Australia like Usa?
May 20th 2009, 9:39 am
#61
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Re: Australia like Usa?
Unlike the UK, Australia has no state religion.
The same Australia that has the fastest growing Christian Church attendance in the World (2008 figures)??
May 20th 2009, 9:50 am
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May 20th 2009, 9:59 am
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Re: Australia like Usa?
Lots on gold coast at Bond uni. They even have a proper mexican burrito store at Varsity run by a dude from NY and its damn good. There are some permanents in the area with movie world etc but mostly students...I guess they dont seem to want to live in Aus en-mass lie us paddys n poms eh?
May 20th 2009, 10:12 am
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It's worse than home...cant spot paddys or poms there haha
May 20th 2009, 11:49 am
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May 20th 2009, 12:03 pm
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Re: Australia like Usa?
Americans "move" more than any other people, but they move long distances within their own country. If you are looking for hot weather and beaches, you go to Florida, Calif, Texas, the Carolinas, etc. If you are looking for big city life you move to NYC, Chicago, LA. If you are looking for the perfect climate you move to San Diego. If you are looking for the exotic, you move to Hawaii. If you want wide open spaces, you move to the great plains. If you want to snow ski, you go to the Rocky mountains. If you want to make wine you go to the Napa Valley. If you want to be a beach bum, you go to Key West. Get the idea? You don't have to go through immigration to find a different lifestyle.
If an American emigrated to UK, he would hate the weather, not enjoy the crowds or the high price of housing, be shocked at the smallness of houses, dumbfounded at the price of petrol, have to go abroad for snow skiing and holidays, have to pay to park the car, bag his own groceries - you get the drift. (oh, and I forgot, he would have to put up with anti-Americanism).
If an American emigrated to UK, he would hate the weather, not enjoy the crowds or the high price of housing, be shocked at the smallness of houses, dumbfounded at the price of petrol, have to go abroad for snow skiing and holidays, have to pay to park the car, bag his own groceries - you get the drift. (oh, and I forgot, he would have to put up with anti-Americanism).
May 20th 2009, 12:49 pm
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Re: Australia like Usa?
If an American emigrated to UK, he would hate the weather, not enjoy the crowds or the high price of housing, be shocked at the smallness of houses, dumbfounded at the price of petrol, have to go abroad for snow skiing and holidays, have to pay to park the car, bag his own groceries - you get the drift. (oh, and I forgot, he would have to put up with anti-Americanism).
there are apparently almost a quarter of a million Americans currently living in the UK, and if the posts at the link I posted above are at all representative, some of them actually (gasp) like it there.
May 20th 2009, 1:33 pm
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Re: Australia like Usa?
If an American emigrated to UK, he would hate the weather, not enjoy the crowds or the high price of housing, be shocked at the smallness of houses, dumbfounded at the price of petrol, have to go abroad for snow skiing and holidays, have to pay to park the car, bag his own groceries - you get the drift. (oh, and I forgot, he would have to put up with anti-Americanism).
I know many American families that have emigrated to the UK over the years as they much prefer the relaxed way of life/working conditions etc etc.
They still comment on the UK's wonderful temperate climate having lived amongst annual hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes etc etc.
Families travel to the north of the UK for winter sports.
I would say they seems to enjoy the UK....far from hating it as you say.
May 20th 2009, 1:36 pm
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Re: Australia like Usa?
Wrong.
I know many American families that have emigrated to the UK over the years as they much prefer the relaxed way of life/working conditions etc etc.
They still comment on the UK's wonderful temperate climate having lived amongst annual hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes etc etc.
Families travel to the north of the UK for winter sports.
I would say they seems to enjoy the UK....far from hating it as you say.
I know many American families that have emigrated to the UK over the years as they much prefer the relaxed way of life/working conditions etc etc.
They still comment on the UK's wonderful temperate climate having lived amongst annual hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes etc etc.
Families travel to the north of the UK for winter sports.
I would say they seems to enjoy the UK....far from hating it as you say.
May 20th 2009, 2:13 pm
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