They're all English words, but some of them get used differently in the US. .... I used to think that values were something I learned from my parents, now I discover that I can get them from a car dealer.

There seem to be quite a few people in the UK who have never lived abroad but think they'd like to, some citing the immigrants in the UK as the problem. Bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

You could take a look in the Moving Back to the UK section of the forum where you'll find people who have returned.

Not married to an American. No desire to move back to the UK. If I move anywhere it will be somewhere else in the US but I am happy where I am.

Imagine how the Spaniards on the Costa Del Sol feel.

I've thought about moving back, but more likely I've thought about moving away from Florida, elsewhere in the US. The climate in Florida really sucks my enthusiasm for anything away. It's lovely on the beaches, but away from that vacation mode I find it all a bit oppressive. Do you really want to wake up to 80°F and 80% humidity at 6am? Do you really want to start sweating as soon as you step outside from March - November? Do you really want 4inch cockroaches in your house (no matter what, you'll have a few)?

I could name 20+ other states I'd move to first and my wife and I plan to move to one of them in the next few years.

Too hot, humid and republican for me. Plus it contains Orlando.

An excellent point.

Native-born Yank with a Northern Irish husband, living in Houston. The original intent was for me to get the transfer I'd been promised twice and we'd settle in the UK. The green card for him was the fallback option, and we started the process when it became clear that the transfer wasn't going to happen after all. We still intend to move "back home" but we are just going to have to work it out some way.

I just feel it's fair, now that I've enjoyed being in the US for 15 years, to let my US wife have the experience living in the UK. At least long enough to let her get citizenship.
Plus traveling to Europe.

Then we'll see. It's all an adventure

Briefly thought about it shortly after we had moved here. Have no need nor want to return.

What part of Britain are you in?

To my mind spending winters in Florida and summers in Britain would be close to ideal. Wirral would be nice. Being 65 and retired makes a difference, Florida is inexpensive and for me living has to be relatively inexpensive. If you want to do the opposite then how about an annual house swap for six months at a time? If you can live on only six months a year of working income that is. You do know that to do snowbirding you have to get a proper tourist visa B1B2? Not a visa waiver.

No, seriously, as pleasant as the winters are you would not want to here in North Fort Myers in June. Hot humid and the mosquitos are out at dawn and dusk hunting for blood.

That is nice of him. She does of course know the cost of an American College education right?

You think the UK is a hell hole...yet you want to live in America's armpit?

Gotcha.

After spending 17+ years in New Jersey and just over a month in Toronto...I'm thinking that Florida is looking like a really great place to move to right now.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...&#post11070032

Yeah I'd love to live somewhere where they have 'stand your ground law's.

That was another joke.

No. We've lived in Florida for 11 years now and New York for a year before that and have never thought of moving back. I go back to the UK for business occasionally and the odd time that I do just reinforces in me how right we were to get out when we could!