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gypsygirl Jun 19th 2007 8:06 pm

This might change your mind about moving back
 
I just found this :blink: http://www.vexen.co.uk/UK/trashculture.html

LeedsGirl Jun 19th 2007 8:13 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by gypsygirl (Post 4938674)


You can't live your life believing everything you read!!! Not everyone is a chav, not everyone is a smoker, binge drinker and so on! Why the article would stop anyone moving back home is beyond me??

gypsygirl Jun 19th 2007 8:17 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 
Well I only said might, I think alot of it is true.

englishrose Jun 19th 2007 8:19 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by gypsygirl (Post 4938674)

not interested.we are moving back soon and are looking for the good and getting on with it.
plenty of people i know,like all of them,have never seen a chav,been abused in the street,go out binge drinking,get into fights,dress like slappers or hooligans.
how much of this is hype??;)

LeedsGirl Jun 19th 2007 8:21 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by englishrose (Post 4938708)
not interested.we are moving back soon and are looking for the good and getting on with it.
plenty of people i know,like all of them,have never seen a chav,been abused in the street,go out binge drinking,get into fights,dress like slappers or hooligans.
how much of this is hype??;)

Agreed! Much of the same could be said about any country including the USA.

lollyno1 Jun 19th 2007 8:23 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by englishrose (Post 4938708)
not interested.we are moving back soon and are looking for the good and getting on with it.
plenty of people i know,like all of them,have never seen a chav,been abused in the street,go out binge drinking,....dress like slappers....
how much of this is hype??;)

jeez this is a good description of me and my mates out on a saturday night ;)

Tootsie Frickensprinkles Jun 19th 2007 8:23 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by gypsygirl (Post 4938706)
Well I only said might, I think alot of it is true.

"It has become the mainstream culture across the United Kingdom."


That bit isn't.

englishrose Jun 19th 2007 8:25 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by LeedsGirl (Post 4938713)
Agreed! Much of the same could be said about any country including the USA.

we live in a small town in alberta,we have kids smoking drugs in the alley behind us,theres a massive crystal meths problem,(i didnt know what it was till my daughter told me)
there are vanadals and undesirables wherever you live.Probably more spread over here,thats all.

brissie-here-we-come Jun 19th 2007 8:26 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 
she is right, that describes uk too well,sorry folks but this is exactly why we want out for our kids,it may happen everywhere i hear you say,but maybe not to the extremes it is happening in uk .

englishrose Jun 19th 2007 8:27 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by lollyno1 (Post 4938721)
jeez this is a good description of me and my mates out on a saturday night ;)

but you dont attack people when youre drunk eh??? :rofl::rofl:

LeedsGirl Jun 19th 2007 8:28 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by lollyno1 (Post 4938721)
jeez this is a good description of me and my mates out on a saturday night ;)

Lol!

gypsygirl Jun 19th 2007 8:29 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 
Maybe she doesnt remember lol

englishrose Jun 19th 2007 8:29 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by brissie-here-we-come (Post 4938735)
she is right, that describes uk too well,sorry folks but this is exactly why we want out for our kids,it may happen everywhere i hear you say,but maybe not to the extremes it is happening in uk .

never been to Oz so i cant talk ,but maybe someone on here might tell you that it isnt as good as you reckon?? i dont know,just a thought.:)
we came here for the kids aswell,and i honestly believe we are doing the best for them by returning.

gypsygirl Jun 19th 2007 8:31 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by brissie-here-we-come (Post 4938735)
she is right, that describes uk too well,sorry folks but this is exactly why we want out for our kids,it may happen everywhere i hear you say,but maybe not to the extremes it is happening in uk .

It is why we left, but its bad here too, so we are thinking of going back. Swings and roundabouts, I think its getting worse in the Uk. I know its in other places too, but Im talking about the Uk here.

lollyno1 Jun 19th 2007 8:34 pm

Re: This might change your mind about moving back
 

Originally Posted by englishrose (Post 4938737)
but you dont attack people when youre drunk eh??? :rofl::rofl:

god noooooo! wouldnt do my reputation as a primary school teacher any good! ;)


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