[keeeeeeeem]

While London and Londoners are very friendly, I would recommend considering secondary cities in the UK as a destination, for example Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh or Cambridge. The pay is usually comparable to all but the highest London rates and the cost of living is lower. They also tend to have very active music and art scenes and are slightly less tainted by the sheer amount of money sloshing around London. If there's an internationally known university and a reasonably sized city centre you won't go far wrong. A word of warning, some ancient and well renowned universities are situated near otherwise quiet cities, which have a charm of their own, but some research will be required.

[mclightning]

Indeed. I plan to start with London for now, but I am definitely seeing myself moving to a slightly calmer city a bit later. I hope to own a house with a garden later in life, and London housing market is pretty expensive from what I heard.