What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Apr 8th 2007, 6:44 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
I do agree that the uk has some wonderfully beautiful places but i think that people get blinkered by their experience of where they live, i.e. We live in Birkenhead not the most properous town in the uk, high umemployment, teen mums, drugs and many more social and economic problems but if i asked 10 different people what it was like to live here i would get 10 different answers. I for one don`t enjoy living in Birkenhead and would like to live, say, in a small village on the south coast of the UK but thats out of our league, money wise, so we hope to move to the other side of the world 
(OZ) to a village on the coast 
Although Im excited it saddens me to have to move to out of our country to have a chance of a step up in our standard of living
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(OZ) to a village on the coast Although Im excited it saddens me to have to move to out of our country to have a chance of a step up in our standard of living
. How I wish now that we'd just moved to where we live now because we'd be 50 grand better off.
Obviously this doesn't happen to everyone but there are some of us who have lost out big time.
Good luck in your move - hope it all works out well for you
Apr 8th 2007, 7:20 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Thing is though pomgrrl we thought the same last year - we thought that we couldn't afford to move to a "nicer" place in the UK so upped sticks and went off to Oz thinking that it would be nicer/better etc. Financially it was the worst thing we could have ever done as we lost loads
How I wish now that we'd just moved to where we live now because we'd be 50 grand better off.
Obviously this doesn't happen to everyone but there are some of us who have lost out big time.
Good luck in your move - hope it all works out well for you
How I wish now that we'd just moved to where we live now because we'd be 50 grand better off.
Obviously this doesn't happen to everyone but there are some of us who have lost out big time.
Good luck in your move - hope it all works out well for you
Apr 8th 2007, 7:48 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
its not the main factor but as far we`re concerned its a pretty good one
"standard of living= better, bigger housing, better neighbourhood, better weather, better environment. we are also doing it for the adventure, oppotunity, because we want to
of course i dont have solid expereince of this but, hell, if we dont try, i don`t seriously think i would stay mentally stable living were we do
and yes it could be the biggest mistake of our lives, but it wouldn`t be the end of the world
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Apr 8th 2007, 8:05 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
why?
its not the main factor but as far we`re concerned its a pretty good one
"standard of living= better, bigger housing, better neighbourhood, better weather, better environment. we are also doing it for the adventure, oppotunity, because we want to of course i dont have solid expereince of this but, hell, if we dont try, i don`t seriously think i would stay mentally stable living were we do
and yes it could be the biggest mistake of our lives, but it wouldn`t be the end of the world
its not the main factor but as far we`re concerned its a pretty good one
"standard of living= better, bigger housing, better neighbourhood, better weather, better environment. we are also doing it for the adventure, oppotunity, because we want to
of course i dont have solid expereince of this but, hell, if we dont try, i don`t seriously think i would stay mentally stable living were we do and yes it could be the biggest mistake of our lives, but it wouldn`t be the end of the world
We took the plunge moved over to New Zealand nearly a year ago now and love it...yes there will be things you miss about the UK but to us the positives of living in NZ have been greater than the negatives.
If you don't take the plunge you may spend the rest of you life regretting it, if nothing else it's a good adventure.
Apr 8th 2007, 8:20 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Well said...nothing ventured nothing gained...just because moving abroad doesn't suit some doesn't mean it doesn't suit all.
We took the plunge moved over to New Zealand nearly a year ago now and love it...yes there will be things you miss about the UK but to us the positives of living in NZ have been greater than the negatives.
If you don't take the plunge you may spend the rest of you life regretting it, if nothing else it's a good adventure.
We took the plunge moved over to New Zealand nearly a year ago now and love it...yes there will be things you miss about the UK but to us the positives of living in NZ have been greater than the negatives.
If you don't take the plunge you may spend the rest of you life regretting it, if nothing else it's a good adventure.
I think though that people should be aware that bigger houses, nicer neighbourhood, prettier surroundings does not always equal better quality of life. Go for a change in lifestyle or an adventure but don't assume that it will be better, just different.
Apr 8th 2007, 9:03 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
I do agree that the uk has some wonderfully beautiful places but i think that people get blinkered by their experience of where they live, i.e. We live in Birkenhead not the most properous town in the uk, high umemployment, teen mums, drugs and many more social and economic problems but if i asked 10 different people what it was like to live here i would get 10 different answers. I for one don`t enjoy living in Birkenhead and would like to live, say, in a small village on the south coast of the UK but thats out of our league, money wise, so we hope to move to the other side of the world (OZ) to a village on the coast
Although Im excited it saddens me to have to move to out of our country to have a chance of a step up in our standard of living.
(OZ) to a village on the coast Although Im excited it saddens me to have to move to out of our country to have a chance of a step up in our standard of living
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The final quote is a very true summary of how lots feel ..The feeling of being forced out ! appears very often in conversations .. well worded young lady
Apr 8th 2007, 10:10 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Apr 8th 2007, 11:49 pm
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
People moving back to or those already back, don't mind hearing negatives about the UK at all Craigy - after all it isn't perfect here. The thing is though I personally get very upset with people who just label the whole of the UK as being crap, dirty and disgusting when it quite clearly isn't. That person may live in a dirty disgusting area, surrounded by scroungers and criminals but it doesn't mean to say that everyone does or that the whole country is awful. There are some truly awful places in the UK - places I wouldn't even want to drive through let alone live, there are also some horrible, lazy people who rely on others to keep them and their offspring while they laze around all day taking drugs and boozing or appearing on the Jeremy Kyle show. We have a huge immigration problem which is putting pressure on our NHS. There are serious problems here which need addressing.
