Find Out Everything Worth Knowing About a New Area Before You Move There

Estate agents tell you about transport links. Residents tell you the bus never comes and the development next door has planning permission. This covers what residents actually say: the common complaints, the transport reality, the cost of living compared to where you are now, and the known changes coming. Honest about what it does not know.

I am considering moving to {AREA}. I want to understand what it is actually like to live there, not what the estate agent will tell me. Help me with: the things residents tend to complain about, the transport reality vs the official description, the cost of living compared to where I am now, what the local community or culture is like, and any known developments or changes coming to the area. Be honest about what you do not know and flag if there is something I should check locally.