed.
5. York 0.48
4. Cambridge 2.27
3. Brighton 3.52
2. Oxford 5.16
1. Edinburgh 6.28
Mean?
Thanks for saving us time!
4 of these places have been run by fruitcakes since the late 2010s so don't see how that can be comforting!!!
This is bollocks was it written by an American tourist? All tourist places Americans tend to go to. Plenty of other more liveable UK cities that are affordable and pleasant to live in
Brighton is not a comfortable city to live in… I know. I live there. It has high levels of homelessness, an uncontrollable drug problem and every other problem you can think of. The housing situation is extortionate and employment is scarce. Good luck trying to live there.
Never been there but I have a friend who.does
Agreed. Brighton is only affordable for people who got on the property ladder in the 90s before the boom, or who've moved down from London. I lived in Lewes down the road, and it was even less affordable
Agreed, my nephew lives there, apparently it is the second worse city in Britain for disposable income and that's taking into account those with money who have moved to the city from elsewhere to retire.
@@ravensthorne4631 most affordable cities to relocate to from America?
Large cities have large city issues so that’s fine, but not trying to live in the projects again😆 I’m from south central Los Angeles in America.
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5. Barnstaple
4. Hull
3. Darlington
2. Great Yarmouth
1. Halifax
5 places with plenty of work and genuinely affordable for truly working class people.
Okay Barnstaple is not a city. It's an affordable place to live and an okay market town, however the job market lacks diversity with few well paid jobs about. It's a little boring, the night life being pretty poor however the surrounding area has a lot to offer.
How do you rate Nottingham in term of paid job opportunities???
Hull haha
@@sglenny001Hi, what's wrong with Hull, please reply
Cambridge is very beautiful...I love Cambridge ❤
I would say immediately Newcastle upon Tyne. Brilliant area
I have a feeling you are biased. Could it be you are a Geordie?
Nice people
The best cities to live in are usually not the obvious ones that everyone’s heard of, small enough to be pleasant, big enough that there’s loads going on.
Do you do your research in a library. This list is difficult to reconcile with my external personal experience of four of the cities.
Congratulations , outside London you have found the 5 most unaffordable cities , I 100 per cent agree with Newcastle being a great place and it is true with the correct skill sets you personal earnings maybe higher in some of these places but overall there are many cities that offer great opportunities
Missed Bristol🤣
London is a great city but many would hate because they are jealous and don't like the expense or population oh well no one cares, London has a lot that the rest of the UK doesn't have.
Care to mention some of these amazing cities please?
@@elvisaddaiyeboah3721 Hi , first i would like to clarify , that i am saying that there is nothing wrong with any of the places mentioned in the video or with London either , its just that they are expensive places to live in and the title states clearly that its a video about places that are affordable (live comfortably in) . My suggestions of great cities that are less expensive but good to live in would be :-
Norwich
Nottingham
Sheffield
Newcastle
Exeter
Nowhere is perfect and all have better/worse/cheaper/expensive neighbourhoods and i could give you a much better list of towns to live in but the undoubted fact is the five places in the video really are not places you could live comfortably in unless you earned a very substantial wage .
@@colinwelch70 thank you very much colin
Pity you got it wrong with the first city shown - York. The second photograph is actually of Edinburgh. And when it comes to Edinburgh at number 1 on the list you only mention two of the city's festivals - the official Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You could have also mentioned the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Science Festival, the Edinburgh Television Festival, not to mention the world famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. All of these in total make Edinburgh unique.
You said, not to mention the Edinburgh military tattoo, so he didn't.
Yeah ! It's unique if you're a poncey middle class tosser whose parents pay your rent for an overpriced flat !!
Yeh ,but Edinburgh would freeze your nuts off most of the year .
Glasgow is best city to live in Scotland UK if u can manage cold weather ☁️
3 of the 5 places are full of homeless drug addicts and 4 of them are unaffordable. £1300 per month for a 1 bed flat is not cheap.
I could find one for cheaper in London 😬😂
£1300 per month for a flat is extortionate!
Could rent a 3 or 4 bedroom house for less than that in many places.
What you just said is the same in Birmingham full of homeless people and druggies and mental health issues in Birmingham and west midlands place is a dumping ground.
@@wolfpackpete6408 London and the South East has always been more expensive than the rest of the UK as it has a lot more to offer than the rest of the UK as Jobs are more available too.
@@marktaurus206 with rent of £1300 or more, it will have to be quite good jobs that are available.
