How long have you been living in London? (New New poll)

philologos

This is another one of those inquiry threads where I ask a question and put up a poll to ask a question, but I've been wondering how long have people on this forum been living in London for.

I've been here about a year and a half now which is kind of hard to believe. What about ye? (Poll to follow)

Edit: Gah, just realised my options aren't much good - If you're less than a year, please state so.

harney

10+ years

And for those living between 5 and 10 years, should we come back to this thread when we hit the big 10 mark?

philologos

2-5 years

harney wrote: »

And for those living between 5 and 10 years, should we come back to this thread when we hit the big 10 mark?

No. A new thread with better poll options including doing the half sensible thing of asking for < 1 year and adding greater than signs to 1 and 2 years. Ah well!

Fysh

10+ years

I've made a new thread with a tweaked poll and merged it with the original thread.

philologos

2-5 years

Thanks for saving the thread and the poll Fysh, thoroughly appreciated

silvervixen84

5-10 years

I'm in between two of the options, there's a 3-5 and 5-10 but only 1-2.

I'm here 2 1/2 years :-)

Fysh

10+ years

silvervixen84 wrote: »

I'm in between two of the options, there's a 3-5 and 5-10 but only 1-2.

I'm here 2 1/2 years :-)

Ah fer cryin- gimme five minutes, poll version 3 coming up. Stoopid brain. *mutter mutter*

Edited to add: new poll now live, hopefully no more problems with it. I'm here a little over 5 years at this point, though most of the time it doesn't feel that long - I've now lived in London longer than I lived in Cork!

Playboy

10+ years

Been here 6 years in January and love it. Every time I travel away from London I appreciate it more.

Jack B. Badd

10+ years

Playboy wrote: »

Been here 6 years in January and love it. Every time I travel away from London I appreciate it more.

I'm pretty much the same - it's a big old city and tiring at times but when I get a bit of a break from it (even a weekend), I always feel like I'm coming back to one of the best cities in the world

who the fug

Fysh wrote: »

Ah fer cryin- gimme five minutes, poll version 3 coming up. Stoopid brain. *mutter mutter*

Edited to add: new poll now live, hopefully no more problems with it. I'm here a little over 5 years at this point, though most of the time it doesn't feel that long - I've now lived in London longer than I lived in Cork!

Snap, this missionary work is taking longer than I expected

BraziliaNZ

Long enough to know the numbers of exits at my most used tube stations and where exactly to get on the tube so that I am closer to the exit when I disembark, depending on what stop I'm going to!

exiledelbows

2-5 years

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Long enough to know the numbers of exits at my most used tube stations and where exactly to get on the tube so that I am closer to the exit when I disembark, depending on what stop I'm going to!

The 'JourneyPro' app does that for you.

Nearly two years and three years before that living in Brighton. I'd imagine London could be a bit overwhelming if moving over fresh from Ireland, so would recommend the halfway house route I took.

Fysh

10+ years

exiledelbows wrote: »

The 'JourneyPro' app does that for you.

Nearly two years and three years before that living in Brighton. I'd imagine London could be a bit overwhelming if moving over fresh from Ireland, so would recommend the halfway house route I took.

I think to a certain extent London's a big scary place when you first move here from anywhere, unless you've already lived in an equivalently sized city before. I lived here for 3 years in college in a town about the same size as Cork and was still overwhelmed for the first few months once we moved here. (These days I'm just whelmed...)

Scarinae

5-10 years

I'm here a bit over three years now :eek:

Fysh wrote: »

(These days I'm just whelmed...)

A sure sign that you're in Europe

Alessandra

5-10 years

I've been here 3.5 years which is scary!

theteal

2-5 years

I really need to contribute to this forum much more. I'm here 1 year, 6 months and 3 days and still enjoying it immensely. GAA preseason starts next week so my enjoyment may decrease considerably for a period

frag420

I'm here two days!!

LadyMayBelle

5-10 years

Came over in June 2010 'for a year'... two and a half years later, still here:)

fluke

5-10 years

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

Came over in June 2010 'for a year'... two and a half years later, still here:)

Same as meself.

r3nu4l

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

Came over in June 2010 'for a year'... two and a half years later, still here:)

Not in London myself but I came to England for 'two years' with my girlfriend. Eight and a half years later we are married, with a house and daughter over here. I love everything I have here but for the right job I'd move to Ireland in a heartbeat.

Nothing like hopping into a car and knowing that in two hours you can be sitting down with family or friends for the weekend! Compare that to the money spent on three return air fares, commute to the airport, early morning airport security queuing and waiting around and then getting through the airport in Dublin before the trip home.

harney

10+ years

I'm here about 7.5 years. I don't live in London, but I do live inside the m25 so practically London. It's OK. I don't see myself going home at any stage, but don't see myself dying here.

At some stage I'd like a stint somewhere like Madrid.

rebel girl 15

I'm here since September, only over for a year, but if I get an offer to renew my contract, I reckon I could be staying. Next few months will tell a lot!

Pudders

21 years....can anyone beat that? Took me 3 years to buy a weekly travelcard. Another 2, a monthly one. Love London but always think I will eventually move back.

tibor

2-5 years

Pudders wrote: »

21 years....can anyone beat that?

Maura74 in the "Where abouts" thread has been in London since the early 60s!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82839884&postcount=91

rgmmg

11 years - the end is nigh

old hippy

14 years this autumn.

Where did all the time go? :eek:

spacelucy

-4 days. Moving over on Saturday!

old hippy

spacelucy wrote: »

-4 days. Moving over on Saturday!

Best of luck! Just be wary of the Irish ;);)

who the fug

old hippy wrote: »

Best of luck! Just be wary of the Irish ;);)

Be quiet you, more fresh meat

old hippy

who the fug wrote: »

Be quiet you, more fresh meat

Huh. Probably horse meat, no doubt

who the fug

Pudders wrote: »

21 years....can anyone beat that? .

Fraid so