cost of living in these cities

[mollykins]

If you can only order a couple do so, instead of guessing the rest, but if you do know most or all of them, that's great.

Can you put these cities in order of cost of living/ house prices.

But make it clear which way you are doing it :) Molly

Brighton, Southampton, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Exeter, Cardiff, Bangor.

TIA Molly

[society]

Are you planning on finding you own place in one of those cities, Molly?

[ummmm]

I would say the Brighton would be the expensive by a mile...

[boxtops]

Having lived in Brighton (which is almost at London rates), I would certainly put Brighton at the top of that list, partly because of its easy access to London where many inhabitants work.
I sold my flat in Brighton for more than it cost me to buy my whole house here in Kent. I couldn't afford to move back to Brighton now.

[boxtops]

PS are these your uni options? If you are to be in student accommodation then there are thousands of students in Brighton who seem to manage fine, but if you are asking generally about cost of living (including housing) then I stand by my original reply.

[bednobs]

do your own research - look on rightmove at a few 2 bedroomed houses in each area, or try "up my street"
i am guessing here (most expensive first)
Brighton
southampton
portsmouth
exeter
plymouth
cardiff
bangor

[mollykins]

Bangor Wales.

Thanks, I was warned about the Londoners in Brighton but most places on the south coast are expensive.

[Prudie]

Are these your potential Unis? Student accommodation probably doesn't vary as much as house prices.

[mollykins]

Prudie that's why I asked about cost of living aswell.

[boxtops]

LOL molly, you needn't be "warned about the Londoners in Brighton", it's the fact that it's a highly desirable place to live, with fantastic leisure opportunities, which make people want to live there, and you can get to London very quickly if you work up there (and if you work in London, you earn more by way of London weighting so you can afford it better).

[mollykins]

I'm considering all of the unis in these places aswell as Norwich (which I know a lot about but the only places i've been to on the list are Portsmouth and Plymouth, plymouth I was staying at a naval base so didn't see much of the actual city and Portsmouth was only to the port, to catch a ferry to France really, but we did go to the spinaker tower and the historical docks bit)

[pastafreak]

A share in a student house in North Hill or Mutely-both near University of Plymouth-will be about £80 per week.

[pastafreak]

http://www.accommodat...searchtype=city&cost=

[Buenchico]

The prices of foods in Tesco, and of clothes in Primark, are the same across the country. So the only 'costs of living' that you need to think about are those for accommodation (and, knowing most students, local bar prices!).

Most universities urge students to live on campus for at least the first year of their course, so local housing costs are irrelevant. In some of the cities you've listed (particularly Bangor) off-campus accommodation will be almost non-existent anyway. So, if you remain on campus, you can largely ignore the local cost of living. However some universities don't have sufficient accommodation for all of their students to remain on campus for the whole of their course. While places like Brighton will have generally higher rental prices than some of the other cities listed, they will also have a larger number of shared houses to rent.

I see that you're also considering studying locally in East Anglia. Please don't. When I was teaching I always told my 6th form students not to consider any universities or colleges within commuting distance of home, or where they could easily go home for the weekend. If you study at a local university it will be only a place of study and nothing else. To get the best from it, university should be an all-embracing experience. The best parts of university life take place during the evenings and at weekends!

The mother of one of my 6th form pupils once told me "I hate you and I love you at the same time. You've told my son that he should study on the other side of the country, so you've taken him away from me for weeks at a time. But I know that you're right because it will give him the independence which he needs".

Chris

[Coobeastie]

My wife went to University at Brighton its a lovely place.

[mollykins]

Isn't Brighton tacky? i don't know where I got that from though . . . .

[craft1948]

One of the daughter's exes studied at Norwich...........he's a millionaire now :-(

[cassa333]

Portsmouth uni has lots of student accomodation. They have a lot of purpose built flats as well.

The cost of living in portsmouth is pretty good as well. There are all the usual shops and student canteens are remarkable value for money.

I used to work at Winchester uni (before it became one) and the students could work in the canteens and get reduced price food so it is well worth putting in a shift or two just for the perks.

Portsmouth has easy travel links to just about anywhere in the country. Most parts of the uni (it is spread about the city) are within walking distance to the coast and night clubs. 20 minutes on a bus will take you out of the city and on a bit of a country walk or on a cheap ferry crossing to France.

The down side is of course that it is Portsmouth :) It is built up,gray and drab but tbh if you are putting in the hours learning will you realy notice lol

[milly143]

Shouldn't you be basing your decision on where you expect to get the best education.

[mollykins]

there's no point going to a good uni if you hate it (more to do with my other thread) and it cripples you in debt.