Right then, only postive posts please!
Feb 22nd 2008, 10:17 pm
#16
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Well, I have been sitting here for two days sequestered in my house due to the thick ice on the roads (dangerous driving - and I'm not about to go out in the car). So, my mind has wandered again to thoughts of moving back to my beloved Scotland
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
This is weird, and not something I'd have thought of without living in another country:
the feeling that, even with complete strangers, I'd have something in common with them and could easily strike up a conversation about something we both have experienced....
Feb 22nd 2008, 11:08 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Well, I have been sitting here for two days sequestered in my house due to the thick ice on the roads (dangerous driving - and I'm not about to go out in the car). So, my mind has wandered again to thoughts of moving back to my beloved Scotland
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
Feb 23rd 2008, 6:42 am
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
A sense of community
Sense of humour
Diversity
Interestingness ( if there's such a word!)
Meeting people you can relate too, have common shared experiences e.g yes I went to Glastonbury in 95 too instead of 'WTF is the Melbourne cup?'
Summer festivals, fairs, fetes
No annoying flies going in your ear or nose, just normal ones!
Sunshine is bearable so kids can play out for hours in the summer
Obviously family and old friends
So much to do
shops are interesting and different, not just bland shopping centres with the same shops
Culture, Europe on doorstep
Pubs, theatre, music
Not as many 4WD's
Don't have to travel miles for something different
Countryside and great beaches, southwold, Scotland, Cornwall etc etc
Loads of interesting little towns to explore all within 50 mile radius, not just one bland suburb the same as the other.
Character houses
People are generally more tolerant and less materialistic
Better study and work options
The train passengers aren't as intimidating!!!
I can go on and on. I am glad to have experienced living in Perth for 5 years but much happier back here. I think if you ignore the daily mail gloom and doom B/S and make the most of things, the UK is fantastic. Our lives are greatly enriched being back here.
All the best
Sense of humour
Diversity
Interestingness ( if there's such a word!)
Meeting people you can relate too, have common shared experiences e.g yes I went to Glastonbury in 95 too instead of 'WTF is the Melbourne cup?'
Summer festivals, fairs, fetes
No annoying flies going in your ear or nose, just normal ones!
Sunshine is bearable so kids can play out for hours in the summer
Obviously family and old friends
So much to do
shops are interesting and different, not just bland shopping centres with the same shops
Culture, Europe on doorstep
Pubs, theatre, music
Not as many 4WD's
Don't have to travel miles for something different
Countryside and great beaches, southwold, Scotland, Cornwall etc etc
Loads of interesting little towns to explore all within 50 mile radius, not just one bland suburb the same as the other.
Character houses
People are generally more tolerant and less materialistic
Better study and work options
The train passengers aren't as intimidating!!!
I can go on and on. I am glad to have experienced living in Perth for 5 years but much happier back here. I think if you ignore the daily mail gloom and doom B/S and make the most of things, the UK is fantastic. Our lives are greatly enriched being back here.
All the best
you a fly on the wall of my brain or what?!!
I couldn't have put it any better!!! Glad to hear that people do actually feel better for moving back to the uk!
Feb 23rd 2008, 6:51 am
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Got to be those late summer evenings, they make the days last forever also the buzz of Saturday 3pm kick off.
Feb 23rd 2008, 7:13 am
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Great thread!
For me when I returned it was just seeing the wonderful green fields with horses, sheep and cows.
A few months later in spring it was walking through the countryside seeing the daffodils and bluebells and hearing the birds singing.
In the summer it was sitting out in the garden till late with a nice bottle of wine or in the beer garden with friends at our local - all the beautiful hanging baskets in full bloom .
During autumn I loved seeing the harvest with the hay bales in the fields and the amazing golden colours.
Even winter has been wonderful - lovely crisp clear days walking for miles through some of the best countryside in the world with our dogs.
All year round it's home and it's fab
For me when I returned it was just seeing the wonderful green fields with horses, sheep and cows.
A few months later in spring it was walking through the countryside seeing the daffodils and bluebells and hearing the birds singing.
In the summer it was sitting out in the garden till late with a nice bottle of wine or in the beer garden with friends at our local - all the beautiful hanging baskets in full bloom .
During autumn I loved seeing the harvest with the hay bales in the fields and the amazing golden colours.
Even winter has been wonderful - lovely crisp clear days walking for miles through some of the best countryside in the world with our dogs.
All year round it's home and it's fab
Feb 23rd 2008, 7:36 am
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Well, I have been sitting here for two days sequestered in my house due to the thick ice on the roads (dangerous driving - and I'm not about to go out in the car). So, my mind has wandered again to thoughts of moving back to my beloved Scotland
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
I've read many negative comments on these boards about moving back, but also some really good comments.
So, here's my question - what are the most positive things about living in the UK? No negative comments please, only positive ones, thanks.
Nuff-said
the ausssies are like Americans 90% + have never left the islands they live on.
Feb 23rd 2008, 2:23 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
The variety of food which is much more than in Canada and USA. Organic foods which don't cost an arm and a leg more in price like they do here.
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc. Hope to see those in Spring 2009 when we are there, having spent winter in UK.
JRB and others have said it all, English green countryside etc, etc. and yes better manners and not picking up on our English accents when in USA. We don't get that in Canada - more of us Brits so they don't care.
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc. Hope to see those in Spring 2009 when we are there, having spent winter in UK.
JRB and others have said it all, English green countryside etc, etc. and yes better manners and not picking up on our English accents when in USA. We don't get that in Canada - more of us Brits so they don't care.
Feb 23rd 2008, 2:29 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
The variety of food which is much more than in Canada and USA. Organic foods which don't cost an arm and a leg more in price like they do here.
