Actually my 10 year old boy would love to move back to where we used to live which is within 45 minutes drive of Alton Towers...

The OP has probably been scared away by the belittling and being poked fun at. I will try the more civilised approach.

Do you have a degree? If so look for a job in that area. You will get the mantra response from regulars on here why should an employer sponsor you paying thousands etc

But in my field medicine thousands of physicians are taken who need visas and thousands of US citizen doctors are not employed so merit really does count more so than visa status and it makes a mockery of what the regulars on here say. Already I have about 15+ job offers all offering 300k+ salaries and GC etc when I finish my current post

So look hard on the employment route maybe your employer can transfer you here also good luck. It is worth it I wouldn't move back to the uk period!

My husband was offered a job in Orlando a couple of years ago. I spent a few days looking round it, talked to locals about schools, and ended up deciding to stay in Maine. The schools were the main thing that put me off.

You're not the first person to try the "more civilised approach". At least two or three previous posts tried to be fair and objective.

I agree with the gist of what you said, I made the move, under one of the ways detailed in the Pulaski's Ways wiki, and for a lot less money than you're talking about. It is absolutely worth it, and I have no intention of going back. That said, there is nothing the OP said in post #1 that gives us any clue that they have any way of obtaining a work visa for the US.

'lot less money' ??? I not paying anything to settle here permanently all my costs are taken care of I am treated so much better here than the socialist mess the UK is

I believe Pulaski is referring to his salary, not his moving costs. Your move has apparently been very smooth and beneficial for you -- everyone's mileage is different.

Yes, that's it. I wish people were falling over themselves to offer me $300k salaries.

My point was that even if you are paid (salary) a lot less than DOTM, and have to pay for your own move, it can still be very beneficial to move from the UK to the US.

Not everyone agrees of course, and the phrase "SSDB" is often bandied around here on BE. While the US is not an S-free country (where [is[/I], anyway? ), I find life here a lot more agreeable.

You and me both!!!

Main thing that sealed my liking for this place is simply the attitude. None of the overt prejudice and discrimination that is widespread in the UK built up over generations of colonial rule over others. But now it is essentially an island no one pays much attention towards.

Here all they care about is ability not how your name is pronounced or how much melanin is in your skin like the UK. The cosmopolitan nature of the States is incredible. So I say to the OP where there is a will there is a way.

At the end of the day over a million legally migrate every year here so clearly there are ways to do it unlike the country being surrounded by a fortress wall which is the impression you get from some of the members on here!

The class system is alive and well in the US.

I look forward to the OP coming back and letting us know about his $300,000 job offers.
I see what 'privilege' means in your post. As I am left with the distinct impression that what you are saying is, "I did it, if the OP can not, then it is their fault for not trying hard enough"

May well be but certainly less based on race than the UK googling NHS racism should provide an eye opener

I think you have a lot to learn about the US.

Have you been on the receiving end of the discrimination you describe? Just wondering why you're comments are so vitriol about the NHS.

The pecking order in the USA is based on how much wealth you have, is it not?

Also old money vs new money. I lived in the area the doc is working and living in for almost 20 years. Lots of old money around the area...but there is also a lot of extremely poor people.