Relocating to Portsmouth
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Hey guys, I hope to be soon at Portsmouth UK as I got a job in Climax Group 
. I´m really excited about the place and the company. I would like some help of cost of living on this place and if someone has been already there, how it is, what is good, what is bad, what I really should know. I´m going in a month or so, leaving from Curitiba, Brazil.
Thanks in advance.
. I´m really excited about the place and the company. I would like some help of cost of living on this place and if someone has been already there, how it is, what is good, what is bad, what I really should know. I´m going in a month or so, leaving from Curitiba, Brazil.Thanks in advance.
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For bus :
http://www.yorkshiretravel.net/journeyplanner/welcome.do
Famous website in england :
http://portsmouth.gumtree.com/ (for your town
Some things to know about Portsmouth.....
It's one of the most densly populated cities in Europe
It's home to one of the last few Naval bases in the UK, so there's a big maritime theme running through the city.
The locals can sometimes appear to have a Cockney accent, usually they're knobs
If you live on the island itself (don't worry, it's only an island due to a small river with 3 ways on/off by car) it can be quite expensive to live.
The city is in a state of rejuvination, mostly around Gunwharf, where Climax are based. Night life is good, lots of bars around Gunwharf itself, and the main city centre is about 20 mins walk at most where there are even more fun filled frolicks awaiting you
The local Football Club, Portsmouth FC won the FA Cup and are appearing in European competition for the first time in their history. Also they are the longest holders of the FA Cup, due to winning it just before WW2 happened and all football was cancelled until after the war. This kind of knowledge can be a life saver in the right hands
London is only about an hour and a half away on the train too in case you wanted to do some sight seeing
Hopefully there will be some other PC'ers who are based in the area who can talk about transport links and other odds and sods
Yes but in Englant that's normal XD..
This is a bar for 20 people? (XD I'm joking but...)
Anyway... Don't know if Leeds and Wakefield are the than Portsmouth the Friday and Saturday evening but... haha... anyway... Becarful with the cute white legs, it will make you crazy man HAHA.
They don't know what is cold in this country!!!
Also Southsea has a few bars, and I've been informed by my bro that there's a half decent strip club down that way where some of the footballers go
Getting around is easy on bike its basically a city crammed onto an island. Buses are pretty good and the train links go straight to London and the surrounding area. You've got a really nice common next to the sea which is real nice during the summer, a 1970/80s concrete skatepark and generally its a nice place to be.
The coastline is sweet, places like Hayling Island, or more like the bay around there is quite cool to chill out at.
London is close and so is Brighton.
For rent I think its round the £70 - £80 per week range, sharing a house with others.
http://www.propertytoday.co.uk/Portsmouth/Renting.aspx
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/
I'm gonna be moving back to Leigh Park, is Leigh Park and Havant still chocka block with chavs?
You still have your contingent of mushes and chavs pushing around their prams, but the centre has calmed down a bit since those times of pub fights. Usually stick to the Old house at home or the wheelwrights where my mates gig, and stay away from a select few pubs where you get the chavs.
I think the pompey/Southern England contingent of Polycount need to go out some time this summer!
watch out for drunken squaddies:)
good luck with the move BTW
Ruz: No way, I worked at RMPTS for a year and left a while after their move to Southwick. Was working for Support Company, civvie that is.
have you been to the offices? i heard they're quite nice with a view of the sea and located in or next to a shopping mall so you are probably not stuck somewhere in the countryside without decent public transport.
there's an abundance of subways here if you like them @_@ (4 in the town centre alone)
there's a market on in the town centre 4 days a week (wed to sat)
climax I believe is down at gunwharf, there's some nice places to eat down there, but it's the most expensive part of the city, tho they have some good deals at off-peak times I guess, next to gunwharf is a bus depot / train station / taxi rank / ferry port, so transport shouldnt be a problem. and it's about 15 minutes walk from aforementioned town centre
to follow the bar and nightclub theme, guildhall walk is probably the easiest place to find somewhere to suit whatever your taste, there's the fleet pub, a walkabout, a weatherspoons (good eating there btw), "V Bar" (a shot bar), "Bar: Me", a large pub on a corner facing the guild hall, I forget what it's called but i'm thinking "the trafalgar", "babylon" which is more of an 80's kinda nightclub, the fuzzy duck nightclub (next to a strip club I forget the name of), the white swan pub, route 66 (my personal favourite, 5 floors, can be more student friendly, cheaper drinks, and has a rock night), going away from the city centre a bit theres a pub called the registry, it's opposite the student union so normally full of students (also across the road the open late night / early morning subway) and alternately moving towards the town centre, lloyds bar (another weatherspoons, 5 floor place, also good eating), liquid and envy nightclubs, also a few nice kebab stops.
cost of living varies alot, your best bet is to look around a few websites really.
anyway, hope that helped a little, i'll stop babbling on now :P
Keep yer pecker up mate, it might be worth finding out whether there are any legal loopholes you can exploit, and I'm sure being the UK, there's plenty of them.
why did you have to apply for a work permit for a freelance job? surely climax would have hired you for at least a fixed-term on-site contract?