LittleBlackCat wrote:
I don't know if you've done this yet, but before considering a move down South you may want to check out the property prices. Both buying and renting property tends to be a lot dearer down here than it is up North.
I can't imagine moving directly to the South from my parents' house -- I'd probably want to rent a place near my current job for maybe 6 months first, to get a feel for independent living. (And of course, in that period I could continue to take my mother for her shopping...)
The only reason I'd want to go South is if I was able to get a considerably higher income there than here in the North. I'd probably only consider London if I got something like a quant position (which as I have a PhD in a mathematical subject plus a few years of commercial programming experience, seems like it could be a possibility -- at least according to
this thread...)
Would I be right in thinking that £25k/year in the North East would be like £30k/year in Scotland or the M62 corridor, £35k/year in the Midlands, £40k/year in the non-London South, or £50k/year in London?
LittleBlackCat wrote:
As far as moving out in general goes, you haven't mentioned anything in your posts that would suggest you can't look after yourself. It is possible there are issues you haven't mentioned of course, but at the same time nobody moving out for the first time does everything perfectly to start off with (why do you think university students have such a reputation for being messy and disorganised?).
The problem is, how do I convince my parents that I could look after myself? Especially with respect to those nervous behaviours I previously mentioned...