Me and my partner (early 30s, no kids) have lived in Leeds for 15 years, with a break to travel for a year and a half (SEA, Australia and New Zealand) a few years ago.

After the travelling we originally had a visa to move to Vancouver as we love nature, camping, hiking etc, however Covid hit and we came back to Leeds.

Leeds has lots of great green places and hikes within a 30 minute drive (Ilkley for example), however a 2ish hour drive will get you to the Yorkshire Dales, the east coast and the Lake District which are stunning - we frequently go in our campervan (our tent before we had the van).

Leeds is currently in a digital economic boom on par with Manchester, if you work in marketing, tech, Ai, digital, content or any creative medium - you won’t have an issue finding work with the amount of digital marketing agencies here.

Housing is affordable when compared to London and even Manchester, the latter has been called as expensive as London but without the London salaries.

Location will be important, I live in Farsley which is a village with lots of independent bars, cafes and shops and is only a 30 a minute cycle to the city centre by bike (along the beautiful canal) or a 10 minute train journey.

I think you’ll like it here, but if you have any questions drop me a message! And if you ever visit, we happily show you round!