If I could live alone in the highlands til im old and grey I would. Problem is my wife has a client-based job so she needs a pool of city folk. Suburbs make sense from that then but... suburbs are hideous in their own special way! I bet there's some nice ones somewhere... surely?
We are attempting to get everything remote and online though, long term. Then we'd be free to enjoy some southern coastline or something
Online does make life easier, but sothern coast is still gonna cost you, this country is just mental expensive.
Although if it carries on deteriorating it should get cheaper!
Haha in a weird way, one can only hope!