Who's planted those hills just outside York? Most of Yorkshire is hilly some parts approaching 1,000 meters, but York and all-round it is as flat a pancake.
It could be claimed as Norfolks then.!
Someone pointed out that it's a photo of Edinburgh. D'oh!
@@paulthompson8996 You don't say
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I love Edinburgh, but it's expensive to live there.
I don't understand why York always get mentioned over Norwich- there's much more going on in Norwich
Because York has much better links than Norwich.
@@traciesmobile683 not especially and it's slightly faster by train to London
Yeah...may be if you're interested in tractors , combine harvesters etc .
Thought Bristol would be in there to be honest
The big church in York is a MINSTER, not a Minister.
"You are encouraged to consider Edinburgh as one of the best places to live in England", this load of toss was well researched then!
Since when has Edinburgh been in England, I can see steam coming out of Scottish ears.
@@colinvincent9101 I would be pleased with that...!
Don't get your sporran in a twist Jock ? Just call.it North Britain ?
I love watching these videos, they get most things completely wrong
I appreciate your work
With the SNP in power is Edinburgh still a great place to live for someone from England? I'm not trying to be insulting I just really like to know.
My two England born grandchildren love Edinburgh. I love it too and I am a Glaswegian!
Edinburgh is shockingly expensive SNP or not...
SNP are not anti English !! Incompetent ? Yes. Economically illiterate ? Yes. But not Anti English !
What has snp to do with Edinburgh?? Never heard such an ignorant question . Scotland has been a lot better under snp rather than labour. Tories are just the dodo in Scotland.
Why would it not be? I strongly support Scottish independence. I was born in Edinburgh and love it. And I live in Glasgow and love it even more. I welcome people from everywhere, including England, to either city. People who are pro-Scottish independence are not anti-English, just anti-Westminster. And more pro-Scotland being like a normal independent country. Any English person in Edinburgh or Glasgow who is nice and respectful is a good guy in my books.
How can you say Best and not include Liverpool, London ,Leeds and Glasgow?
London. Good and bad. Public transport is brilliant, 24 hours a day. Cross into Essex and buses finish befotre 7. Wherever you live, you just have to get on with it.
Liverpool .I live in the suburbs and never had any problem .we get a bad press and undeserved.you sound like Alan Partridge 😂
Liverpool is excellent
Liverpool the former slave capital of britian is so bad even the beatles coundnt wait to leave
How about Reading, Berkshire?
Brighton rent is cheap? then gives the rent and... wow £1300 pcm for a one-bed. Cheap compared to what?? Who is this guy?
Hmmm dont agree much here. Oxford very very expensive over busy and car hating, Cambridge gridlocked and very expensive Edinburgh miserable and grey, Brighton WTF ! and no mention of Exeter - reasonable job availability reasonable property prices, good climate near the coast, lowish crime and good University vibe for youngsters ...
The title of the video is misleading. Cambridge and Oxford are very expensive places to live. You could live there comfortably ONLY IF you have a comfortably high income.
Beautiful beaches in Brighton? Nothing but pebbles
Not sure about Brighton as it's too easy access to London (can be less than an hour away depending on the train one gets). In fact, anywhere that's within living/commuter belt to/from London is as expensive as London. That includes Oxford and Cambridge. A very misleading list indeed. And the beach in Brighton is stones and pebbles making it very uncomfortable to walk for those with mobility issues. That being said I love all of these places.
Burgess Hill. Soon to be made a City. It is vibrant . The people are kind and Generous. The Buck Centre. Incorporates its international and intellectual. heart. It is a Gem in the Sussex Crown. Once you have met a Burgess Hillian, you'll never forget them..! It is up there with Cambridge and Oxford.
Awesome list. 👌
The second worst city to live in is Birmingham and the second best city to live in is Oxford. I really do struggle to see why, just what could be the difference?
Is it immigrants? I heard there were a lot in Birmingham
@@bluecheese4877 HEY! they are diluted by a few whites.
@@bluecheese4877 Immigrants as a thing itself is not a problem. People have been immigrating and emigrating since the dawn of time. The problem is the arrogance and insular nature of contemporary mass immigration.
These people do NOT care for england as a land with a history that goes far back before colonialism, it's own lore, had it's own gods and goddesses, it's own festivals and native celebrations, it's own ways....These people just want to come over for money and force their culture on the natives. And if you say anything they immediately flash the colonialism card....Again England is way way older than Colonialism. Stonehenge is older than the Pyramids and even in Czech Republic they have a structure older than Stonehenge!
