Susan Potter

I spent the most influential years of my life in MK (teenage years), so my perspective is probably a little out of whack with others that live or visit there as adults. Last time I visited my family still in MK was 2002, so I will probably also be quite out of date.

Milton Keynes gets a lot of flack from other Brits, but few have been to it. It isn’t San Francisco, but it is also not the worst place ever (aka Luton).

But if you want to live in a decent sized town near London that has a good amount of diversity considering its size, you could do a LOT worse than Milton Keynes!

For those that want to visit for tourism, it might be not up your alley and the concrete cows are definitely NOT worth visiting Milton Keynes exclusively for! However, those interested in urban planning would get a lot out of visiting the modern designed town.

Also those interested in WW2 history can visit Bletchley Park where some historians believe the war in Europe was actually won.

Love Singapore for a short 3-4 day trip when on my way to Australia from Europe! If you love great food, great shopping and hot weather this is the place for you! Shop til you drop (literally) and not just clothes and the usual suspects…also shop for electronics and computer equipment if you like too.

I love visiting the place!

If visiting you must check out: Chinatown, Little India, Botanic Gardens, Orchard Road (go you shopaholics).

Outside of culturally diverse areas Singapore is very clean and feels very safe, although you might get accidently jabbed in the shoulder on the MRT by avid mobile/cell texters or wireless web fanatics!:)

I currently live here while my spouse finishes graduate school at UIUC. It is a nice small college town. However, while it might not be Madison or Austin, it is probably more diverse than most would expect for a town of its size.

Like most larger places if you know where to look there is quite a lot to do here (check out the Buzz or Hub free weeklys).

Summer is the best time, but then I dislike [undergrad] students walking/driving in the streets without looking for cars! They also tend not to know how to drive either.

The major complaint I have is that there isn’t a good selection of Indian restaurants (I think it is just Basmati on First Street, am I wrong?).