Originally Posted by Novocastrian

What exactly was the point of this post?

Originally Posted by scilly

But do you not agree that Brits have always been xenophobic and racist ......... it is not a new phenomenon!

Originally Posted by KatrinaM79

I thought I would chip in as I went through a similar thought process last year. I moved back from Vancouver to the UK in October 2016 after being there for 3 years. I am so glad I moved back. I miss Vancouver a lot but with the generous UK holidays and with less expenses I can afford to visit Vancouver whereas I couldn't really do that the other way around. I'm loving being back closer to family and old friends and whilst I love Vancouver for its natural beauty and great standard of living I did find it quite boring at times and expensive. I don't have children though and I only had me to think about.

Whilst it might look like there are a lot of problems in the UK and Europe right now (Brexit, Tories, terrorism) what I have witnessed is solidarity in communities and an upsurge in young people caring about this country and its place in the world. The recent election results show that there is still hope for a softer brexit and a more humanitarian outlook in government. It's not all doom and gloom!

If you do decide to move, the best way I found to overcome the anxiety was to focus on things I was excited about like the TV I missed, the food I missed, seeing extended family. Oh and I just booked at short holiday to Portugal for less than it would cost me to go to Whistler

Originally Posted by Shard

With luck we're heading for a softer Brexit now, so that may allay some of your return apprehensions. House prices are said to be softening (Brexit uncertainty related) but rising inflation will probably keep the nominal values steady. The big difference between housing affordability in Metro Vancouver and London is the availability of well paid jobs.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

That's about right. However the OP has been abused for stating that without xenophobic, borderline racist voters, the referendum result would have been different. That's also right: Certainly at the very least 2% of the leave voters fitted the OP's description (more like 10% IMHO).

Of course none of the terribly proper posters in the Canada forum know any of the xenophobes, but they certainly exist.

Originally Posted by JamesM

Brexit will be much softer or killed completely.

We're actually unlikely to see much forward movement with such a weak government.

If the Grenfell disaster had happened a week earlier the Conservatives would have completely tumbled.

Anyway I'll stop the thread drift. Edinburgh sounds marvellous!

Originally Posted by biggayowl

Thanks for the really positive post. Got to hope all this doom and gloom, is just a prelude to something better.

Originally Posted by Shard

If nothing else, Britain remains an interesting and vibrant place. Switched on is the best way to describe it. Whether it's politics or business or art, music, media, there's always a lot going on in the national psyche. And, occasionally, we even get some proper summer weather!

Originally Posted by biggayowl

Totally agree, I miss the energy of London. Summer weather...come off it though...two weeks in March or September isn't it?

Originally Posted by Shard

If nothing else, Britain remains an interesting and vibrant place. Switched on is the best way to describe it. Whether it's politics or business or art, music, media, there's always a lot going on in the national psyche. And, occasionally, we even get some proper summer weather!