Moving Back to UK from Canada- Any Recent Experiences?
Jul 10th 2021, 7:05 pm
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Sounds like some of the senior citizens here are happy with life in the UK so I will definitely take that on board this weekend. I just hope that the Tories' austerity agenda does not severely compromise this going forward for younger people like myself in the future. One thing's for certain: my heart belongs there and the memories are priceless. I realised this morning that my fear is that I'm living in the past and that I'll be disappointed if the Britain of today is not like the Britain of 10 years ago. I made that point earlier but would be interesting to hear from those who moved back on this idea- how did you overcome this fear?
Jul 10th 2021, 8:25 pm
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Re: Moving Back to UK from Canada- Any Recent Experiences?
Sounds like some of the senior citizens here are happy with life in the UK so I will definitely take that on board this weekend. I just hope that the Tories' austerity agenda does not severely compromise this going forward for younger people like myself in the future. One thing's for certain: my heart belongs there and the memories are priceless. I realised this morning that my fear is that I'm living in the past and that I'll be disappointed if the Britain of today is not like the Britain of 10 years ago. I made that point earlier but would be interesting to hear from those who moved back on this idea- how did you overcome this fear?
Jul 10th 2021, 9:18 pm
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Re: Moving Back to UK from Canada- Any Recent Experiences?
In many ways it isn't like the Britain of 10 years ago. But then again, you aren't like you were 10 years ago either. Nothing stands still, and you can't put the genie back in the bottle, but you also have an irreplaceable extra perspective that those who have never lived out of the country don't have. You will value certain things more, place less importance on others, and see things with new (not better or worse necessarily) eyes. I'm hoping to get back next year, but for me it isn't going back at all, it's going on. To the next adventure.
Jul 10th 2021, 9:20 pm
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Nope I'm a Cambridge graduate lol I know my name is Yale's Coat of Arms but it's just coincidence. Never been to Connecticut either but I hear Yale has a wonderful campus so if I were you I'd certainly try to visit!
Jul 11th 2021, 2:00 am
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Me too ..
Jul 14th 2021, 1:28 pm
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Jul 14th 2021, 2:50 pm
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Re: Moving Back to UK from Canada- Any Recent Experiences?
I'm always very surprised by some of the negative comments regarding Toronto and Canada generally. I was under the impression that it was a friendly and progressive country but reading some of this it appears that they are a bunch of ignorant torn faces who are very rude. I work with a fair few Canadians in Cayman and they are all very decent and friendly folk. Although I am fully aware that everywhere has it arseholes. I left Scotland to get away from ours.
Toronto is the only city I have ever had a burger and fries thrown at me going through a drive thru. She was nice enough to hand me my drink first
Jul 15th 2021, 4:11 am
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Jul 16th 2021, 3:10 am
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Toronto's a grind. Can't say I blame you for wanting to leave. I know many Canadians too who have lived there, initially for the career, and turned back after several years, so I don't think it is necessarily Canada you have the issue with, but the lifestyle and culture and mindset of Toronto and what it offers.
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Jul 16th 2021, 2:21 pm
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Jul 16th 2021, 11:41 pm
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Jul 30th 2021, 5:04 pm
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We’ve been in Canada 42 years this month and are hoping to head back to UK soon as possible next spring. We are both 75 and everything seems so difficult.
Jul 30th 2021, 10:46 pm
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