I’m in year 12 but I’ve lived in Bath all my life so I can answer a few of your questions:
- Nightlife is alright, there are some good clubs but most people I know tend to go to London or Bristol
- As long as I’ve lived here (16 years), I’ve never heard any homophobic slurs nor have I heard of any city-wide support groups (there may be some in schools, there was one in mine), so Bath is pretty neutral. The people here are pretty conserved and polite and there are very little chavs.
- I personally find that the town (shopping centre) in Bath is really good and there is a MASSIVE variety of shops and resources and I tend not to go to Bristol or Swindon often unless I want to go to big stores such as Nike factory or Street.
- No, I have never thought that I wanted to move to a big city such as Bristol or Manchester. I love the ambience of Bath, it’s history and beautiful architecture and landscapes. I love living here and it honestly has everything you could need. Besides, it’s so easy to go to Bristol, just catch a bus which would cost like £4 to have an all-day ticket.
- I mean, I think renting would be more expensive here in Bath because it’s a generally more expensive city in terms of housing e.g. my four bedroom house costs £800K whereas my cousin’s four bedroom in Coventry costs like £350K.