Want to move back to Aus
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Re: Want to move back to Aus
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Amen to that. The UK is a nice country and an okay place to live but you have to make too many compromises in order to have a nice life there - unless spectacularly wealthy of course.
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Compromises is something required most anywhere. UK no longer relaxed as it was going back a few decades. One thing noted by many Aussies for example going back to the eighties and before, was how less materialistic England when compared to Australia. More social life, even if revolved around the pub , but the changing political /economic policies since that period has seen little difference in either. High prices, added stress and austerity being a feature of both to a more or lesser degree.
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Re: Want to move back to Aus
Compromises is something required most anywhere. UK no longer relaxed as it was going back a few decades. One thing noted by many Aussies for example going back to the eighties and before, was how less materialistic England when compared to Australia. More social life, even if revolved around the pub , but the changing political /economic policies since that period has seen little difference in either. High prices, added stress and austerity being a feature of both to a more or lesser degree.
#97
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Compromises is something required most anywhere. UK no longer relaxed as it was going back a few decades. One thing noted by many Aussies for example going back to the eighties and before, was how less materialistic England when compared to Australia. More social life, even if revolved around the pub , but the changing political /economic policies since that period has seen little difference in either. High prices, added stress and austerity being a feature of both to a more or lesser degree.
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Thing being though it should surely be getting better and not worse over time? It's not so much a question of dealing with the present situation, that will go without saying. It's a question of recognizing neither country is a better place than 40 years (and Before) years ago .
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Thing being though it should surely be getting better and not worse over time? It's not so much a question of dealing with the present situation, that will go without saying. It's a question of recognizing neither country is a better place than 40 years (and Before) years ago .
Just live where you're happy and have to make the least amount of compromises. Everything else is whining and white noise
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Compromises is something required most anywhere. UK no longer relaxed as it was going back a few decades. One thing noted by many Aussies for example going back to the eighties and before, was how less materialistic England when compared to Australia. More social life, even if revolved around the pub , but the changing political /economic policies since that period has seen little difference in either. High prices, added stress and austerity being a feature of both to a more or lesser degree.
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No besides yet another patronizing remark from a light weight as yourself, it is worth noting change is for the worse. You see I don't ,unlike you necessary speak on an individual basis, as obviously time creates or should create a greater sense . economic well being, especially for that generation , but overall the 'change' has not been for the better, with most of us being impacted one way or another.
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Australia besides adapting a broader attitude in parts is most certainly not the relaxed, fairly easy going country of forty years ago.
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#103
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No the UK is definitely not a better place today. It is more divided ., more insular, but saying that certain features remain regardless of politics and division.
Australia besides adapting a broader attitude in parts is most certainly not the relaxed, fairly easy going country of forty years ago.
Australia besides adapting a broader attitude in parts is most certainly not the relaxed, fairly easy going country of forty years ago.
I came to Australia in 2005. It was great then and has got progressively better since. A fantastic place to live, earn a crust and set yourself up for the future
Just get on with life champ
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The UK is most definitely a better place today. I first went there as a teenager in the early 80s and after decades of socialism, the place was a grim, failing shithole which was in the process of being saved by a fairly new government. As the rot was deeply embedded it was inevitable that it was going to take time. And saved it was. I spent 10 years there from 1995 and the place had most definitely been turned around. Still not a really great place to live but pleasant enough with lots of opportunity if you were prepared to give it a go - my wife and I certainly did very well there
I came to Australia in 2005. It was great then and has got progressively better since. A fantastic place to live, earn a crust and set yourself up for the future
Just get on with life champ
I came to Australia in 2005. It was great then and has got progressively better since. A fantastic place to live, earn a crust and set yourself up for the future
Just get on with life champ
is what created a better UK after the war. NHS was envy of the world. People were not so divided . Certainly not hundreds of times pay variants between CEO's and workers. Thatcher ruined the party. Life became ever more stressful. More expensive. Life became more concerned with money, becoming a younger person's game. Almost everyone without exception that I knew left London within fifteen years. It became too expensive. Too competitive and far less a city catering to all . Nothing about giving it a go. A mercenary place in many respects , with a get in, make as much lucre as possible, get out. A great city to visit. But a very diminished place to live.
Australia's overall decline was not long before 2005. The boom saw prices hiked to later become among the most expensive in the world. It was the real kick start to inequality and rapid changes to way of life. We as Britain are certainly not better places for it. A better question would be can the present system continue the way it is? Very doubtful. Expect bigger changes to life quality over coming years. Old ideologies have failed.
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Re: Want to move back to Aus
London for a young person was the best in late seventies/early eighties. . Best music. Best street scene in Europe. Plenty of very affordable eating places. People reasonably happy with their lot. Just a great place to be. Socialism
is what created a better UK after the war. NHS was envy of the world. People were not so divided . Certainly not hundreds of times pay variants between CEO's and workers. Thatcher ruined the party. Life became ever more stressful. More expensive. Life became more concerned with money, becoming a younger person's game. Almost everyone without exception that I knew left London within fifteen years. It became too expensive. Too competitive and far less a city catering to all . Nothing about giving it a go. A mercenary place in many respects , with a get in, make as much lucre as possible, get out. A great city to visit. But a very diminished place to live.
is what created a better UK after the war. NHS was envy of the world. People were not so divided . Certainly not hundreds of times pay variants between CEO's and workers. Thatcher ruined the party. Life became ever more stressful. More expensive. Life became more concerned with money, becoming a younger person's game. Almost everyone without exception that I knew left London within fifteen years. It became too expensive. Too competitive and far less a city catering to all . Nothing about giving it a go. A mercenary place in many respects , with a get in, make as much lucre as possible, get out. A great city to visit. But a very diminished place to live.