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Old Aug 24th 2016, 5:49 pm
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You need to get your self down to the south.

Sounds like a whole lot of stuff you don't like about SoCal rather than the USA.
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Old Aug 24th 2016, 6:04 pm
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The thing about the free parks in the UK: always have to pay the huge parking fees.

One thing I like about where I live is that I only have to pay to park downtown in the larger cities. In the UK you have to pay pretty much everywhere that isn't the suburbs.
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I miss footpaths and trying to avoid the cow pats or checking if the bull is in the field. If you cross a farmers field here you run the risk of getting shot.

I also miss the proximity to European cultures.

However small price to pay to not spending 30 mins looking for parking or making sure I have change to pay for parking when I go to the grocery store. Also the amount of people standing in line to check out seems a lot smaller here. As for food, you need to find local quality chains that sell organic. Whole foods is a second choice. However quality food will cost you more.

I miss reasonably priced donuts.

I don't miss the loud mouth yobs that tend to congregate in town centers at the weekend.
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Default Re: Things you miss about the UK

Originally Posted by Mirage88
First time expat family in Southern California, been here for about a year now, here's what we've really missed besides friends and family

1. Waitrose! - American food is just awful with most red meat taste like plastic paper.. � ����
Do you have a Trader Joe supermarket? I don't buy much red meat--just a bit of the ground beef for tacos or bolognese--but what I get at Trader Joe's is better tasting than Stop&Shop's yet more reasonably priced than Whole Foods'.

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You miss live in a weird area.

Frankly I only really miss proper chip shop chips.

1. Waitrose! - American food is just awful with most red meat taste like plastic paper.. 😔

Not remotely true. Lots of the supermarkets have superb meat. Try sprouts, trader joes, even Stater Bros. There are also independent butchers too if you look. And steaks in restaurants here are waaaay better than anything I ever had in the UK.

2. English countryside, so green and peaceful... The weather is nice here in CA but the countryside is yellow lol

It's green because it rains so much. It's yellow because it doesn't. If you want more green you need to go further north. Like Oregon.

3. Plenty of free parks, museums and other things to do in England, here in America entertainment seems to be mostly shopping mall driven not much else going on?

In the UK I had one crappy park in a 7mile radius. Here I have properly maintained, clean parks and sports areas every couple of miles. All free. There are also free museums if you look. If you join Meetup you'll find there's rather more going on that you thought.
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Cream cakes, but my waistline doesn't miss them.
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Apart from family and friends, what do I miss about the UK? Honestly, nothing.
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More I think my kids are missing out on the experience. For all you old folkies out there , there is now an up market Butlins

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Default Re: Things you miss about the UK

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I don't miss the loud mouth yobs that tend to congregate in town centers at the weekend.
Devon is generally a little less metropolitan so it's not a major problem if you steer clear of the five/six largest towns, however I'm not sure whether I prefer weekend yobs or the hordes of homeless that gather in downtown Sarasota every night.

Pork pies and/or Gala pie would be nice once in a while and a nice pint of draught bitter wouldn't go amiss but there are so many US craft beers to try that I'm sure I'll find something like a Doom Bar/HSD/OP etc. if I try hard enough
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Old Aug 25th 2016, 1:04 am
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Originally Posted by Mirage88
First time expat family in Southern California, been here for about a year now, here's what we've really missed besides friends and family

1. Waitrose! - American food is just awful with most red meat taste like plastic paper.. � ����

2. English countryside, so green and peaceful... The weather is nice here in CA but the countryside is yellow lol

3. Plenty of free parks, museums and other things to do in England, here in America entertainment seems to be mostly shopping mall driven not much else going on?

What do you miss back home?
How often did you go to museums in the UK? Most people I know in the UK aren't rushing around going to museums on a regular basis.

The meat in USA is much better than anywhere I have been.

S California is actually a desert - did you know that?

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Default Re: Things you miss about the UK

Originally Posted by Mallory
How often did you go to museums in the UK? Most people I know in the UK aren't rushing around going to museums on a regular basis.

The meat in USA is much better than anywhere I have been.

S California is actually a desert - did you know that?
I'd agree with the museums but I'd argue that the meat is better in the US.
Maybe the best meat you've eaten in the States actually came from Ireland, Scotland or Argentina. The only difference is that the way it was prepared might have suited you better, or the charcoal made the difference.


S California is not just a desert and has a Mediterranean climate. Of course the amount of people living there are making it a desert, but Los Angeles receives too much rain to be classed as a desert.
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Default Re: Things you miss about the UK

Originally Posted by Mirage88
First time expat family in Southern California, been here for about a year now, here's what we've really missed besides friends and family

1. Waitrose! - American food is just awful with most red meat taste like plastic paper.. 😔

2. English countryside, so green and peaceful... The weather is nice here in CA but the countryside is yellow lol

3. Plenty of free parks, museums and other things to do in England, here in America entertainment seems to be mostly shopping mall driven not much else going on?

What do you miss back home?
1. Buy some cattle. Eat your own raised beef.
2. Do a raindance! California is in a drought
3. Go to Venice Beach. You get all the entertainment and free experience's you could ever need.

Otherwise I would consider moving
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Old Aug 25th 2016, 12:30 pm
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Default Re: Things you miss about the UK

What do I miss? Nothing, really.

We went back to the UK (north of England, Scotland) this summer, after 9 years away. What surprised me most was that it did NOT feel like 'home'.

I would note that free museums are a dying breed. Of the ones we visited only 1 was free, and that was the best of the lot by a mile - the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Others were good, but they certainly weren't free.
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