On the flip side though we personally have had and are having again a fantastic life here - we work hard and earn enough to have a good lifestyle, we are surrounded by lovely friendly people, beautiful scenery and have loads to see and do here. Our girls are both well adjusted happy young adults who've both had a good education so far, we've been treated well on the NHS so far, we've been the victim of a crime just once in our life.
We moved to Australia because we'd been caught up in the negativity of the news reports and papers that is brainwashing half the population only to find that similar problems exist the world over. We lived in a lovely Melbourne suburb but there was still burglary, vandalism, graffiti, drugs, car theft, and murders there. We still had to pay taxes, pay for dog licences, pay for books at school, pay car parking fees, pay to dump rubbish at the tip. They too have speeding fines, parking fines, fines for not wearing cycling helmets, fines for not recycling, water fines, etc.
I don't blame anyone for trying a new life in a different country if they have the opportunity - you only get one life so why not try everything you can.
What I do object to though are people who slate the whole of the UK and stupidly believe that by emigrating they will escape crime, taxes and useless governments.
On the flip side though we personally have had and are having again a fantastic life here - we work hard and earn enough to have a good lifestyle, we are surrounded by lovely friendly people, beautiful scenery and have loads to see and do here. Our girls are both well adjusted happy young adults who've both had a good education so far, we've been treated well on the NHS so far, we've been the victim of a crime just once in our life.
We moved to Australia because we'd been caught up in the negativity of the news reports and papers that is brainwashing half the population only to find that similar problems exist the world over. We lived in a lovely Melbourne suburb but there was still burglary, vandalism, graffiti, drugs, car theft, and murders there. We still had to pay taxes, pay for dog licences, pay for books at school, pay car parking fees, pay to dump rubbish at the tip. They too have speeding fines, parking fines, fines for not wearing cycling helmets, fines for not recycling, water fines, etc.
I don't blame anyone for trying a new life in a different country if they have the opportunity - you only get one life so why not try everything you can.
What I do object to though are people who slate the whole of the UK and stupidly believe that by emigrating they will escape crime, taxes and useless governments.
Yes i think the grass being greener or not depends on what part of town you come from to what part of town your going to.
Apr 9th 2007, 5:16 am
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Yes living away from the dross = cash. if you have the cash your ok, unfortunately i don't. Yes there are some lovely places in the UK but nowhere i'm likely to settle, not the way the prices have gone it's impossible. Yes if you have a decent wedge of cash the UK is ok. If you really drive out of town and into the country the UK is gorgeous.
Yes i think the grass being greener or not depends on what part of town you come from to what part of town your going to.
Yes i think the grass being greener or not depends on what part of town you come from to what part of town your going to.
Apr 9th 2007, 7:26 am
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Yes living away from the dross = cash. if you have the cash your ok, unfortunately i don't. Yes there are some lovely places in the UK but nowhere i'm likely to settle, not the way the prices have gone it's impossible. Yes if you have a decent wedge of cash the UK is ok. If you really drive out of town and into the country the UK is gorgeous.
Yes i think the grass being greener or not depends on what part of town you come from to what part of town your going to.
Yes i think the grass being greener or not depends on what part of town you come from to what part of town your going to.
I honestly don't think its always to do with where you come from or where you are going to. I think everyone is different and has different needs in life and sometimes we don't even realise what makes us happy until we've lost it. For us, we found that living in a nice area in a nice house surrounded by nice polite people is ok but it gets pretty boring if you are not doing the things you enjoy or mixing with people that you get along with, or missing those you love. Having been through this experience, I would rather live in a little house in a poorer town yet have a great life - socialise, go on holidays, have my family around me, feel that I belong etc.
Visually we loved Australia - we'd moved from St Helens which has to be one of the most unattractive places to live, to a beautiful Melbourne suburb. We had a far bigger house in a nicer area. We realised that for us, living in a visually nice place in a bigger house did not equal better quality of life. Everyone's circumstances are different aren't they and you have to try these things to find out
Apr 9th 2007, 7:44 am
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Here`s to hoping we all find a little place we can be happy in our hearts in, where ever in the world it be 
Apr 9th 2007, 8:30 am
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Apr 9th 2007, 8:38 am
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I don't understand it either.
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Apr 9th 2007, 9:20 am
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Not sure about this housing argument. I think that depends on where you are and how much you earn. These days even in Aus, if it's cheap, then it's cheap for a reason. Probably miles from any big employment centres, built from wood and next to bogan neighbours with a knackered Ute on the front lawn. And you have your own household version of "Invasion of the Giant Spiders" every night. You can find yourself looking in Aussie estate agents windows for what you can afford and thinking, "But do I really want to commit to buying that? I don't know anyone there, it's miles outside of the city, there's no pubs and I can't just do BBQs for the rest of my life".
Good luck, hope it goes well though.
..at the local BNP meetings presumably.
Apr 9th 2007, 10:23 am
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Re: What a mistake it was to move back to UK
Yup - we made the mistake of seeing places on the Internet and thinking wow - we can get a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom mansion with a pool in Oz for the equivalent of a little 3 bed semi in UK. It's only when you get there and see where they are that you realise why they're so cheap. If you want a decent place in a decent area, near any kind of facilities, it's exactly the same as UK - you have to pay for it.