What would make you move back to the UK?
Dec 21st 2006, 12:14 am
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
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totally relate to this. I've found I've had to become even more of a chef here cause there's no Lloyd Grossman sauces for when I can't be a**sed to make from scratch!
Originally Posted by Partystar
I know how you feel, I'm a bit of a chef & have had a rough time trying to find quite a few ingredients here. I also like the best food I can get, it takes me hours to shop as I read all the packets, compare brands etc, it gets on my husbands nerves, but I like to know what I'm eating
totally relate to this. I've found I've had to become even more of a chef here cause there's no Lloyd Grossman sauces for when I can't be a**sed to make from scratch!
Dec 21st 2006, 12:18 am
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by jen_andreson
You must keep posting! We'll want to read about your new adventures and the first-hand reports of life at home.
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:11 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I have been looking at properties in the Wilmslow/Bowdon/Hale district of South Manchester. What a surprise I got...they are comparable with similar properties in this area...and they are built of brick. Property tax/council tax whatever it's called now in the UK is a fraction of what we pay here.
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Dec 22nd 2006, 5:16 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by California Dreamin'
Things are sooooo cheap in Britain...we just got back from a vacation in the north....a US gallon of petrol, 3.8 litres, was ONLY 
$6.64 US... .92p x 3.8 litres x 1.9 exchange rate ??
$6.64 US... .92p x 3.8 litres x 1.9 exchange rate ??It was in the news a few months ago, when I was driving up North, that people would fill up and then say the've got no dosh. A politer way of stealing petrol.
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:24 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Well - I was astonished when I was in England last month. Tesco's has an outstanding range of clothing these days in their 'Florence + Fred' range and it's so inexpensive. The clothes are frequently featured in the UK edition of Marie Claire magazine, amongst the 500 quid dresses.
Tesco's even sell jeans for 3 pounds...
(Getting v. homesick today; been listening to Steve Wright on Radio 2 - all domestic flights from Heathrow grounded today due to heavy fog... and widespread ground frost predicted. I wish I could go and pick up some nice food for Christmas from M&S, Waitrose or Tescos.....even Iceland would do.... 
)
Tesco's even sell jeans for 3 pounds...
(Getting v. homesick today; been listening to Steve Wright on Radio 2 - all domestic flights from Heathrow grounded today due to heavy fog...
and widespread ground frost predicted. I wish I could go and pick up some nice food for Christmas from M&S, Waitrose or Tescos.....even Iceland would do.... )
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:43 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Majj
Thats pretty good news for me if I can move from London to New Jersey and buy a house for the same price as one in Manchester!
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I know you didn't quite intend it that way!
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:54 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by RoB1833
Not cheap areas of Manchester - Hale / Wilmslow are very expensive home to quite a few Man U footballers.
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:55 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Majj
Thats pretty good news for me if I can move from London to New Jersey and buy a house for the same price as one in Manchester!
I know you didn't quite intend it that way!
I know you didn't quite intend it that way!
Dec 22nd 2006, 6:02 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Yep and that's where I'm looking...TV celebs too.
You had better be looking for a place in Abersoch, N. Wales as well.....it's where all the (posh/loaded) Cheshire wives spend their Summers.....
Dec 22nd 2006, 6:22 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
You had better be looking for a place in Abersoch, N. Wales as well.....it's where all the (posh/loaded) Cheshire wives spend their Summers.....
Been there, done that, got the tee shirt.
Last edited by Jerseygirl; Dec 22nd 2006 at 6:56 pm.
Dec 23rd 2006, 11:01 am
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by RoB1833
Not cheap areas of Manchester - Hale / Wilmslow are very expensive home to quite a few Man U footballers.
Dec 23rd 2006, 5:36 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Muswell Hill
OK, so I ripped off the title from the Daily Telegraph, but "What would make you move back to the UK?"
Dec 23rd 2006, 5:51 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Considering the astronomical cost of housing, uncertainty of ever being fully settled again after a time away and some of the horror stories you hear involving starting all over again,.........
Does anyone else feel that regular trips back whilst maintaining a life here is a better alternative to the gamble of going back for good?
Beginning to see it as the only viable option............
Does anyone else feel that regular trips back whilst maintaining a life here is a better alternative to the gamble of going back for good?
Beginning to see it as the only viable option............
Dec 23rd 2006, 5:54 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by gardnma
Considering the astronomical cost of housing, uncertainty of ever being fully settled again after a time away and some of the horror stories you hear involving starting all over again,.........
Does anyone else feel that regular trips back whilst maintaining a life here is a better alternative to the gamble of going back for good?
Beginning to see it as the only viable option............
Does anyone else feel that regular trips back whilst maintaining a life here is a better alternative to the gamble of going back for good?
Beginning to see it as the only viable option............
Ask me this time next year.
Dec 23rd 2006, 5:55 pm
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Re: What would make you move back to the UK?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Ask me this time next year.
Oh balls, another year in the colonies...........
