mikelincs

We're now living in a small town surrounded by countryside after moving out of Bournemouth, since we left the area we were in there have been 2 murders and a few stabbings, so we're glad to be away. The town we live in is big enough for a nice shopping center, and has a big supermarket, so far there are no fast food places, BUT, and old car showroom is currently being redeveloped into a KFC unfortunately. Travelling anywhere using the excellent bus service does mean a journey through nice countryside, and is even better now the trees are gettin their Autumn colour. Can't really say we are missing anything of Spain, a bit of their sun in the summer would be nice though. although that's certainly not a great rpoblem.

rebs

Does McDonalds not count as fast food

mikelincs

not even a McDonalds.. nearest one is a couple of miles away near Sainsburys.

rebs

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of - I would consider that to be in your town, in the same way that the sainsbury's is also in your town, as is the Halfords next door.

Beaverstate

A couple miles is pretty fast. I do not partake myself, have not been to one in several years. Nearest is about 1.2 miles. In that same range is a Taco Bell, KFC, Jack in the Box, Arbys, Subway and at least 10 others who are not considered fast food.

J.JsOH

I'm thinking it has a lot to do with some of the population of King's Lynn, my nearest town. I know it is not just me. Years of complaints from the public eventually caused the police to attend to anti-social behaviour at the bus station. Two years ago the town library had to put bouncers on the door to control troublemakers.
But Lynn is not typical of all Norfolk. Even in the village where I live, just 3 miles from Lynn there is no anti-social problem and little crime.
When I have been to Norwich or smaller market towns nearby I do not see the same behaviour. If it wasn't for Lynn then I'd be content here. I hope Lynn gets some controlling hand on it for it used to be and could be a more pleasant society. The town itself is nice with a lot of history.

Yesterday we went out to the countryside, had a lovely walk in glorious sunshine, a nice pub lunch, more walk through fields and woods, wild blackberries for dessert. That is the Norfolk I have always enjoyed.

Pit Bull.

There's not much to dislike about the UK, it's a fantastic country, steeped in history, close to Europe, fantastic countryside, the UK has been really good to me and my family.

J.JsOH

Sally, I was always grateful that I hadn't ended up living in New York / Newark and other similar areas of USA. Tourist visits and business trips were fine but definitely not places I would want to live. My trigger to return to UK was when my then employer wanted to dictate that I relocate to an undesirable city.

John

mikelincs

Well I don't , it's a bus ride away from us as we have no car, so not really in our town, at least not in the main shopping area.

chris955

With reference to the original question, my answer is....NOT A LOT

mikelincs

So, the question is, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING?

sallysimmons

I actually really liked the area we lived in near Manhattan but when I ventured anywhere outside the North East, I was always glad to get back home. I just wasn't made for America!

(But yes to Newark, I think I would have rather lived in Alabama than there).

Pit Bull.

We fancy doing something different with our lives, life's about living, experiencing new things, both countries are fantastic and we want our kds to have dual nationality to give them the opportunity to live in either great country.

Pom_Chch

So even though you love the UK you're still wanting to move 12,000 miles across the other side of the world?

Pit Bull.

Yes, it's fantastic there, we all love it,