Nah, its dead posh round here on the whole, i been round the UK and not anywhere ive seen that id really rather live. Handy being so close to Bristol/Cardiff/Brimingham/Swindon too.

Jobs- Well allsorts, but a jobless pikey like Dave could earn 300quid a week no bother doing even basic order picking n shit, and there no end of industrial things available for good cash, Delphi was offering 10quid an hour for basic factory workers with Soldering/PCB experience last time i looked!

You go to an agency, the next day or even later that day, theyl have you a job, it shows how many jobs there are, youve never known so many employment agencys in your life, must be 50odd in Chelt alone...

Think the job section of the local paper lists on average 800jobs a week, and this isnt a big city is it...

Industrial work is whats available the most- Driving (esp HGV it seems), Warehouse/Orderpicking, basic electronics, basic mass manufacture, machine minders, CNC workers, etc, but tons of everything it seems, from hairdressers to builders, security, to industrial, to office.

Honest to god, ive NEVER yet met anyone whos said "i cant get a job" anyone whos unemployed round here are ones who choose to be for whatever reason, and most people i know are a right bunch of wasters, so i know thats pretty true, lol.

Nearly all my life ive done office based stuff, but its stuff i doubt id get if i lived anywhere else, get far better jobs than i deserve

Houses cost a lot tho, but less in Gloucester n thas less than 10miles away, and if you dont mind commuting 15miles on small busy roads, you can buy bloody mansions in the Forest of Dean for the price of a Hovel round here (close to Cardiff n Bristol then too)