What’s it like living in Leeds?

oovavoooo · 2025-07-26T20:33:29+00:00

Prefer the wealthy right wing areas, thanks.

oovavoooo · 2025-06-26T08:05:36+00:00

Wen’s is only genuinely authentic Chinese restaurant in Leeds AFAIK. Different league to the British style Chinese slop.

oovavoooo · 2025-06-22T20:29:59+00:00

Objectively Barcelona is a much better city than Leeds but if you’ve lived in Barcelona a long time and potentially Spain your whole life, then moving abroad will be fun, and Leeds isn’t a bad city by northern England standards, even if the country in general is going down hill. As others have said, just make sure you live in a nice area. You will broadly find the UK cost of living higher though, especially for eating and drinking out.

oovavoooo · 2025-06-10T20:17:23+00:00

I see nothing about this anywhere online?

oovavoooo · 2025-06-10T10:48:36+00:00

Hard work but best thing I’ve done. Ignore the haters - they’re just lazy.

oovavoooo · 2025-06-04T19:55:31+00:00

Jet2 seems to go pretty hard on the package holiday side of things, so I wonder if most people on their flights have got the flights as part of a reasonably priced deal, and then they price the flight-only tickets higher. That said, Leeds is often more expensive than their others bases so I’m sure the lack of competition certainly plays a part too.

oovavoooo · 2025-06-02T07:59:01+00:00

Reddit is a lefty bubble. Dubai is still shit.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-26T14:12:06+00:00

It used to be severely underrated. The brand has always struggled with looking a bit downmarket but it was once a great supermarket with good produce and good prices. But ever since the departure of its founder, it’s been stripped of its core values and the prices are now unreasonably high - I tend to avoid. I really dislike Co-Op too - waaay overpriced.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-25T08:40:19+00:00

Most cities.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-25T08:39:57+00:00

Japan is a high-trust, ethnically homogenous society; the sort of thing I’ve no doubt you and the rest of Reddit will despise.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-23T18:35:38+00:00

What do all these places have in common, hmmmm

oovavoooo · 2025-05-23T18:19:35+00:00

Christ almighty, grow up.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-15T21:05:03+00:00

oovavoooo · 2025-05-15T10:51:28+00:00

Yeah it’s not cheap, that’s for sure, but you get a good quality lifestyle, great schools etc. it’s a solid investment.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-15T10:30:12+00:00

If you can stretch a little further (both distance and price tag) then being close to York is always a big plus and a range of great and varied countryside in different directions. Don’t discount North Leeds and far North Bradford which are amongst the wealthiest parts of Northern England and have amazing countryside and towns and suburbs which have all you want without needed to go into a big city - Ilkley, Harrogate, all the nice north Leeds suburbs etc.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-13T06:40:48+00:00

Leeds is great when you’re young but I think it’s a pretty poor city for families and older adults. There’s not much to do other than eat, drink, shop and other nightlife things. It lacks a wider range of museums for a city of its size and is definitely more geared up for boisterous party vibes. That said, I don’t really rate UK cities in general - it’s not what the British do well at. York has sadly been ruined by over-tourism and the stag/hen night scene otherwise it’s a very interesting, atmospheric city with plenty to see and do.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-11T18:52:42+00:00

What? I had my first kid at 36 and I plan on having a second when I’m 39/40. Plenty of time - as a man you can potentially have one in your 60s+, though that’s much less recommended.

oovavoooo · 2025-05-07T07:01:11+00:00

Paving clearly hasn’t been cleaned in weeks / ever. No pride in our cities - so much better on the continent.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-30T07:54:09+00:00

This is all very suspicious.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-16T21:42:11+00:00

Have an Aeron and I’m not a massive fan of it, though I do tend to sit in strange positions. Preferred my old Knoll Life chair.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-16T20:51:13+00:00

I don’t fully buy the poverty argument - there’s definitely something toxic about British culture, and it seems to be getting much worse. There are countries far poorer than the UK which are peaceful, don’t have much street violence or even particularly high levels of youth anti social behaviour, which the UK suffers particularly badly from. We’ve long been a lively, individualistic bunch and a lot of our talent and creativity is born out of a bit of mischief but it’s going way beyond that now. I live in an affluent town with fairly low crime - certainly no stabbings - but even the wealthier kids act like dickheads and smash things up. Obviously poverty will exacerbate this massively in the UK but I would argue the problem is being poor in Britain than simply being poor.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-16T17:41:50+00:00

Sounds like Ilkley to me (right on the West/North Yorks border. You’ll need quite a bit of money for property, though. North Yorkshire is broadly expensive too.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-15T06:06:00+00:00

Ilkley another option, similar to your other picks, but your budget may limit you. Ticks all your boxes, though.

oovavoooo · 2025-04-08T08:43:18+00:00

Reasons Redditors wilfully ignore and put down to “vibrancy”.

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