The most desirable places to live:
1 Hart in Hampshire
2 Uttlesford in Essex
3 South Northamptonshire
4 Waverley
5 East Hertfordshire
6 Elmbridge
7 Rushcliffe
8 Wokingham
9 Winchester in Hampshire
10 Chelmsford
The criteria: They looked at factors including residents health, life expectancy, earnings, employment, crime rate, weather, traffic flow and broadband internet access.
The criteria: They looked at factors including residents health, life expectancy, earnings, employment, crime rate, weather, traffic flow and broadband internet access.
Interestingly,
Hart in Hampshire, a leafy district has been the best places to live for three consecutive
years.
Hart keeps scoring
top points in all categories, for example:
Health:
97.4% reported to be in good or fairly good health
Employment
rate: 80% against national average of 71%
Live
Expectancy: 82.9 years against national average of 79 years.
When
considering re-location or purchase of a new home, I shall reference this
article.
The list of
the entire top 50 districts can be found here.
In addition,
the happiest places to live, according to the 'Office
of National Statistics' are Northern
Ireland, Hampshire (again), Bath, North East Somerset, Cornwall, Rutland, East
Devon which scored highly.
More Countryside
= Greater Happiness
The best places to live have one thing in common: plenty of countryside, people living in
rural areas tend to be happier and enjoy a greater sense of community. Vice versa
the most unhappiest places tend to be predominantly urban areas (Particularly
London).
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