As it is a good city, we bought a house there. We really liked it very much. Its space, green fields, grid systems, lakes and red carpets are really what differentiate it from other UK cities.  So, I am sure we would live again in this excellent city when we have an opportunity to. Hamed Al Dhahab.

...The main town is broken into city blocks like in America. Nearly every block has a shop, a pub, a takeaway of some sort and a green park area.

All the roads are lined with trees and there are little forests and grassed areas all over the place.

There are some large green areas which are ideal for family picnics and the like.

There is a huge music scene in milton keynes, over the summer there is a local festival on nearly every weekend. There are alternative nights as well as the more mainstream clubbing experiences... you just have to look for them.

However I now live in Newport Pagnell, which is on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. Close enough to enjoy all the benefits, but far enough away that the houses are not identical, its a 5 minute walk into countryside and Motorbike rides are easily done.

The buses are fairly regular, except to really far flung areas (like Olney), and the price is reasonable. The train station is one of the main ones so can get you to London Euston in less than 40 minutes if you catch the right train.

People put Milton Keynes down a lot, but I'd rather live here than London, Birmingham or any the big grey cities... yet it offers as much to do as any of these.
Matt

... I am still living in Stoke but would love to move back to my home town eventually. I love MK for the greenery - which is lacking in Stoke - and the fact most of my family live there. Yes it's developing fast and it's a haven for cars on the grid roads but it's well balanced with delightful green areas and ideal for families.  

Choice is plentiful and despite old sayings about the city of roundabouts and concrete cows, MK has much to offer everyone. I think it can come across as being a monotone place to those only paying a brief visit but look closer at the many villages and history surrounding the area and you will find much to please.  

Young people are highly valued here and that means a lot. Please don't put MK down until you've actually spent more than one month here, it's just not fair.
Naomi

Other things we couldn't fit into the week (!) were bowling, watch MK teams play football, Ice Hockey or Basketball, play numerous other sports or go ice skating. The number or bars and restaurants is amazing!

As you can see I'm converted to MK - and that's even with the threat of Take That playing the Bowl in the summer (which we can hear from our back garden)!

Truth is MK is not so big, nothing that diverse or unique is going on here, and if it had been an experiment it is failing to achieve its potential. There is a very small town feel to the place. All in all MK is an overly commercial space and lacks any sense of identity.

There is a lot wrong with what could have been quite a utopian environment. But perhaps the most damaging thing is that MK is populated by a lot of people who are unwilling to challenge or change the place for the better.

It is all mainstream nightclubs and music, mainstream cinema, theme pubs etc. The worst thing is that you can't really walk home after a night out because it is so far to walk from the centre to most places and it is also very dark and scary at night because once you are out of the Centre (a huge mall) then you are faced with dark pathways that weave around and through the countless housing estates which at night time are totally dead.

MK is a convenient place in many ways however. There are no traffic jams here (yet) - but it is becoming increasingly congested as more houses are being built and more consumers are attracted here with the recent Asda superstore and the Ikea store.

If you like modern houses on estates that look like Brookside, and if you like cars and driving everywhere, and if you like shopping at huge mega stores like Tesco, Asda, DFS, Toys R Us, Pets R Us... and so on then you'll love it here. If you like small individual shops - obscure shops - arts and crafts - The Arts, indie cinema, diversity, or walking to town then don't come here.

Vast amounts of trees, greenery and water sit superbly against the modern lines of the grid roads and sharp buildings. Buildings which are going up fast now as Milton Keynes enters another new period in its life.

The sky is massive in Milton Keynes and nothing beats a walk or drive on a crisp spring or autumn morning as the sun glistens off the glass of the city, shines through the millions of trees and warms your soul.

It's the fastest-growing city in England with a large multi-ethnic population working and living alongside each other.

If you want to live in the future of England, move to Milton Keynes.

It has just about every facility you could want, with some of the best shopping in the country, bowling alleys, cinemas, ski slopes, climbing walls, swimming pools, an ice rink, theatre etc. There are loads of clubs and bars in xscape and the theatre district, as well as a few others spread throughout the city centre.

Anyone who says we have no history is very much mistaken. We have everything from the ruins of a roman viller, to the grand historic buildings of stony stratford, and the Bletckley park museum (home of the World War II code breaking machines).

Yet, it is just so modern and clean, and has an interesting futuristic feel, particularly in the city centre, with its huge glass buildings, and wide tree-lined boulevards. All in all, its a great place to live, with below average prices for the UK - a must!