When Skies Are Grey Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes there are lots of beautiful places out there and there are lots of dumps too. The IOM probably falls somewhere between the two. Having said that, travelling somewhere for a short period of time doesnt give you a true picture of what it would be like to live there. Its not a fair comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 yes thats true. opens your eyes though for sure, specially as theres no much for young people to do here bar office jobs, with less choice beyond that by the day. anyone who has seen what else the world has to offer, well why come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Well what other jobs do you think you will get elsewhere...brain surgeon, airline pilot? You pays your money you makes your choice - its just that the grass is not always greener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 dont try to be smart, it doesnt suit you. there are many other jobs available in other places that there just isnt here, especially in the entertainment, leisure and retail industries. anyway enough already, come back in 20 yrs ripsaw and tell us if your boy comes back to what will no doubt by then be a concrete island with a fatcat dan smoking a cigar on the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumlin Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The Estate agents have plenty of houses for sale, loads of Dandara ones too, the tree main Developers here have cut back and paid men off because they cant sell whats been built, prices are already on the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 dont try to be smart, it doesnt suit you. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unlike yourself of course, master of the punctuation and grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 thanks. you are right crumlin, takes ages to sell houses these days, if you listen to the estate agents valuations anyway. and they have loads on their books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumlin Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Why have the First time buyer houses on the Castletown road not been resold, for sale boards have been up for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Because they're overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 and they are in Castletown! How much are they then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 funnily enough I have always loved the place until I did go travelling and realised theres so much more. not the adjacent isle though, that sucks too.If you went travelling around the world at 18 yrs you wouldnt be so happy to come back here and settle for some civil service job or smoething though would you, thats all Im saying <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have lived and worked in Australia for a year, I lived and worked in Greece for a summer season, Malta for a 4 months, I lived in Hong Kong and have traveled and visited many many places all over the world. When I first started doing it I felt the same as you do but eventually realised that when you live and settle anywhere for any length of time, the vast amount of your time is spent working and on the usual domestic rituals which are the same regardless of location. Circumstances and needs change, more often than not the focus shifts to family/children and you then see the island and what it has to offer in a different light. You also begin to appreciate the natural beauty we take for granted that surrounds us everywhere right on our very own doorstep and take pride in the sight of the island emerging in the distance as your ferry trundles into Douglas bay. It's a funny syndrome - you really have to get away and live a normal working life to appreciate it. Well, that is my experience anyway, and one which I know is shared by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 and they are in Castletown! How much are they then? I might be wrong but I think he means the houses on the new castletown road in Douglas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 we seem to be way off topic! I know if I had done my travelling earlier, at 18 or so I would not have come back, as it is now I intend to move away when I can. more and more people are travelling now and most of them I know have not come back, those who have are always talking about going again and cant seem to settle here. as for kids most people these days do it late if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgh Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes, the IOM has much to offer , but you do have to spend time away to realise it, I have been away 9 years & would come back tomorrow, One day I will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 and they are in Castletown! How much are they then? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I might be wrong but I think he means the houses on the new castletown road in Douglas? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> doh so he does . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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