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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy brother is moving to Oxford. I'm super jealous.
Happy for him and his wife, but super jealous!
I would love to live in England.
He's relocating for work.
Lucky, lucky dude.
I have golden handcuffs where I am, so relocating isn't possible for me until I retire....
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My brother is moving to Oxford. I'm super jealous. (Original Post)
Coventina
Jun 2019
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Sanity Claws
(21,860 posts)1. If Brexit happens, you may feel a lot less jealous.
Just MHO.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. Oh, me too. You have them preparing the way
for you if you choose, though. That much closer.
Coventina
(27,215 posts)7. Also, I plan on visiting....a lot!
Phoenix61
(17,021 posts)3. Don't know where you are but the weather
would do me in. A week of no sun and I start getting down right snappish.
msongs
(67,462 posts)4. lived near oxford for 3 yrs as a kid. great place to be a kid with all the woods
and streams and fields to play in
Coventina
(27,215 posts)6. I live in Phoenix, and I hate heat. I grew up in Seattle
so English weather is my idea of heaven!
CatMor
(6,212 posts)5. My daughter lives and works in London ...
she loves it.
kairos12
(12,882 posts)8. I lived outside of Oxford for a couple of years.
Wonderful place. Wandered in and out of many beautiful college grounds and courtyards. Bookstores were spectacular. However, this was more than 30 years ago.