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc. Hope to see those in Spring 2009 when we are there, having spent winter in UK.
JRB and others have said it all, English green countryside etc, etc. and yes better manners and not picking up on our English accents when in USA. We don't get that in Canada - more of us Brits so they don't care.
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc. Hope to see those in Spring 2009 when we are there, having spent winter in UK.
JRB and others have said it all, English green countryside etc, etc. and yes better manners and not picking up on our English accents when in USA. We don't get that in Canada - more of us Brits so they don't care.
Anybody know why?
Feb 23rd 2008, 2:56 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
[QUOTE=Pamela 1;5973620]
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc.
QUOTE]
My Mum emailed me telling me about the "glorious" weather they've been having and how she went for a drive and passed beautiful fields covered in snowdrops...the sides of the roads were totally white.
Yeah...that bought her another week of no phone calls
(just kidding..I'm a good daughter...lol)
I miss my garden in Spring too...My brother was a gardener at Hampton Court Palace and they were throwing out Daff bulbs, so he gave them to me....I had Royal Daffodils!!!
Spring flowers, daffodils, tulips etc.
QUOTE]
My Mum emailed me telling me about the "glorious" weather they've been having and how she went for a drive and passed beautiful fields covered in snowdrops...the sides of the roads were totally white.
Yeah...that bought her another week of no phone calls
(just kidding..I'm a good daughter...lol)
I miss my garden in Spring too...My brother was a gardener at Hampton Court Palace and they were throwing out Daff bulbs, so he gave them to me....I had Royal Daffodils!!!
Feb 23rd 2008, 2:59 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
Feb 23rd 2008, 4:54 pm
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a massive plus and our (myself and my US wife) main thing we love and miss about the UK, its a great feedom that just isnt available here in america.
the average american suburbanite has no idea of the concept of a simple hike in the local countryside, in fact most people i know never walk anywhere, ever, the furthest they walk is to the car and from the car across the strip mall car park, luckily we live in an actual real town with a centre 25 mins walk away (down tree lined streets) so i do that most days to go the library, get wine etc, the neighbours think im really weird.
the other cliched answers:great beer, great cheeses, bacon, bread as standard, those simple things that make life worth living!!
we travel way, way less in the US than we ever did in the UK, local interesting destinations just arent really there, the nearest we get to are visiting forest reserves but its often no dogs allowed and stick to teh path!!
the Uk is way more dog friendy too, although here the leash laws are understandable with rabies being present.
the average american suburbanite has no idea of the concept of a simple hike in the local countryside, in fact most people i know never walk anywhere, ever, the furthest they walk is to the car and from the car across the strip mall car park, luckily we live in an actual real town with a centre 25 mins walk away (down tree lined streets) so i do that most days to go the library, get wine etc, the neighbours think im really weird.
the other cliched answers:great beer, great cheeses, bacon, bread as standard, those simple things that make life worth living!!
we travel way, way less in the US than we ever did in the UK, local interesting destinations just arent really there, the nearest we get to are visiting forest reserves but its often no dogs allowed and stick to teh path!!
the Uk is way more dog friendy too, although here the leash laws are understandable with rabies being present.
Feb 23rd 2008, 4:56 pm
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Re: Right then, only postive posts please!
A sense of community
Sense of humour
Diversity
Interestingness ( if there's such a word!)
Meeting people you can relate too, have common shared experiences e.g yes I went to Glastonbury in 95 too instead of 'WTF is the Melbourne cup?'
Summer festivals, fairs, fetes
No annoying flies going in your ear or nose, just normal ones!
Sunshine is bearable so kids can play out for hours in the summer
Obviously family and old friends
So much to do
shops are interesting and different, not just bland shopping centres with the same shops
Culture, Europe on doorstep
Pubs, theatre, music
Not as many 4WD's
Don't have to travel miles for something different
Countryside and great beaches, southwold, Scotland, Cornwall etc etc
Loads of interesting little towns to explore all within 50 mile radius, not just one bland suburb the same as the other.
Character houses
People are generally more tolerant and less materialistic
Better study and work options
The train passengers aren't as intimidating!!!
I can go on and on. I am glad to have experienced living in Perth for 5 years but much happier back here. I think if you ignore the daily mail gloom and doom B/S and make the most of things, the UK is fantastic. Our lives are greatly enriched being back here.
All the best
Sense of humour
Diversity
Interestingness ( if there's such a word!)
Meeting people you can relate too, have common shared experiences e.g yes I went to Glastonbury in 95 too instead of 'WTF is the Melbourne cup?'
Summer festivals, fairs, fetes
No annoying flies going in your ear or nose, just normal ones!
Sunshine is bearable so kids can play out for hours in the summer
Obviously family and old friends
So much to do
shops are interesting and different, not just bland shopping centres with the same shops
Culture, Europe on doorstep
Pubs, theatre, music
Not as many 4WD's
Don't have to travel miles for something different
Countryside and great beaches, southwold, Scotland, Cornwall etc etc
Loads of interesting little towns to explore all within 50 mile radius, not just one bland suburb the same as the other.
Character houses
People are generally more tolerant and less materialistic
Better study and work options
The train passengers aren't as intimidating!!!
I can go on and on. I am glad to have experienced living in Perth for 5 years but much happier back here. I think if you ignore the daily mail gloom and doom B/S and make the most of things, the UK is fantastic. Our lives are greatly enriched being back here.
All the best
Feb 23rd 2008, 4:57 pm
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haha, daffodils are a long way away here near chicago, lots of very cold weather, luckily the spring here does have a nice british feel, mild and breezy, until the heat kicks in..... tru brit, just to rub it in, im glad i dont live in houston!!