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>Abingdon is such a weird little place

Abingdon emigré here, happy to +1 that sentiment.

I lived there from the early aughts until 2012.

It's where Sophos is headquartered, too.

I have no connection to the place these days, but if you want some hyper local blog action, have a look at:

https://abingdonblog.co.uk

I was there from the mid seventies until the early nineties. It was quite a bit smaller when we moved in. The main problem now seems to be the traffic. I'm not sure what you could do about it other than bulldoze the centre.

The Thames in that area is extremely beautiful (having rowed on that stretch and a few neighbouring ones.)

It's also the location of JET, the Joint European Tokomak!

Joint European Torus, which is shutting down:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67101176.amp