for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
Feb 22nd 2011, 1:33 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
In the UK at the moment. Just back from Asda. Four beers for three quid and six Mr Porky bags of scratchings. Time for Countdown 
Feb 22nd 2011, 1:55 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
I live in London and don't actually think its all that bad. It has lots of diversity and is quite an interesting place to live.
Yeah it can be dangerous and is dirty but as people have said before you take the good with the bad.
When I came back from a month in Vancouver, I didn't feel depressed and scared and start picking out impefections. London is where I grew up and is essentially home.
As Samuel Johnson famously said that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”.
What was i saying again...
Yeah it can be dangerous and is dirty but as people have said before you take the good with the bad.
When I came back from a month in Vancouver, I didn't feel depressed and scared and start picking out impefections. London is where I grew up and is essentially home.
As Samuel Johnson famously said that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”.
What was i saying again...
Feb 22nd 2011, 2:22 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
I guess though thats the draw of the city, all that multi culture in one place trying to muddle through together.
I think that if you are not used to the melting pot of different cultures it can be hard to deal with...me personally, as long as they're working and not sponging off the state or doing something illegal, i love it!
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Feb 22nd 2011, 2:39 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
Feb 22nd 2011, 2:55 pm
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Feb 22nd 2011, 2:56 pm
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Feb 22nd 2011, 3:00 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
"All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it."
Samuel Johnson
Feb 22nd 2011, 3:02 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
Clearly London is one of the great cities of the world. If you say you are from London England everyone usually knows where you are from (except of course in parts of Ontario who think they have the only London).
Many parts of the North are worse than the worst that London has to offer. I remember going to Manchester as a student and seeing people openly carrying guns and selling drugs in one part of town.
I also remember going to a housing estate in Dublin where the people would spread human excrement on all the walls which were out of sight of the CCTV cameras.
Is Dublin a great city? Is Manchester? Clearly yes. I had alot of fun whilst there. But they also have a dark side, and once you have seen it clearly it colours your view of these cities.
Many parts of the North are worse than the worst that London has to offer. I remember going to Manchester as a student and seeing people openly carrying guns and selling drugs in one part of town.
I also remember going to a housing estate in Dublin where the people would spread human excrement on all the walls which were out of sight of the CCTV cameras.
Is Dublin a great city? Is Manchester? Clearly yes. I had alot of fun whilst there. But they also have a dark side, and once you have seen it clearly it colours your view of these cities.
Feb 22nd 2011, 3:37 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
I'm sorry, I don't mean to insult you, but you mentioned that London was full of ignorant people and I take issue with that comment. There are millions of people in London and yes some may well be ignorant, but as a city it stands tall as one of the most tolerant, accepting, well-informed and cross-cultural cities on the planet. I lived there for 10 years, so I think I can say this with some certainty.
I'm proud to have lived there. However, for us it was time to move on.
Just out of curiosity what was the ignorance that you experineced in London and why did you feel like a foreigner there?
I'm proud to have lived there. However, for us it was time to move on.
Just out of curiosity what was the ignorance that you experineced in London and why did you feel like a foreigner there?
When you say why did you feel like a foreighner, what a stupid question. When I go abroad on hols I am the foreighner which is not a bad thing, but its also the feeling I get when im in London, I cant explain this feeling but I know that I should feel quite comfortable anywhere in the UK and I do except London.
I find the majority of the places really rough, most people are ignorant, I done security systems for all the Asda's in the UK and London has more crime than anywhere else in my experience.
Feb 22nd 2011, 3:45 pm
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Feb 22nd 2011, 3:46 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
When you say why did you feel like a foreighner, what a stupid question. When I go abroad on hols I am the foreighner which is not a bad thing, but its also the feeling I get when im in London, I cant explain this feeling but I know that I should feel quite comfortable anywhere in the UK and I do except London.
Feb 22nd 2011, 3:49 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
Why the mystery? There is a lot more English as a second (or third) language in London than anywhere else in the UK, just as there is in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada.
They are places that immigrants gravitate to, and it can naturally make some people uncomfortable. Its not a hanging offence AFAIK. To pretend its not so would be polical correctness of the worst kind.
They are places that immigrants gravitate to, and it can naturally make some people uncomfortable. Its not a hanging offence AFAIK. To pretend its not so would be polical correctness of the worst kind.
Feb 22nd 2011, 3:51 pm
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Re: for all of those thinking of returning to the uk
Its just how I feel mate, If I try explaining I know a lot of people jump on the racism row which I find very sad to say the least. If some one says they dont like London then everyone from London jump on them like a pack of wolves.