Sutton Coldfield has been named the happiest place to live in Birmingham, ranking highly for its green spaces, community spirit, and quality of life. The Royal town's charm places it among the top locations in the Midlands for contentment, standing out in a region with mixed results for happiness.
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00:00As the happiest place to live in Birmingham Sutton Caulfield stands out
00:04for its unique qualities including its proximity to nature, strong transport
00:09links and excellent schools. Residents in the rural town share their views on
00:14whether it deserves the title and if so what they feel makes it such a special
00:19place to call home. Yeah I think I agree I think the main thing for us is the
00:24brilliant schools so we live in walking distance to our little boys in from the
00:29school and we can't fault it it's absolutely brilliant the staff are all
00:33lovely and there are lots of good schools nearby and I think the high
00:40street and the atmosphere is struggling a little bit but yeah we still make use
00:45of it because if we don't use it then it'll disappear and the Christmas market
00:49has been really lovely. Yeah obviously Sutton Park and Newhall Valley we're
00:55surrounded by lots of lovely places to go. Well it's happy it's relatively it I
01:00mean although the country's changing it's relatively prosperous you don't get
01:04too much trouble or I haven't I haven't seen too much trouble and I've sometimes
01:08been here late at night I'm from the pub and that so I haven't seen much
01:11trouble there's some nice areas for housing nice roads for housing I mean
01:17I've lived here for over 40 years my son and my daughter live in Sutton. It's nice
01:22here but there are some parts which are a bit negative. During the day time
01:27it's alright but I feel later at night it's not the safest place to be. Maybe in
01:33the past I don't think so anymore I mean it's everything's closing everything's
01:38run down so it's an interesting one. I think Sutton Coalfields the happiest
01:44because you know there's a lot of nice people you know not much crime around
01:48here. Nice clean streets you know and yeah there's loads of shops to go here
01:53and I feel like everyone brings a happy mood to this area and I feel welcomed
01:57when I ever come to Sutton.