>>>Can you tell me a few decent counties, shires, or suburbs which are about an hour outside of London (by train)
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>>>I lived in Caversham (just across the River Thames from Reading) for almost 2 years and I thought it was a great place to live - 30 minutes by train to Paddington. Howevever, Caversham, like most of Berkshire is a pretty expensive place to live....
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>Any particular reason to want to leave South Africa?
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>If you'd like a literal 'change of climate' you might find the US midwest refreshing - lots of water, many good schools, fairly low cost of living and some very livable communities with virtually non-existant crime.
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Non-existent crime? Where is that any more? Even the small towns have drugs and gangs now. You may be responding to the world you and I grew up in, which by and large no longer exists.

You were wise to leave that little 24 inch dusting of snow Ohio got over the weekend out of your sales pitch to Jos <g>.