Too scared to live in England.
Jan 25th 2008, 8:38 pm
#31
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
I have lived in London, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and now Derbyshire and have never experienced any problems.
I have also brought up two boys into adulthood again with no problems.
Don't fall for the bullshit peddled by Murdoch and the tory press (Daily Mail).....they play up bad news for political purposes....
.....don't forget, the Daily Mail supported Hitler.
G
I have also brought up two boys into adulthood again with no problems.
Don't fall for the bullshit peddled by Murdoch and the tory press (Daily Mail).....they play up bad news for political purposes....
.....don't forget, the Daily Mail supported Hitler.
G
Jan 25th 2008, 8:40 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
Bramblebush
I lived in a numbers of areas in the UK including West London, Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Essex, Kent and always Suffolk was my wife and I favourite place we have lived.
Enclosed a link about Stowmarket which I would say there some nice villages around this town.
hudd
http://www.upmystreet.com/l/stowmarket.html
I lived in a numbers of areas in the UK including West London, Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Essex, Kent and always Suffolk was my wife and I favourite place we have lived.
Enclosed a link about Stowmarket which I would say there some nice villages around this town.
hudd
http://www.upmystreet.com/l/stowmarket.html
Jan 25th 2008, 8:41 pm
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Jan 25th 2008, 8:49 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
I am unfortunate to live in an area where I don't feel safe at all.
Mr PP and I are too scared to cross the bridge at night, we keep our door locked and chained when we are in the flat and avoid the phonebox where the teenagers that are invariably flashing knives, were only little ones when we first moved here.
The place has changed so much in the ten years that we have lived here and those changes have crept up on us really.
The housing association have built lots of new properties, the children that grew up in those properties are now intimidating teens and there is always a police car or two on that estate.
If we were not emigrating in March, we would have moved long ago. Our visa has taken so long we just kept hanging on and staying put.
It is quite alarming when I look back on how things have deteriorated and how some areas are 'no go' so to speak.
However, drive ten or twenty miles in the other direction and you could have gone back in time to some lovely country villages.
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
Mr PP and I are too scared to cross the bridge at night, we keep our door locked and chained when we are in the flat and avoid the phonebox where the teenagers that are invariably flashing knives, were only little ones when we first moved here.
The place has changed so much in the ten years that we have lived here and those changes have crept up on us really.
The housing association have built lots of new properties, the children that grew up in those properties are now intimidating teens and there is always a police car or two on that estate.
If we were not emigrating in March, we would have moved long ago. Our visa has taken so long we just kept hanging on and staying put.
It is quite alarming when I look back on how things have deteriorated and how some areas are 'no go' so to speak.
However, drive ten or twenty miles in the other direction and you could have gone back in time to some lovely country villages.
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
Jan 25th 2008, 9:11 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
With all due respect
I can't relate to that feeling for several reasons.
I would be going back from a large Canadian city, with much the same problems as london.
In the last 2 years, out of all my family, friends and, business associates in the UK, not one has mentioned being affected by serious crime. Bear in mind I speak to the UK all day on the phone for business and speak to family and friends almost every day. I also go back to visit 4 times a year.
I grew up in London, lived there all my life it's my home and get sick of people slagging it off all the time. It's a city of 10 million, of course there will be crime, it isn't utopia. For it's size and importance it's incredibly safe.
I realise that the UK media blow everything out of all proportion, the risk of crossing the road is far greater than being killed by a terrorist.
That said, it's a tough decision
Best of luck with it
Jonathan
I can't relate to that feeling for several reasons.
I would be going back from a large Canadian city, with much the same problems as london.
In the last 2 years, out of all my family, friends and, business associates in the UK, not one has mentioned being affected by serious crime. Bear in mind I speak to the UK all day on the phone for business and speak to family and friends almost every day. I also go back to visit 4 times a year.
I grew up in London, lived there all my life it's my home and get sick of people slagging it off all the time. It's a city of 10 million, of course there will be crime, it isn't utopia. For it's size and importance it's incredibly safe.
I realise that the UK media blow everything out of all proportion, the risk of crossing the road is far greater than being killed by a terrorist.
That said, it's a tough decision
Best of luck with it
Jonathan
Jan 25th 2008, 9:12 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
I am unfortunate to live in an area where I don't feel safe at all.
Mr PP and I are too scared to cross the bridge at night, we keep our door locked and chained when we are in the flat and avoid the phonebox where the teenagers that are invariably flashing knives, were only little ones when we first moved here.
The place has changed so much in the ten years that we have lived here and those changes have crept up on us really.
