When will Mr. Bingley move into the neighborhood in Pride and Prejudice?

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, 's arrival in the Bennett family's neighborhood is an event that produces
much excitement. The novel opens with the news that he has, in fact, already moved in. Because
his father had made money in trade "up north," Bingley seems eager to establish the
family among the landed gentry. To do this, he must purchase a property, and Netherfield seems
like a fine choice since it is far enough away from the labor that initially earned the wealth
and which would have barred his father from entering the gentleman class, and it is near London
and available.

Mrs. Bennett laments that her husband seems unwilling to make
the effort to introduce himself to the young man, a courtesy that seems required for the
daughters to also then consider him an acquaintance on the way to marrying him. Of course, Mr.
Bennett already has met him, the entire neighborhood attends a ball in Meryton, andand Bingley
become entranced with each other.

Complications occur whenandtake a dislike
of the Bennett family, convincing Bingley to leave Netherfield for London. While they hope this
will cool Bingley's and Jane's affections, they are mistaken about the depth of the couple's
feelings. The return to Netherfield, however, seems impossible without Darcy's approval, which
he grants only late in the novel when he learns that Jane did have genuine affections for
Bingley.

When theare all sorted out, with Darcy andplanted at
Pemberley,andfar away up north, and Jane and Bingley married, we learn that Bingley gives up his
lease on Netherfield and buys a house closer to Darcy and Elizabeth.

So,
after the first few episodes at Netherfield (the ball, Jane's illness) and the brief reunion and
proposal in Volume 3, Bingley spends little time at Netherfield or in the
neighborhood.