So no, Europe and Uk is not a land of colonisers, that's such a tiny part of UK history but these immigrants have no interest in that or the natives...They are as bad as the colonisers they love to blame.
York isn’t part of North Yorkshire. It’s a unitary authority and separate.
Agree with everything you said. But i wouldn't consider Cambridge a city. It's a market town with a uni.
Cambridge has University city status from what I checked but I guess its only fair considering Peterborough also has city status
I guess you’re an Oxford fan. 😂
@@johnkitchen4699 I love Cambridge but it's small. Not much there. Uni and hospital that's it.
This list is a bit ridiculous. Brighton is a nice place to live but I'd hardly call it affordable. Edinburgh likewise, it's probably one of the most expensive places to go for a pint outside of London.
Almost nobody can afford the rents in any of these cities 😱😱😱
How about Basildon? Is it affordable? Is it nice to live in?
Basildon is virtually almost East London
cheap compared to london but uk average salary for non skilled workers. are very difficult right now, not the same when i first come in the earlier 2000, brighton it’s definitely not cheap to live now days
7min:13sec Edinburgh is the best city in "England?" I never knew that Edinburgh was in England, so much has changed in 10years since leaving Edinburgh.
Spiritual? Thats the last thing you'd call anyplace in the uk
Edinburgh is not in England!!!
It's cheap to live in Brighton ..£1300 a month...joking aren't ya..expensive !
Southampton or Ipswich maybe?
There's definitely an argument that Southampton should be on this list given the relatively low cost of accommodation for the South/South East. The job market is also good and it's the economic driver of the region. It's relatively close to London which is good but sadly not really close enough to commute. Nearby Winchester is however but accommodation there is incredibly expensive. It has good transport connections to the surrounding region but is held back by regional transport infrastructure not being well integrated and affordable. No where near as good as say Greater Manchester for example. It also has pretty good weather for a UK city and plenty of green space.
Sone of the most expensive cities outside of London to live in.
Lovely places, unaffordable for nearly all.
Brighton " incredable beautiful beaches"...lol horrible dirty beaches full of pebbles...and is a very dirty town,used to live there so glad i left years ago.
What about Birmingham?
Will find that under the worst cities.
Who writes the scripts it sound just like a badly translated chinese instruction manual
Bristol ! 😊
Could you perhaps change the title to ‘5 best cities to live comfortably in the UK if you’re stinking rich and money doesn’t matter to you’?
This was not accurate as a video I wouldn't take this advice as good. Author has made quite a few errors here, I'm not sure they actually even know the UK that well. Brighton, Oxford and Cambridge are all expensive places to live, suffer from congested roads and lack affordable housing.
He can't read his own script! He said York had a minister, instead of Minster
So you reckon Oxford is a good place to live.. It isn't. It's grim..dirty, poorly maintained public spaces, badly administered, pretentious, precious, over-priced, poor retail, and over-run by tourists blocking the pavements snapping pics. Enjoy the architecture virtually rather than actually.. far more rewarding than visiting.
You sound grumpier than Insp Morse on a bad day ??!
York Minister...?
Newcastle upon Tyne has the cheapest house price
Middlesbrough ??
Cambridge is the most expensive place In southern England outside London.
Basically the most expensive outside London!!!!
We're are Worcester and Gloucester and Hereford they are wonderful cities in the country
Herefords dead n they aren't citys g😭
I rate hereford skatepark tho and pardi is good
@@Robsadventures06there are housing estates in most UK cities bigger than Hereford, it’s quite pretty but traffic is awful for such a small place, not much going on for younger people
Edinburgh as one of the best opportunities of living in a city in England?! Deary me! Let’s hope you made a simple mistake and realise your own error.
Wow, you have outdone yourself with this list of five of the cities in which I would LEAST like to live - and I know all of them. If you assembled it from statistics you have proved that statistics really aren't everything. These towns are bloody awful places to live.
Live comfortably? Is this a joke?? This is pretty much the five most expensive places to live outside London. I think you need to change the title of the video.
Best cities if you have a high paying job you mean
York MINIster? Really???
Excellent
That terrible weather makes nothing comfortable in the UK😂
Le Fishe~
ok
is Birmingham included?
Most of these places Oxford, Cambridge Brighton are ok if you have money. Edinburgh no 1 no its gloomy,
old fashioned, drab, Edinburgh Castle is like a block of terraced houses. Not impressed.
how the fuck is a 1 br flat of 1300 pounds per month in Brighton considered "quite cheap"considering the local shit salaries???? what a joke
Poor quality, Edinburgh in England, utter S4!the.