cricket1again

I'm from the North of England, Cumbria, so my accent is described as 'soft and rolling' The Aussies think I talk funny.

Jules Europe

I imagine that my English is better than yours

cricket1again

Probably. Mine has a twist of Australian to it now. I don't abbreviate my words like the Aussies do though. Not yet anyway.

Jules Europe

Why aren`t you thinking of going back to Cumbria or Northampton?

sans

Dont you believe her Jewels....she's posh with a twang haha

cricket1again

Ah, forgotten we'd spoken on phone.

cricket1again

Either place is possible Joules. Need to get back there first though.

sans

I feel very very small now

You'll remember when you get your bill

sans

My kitchen designer Has just come back from Cumbria and he was absolutely drooling over it.......So much so i nearly packed my bag

cricket1again

Cumbria, the Lake District is just beautiful. I grew up there and spent most of my adult life around Ambleside.
I don't know if I'd want to live there again. It's very busy in tourist season but a bit quiet in Winter. I think I need to be where there is a bit more of a pulse. I went back after moving away 4 years previously and I couldn't wait to head back to the big smoke.
Great for weekends and holidays though and if you've never lived anywhere else, it is idyllic. It wasn't the best time or place for me because I got bored and restless.
Despite the problems of moving towards the more built up and industrialised Northamptonshire area, I enjoyed being more central to everything else.
Depends on the needs of the individual though.

livinginreality

Maybe I got lucky when I returned to the UK to live because I've never had to experience anti social behaviour in the UK (And yes we have moved 8 times in GB in 10 years,don't ask!!)I did however experience it in Oz.I've mentioned this in another thread but when I first married (an aussie god forbid lol)we could only afford to live in a council estate.Not pretty,comes to mind!My youngest daughter was 2 at the time,joined the local playgroup and lets just say I had my concerns even then of her growing up there???We had our car nicked,heroin addicts living opposite who were constantly "tripping"even though they had just had their 4th child,single mothers were a plenty,people walking dogs with heavily studded collars(?)police cars regularly speeding down the road,yep you name it we had it.I think english people are much more gentle in nature generally speaking???We just returned from Marrakech yesterday and landed at Bristol airport.What a breeze that was,from the time we left the aircraft to the time we got to our car,took us 3o mins,so thats positive!!!!(Unlike Marrakech airport which took us 2.5 hrs?

sans

So pleased someone else thinks like me as far as us brits are concerned

I have said this to people before and got a reaction as if i had 2 heads
What you see is what you get here in the Uk , any reaction is very real. And i for one like that and trust it. People either love you / hate you or are indifferent but whatever ...its honest ( MOSTLY).

Ozziedream

'65 million uk residents in a small area
25 million in aus in a area 30+ times bigger then uk'

S'funny. I wonder why so many people want to live in the UK and so few inhabit Oz.......?

cricket1again

Would you live in a desert?

quoll

If you want to live in the non urban areas of Australia you basically condemn yourself to a life of deprivation as you focus on your self sufficiency - dirt roads, off the power grid, tank/dam/stream water, hours away from a general store, petrol, medical care, no jobs etc. Of course, some areas are more poorly resourced than others but there are millions of hectares out there which are, to all intents and purposes, uninhabitable by anyone who wants the comforts of a flush loo and electric light.

Popluation density isnt that different if you look at how people actually live on the very small habitable strips around the coastline