kpw4v

Well here are my 10 reasons to stay in the UK

1) Friends and family (obvious I know)
2) I can go and watch Bolton Wanderers
3) Village Cricket
4) I can play golf for a lot less than in Spain
5) Fantastic scenery, especially the Lake District, where I own a holiday property
6) I can make money from UK property (and need to be close by)
7) I can't see how anybody can make money from Spanish property
8) I like to visit other places on holiday but love where I live (Wigan)
9) I can easily get a well paid job in the UK
10) A nice temperate climate (not too hot)

Just my two penneth

Kevin

Mercedes

But some people love living there. I commute there but I couldn't live there now permanantly I've tried. But then I've lived outside of UK most of my adult life and prefer other lifestyles. I always thought there was better places. No where is utopia, but the one thing is I don't feel the Big Brother so much here, it is so much more relaxed and the people. I think the standards in UK have gone down alot across the board. Shame because I think it used to be a great country and it has been ruined.

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Big Pete

Hi Kev

Each to there own i guess

Big Pete

i agree again ..

dazzle

I guess I just don't recognise the UK that is often described on these boards as the place where I live.

Funnily enough the there is quite a large Spanish expat community in my area and some of those members say similar things about their own country!

Each to their own, I say

tobyjug74

main reasons for spain are the beautiful women, tapas, ability to find a shop open after 5:30, non phlegmatic people, relaxed attitude to life, colourful Easter festivals, bright sunshine and climate and excellent high speed trains.

I´m not convinced that Spain is such a good deal for lack of political correctness( there´s an awful lot of that here too now especially with the current socialist government) and local people at least are struggling to get onto the housing ladder which partly explains why most Spaniards live with their parents until their 30´s.

Reasons to leave England: pay and display(this is a pet hate of mine), phlegmatic people(as Michael Palin once said" there´s noone harder to impress than the English"). extremely expensive public transport, a tendency to deride anything traditional in order to pander to multi-culturalism, the awful nightclubs and nightlife.

Reasons to stay in England: my family, the countryside, Marmite, scones, gravy, chocolate Easter eggs( oh dear, pretty pathetic, isn´t it?

helenba

well you have all surprised me it seem alot of you still want to stay in england or are you all to scared of moving like i say i will be doing it very soon and have enjoyed reading all the threads .

Lionda

Mmm I can see your dilemma - Wigan or Spain

If you are enjoying living in England why are you on the ex-pats forum - just wondering

dazzle

There does seem to be something of an assumption on this board that if you haven't left the UK already, you must be either planning to, or "are too scared to contemplate it"

Why are they the only two options?

Douglas jack

Dazzle,there are only two options for some people,as we have heard from other people,if you go to Spain and sell up in England and dont like it ,its difficult to get back on to the housing ladder,you chose to do it your way and it works for you,they will have to find out what will work for them:

dazzle

I agree DJ, but I do get a bit fed up with people knocking the UK and assuming that the only reason I stay is because I'm too scared to make the move.

Is it really impossible to believe that anyone can be happy living in the UK?

Mitzyboy

If I had the absolute choice I would live here in Spain for part of the year, and live back in the Uk for the rest, but mostly in Spain. Just financial freedom really as I checked out renting our place in the UK and it just didn't stack up.

Big Pete

That went through my head also Lionda , i was gonna do a post saying so but thought i cant be bothered

Yep a heck of a dilemma for sure

Big Pete

Why would you want to do that Mitz ?
If the choice is to keep 2 homes on the go , Obviously 1 would be in Spain But no way would a Uk 1 be kept , a second one in Florida maybe if you had lots of surplus cash to use or invest ..

But then again if Spain gets to you ! and you want a break , when that occurs ,with all that dosh you are saving ,you just say hmmm lets have a month in Iceland or heck lets zip over to Blighty have a laugh at all the problems they got then fly from there to hmmmmmmmmmm i know lets zip over to Turkey get the latest Copy clothing etc..
The worlds your oyster so why saddle with 2 homes ? and be forced to go back to the same area every time

This is possible from 2 ways . (1) the interest on the money you have sitting on deposit , thats not tied up. or (2) The money your not spending on that mortgage . Or in the perfect set up both