Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

+1 I don't recognise his description of UK but then I've never lived in London.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

I lived in both East and South West London and don't recognize it either. That said, he must live in a shithole.

I think he should take a trip to the DTES in Vancouver and some of the not so nice areas of the suburbs to wipe the rose tint away :)

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

Nor any areas I have lived 4-5 years ago, albeit Bath and the Cotswolds.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

We stayed at that Hilton by Edgware Road tube earlier this year. That's west London. We took a bus far west. Turnham Green! I saw several black men over there, they could have been from Somalia. They could also have been stoned but I see that every day here and so wouldn't notice.

Earlier on the trip, in east London, another man, black and highly muscled, the violence in his eyes reflected by the LONSDALE LONDON written on the remnants of his now sleeveless shirt, approached me.

"Excuse me Sir, do you know if this train stops at East Croydon?" he said.

I thought of Derek and Clive.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

Mate, Youngs (our local brewery) are pretty bloody good now regarding food.



http://www.brewersinn.co.uk/menu.php?menu=6649

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

hmm...ahem, ahem....thats cos north beds is not anywhere near london, friend..........:thumbsup:

ok, fine anyway...if those who doubt my words would care to come and live in their "dear old england" then fine...im for it!!

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

But you are looking to move to Canada (again) to escape these perceived issues, when there are places a lot closer to home that you could try. Doesnt have to be Beds, my brother in Surrey, 30 mins from the city, also wouldnt recognise your description. Of course, thats not a cheap place to live, but then neither is Vancouver either.

FWIW many of my old mans neighbours commute the 1hr to London daily;)

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

You just identified your error. In one breath you mention 'dear old england' and imply that all of it is like your particular shithole corner of London.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

^^^
This

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

Homicide is a poor way of comparing crime rates, especially in Alberta as Edmonton has far more than Calgary does.

The day-to-day crimes that affect us the most are property crimes.

But anyway the first thing that came up in Google was: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...frica-U-S.html

Whenever I'm thinking of moving somewhere the first thing I do is go to the local police station and talk to the local crime prevention officer, there is little doubt in my mind that where I live now is safer than anywhere I ever lived in the UK based on those conversations, which are admittedly subjective.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

If you like watching documentaries. I actually disagree, some of the documentaries they have on PBS are better, the Ken Burns' documentaries are amazingly good, they're better than anything I've ever seen in the UK.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

I can get it at Superstore here. President's Choice Wiltshire cut bacon.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

Better than Mr. Attenborough's. Surely not;)

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

I know where you're coming from. I saw Harry Brown. That's not the Britain I'd want to fetch my kids up in. They got no chance these days, poor little bastards. Truth be told, I blame Jack Straw.

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
 

"You've failed to maintain your weapon son"