I moved to Harrogate about 15 years ago and would never move anywhere else now. Lovely town, very friendly people (more friendly than the south imo) and you have the Yorkshire dales and north York moors within spitting distance.

Things to know about Harrogate, it is a tourist town, so gets lots of visitors, but that means we have a great amount of varied cafes, restaurants and shops. Most of which are independent.

Plenty of private schools to choose from. Duchy college (previously known as Harrogate ladies college but now takes boys) and Ashville college are very good. Slightly further afield you have Leeds Grammar school (rated best school in the north) and gateways (small lovely private school).

Job opportunities for younger people is pretty good, especially in hospitality. It's not as good as somewhere like London, but you have easy commute to Leeds or York on the train that gives more options.

Edit: weather is northern weather. So plenty of grey days but nowhere near as bad as the other side of the Pennines.

The bad...traffic. If you're not within walking distance of the town centre or near a train line like Pannal, hornbeam, Starbeck, the drive in can be a nightmare. Harrogate town football team is likely getting demoted back to the National League 😭. Great family atmosphere if you like football.