Residents in England’s ‘happiest seaside city’ declare there’s one main downside
Residents in an English seaside city ranked among the finest for high quality of dwelling say they’re caught with one persistent downside. Plymouth topped the charts for England’s metropolis with the happiest residents final month, in keeping with the Totaljobs Quality of Living Index. The metropolis beat Bristol, Liverpool, Belfast, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London within the examine.
Portsmouth, situated in Devon, had a standout work-life stability that supplied residents higher flexibility than its bigger rivals.
Locals are additionally a stone’s throw away from the beautiful views of Dartmoor nationwide park.
But regardless of the rating, residents insist there’s one downside to dwelling within the picturesque metropolis, studies the Mirror.
The metropolis has additionally been named one of many wettest within the UK and might common 84mm of rain every month, with 149 wet days every year.
This is all as a result of milder winters, larger humidity, and an usually cloudy sky.
So when its not summer time and vacationers are avoiding the seashores, locals are normally experiencing heavy rainfall.
Musician Maddia Valance, 25, moved to town as a younger little one.
She described it as “just beautiful” in the summertime however stated it was a totally totally different story within the winter.
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“It’s just a bit rubbish,” she instructed The Sun, earlier than including: “The rain is so much worse here than other places, it feels like it’s constantly raining.
Issy Allen, 22, has lived in Plymouth all her life and said it was a “great place to live” but admitted the winters felt endless and left residents with very little to do.
She added that some of the nightlife as a “bit sad”.
Other locals admitted that for all its benefits, Plymouth still couldn’t offer as much to do as the big cities like London and Manchester could.
But retiree Chris Ottley was more optimistic about the rain and pointed out that it made the area green and helped Dartmoor stay healthy.
The 80-year-old added: “Locals know you always need to carry a raincoat with you though, however nice it looks when you leave the house. It’s just a great, friendly place to live and you don’t get that with bigger cities.”
Properties in Plymouth are extra reasonably priced in comparison with among the UK’s greater cities – that are more and more seeing home and hire costs grow to be unaffordable for a lot of. But it is not solely financial elements drawing individuals to the wet, however pleased, metropolis.
Amanda Nicholson, a retired retailer supervisor, now 58, moved to Plymouth from Yorkshire 20 years in the past and instantly fell in love with the extra relaxed life-style.