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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 18th 2020, 5:50 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Thank you! I will definitely check that out, and get over my feeling that I’m a terrible person for not fraternizing with the locals ;)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 18th 2020, 5:49 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Well, we pay over $1k a year to file here, because Google compensation is kinda complicated, so we can suck that up. Although it will be more painful if we are ever out of work, and once we retire -...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 11:56 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Heh, I've been attempting to get through to HMRC to talk about making voluntary NI contributions for the UK pension side of things! And now I realize what the 40 credits are, I will do that if we go...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 10:49 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

True. Living here has certainly acclimatised me to long drives!
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 10:46 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Yeah, we are looking into the tax thing. Our accountant specializes in Googlers, so we'd probably continue using him plus another expert in UK/US matters. Horrendously complicated. I had never heard...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 9:46 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Aha, my only American friend is an East coaster with foreign parents and partner! I've always wondered why she was an exception ;)
My husband thinks he'll find it harder to get work in tech on our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 7:16 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

That makes sense. I'm in the Bay Area and mix with well educated people, but they don't discuss politics, or indeed much else beyond their commute, or what the best new restaurant is; and thinking...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 5:54 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

EXACTLY! I've spotted people I felt like I could maybe become friends with, and it just never goes anywhere. It's mystifying. Do Americans feel like they have fulfilling friendships? Because from...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 5:51 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

I've heard this from half a dozen people now! I find it hard to define what the issue is, and worry that I'm being prejudiced. But it really does feel impossible to get to know someone here on a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 5:48 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Just different grass, I love that :) Thanks for your perspective. Pre-Covid, we were debating the feasibility of long, frequent trips to the UK, but it sounds like flying will become harder and more...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 2:12 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

We definitely need to check out more areas. Our hope is that working from home will become super common in the tech industry, so commutes will be less of an issue... Although maybe we should wait and...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 1:58 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

SF is crazy expensive but then so is Brighton :( and that’s where we grew up so I’d really wanna go back to somewhere in Sussex. Cost of living certainly seems lower in the UK though, so that’s def a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2020, 1:56 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

Oh nice! I will.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2020, 8:29 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

This is helpful; thanks. It's true too that *we* have changed, and are now parents - we won't be going back to the chilled out parties-and-weekends-away lifestyle that we left! I think I probably am...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2020, 8:24 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

I mean, I think the Sussex countryside is as beautiful in its way as California - but yeah there's no equivalent of Tahoe, Big Sur, etc. Hmm.

Husband can transfer easily (he's at Google), but my...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2020, 8:19 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Re: Should we move back to the UK?

That was always my thinking, but I've been persuaded by my husband's arguments for why, if we leave, it's unlikely we'd come back; and 'leaving forever' is a sad thought (though no sadder than...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2020, 4:15 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,785
Posted By elizabeth78

Should we move back to the UK?

I know this is often asked, but usually by people with quite different situations and feelings about it. We came to San Francisco for my husband's work seven years ago, and we love the city, the...
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