Greetings. I was glad to see that someone else can live in/near London with children! I have one (age 12; will be 13 by the time we move) and I am looking forward to moving to Surrey (Cobham). I can't afford West London (too bad!) but I am sure that I will be able to find something in Cobham. I too am "put off" as you said politely by the neg hype, but I am sure that people would and do say the same thing about Philadelphia (my home city) and Washington DC (my capital - once the "murder capital of the US" ooh) and let's not even mention the great city to the north - New York. How is your oldest getting along? Did s/he make friends easily? I am pleased that I have this opportunity and I think that my boy will love his new school and communty. Thank you, Austin Wong and everyone else who responded to my posts with facts and good energy, even if the post had bad news . Stay positive. PJ