Why did you decide to live in America?
Mar 15th 2007, 6:09 pm
#16
Unmitigated Gall
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Don't these people put you off, I think it's great here! Have you seen my photo in the gallery?
Mar 15th 2007, 6:18 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Quote : "With my posh accent, ginger hair and glasses, I got a LOT of shit for MANY years in England. Never experienced ANY prejudice in America."
That's so funny, not that you got slagged. But all the Americans love ginger hair. My friend has a three month old and she is praying that she gets red hair. I told her that in the UK the kid would be ridiculed and she doesn't believe me, I will need to show her this!
That's so funny, not that you got slagged. But all the Americans love ginger hair. My friend has a three month old and she is praying that she gets red hair. I told her that in the UK the kid would be ridiculed and she doesn't believe me, I will need to show her this!
Mar 15th 2007, 7:04 pm
#18
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Mar 15th 2007, 7:06 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
And I did meet a lovely girl and got married. She was AMAZED when she came to England. She never believed we gingers got crap for the colour of our hair. Then she saw it herself.
Mar 15th 2007, 7:22 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
There's been a few...
But anyway, for me, the opportunity, the missus is from Maine, and we're young, figured it would be a good adventure, sodding immigration though...but anyway, that and a junior art salary and more job prospects were what I thought were a good idea at the time, and ability to have a better cost of living, which was arse in retrospect because I had a custy job offer back in blighty, had I of known how long it would have taken to get a greencard and find a job out here, I might have thought differently, because those years of wasted experience, I wouldn't be in a junior position now, and be double my money...but such is life.
Still an adventure though, and it's not all bad.
But anyway, for me, the opportunity, the missus is from Maine, and we're young, figured it would be a good adventure, sodding immigration though...but anyway, that and a junior art salary and more job prospects were what I thought were a good idea at the time, and ability to have a better cost of living, which was arse in retrospect because I had a custy job offer back in blighty, had I of known how long it would have taken to get a greencard and find a job out here, I might have thought differently, because those years of wasted experience, I wouldn't be in a junior position now, and be double my money...but such is life.
Still an adventure though, and it's not all bad.
Mar 15th 2007, 7:25 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I have just seen a woman reverse all the way down our street in her SUV - about 150 yards at least - just to get to the communal mailbox!! 
You couldn't do that in Blighty now, could you!
You couldn't do that in Blighty now, could you!
Mar 15th 2007, 7:26 pm
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Mar 15th 2007, 7:31 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Move to PA - we bought a 4 bedroom, 4 acres with a lake for less than that. Admittedly it needs a lot of work - but I've noticed Americans would rather buy a new house with no maintenance than anything "old" (ie over 20 years!) so houses that needs work tends to be a bargain, IMO.
Mar 15th 2007, 7:48 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Move to PA - we bought a 4 bedroom, 4 acres with a lake for less than that. Admittedly it needs a lot of work - but I've noticed Americans would rather buy a new house with no maintenance than anything "old" (ie over 20 years!) so houses that needs work tends to be a bargain, IMO.
Mar 15th 2007, 7:49 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Mar 15th 2007, 7:50 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I call our house Swann Vesta because it's made of the same stuff as a matchbox.
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