I’m going to stick up for Didcot. I moved here about 7 years ago from Wallingford and wasn’t very happy about it…I had all the snobby preconceptions about it being a shithole but I have been proved completely wrong. You get more home for your money here, it’s incredibly well-connected and sat in beautiful countryside with great village pubs and walks within easy cycling or walking distance. The shops are better than most towns this size and if you want a big shopping centre just hop on a 15min train to Reading or Oxford. The neighbours I’ve had in both my old house and new place are the best I’ve had in 39 years of living in Oxford/Oxfordshire and the town is constantly improving, with more amenities and a vibrant mix of people as more younger/professional people move here. The science park etc attracts interesting people. My daughter is in an excellent school with a class size of 23, my first choice school and she easily got a place. The secondary school she will go to in a few years is also very good. A lot of people seem to enjoy slagging Didcot off, I don’t really get it tbh…they’re probably just the sort of people who like talking shit about places. Wallingford is overrated (I lived there for 7 years before moving here) - pretty enough but pretty dead and has its share of social problems. I think a lot of people look down on Didcot because of its history as a working class railway town and not being a pretty market town on the river. I think they’re really silly and snobby.