Yes, I do
certainly I'd like to give it a go for a bit - Labs mentioned something the other day about if you've reached 40 years old and never lived in London you have no life, but if you've reached 40 years old and still live in London you have no soul. I like that idea. I like that there's always interesting stuff and things to see and that even with cost of living taken in to account the pay is better!
But as I say. I could end up anywhere.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:30, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

So you don't mind then?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:32, Reply)

*shrug*
it's the nature of what I do; I always knew I'd end up moving around a bit, and most of the cities I could conceivably work in I'd be happy to live in, so...
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:36, Reply)

I moved around a bit today...
Spent the evening freezing my arse off at a meeting in some village hall, constantly shuffling around to try and keep warm.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:37, Reply)

But the cost of living is such an off-putter
And whilst public transport is great, it isn't free.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:38, Reply)

It's true I'd have to house share if I moved there
which puts me off slightly, but it'd probably be good for me. And yeah rent is expensive but most of the jobs being advertised pay 50% more than I get now, if you include the London weighting.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:42, Reply)

That sounds reasonable.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:43, Reply)

I'm still of the view that London is somewhere to visit
Rather than somewhere to live.

Where are your other PhD applications being sent?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:44, Reply)

Two in London
one in Leeds, possibly one in Newcastle and another in Oxford.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:47, Reply)

What one would be the dream?
(Answer on the left?)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 23:51, Reply)