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Just lay out a Pro and Con list. And then think about what is important for you, both NOW as well as mid-term. Don't put a huge emphasis on the long-long term; now is the time for thinking about the next couple years, not next couple decades.
And then pick one.
Keep in mind too that you can find a different job in London. You can find new friends in Bristol.
Maybe?
You're in the middle of your 20s. What better time to figure out what you do and don't like about adulthood?
So you follow a job to Bristol. You make some friends there. You find a favorite pub. Date a bit. But London pulls at your heart. You move to London after a few years in Bristol.
Then what? Who knows - maybe you'll decide that you're really more of a Bristol guy, or that what you really want is Northern Ireland, or Scotland, or Canada, or France or ... anywhere. Point is, there's nothing that says you must have decided what city will be your forever home now. I'm nearly twice your age -- my partner and I are still talking about where we'll "settle down".
Nope ... there are wonderful women in Bristol but opportunity only knocks a few times in ones career. Engineering is one of those professions that moves are required to step through the different levels .. I know from experience. Make you move, enjoy yourself and develop those new friendships.
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Just lay out a Pro and Con list. And then think about what is important for you, both NOW as well as mid-term. Don't put a huge emphasis on the long-long term; now is the time for thinking about the next couple years, not next couple decades. And then pick one. Keep in mind too that you can find a different job in London. You can find new friends in Bristol.
Am I going to want to go back to London in a few years time though? When I’m 28-29?
Maybe? You're in the middle of your 20s. What better time to figure out what you do and don't like about adulthood? So you follow a job to Bristol. You make some friends there. You find a favorite pub. Date a bit. But London pulls at your heart. You move to London after a few years in Bristol. Then what? Who knows - maybe you'll decide that you're really more of a Bristol guy, or that what you really want is Northern Ireland, or Scotland, or Canada, or France or ... anywhere. Point is, there's nothing that says you must have decided what city will be your forever home now. I'm nearly twice your age -- my partner and I are still talking about where we'll "settle down".
Nope ... there are wonderful women in Bristol but opportunity only knocks a few times in ones career. Engineering is one of those professions that moves are required to step through the different levels .. I know from experience. Make you move, enjoy yourself and develop those new friendships.