cheeky_monkey

i guess it depends what you want..deep down..for me it was being able to be financially independent once i'm retired. I want to retire and go back to the UK so adding up the numbers it made sense to come back to Canada and stay here.

wonderwoman

I'll be resetting in the south if I go, so I'm a little 😱at house prices !

dbd33

My daughter, born in Canada but UK passport, had to take the IELTS exam in order to work when she emigrated to London. She was not amused.

Paul_Shepherd

Well thats a no brainer then, they say money cant buy happiness, but in the form of financial security id say it can go a long way to being happy and content, financial issues and make your life pretty miserable.

I am fianacially much better off here in Canada, in the UK money was a constant worry....but i was fortunate with the job i got here (salary wise) so that was an element of luck to it aswel.

Paul_Shepherd

Well you have to be happy inside too, staying here just for the money could breed resentment.

Personally for me, being financially better off meant i could do things i love doing in Canada not only because i had extra income, but because of its geography and climate too.

Things like guaranteed great summers for being outside and enjoying things like boating, then in the winter skiing and snowmobiling. I couldnt do any of that in the UK, I didnt have the financial means and the geography/climate didnt allow it either.

wonderwoman

[QUOTE=Paul_Shepherd;12180761]Well you have to be happy inside too, staying here just for the money could breed resentment.

Exactly, it would help if I hated Canada, and have it bad here, but I don't.....I'm not even sure if moving back would make me happy? It's hard to know if I'm nostalgic for the UK, or just getting itchy feet for a new place/challenge 😏

Paul_Shepherd

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It could well be just itchy feet, and if so thats not worth giving up a happy comfortable and secure lifestyle for (in my opinion and taking age into account too), maybe it will pass?

Being nostalgic for the UK does play a part with they way we all feel i think, how can it not, for most of us we spent most of out lives there.

However when im faced with dilemmas like this i alway step back look at the big picture to see what makes sense, but then ive always listened to my head....never my heart....which hasnt always served me well, but the majority of times i think it has.

cheeky_monkey

What i did find when i went back was how easy it was to slot right back in again..to some extent it felt like i had never left..and the whole Canada thing was a dream..i went back to my old job and with my old company..went back to costa coffee and enjoying a Chinese or Indian takeaway at the weekend..watching the TV again and watching football.

Now coming back the other way im finding it far more difficult..id forgotten what i used to do at weekends and what i used to eat..id forgotten about different work practices and codes and things like shoveling drives and footpaths..im still adjusting to life in Canada and its hard work.

DigitalGhost

That's the thing really. The possibilities for most professionals in Toronto are reasonably close to what they are in London but the standard and cost of living in Toronto is so much better.

Hurlabrick

HUH??


Not my experience. I live in the UK and house prices have risen a 'healthy' 5 - 9% each year for the last three years. OK, maybe only 5 - 7% annualised since BREXIT, but healthily outstripping wage inflation - not what I would call stagnation. I also notice that decent houses are still selling quickly and new houses even faster (for some reason). No, I don't live in or near London.


The exchange rate may be in the toilet, but the UK stock market is at record levels (one to an extent outweighing the other as regards my UK investments ready to transfer to Canada).

Photoplex

And of course, it doesn't help you moved to Deadmonton this time too

Kentonmag

If you read my whole article I said it was dependent on where you lived in Canada. I originally come from the Northeast of England. This paragraph is from the Telegraph in January 2016.
The North East of England saw the smallest annual increase in house prices across the regions, with a 0.2pc increase taking the average property value there to £97,117.
I can only relate to the area of the Country that I can compare property prices to at the time I left the UK to come to Canada. I stand by my statement That I can get way more today in Northeastern England than I could ever hope to get 3 years ago.

cheeky_monkey

in a funny way this is true..when i lived in Edmonton previously it was with my family as it was then..when i lived in Calgary it was just me and my eldest son..so im kind of trying to recreate my Calgary life but in Edmonton but that doesn't work..im waiting for Spring to kick in so i can get a bike.

not2old

I had done some research recently on property in & around Bridlington in the N.E & yes really good value for money

maybe on the high end but look what you get for the price, a 12 bedroom semi-house for £197,950.

12 bed semi-detached house for sale in Wellington Road, Bridlington, East Riding Yorkshire YO15 - 17600107 - Zoopla

ScotinCanada

Wow so depressing that I have to spend about £450k to get a small 3 bed semi, if I'm lucky. Joys of the SE of England.