England!
England!
well it's nearly 3 years since we came to the colonies and while on one hand we love it here - lifestyle, weather, great place for kids...etc
on the other hand we miss our families and it feels so far away
having a 6 year old here in Queensland is good - a great place for him, amazing parks and outdoor lifestyle, but for us grown ups having to live and work in the 'real world' we're starting to wonder whether we shouldn't head back for a bit.......
so..those of you still in the UK - tell me your thoughts - are you desperate to escape? or are you happy in Brown's Britain? Is it different now that Tony Bleugh has gone? New exciting future? or just more of the same old miserable, grey, over inflated shit?
Love to hear your thoughts, you zany Abletonians could well sway me one way or the other.
we'd probably go back to Essex or Docklands - somewhere south eastern and greater london or home counties anyway....
Ex-pats down under most welcome to chime in! (Nuperspective I'm looking in your direction! )
on the other hand we miss our families and it feels so far away
having a 6 year old here in Queensland is good - a great place for him, amazing parks and outdoor lifestyle, but for us grown ups having to live and work in the 'real world' we're starting to wonder whether we shouldn't head back for a bit.......
so..those of you still in the UK - tell me your thoughts - are you desperate to escape? or are you happy in Brown's Britain? Is it different now that Tony Bleugh has gone? New exciting future? or just more of the same old miserable, grey, over inflated shit?
Love to hear your thoughts, you zany Abletonians could well sway me one way or the other.
we'd probably go back to Essex or Docklands - somewhere south eastern and greater london or home counties anyway....
Ex-pats down under most welcome to chime in! (Nuperspective I'm looking in your direction! )
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Yeah, come over and i i'll fill you in.
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Brown's Britain:
Rememebr all the optimism in the country when Tony was first elected. Felt like a fresh start and a new era of social justice and prosperity had started. And all to the sound of really good British music.
Not like that.
Obviously it took a while to realise it wasn't going to be like that, but it felt good for a while.
Rememebr all the optimism in the country when Tony was first elected. Felt like a fresh start and a new era of social justice and prosperity had started. And all to the sound of really good British music.
Not like that.
Obviously it took a while to realise it wasn't going to be like that, but it felt good for a while.
eaxtly... the sheer spectacle of being so conned by that smooth talking, Iraq bombing wankerandydes wrote:Brown's Britain:
Rememebr all the optimism in the country when Tony was first elected. Felt like a fresh start and a new era of social justice and prosperity had started. And all to the sound of really good British music.
Not like that.
Obviously it took a while to realise it wasn't going to be like that, but it felt good for a while.
Yeah, friends n family are the real problem with emigrating that far away. I lived in NZ for two years and, while I much preferred the lifestyle, attitude and environment compared to Blighty...I did miss my mates and family a lot.
That said, I'm keen on heading back down under in the next couple of years...England just isn't my kinda place anymore and I couldn't care less who's in power tbh, it rarely makes any tangible difference.
That said, I'm keen on heading back down under in the next couple of years...England just isn't my kinda place anymore and I couldn't care less who's in power tbh, it rarely makes any tangible difference.
oh no me neither...that was more figurative......but I'm keen to hear any 'stay away, you're insane to even think of coming back, it's hell here!' - or 'yes everything is brilliant, there is so much work and the new arm of Brown's special chav squad has decimated the local ASBO populations and made the country great again!'evernaut wrote: I couldn't care less who's in power tbh, it rarely makes any tangible difference.
or something like that....
cavern wrote:RAINING. RAIN ALL DAY LONG. AND WIND.
see this is the big, very bizarre Irony of my situation....we are in Level 6 water restrictions and the worst drought in recorded history, and it get's bloody hot in summer, so I seem to spend an unnatural portion of my time actually wishing for rain
essex is really not too bad actually - especially in spring/summerciw wrote:Brown is just like Blair without the charisma. Don't base your decision on politics.
However take note that if you move to, say, Bristol or somesuch place you can maintain an outdoor and urban lifestyle at the same time (bloody southeasterners don't realise what their own country has to offer!)
thing is here there are some really amazing parks - and of course the fantastic coast when we can be arsed with the beach, which is gold when you have kids
it is actually a very good place to bring up kids
but haivng their grandparents nearby is also good.......
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Although England would be better off with you in it, I would stay there. One thing I remember about Australia is how much higher a standard of living you get - people with normal jobs living in these massive houses with views of the Sydney Harbour bridge. Parrots in the trees. Everyone knocks off work at 4 and drinks themselves stupid. Heaven.
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Dark days on their way here this year.forge wrote:well it's nearly 3 years since we came to the colonies and while on one hand we love it here - lifestyle, weather, great place for kids...etc
on the other hand we miss our families and it feels so far away
having a 6 year old here in Queensland is good - a great place for him, amazing parks and outdoor lifestyle, but for us grown ups having to live and work in the 'real world' we're starting to wonder whether we shouldn't head back for a bit.......
so..those of you still in the UK - tell me your thoughts - are you desperate to escape? or are you happy in Brown's Britain? Is it different now that Tony Bleugh has gone? New exciting future? or just more of the same old miserable, grey, over inflated shit?
Love to hear your thoughts, you zany Abletonians could well sway me one way or the other.
we'd probably go back to Essex or Docklands - somewhere south eastern and greater london or home counties anyway....
Ex-pats down under most welcome to chime in! (Nuperspective I'm looking in your direction! )
brightonalex wrote:Although England would be better off with you in it, I would stay there. One thing I remember about Australia is how much higher a standard of living you get - people with normal jobs living in these massive houses with views of the Sydney Harbour bridge. Parrots in the trees. Everyone knocks off work at 4 and drinks themselves stupid. Heaven.
it's not so much like that any more - same shit as anywhere, you cant afford to buy a house on an average income and jobs here pay way less than in London
in fact my mum told me she met a bloke in London who was from Brisbane who earns 10 times what he did here
so I guess it's all relative
work is actually one of the main reasons I'm thinking about it -there arent as many options here work wise, and wherever you live on Earth it sucks being poor
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sounds ominous!jeskola wrote:
Dark days on their way here this year.