Moving to Northern Ireland

Carnmore · 03-05-2018 12:12AM #1

Has anyone moved to NI or know if the cost of living is cheaper?

Houses seem to be generally cheaper as are motoring costs but rates of circa £1000 GBP are payable on a 3 bed semi-detached.

Ubbquittious · 03-05-2018 12:14AM

What ever you save you'll end up paying for in the form of depression

Carnmore · 03-05-2018 12:16AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

What ever you save you'll end up paying for in the form of depression

Why?

McMurphy · 03-05-2018 12:18AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

What ever you save you'll end up paying for in the form of depression

Donegal is great craic though.

Jimmy Dags · 03-05-2018 12:18AM

You will be very near Parcel Motel.

PARlance · 03-05-2018 12:27AM

Carnmore wrote: »

Has anyone moved to NI or know if the cost of living is cheaper?

Houses seem to be generally cheaper as are motoring costs but rates of circa £1000 GBP are payable on a 3 bed semi-detached.

Have you considered Scotland, Wales or England?

AllForIt · 03-05-2018 12:29AM

Wouldn't think anyone can answer that question very well casue the list of ppl who ever moved from the south to the north is very very short.

Are Am Eye · 03-05-2018 12:46AM

What route will you be taking to NI.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 03-05-2018 12:48AM

Norn Irish people are very dour types. Very aggro and argumentative. Lots of gamey birds though. Nice leggy yokes with big cans and a luminous tint of orange to their skin. Normally like going to country and western gigs and getting a good length of pipe after a gig.

Pros and cons OP.

pleas advice · 03-05-2018 01:09AM

AllForIt wrote: »

Wouldn't think anyone can answer that question very well casue the list of ppl who ever moved from the south to the north is very very short.

there was a bit of a migration there about a hundred years ago...

bilbot79 · 03-05-2018 01:19AM

1000 seems a bit mental. Me ma pays about 600.

Everything is cheaper in ni. Ireland is a complete rip off which is why internationals love to come here and sell us stuff at high prices. Didn't DMcW say that Ireland is economically occupying Ireland. Basically Rome would invade Gaul and import goods cheaply while exporting them at high prices and pocketing the differential

Greyling · 03-05-2018 01:23AM

The nordy protestant mots are mad for the fenians. They're taking daddy issues to a new level. So that will probably work out well for you.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 03-05-2018 01:45AM

Greyling wrote: »

The nordy protestant mots are mad for the fenians. They're taking daddy issues to a new level. So that will probably work out well for you.

Aye dirty tramps.

FanadMan · 03-05-2018 01:50AM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Donegal is great craic though.

Dafq is wrong with Donegal? We're all nice people up here. But go from kph to mph and you're in a different and sometimes scary world.

Nodster · 03-05-2018 02:08AM

After being up Tyrone last week and driving back through small rural towns, you kinda reckon some of them close for a half day weekly - pretty architecture but somewhat grey, dour and soulless at best

McMurphy · 03-05-2018 07:14AM

FanadMan wrote: »

Dafq is wrong with Donegal? We're all nice people up here. But go from kph to mph and you're in a different and sometimes scary world.

Nothing at all, I even said it's great craic.

Zebra3 · 03-05-2018 07:28AM

Lot of freaks up there.

DUP lot are basically flat earthers.

At least our religious nutters down here are dying out.

gooch2k9 · 03-05-2018 08:07AM

I've done the move, it really depends where you're thinking of. Saying that, I wouldn't just move here for the craic!

Graces7 · 03-05-2018 08:36AM

Donegal is too near Norn. It leaks across the bridge at Lifford :eek:

biko · 03-05-2018 08:47AM

Cost of living comparison between Galway and Belfast
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Ireland&country2=United+Kingdom&city1=Galway&city2=Belfast

Consumer Prices in Belfast are 14.74% lower than in Galway
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Belfast are 19.93% lower than in Galway
Rent Prices in Belfast are 32.61% lower than in Galway

cnocbui · 03-05-2018 08:50AM

PARlance wrote: »

Have you considered Scotland, Wales or England?

How about somewhere that actually gets sunshine and is a bit warmer?

whisky_galore · 03-05-2018 09:30AM

From what I hear from Nordies that have moved south, up there it's all about where you come from and your surname - i.e. religion...whether you're 'orange' or 'green'.

Down south in general, people here couldn't give less of a sh!t about that kind of stuff which relocated Nordies find refreshing.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 03-05-2018 09:49AM

biko wrote: »

Cost of living comparison between Galway and Belfast
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Ireland&country2=United+Kingdom&city1=Galway&city2=Belfast

Consumer Prices in Belfast are 14.74% lower than in Galway
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Belfast are 19.93% lower than in Galway
Rent Prices in Belfast are 32.61% lower than in Galway

But surely the wages up north are way lower too?

biko · 03-05-2018 11:23AM

If you click the link and scroll down it will say what the Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) is.
It is lower in Belfast than Galway but your salary should increase with experience and expertise so it is not set in stone.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 03-05-2018 11:35AM

biko wrote: »

If you click the link and scroll down it will say what the Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) is.
It is lower in Belfast than Galway but your salary should increase with experience and expertise so it is not set in stone.

Much closer than I expected tbh.

pxdf9i5cmoavkz · 03-05-2018 11:49AM

FanadMan wrote: »

Dafq is wrong with Donegal? We're all nice people up here. But go from kph to mph and you're in a different and sometimes scary world.

Tis outside Dublin! Uncivilized and has no infrastructure to support its population of 10 :pac::pac::pac:

maccored · 03-05-2018 11:54AM

nothing wrong with the north - dont listen to the eejits in this thread that barely pass through the place

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-05-2018 11:58AM

cnocbui wrote: »

How about somewhere that actually gets sunshine and is a bit warmer?

Kent?

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-05-2018 12:00PM

I think the middle income groups do better up there. A teacher family (generally they marry each other) could have a top end house.

03-05-2018 12:02PM

Me and my wife are also considering the move to NI. She is from Co. Down and we would like to be closer to her family.

biko · 03-05-2018 12:13PM

Do move, worst case scenario you can move back again.

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