St. Albans
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- johnnnnyh0
I lived in St Albans a while back. I liked it. Good-ish links to London. It's expensive on the train and at the obvious times it is rammed. Nevertheless the links were the reason we moved there in the first place. Property, when we bought was not too expensive but it then went absolutely balistic. I think it has calmed down now, though. There are a lot of commuters there because of the train link (into the city so you can guess the type of people who you might meet). I found the atmosphere there really nice and villagey but without being so cut off.
Schools are good, if you have children. Best to live within walking distance of the town. We were in Garden Fields area. Since we left it has got even more cosmopolitan with more restaurants and more decent shops.
Not sure where you're living now but it should give you the feeling of being out of London without being cut-off from London.
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Pubs were pretty good, some nice walks very nearby, good links, leafy, traditional, great market, property will probably will keep it's value/status because of good schools etc
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It's not really the countryside nor a city, some jerks live there, some parts are very expensive, travel cost into london, crammed trains,Chavs - not really, more likely to be bankers, lawyers, consultants, who are a bit up themselves. Some decent cars parked around the old Victorian terraces so kind of Barnes like without being out of anyones league.
Hope that helps best of luck.
We moved for personal reasons otherwise we'd still be there.