chris955

I'm not sure why I would want to live in Bradford when we want to live in Somerset I'm not a racist if that is what you mean ?

chris955

Of course, everywhere has its problem areas, there isn't escaping that fact.

I remember being told at least 20 years ago that Britain was going to the dogs

Kooky.

Yep, even your sleepy little Somerset town may have them - sleepy little towns = bored teens = substance abuse problems

chris955

Absolutely, we currently live in a really good area and we have had our car broken into and had 2 stabbings including one when a party went too far and spilled into the street, one bloke running around with an axe and groups screaming abuse at each other.

Kooky.

Living in a "good area" is where you went wrong. When I left my first husband I moved to a "good area" of Leeds for safety. So "good" that the scroggins from down the road regularly raided it for its rich pickings, and I had awful trouble getting contents insurance for a first floor apartment.

chris955

Yeah there is certainly an element of truth in that, not much worth pinching in a bad area
I have been using the UK Police site where you can search a particular area and see the reported crimes. Some of the places we are looking at show reported crimes in the 30's for the whole year, some months there are 3 crimes reported

paulry

One thing for sure, it certainly hasn't got better.

chris955

Well I have always said the 80's was the best time to be alive, to me nowhere has improved since then.

NedKelly

When Margaret Thatcher was PM.

Margaret3

Yep, I agree, but i have found this with many nationalities here. I have got used to the fact that when someone accidently bumps into you, there is no smile or apology. Mind you, if you didnt apologize in Scotland , it could result in a punch in the face, you learn manners quickly that way

I once had another nurse actually push me , but i wasn't long and speaking up at that incident.

Actually the lack of manners astounds me.

chris955

Back in the 80's I couldn't care less who was PM, as long as I could go down the pub, ride my bike and have fun

The Woodcutter

It is not that simple at all. Many factors come into play in determining nationality. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people think that because you are born in a particular country then you are automatically a citizen of that country.
I was not born in the UK. I never had to take out British citizenship.
Yet
I am British, and hold a UK passport. There is no way that I am or have ever been a citizen or a national of the country of my birth.

northernbird

The Primary school my children go to is in the catchment for the area that covers our local hospital. A number of nurses have been recruited who are Indian and their children attend our school (probably about 20 kids in total). Quite honestly if my children were that rude I would be mortified. Every single one of them never say please and thank you and I have to remind them in the office and the canteen pretty much every time I am at work. In contrast the children of chinese descent are exceptionally polite to the point of being over the top.

paulry

What does being British in todays EU-overlorded devolved multicultural Britain mean?

ozzieeagle

Thank god for Aussie non PC with issues like this. The locals here will definitely for the most part pull them up on it. It's not acceptable and they are expected to assimilate..... Looks like some maybe slower to learn than others thats all.

Agree 100 pct about the Chinese/SE Asians in general... probably the best Ethnic group at assimilating in my view.

This thread will do for another story from home.

Very recently my Son brought a new kid to our house.... So we had Ethan Anglo/Aussie .....Andrew Malaysian.... Uly Greek.... Evan Greek ......and this new Kid who was the Blackest Kid I've ever seen... I mean dark dark shiny black, which surprised me when he just walzed through the doors with the others... just because he was a new kid that stood right out and he had a 100 pct dinky die Aussie accent.. Despite his Somalian birthplace. The clincher was his name.... I asked and I really had to top myself laughing out loud.

His Aussie name... Obviously taken on face value by his migrant parents in this the Multi Cultural Northern Subs...... "Mario" honestly it was so hard not to laugh when I first heard that.... I wonder what his Somalian name is. Now how Melbourne is that !!!