My join date says Jun 2002 but I lurked for a while before then never posting, never even registering (unless I was registered under some account I've forgotten and is now lost to the sands of time) In little under a week I will be 27 years old. I'm an uncle 7 times over and realized my eldest nephew is older than some of the girls I chat up on a night out (he's 21, girls I end up chatting up can be aged anywhere between 18 and 35 on average)

I didn't really realize this because I guess I've known this for a long time but recently my eyes were really opened as to how much more I pay for the "privilege" of living in London. Considering the great night life I have experienced in towns such as Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Swansea, Newquay and Colchester. The vast majority of them having far cleaner air than London does (I'm allergic to the pollution it seems as well as pollen; point in case: I was in Cumbernauld north of Glasgow the other week when it was baking hot, we're talking the mercury was pushing 30 the sun was out and not a cloud to be seen in the damn highlands of all places. Cumbernauld is surrounded by the Scottish Highlands to the north and west and the Scottish Lowlands to the south and east. My hayfever? None existent. I had an attack induced by my allergies at 3am in London the other night... 3am on a cold and wet night). The cost of living there was also a fraction of my cost of living here. For what I pay for a room I could honestly have my own 3 bedroom house complete with bills in some of the places I've been/looked at. Hence I am looking at leaving London for good at the next opportune moment.