retired_ehoff15

lively area in Andover?

probably easier to find a safe area in Iraq

retired_g_stull

I used to live in Andover and it is seriously bad for your quality of life. In the town centre, there is a plethora of Chinese restaurants, card shops and jewellers. Women are fat, ugly and shacked up with Nova driving johnboys.

It also suffers from *one horse town* syndrome ie) One of everything. One big supermarket (tesco), one Nightclub (Life - awful), one cinema (now closed).

I threw away a few years of my life in that place and really regret it now. The people are nice enough, property is cheap, but those things won't make up for the complete lack of life nearby.

Southampton would be a much better choice, although if you're commuting by rail then Basingstoke or Salisbury offer better routes in. I'm not convinced that living in any of those places is better than Bristol though, so you may be in for a bit of a culture shock.

Good luck with the move - where will you be working? HSA or Lloyds TSb perchance? Email is in the profile if you want any other info, I have plenty of friends still there!

powerhouse283

My friend works at the paper in Andover, but despite renting a flat there he comes home every evening as there is literally nothing to do.

Yukimara

Try Salisbury as well. Andovers a dump.

retired_butterflyporsha

no one with anything good to say about andover

mrfunktastick

People saying Southampton is a nice place to live

retired_rockstar

Go to Winchester, biatch.

retired_hmarckel

whs. i live in winchester, 20 minutes drive to andover, if that, about 10 on a train, and although pikeys do habit here, their numbers are lower than just about anywhere else ive ever been.

oh, and southampton is a hole, albeit with better nightlife

mrfunktastick

(have to agree in some respects thought )

retired_dawn12302

I'm going to be in Andover this weekend. Staying at The Danebury, iirc, with a load of old Army chums.

Big do at Middle Wallop to attend.

Should be fun.