The housing association have built lots of new properties, the children that grew up in those properties are now intimidating teens and there is always a police car or two on that estate.
If we were not emigrating in March, we would have moved long ago. Our visa has taken so long we just kept hanging on and staying put.
It is quite alarming when I look back on how things have deteriorated and how some areas are 'no go' so to speak.
However, drive ten or twenty miles in the other direction and you could have gone back in time to some lovely country villages.
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
Mr PP and I are too scared to cross the bridge at night, we keep our door locked and chained when we are in the flat and avoid the phonebox where the teenagers that are invariably flashing knives, were only little ones when we first moved here.
The place has changed so much in the ten years that we have lived here and those changes have crept up on us really.
The housing association have built lots of new properties, the children that grew up in those properties are now intimidating teens and there is always a police car or two on that estate.
If we were not emigrating in March, we would have moved long ago. Our visa has taken so long we just kept hanging on and staying put.
It is quite alarming when I look back on how things have deteriorated and how some areas are 'no go' so to speak.
However, drive ten or twenty miles in the other direction and you could have gone back in time to some lovely country villages.
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
Jan 25th 2008, 9:51 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
However, drive ten or twenty miles in the other direction and you could have gone back in time to some lovely country villages.
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
There are good and bad places everywhere - you just have to find them and when you find your 'home', you hope that any changes that occur in the area are for the better.
That goes for any country but I reckon I am getting old because I refer to how it was twenty years ago when I really did feel 'safe' and didn't need to take the measures to protect against my personal safety that I do now.
The good old days......
To anyone thinking of returning - please don't let the silly tabloid press cloud your judgement. The UK is a country like all others - it has good areas and bad areas. Safe areas and unsafe areas. Many people who judge the "UK" to be bad have lived in one area which was bad for them. I'm sick to death of hearing people who have only ever lived in one place where they don't like talk as if the whole of the UK is like that. They have lived in one crime ridden area so reckon the rest of the country is the same
Try to keep things in perspective - you are not moving to Beirut, Afghanistan or Iraq although some people would let you think you were. And the chances of you being a victim of crime anywhere are remote.
You simply cannot wrap yourself in cotton wool. Stop worrying, live your life and have fun wherever that may be. There is somewhere perfect in the world for everyone so find your little piece of paradise and enjoy it - life's too short not to
Jan 25th 2008, 10:16 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
Jan 26th 2008, 12:10 am
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
Hey BB
If I were you and could pop backwards and forwards so much, I would be spending a lot of time doing rekkies on areas that I fancied living.Once you find a place you really like then you won't feel so frightened about going back.
If I were you and could pop backwards and forwards so much, I would be spending a lot of time doing rekkies on areas that I fancied living.Once you find a place you really like then you won't feel so frightened about going back.
Jan 26th 2008, 1:27 am
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
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Jan 26th 2008, 3:20 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
Many people who judge the "UK" to be bad have lived in one area which was bad for them. I'm sick to death of hearing people who have only ever lived in one place where they don't like talk as if the whole of the UK is like that. They have lived in one crime ridden area so reckon the rest of the country is the same
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Jan 26th 2008, 4:15 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
I would suggest who thinks the UK is scary try Northbridge in Perth, probably the most dangerous place on earth after midnight, and I aint joking
Jan 26th 2008, 5:26 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
I've lived in the north of England (Lancashire) and the south of England (Hampshire) and never seen any violence or felt threatened.
Jan 26th 2008, 8:06 pm
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Re: Too scared to live in England.
Originally Posted by Howard1944 
Some people believe that the Maldives aka the Falklands are actually Argentinian Territory and not an extension of the U.K.
I just had to post, this was just too funny not. I wonder if anyone had booked a holiday to go to the Falklands and ended up in the Indian Ocean. It reminds me of the British couple a few years ago who though they were buying cheap tickets to Sydney, Australia and ended up in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
What I don't understand is how come a guy who is supposedly so happy with living in Canada likes to come on and slag the UK off. If his life is so great why troll this site.
Some people believe that the Maldives aka the Falklands are actually Argentinian Territory and not an extension of the U.K.
I just had to post, this was just too funny not.
I wonder if anyone had booked a holiday to go to the Falklands and ended up in the Indian Ocean. It reminds me of the British couple a few years ago who though they were buying cheap tickets to Sydney, Australia and ended up in Sydney, Nova Scotia.What I don't understand is how come a guy who is supposedly so happy with living in Canada likes to come on and slag the UK off. If his life is so great why troll this site.