Hey all,
I'm currently in Chicago (originally from India) and been in the States for about 10 years and am ready for a change. I've always wanted to live in Europe and after doing bike trips to Mexico and Alaska, I'm planning to do a trip through South America next year and move across the pond at the culmination of that trip (as I wont be allowed back in the US, work permits expiring and all that...).

I'm currently researching what it would take to move to the UK and what kind of jobs I can find there (I'm a mechanical design engineer). And as I'm seeing job postings, I'm curious as to where to choose to live in the UK.

I'm wondering if you could chime in on what the character is of different regions and maybe suggest some places that meet some of these needs:
- access to good motorcycling roads (Does living in London really hamper how much you can ride/drive?)
- close to the sea or other natural formations (the flatness of the Midwest is getting to me )
- I think I prefer smallish cities (< 80K pop.), but still require a large enough city to have some good engineering jobs
- I know the weather's generally damp, but are some places better than others? like the south-west?

- What's different about living in Scotland vs England? I've seen some good opportunities in Edinburgh and hear it's a great place to live.

- What's the consensus about Greater London?

I presume the further you are from a big city, the easier it would be afford a place with a garage, right? I currently live in the burbs so that I can afford a garage for the bikes

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J A Y | Riding a 98 Suzuki DR650
Current ride thru Latin Am and Africa > Jammin thru the Global South