{"id":14519,"date":"2016-10-13T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:29:56","slug":"living-in-bournemouth-amys-favourite-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/10\/13\/living-in-bournemouth-amys-favourite-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Bournemouth: Amy’s top 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tBeing asked to pick only three favourite things about Bournemouth is something of a challenge, as it is the first place I have lived on my own away from home, where I completed my undergraduate degree, and where I have chosen to come back to for my master\u2019s\u2026so of course I am a little biased.\"Cecily<\/a><\/p>\n

For example, I love the Waterstones in the town centre (I mean bookshops in general are awesome, but the Waterstones is really cool with a basement area, caf\u00e9 and very comfy sofas). I am still utterly convinced that the pedestrian crossings and underpasses designed as sunken roundabouts, creating a safe place for people to cross roads (with small caf\u00e9 made from a shipping container included) are something closer to what you would expect from science fiction (instead of a 1960s throw back, which apparently they are), and who doesn\u2019t love all the new buildings that the university keeps giving us?<\/p>\n

But if I was to narrow it down to three things\u2026<\/p>\n

Friendliness<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seriously, most people here are really nice. I have had a bus driver pull over and tell me directions (after spotting that I was in the wrong place since he last told me 30 mins ago), I had been given directions by someone who just heard that I was lost, advice on how to get discounted health care by an optician, and that doesn\u2019t even start to cover where I am living with everyone being really nice (hellos, smiles, and holding doors open). The little things mean a lot on a difficult study day.<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t feel like a big city<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personally I don\u2019t like the big city feel of some places. It makes me feel really uncomfortable. But even now, living in the town centre, you just don\u2019t get that feeling. Bournemouth has a nice vibe to it.<\/p>\n

Lots of fairs <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is so much going on, both on campus and in the town centre. Almost once a month there will be stalls, a fair or something to go and see\/do. It just adds that little extra and makes it feel more like a village fate than a large town.<\/p>\n\"pic-1-for-living-in-bournemouth\"<\/a>\n

Now I\u2019m back for another year, after just finishing my undergrad archaeology degree\u2026I guess I am biased. What can I say, I like the place.<\/p>\n

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Being asked to pick only three favourite things about Bournemouth is something of a challenge, as it is the first place I have lived on my own away from home, where I completed my undergraduate degree, and where I have chosen to come back to for my master\u2019s\u2026so of course I am a little biased…. Read more » about Living in Bournemouth: Amy’s top 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1796,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1646,1663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-local-area","category-postgraduate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1796"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15298,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14519\/revisions\/15298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}