Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz (Post 8292834)

You live in a really shitty area:rofl: glad i don't live near you. My area is wonderful, not a turd in sight:p

Originally Posted by bizzymum (Post 8291568)

It goes on everywhere. I was at a dog park where they provided bags near the bins and you will see poop right by where you can get the bags. People are just lazy and it is not unique to the UK.

Originally Posted by Elvira (Post 8292966)

It's amazing how soon the nice weather looses its attraction. I live in Northern California - probably one of the best climates on the planet - but for me it's just not part of the Quality of Life equation anymore.

Originally Posted by thepeacock (Post 8293699)

LOL I could have told you that....



Generally people are the same. Slight different cultures due to weather, population, income, etc but generally we are al lhuman (I hope) so you get all kinds everywhere.

Biggest factors about moving from the UK for me are:

Property value for money. I know USA/Canada/Oz/Timbuktoo has equal expensive areas. But generally in the UK you do not get good value for money.

2) Gridlock....you can't drive many places at many times any more without sitting in traffic jam after jam. The growth I seen from my time away from 1997 -2003 was massive. And it's gettig more and more packed every passing year. They say UK will be at 70M+ by 2050....I can't see how we are going to cope.

Originally Posted by livinginreality (Post 8293147)

I'm lucky I live in a good area too.I have come across the odd turd(:D)on my walks but to assume it does'nt go on in other countries is unrealistic.I came from a small country town in South Oz and they used to get a teacher every morning to check for turds around the school ground,as people would walk their dogs on the school oval after hours and consequently would let their dog s*** where it liked!Nice!

Originally Posted by thepeacock (Post 8293680)

yes I do realize it goes on everywhere but when I was in the U.S.A. their culture seems much more about cleaning up after your dogs crap. UK you kind of get funny looks if you pick it up.

The parks in the US were a LOT CLEANER that here. :ohmy:

Originally Posted by Neil52 (Post 8293963)

Get funny looks if you pick it up :confused: you will get funny looks in the UK if you DO NOT pick it up.

Originally Posted by quoll (Post 8265501)

I want to live in a place that is mellow, where people talk to you and have the same sense of humour and the conversation you began 15 years ago continues as if there has never been a hiatus. Where there is variety when you drive from A to B, when your day begins and you have no idea what the weather will be like, where the grass is GREEEEEEEEEN and the gardens full of bright beautiful flowers that change with the seasons, where you can walk down a street and be confronted with a thousand years of human endeavour without even looking.

I long for long summer nights and cold winter days in front of a fire with a real Christmas feel at Christmas time.

I love my people - close ones and friends and I want to be there to share all those special times with them, the births, the marriages and, sadly, the deaths, to see my cousins and friends and their kids moving, growing and changing with the times.

I appreciate the variety in the shops as well - takes me a good two weeks to get over that gobsmacked awe of the variety there too.

Basically, I want to live where I belong and not where I am an alien with alien views, alien noises and alien attitudes to batter my life every single day.

Easy peasy really!

Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 8294239)

You took the words right out of my mouth :D But then I know what you mean because I came home last summer after 3 years in Spain and I love being home for all of those reasons :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Neil52 (Post 8293963)

Get funny looks if you pick it up :confused: you will get funny looks in the UK if you DO NOT pick it up.

Originally Posted by Jay-Producer (Post 8300233)

Things me and my partner appreciate more about the UK since living in OZ and NZ:

- Shopping (more choice & better quality)

- Weather (it aint as bad as you think, id rather stand in rain than go through a 40-45c degree heat wave for 2-weeks, although NZ weather is better).

- Banter!

- Pub availability is so much better but we don't like the yob scene that's present way too often.

- Cafe's - strange one I know but not nearly enough decent cafe's in OZ or NZ compared to the UK.

- non-isolation :)

- We aren't 10-years behind everything!

- Better standard of living (i.e. less expensive when you work things out). NZ was very expensive to live. Free health care in UK (although its rank).

- Architecture



Things me and my partner don't like about the UK since living in OZ and NZ:

- Waiting list to see a doctor (ridiculous!)

- Weather (haha NZ weather was nice, not so nice in OZ when it gets too hot)

- Lack of competence by work forces / no one can do their job properly. It really annoys me and is making me move away again.

- Drink culture - too many yobs in the UK.

- Youth! arrogant twats!