I can empathise with these messages. We left London after two years when I moved to start a PhD. I was sad to leave the city but life is so much easier away from London. We could afford to buy a house when I was studying, and once I graduated we could afford for me to earn very little while I started a business. I love the energy of London but, now we have 2 kids, I can't imagine we could ever afford to move back.
