#my trans man role model who i have on fb is leaving for wales quite soon- he says it's because its cheaper to live | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

wild-at-mind · 3 months

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A weird thing I've noticed as someone living in England is how often people also living in England seem convinced their lives will improve massively if they just move to Wales or Scotland. Or sometimes further afield.

#grass is greener i guess #my trans man role model who i have on fb is leaving for wales quite soon- he says it's because its cheaper to live #but specifically there are many places in england that are cheaper to live than the general area we are #the move out of england specifically was talked about like a big plus point #also my best friends as a teenager talked all the time about hating the country and wanting to leave but not for any stated reasons #in those cases they had both had shitty things happen to them growing up so it may have been as like a clean slate/fresh start #they never did it but i didn't understand the feeling especially without specific reasons #idk...maybe i need a fresh start maybe that's what this is secretely about :/#my beloved queer coffee shop/venue/community hub is closing down in march and they are in the same city the guy moving to wales #lives in- all the comments about how it's a shitty place and nowhere near as good as it used to be under his post #while i'm here looking at that city like- omg i wish i had that #because they have an alternative scene and a trans activism scene and at least 1 gay club and a labour movement and an anarchist movement #and used to have a bi meetup group #which doesn't exist any more so that part really is more shit now i guess #but it's weird seeing people talking about the place i see as so great compared with this shitty conservative town #with 'oh it's terrible it has nothing to offer people like us'- i don't even want to join all those scenes but at least they are there!!#....i think. Anyway here we had a 'LGBTQ' bar open for like 2 months and closed due to horrendous mismanagement and #1 zillion mistakes by the organising group. fuck them so hard #but still i think i need to appreciate what we do have here #i probably don't want to move...ugh i don't know :/

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