Why You Should Move To Birmingham

[@vaughanbbrean71]

I am originally from Birmingham and left over 30 years ago for Devon BUT I am moving back (my house is currently on the market). No matter what anybody says, Birmingham is a far far better city than it was when I left school in the 1980s, the City Centre has been transformed with impressive imagination and vision, the public transport system is great compared to anywhere in Devon, my two sons, born in Devon both now live in Birmingham and they are thriving there with great jobs and a very active social life and yes, Birmingham has an amazing quantity of parks and green spaces which are spread across the entire city. I am sure plenty of people can point out what is not so great too, but you have to be older like me to fully appreciate just how much better it is now than when I lived there. And if you dont quite like the idea of living in Birmingham proper, there are some great smaller towns that form part of the conurbation that give you access to the city but feel much less like living in a city like Sutton Coldfield (expensive though), Tamworth (very reasonably priced housing and 20-30 mins by train reliable into the city centre) Bromsgrove, Reddich, Droitwich Spa, Leamington Spa, closer in there is Halesowen, loads of great places. The Canal system is fantastic and greatly renovated now, back when I left school it was abandoned and derelict, no longer, infact top of my list of houses to buy at the moment is a property right on the canal in Tamworth, but that may change as my house is yet to sell, many old industrial sites have now been turned into nature reserves (they cant be built on as the land is toxic, although you would never guess that as its now been greened over for a decade or two now). I love the place, its central, its buzzing , its diverse and it is way cheaper than London to live, but I need to move soon because people are realising how good it is and it will surely become more expensive as time goes on, put it this way, there is no way my two sons would leave Brum and return to Devon, its all going on in Brum !

[@Chatsworth1979]

Wow thank you for this info, sounds great!

[@marktaurus206]

Birmingham has loads of racism and segregation and crime and poverty issues not a nice place at all. These problems exist today no one addresses the issues.

[@vaughanbbrean71]

@@marktaurus206 I went to school in Handsworth, I left in 1979, back then we had massive race issues too along with IRA bombing, mass unemployment, de-industrialisation, the city centre was choked with traffic (much better now), no minimum wage, canals full of shopping trollies and rubbish abandoned for decades, empty factories, dole ques, people imagine its worse now but its not, sure every big city has issues as does Birmingham, but areas like Handsworth, Newtown, Nechells etc are not "worse" they have always been like that, they just havent got any better. I know what I am getting into and I know why I want to return

[@myrants5836]

Why on Earth would you want to move to Birmingham? As a Brummie born and bred the best thing i did was move out! The city centre is great for a few beers but thats it!

[@marfu1119]

It's people like you why people put Birmingham down you said you're a brummie. Birmingham not that bad. For the 2nd largest city in the UK it's a shame it has the bad reputation it has.

[@marktaurus206]

Birmingham has always had a bad reputation its rough and not safe mad people in Birmingham.

[@myrants5836]

@@marfu1119 Sorry but I totally disagree. The vast majority of Birmingham is not nice. So glad I don't live there. Best thing I ever did was move.

[@Stavraetina]

It's a bankrupt city where criminality is rife.

[@PLuMUK54]

Unfortunately, the second part of your comment is true for huge swathes of the country. Urban, suburban, and rural areas are plagued by criminal and anti-social behaviour.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

The City Council is bankrupt not the City it self and that will get sorted and life in Birmingham now is no different to when Birmingham City Council said they were bankrupt, and I as a Brummie are sorry to correct you but criminality in Birmingham is no different to any other City in the UK or the world, not sure where you get your ideas from.

[@marktaurus206]

Birmingham full of dodgy criminal and druggies.

[@vaughanbbrean71]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 I have over 20 members of my family in and around Birmingham, not one of them has suffered any serious crime ever, I had one brother that had his car broken into about 5 years ago, its a big place, these things happen

[@vtp-uk]

Birmingham is a home to a significant Muslim population, making it a welcoming place for individuals of the Muslim. However, it faces challenges, including economic struggles and infrastructure issues, and is known as one of the councils in the UK that has declared bankruptcy.

[@petergeorge2716]

It's also a transport hub.

[@PLuMUK54]

Why show the Millenium Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral? I also spotted American homes, and the Plaza Major in Madrid. Glad it was called the Second City. Manchester claims this but the City of Manchester has around half the population of the City of Birmingham. The claim by Manchester is based on the population of Greater Manchester, but there is no Greater Birmingham to compare it with. There is, however, the Birmingham Metropolitan Area which is bigger than Greater Manchester (4.3 million to 2.8 million). No mention of the Balti Triangle in the section on food? Nor the fact that Birmingham has more Michelin stars than any other city outside London. As far as green open space is concerned, Birmingham tops the list for the UK with 15.58% of the city being green space. It has over 8,000 acres, which is the highest in Europe, though Oslo's percentage is higher. Once outsiders overcome their prejudices, many really do like the city. However, many long term residents, like myself, would like to leave. Unfortunately, the council focus upon the city centre and also upon vanity projects, to the detriment of the tax payers in the suburbs.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

There is no Birmingham Metropolitan area, only the City of Birmingham which is a City with in the West Midlands Metropolitan County, but The City of Birmingham does not proclaim itself as a Metropolitan area unlike places like Solihull and Dudley which proclaim them selves as the Metropolitan Bourghs of Solihull and Dudley. Birmingham's actual City Population is 1.5 million Citizens compared to the City of Manchester's population of only 580,000 citizens putting it in the position of the 6th largest City in the UK. The Cities in these Counties of which the West Midlands has 3 , Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry only class them selves as Cities.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

It is officially the SECOND LARGEST AND SECOND CITY OF THE UK due to it's population size of 1.5 million citizens

[@Ah-ed6ie]

It's kinda messed up how people don't know the amount of things coming from brum, quick to slander accent as docile. To later capitalise on the worst, area put it on a channel on youtube and say "this is birmingham" don't get me wrong it does have it's negatives.

[@bmt239]

But much of the information is not correct, what I experienced

[@splinterbyrd]

Are you kidding me??

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

It is both the UK's second City and a Transport hub having the Uk's busiest Station outside of London, Birmingham New Street station, wide area Bus services, the center of the UK Motorway network

[@k.avilla8061]

What do you mean ?

[@_Yelo_-]

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[@kevinfinn9486]

Birmingham has far more bad than good areas , its a fact , its my opinion its not a nice place .....