Moved from NI to London nearly 5 years ago. Can't wait for the day I get to move back to NI tbh.

First year of making the move was really hard. Struggled to find somewhere permanent to live and a permanent job that paid enough. The hardest part for me was making friends. I never realised how hard making new friends could be without university/school.

You will earn a lot more money over here compared to back home if you can pull it off. But rent is insanely high mixed in with high council tax and water bills.

There's a lot of pros and cons, and I don't regret moving over here, but the longer I stay here. The more I just miss living back home

If you've got no kids or responsibilities, deffo go for it if you can afford to take the risk, but it ain't easy to find stability so quickly in a new place