Why people leave the UK?

ChungyUK · #1 (**permalink**) 11th February 2009, 10:04 PM

Hey!!

I'm just interested to find out why so many brits leave the UK? I just wants your views on the country itself. Any comments would be great.

Thanks

lucylox · #2 (**permalink**) 12th February 2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ChungyUK

Hey!!

I'm just interested to find out why so many brits leave the UK? I just wants your views on the country itself. Any comments would be great.

Thanks

oooh chungy where do we start!!!

I think number 1 is the weather...lack of sunlight and constant rain makes most of the country depressing, miserable and aggressive (thats my theory!!)

and then i think high taxes and cost of living means you cant afford to do anything except watch the pathetic wannabe celebrities on tv.

The crime and violence may also be a factor...

Its not that bad really...I do love my homeland but I can just see how other countries with better weather can seem so appealing!

Bevdeforges · #3 (**permalink**) 12th February 2009, 11:06 AM

Somewhere back in the archives there is a long thread on pretty much this very topic. And most of the reasons cited are precisely the same reasons given for why people are looking to leave the US, most European countries, and most "developed" countries in the world:

- hectic lifestyle,
- over-emphasis on money, a lack of jobs,
- "the country is being overrun by foreigners" (which is funny when you think about it - coming from someone looking to emmigrate),
- bad schools,
- lousy place to raise kids,
- bad food,
- depressing weather,
- everything is too expensive,
- crime,
- problems with the health care system,
- crooked politicians... and well, you get the general idea.

Everyone complains about these same things. With luck, you're hoping to find a country that does some of them in a manner that fits better with your own personal lifestyle and tastes.
Cheers,
Bev

Pasanada · #4 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 01:20 AM

High cost if living
Political Correctness
The Labour Party
Racism
Crime
Weather
Big Brother

Having spent the past 6 months back in my home country after 6 years away, I'm itching to leave it for good this time. It's not the country I grew up in.

There are problems in other countries, Eutopia does not exist but I have found one place that sure as hell is as close to it as I'll ever get!!!

lucylox · #5 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 09:38 AM

So Pasanada where is your near Eutopia? the UAE?

My 16 year old cousin who is from Dubai tells me she is so lucky to live in such an amazing place. How many 16 year olds in this country can say the same?

Pasanada · #6 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lucylox

So Pasanada where is your near Eutopia? the UAE?

Correct.....despite the country's judicial system using Sharia law, I can honestly say I've never been to a safer and friendlier place. As a woman who has travelled (and lived) abroad alone, thats No1 on my list of things that are important to me.

ChungyUK · #7 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 12:31 PM

Yeah you're so right....you won't find too many 16 year old saying that they love the UK. I would love to go to Dubai....heard so many nice things about Dubai. Teenagers in the UK today are out of control and need a good talking from their own parents.

The weather is appalling here but thats not exactly countrys fault and generally the prices you have to pay for things are a little expensive compare to other countries.

Pasanada · #8 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 12:40 PM

Dubai is a great place to live if you have money, it's not cheaper than the UK!! It's glitzy and glamorous but in my opinion, it's a city without a soul. Abu Dhabi was the place I would escape to at weekends to unwind from the crazy city!!! LOL

There is crime in Dubai but not on the same level as you find in the UK. At least in Dubai I never worried about my personal safety or my property being damaged/stolen.

ChungyUK · #9 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasanada

Dubai is a great place to live if you have money, it's not cheaper than the UK!! It's glitzy and glamorous but in my opinion, it's a city without a soul. Abu Dhabi was the place I would escape to at weekends to unwind from the crazy city!!! LOL

There is crime in Dubai but not on the same level as you find in the UK. At least in Dubai I never worried about my personal safety or my property being damaged/stolen.

Yeah your expected to get crime wherever you go around the world but I can imagine Dubai is not as high as the UK in terms of crime, knife attacks etc.

Pasanada · #10 (**permalink**) 13th February 2009, 01:21 PM

LOL god, no! I found most people to be well mannered, including young people/youths. The only time I felt anyone trying to intimidate me was whilst driving but I soon learnt to be bolshy!! I refused to be bullied into moving out of the way for those who flashed their lights or honked their horns, if it wasn't safe, I wasn't moving! Arabs are the worst for this annoying trait.

Since being back in the UK AKA YUK, I've experienced youths pulling out in front of my car and then being abusive (sticking their head in my car window and telling me to f*** o**!!) because I was trying to avoid THEM, been given the birdie by some idiot who reversed out onto a main road thus causing me to brake hard and general bad manners on the roads. As for the feral youths, I give them a wide berth, they really do concern me, something I've never experienced in other countries.