Moving to England?

Question

From the United States and i Know its expensive..but i really want to know what are the good things and the bad things about living there.

Answer 1

I guess if you really want to move there chances you find anything wrong with it. It all depends whereabouts you're moving to, i moved to a little town 30 minutes from Oxford and really liked it. Among the good things: the language is not an issue for you, so that's a plus; food is not as bad as people say it is, but it cold do with a bit of flavoring; public transport is good and, to the best of my knowledge and experience, safe; it doesn't rain all year around like people make it out to be...so the weather isn't crappy all year around.
I don't want to bad mouth England so i won't tell you anything bad, like any other place in the world not everything is perfect. You may miss your family at times, but if you really want to go...well then go for it!

Answer 2

Someone said that the UK houses are small. I wouldn't say tiny, but then again, I don't live in a big city, but ina small-ish town, where even the terraced houses have 3/4 bedrooms and three storeys.
Most people recognise the"welfare state", if you don't work you claim money in benefits from the government, but this usually isn't much.
Depending on where you are, the language problems occur. Each area has accents, but, as I live in the North East, I can only talk about this area. Our area has its own words, which wouldn't be recognised (and aren't) 15 miles down the road.
But, the English TV is renowned (I beleive) to be very good.
You should come over to see what it's like for a long holiday and then think about it.

Answer 3

You will find everything smaller. Cars, houses, everything.

Im not saying this is a bad thing, just different. It will take some readjusting. If you are moving to a city you will find the house sizes the biggest surprise. Many UK houses could fit into a US garage!

The weak $ is as low against the £ as I have ever known it so you wont find this easy.

While you are here try and see Europe. Budget air travel means you can fly to most European cities for under £50. This is very popular at the moment and an easy way to see different cultures that you wont see in a different US state.

You will find, culturally the UK very similar to the US. The UK reserve is not a myth. I notice this when American relatives come to stay. Things are done a little quieter here!

Seriously though - you'll love it

Answer 4

From a bit of what I saw during my 40 days stay :

A) UK is expensive , but it depends a lot on Locality and your earnings.
B) I found people to be friendly and hardly any trouble even when I used to walk alone on Cold Nights . This was in contrast to the reports that I had heard earlier . But may be I was not staying in London and I have heard that "Some" parts of London are troublesome.
C) Always carry a Jacket and Umbrella alongwith you . It rains quite heavily sometimes. And even in May there is cold in the night .
D) You have a great choice of Food . Even if you are a Veg , you would find something or other to eat . And if you can eat Non-Veg , you have a lot more variety .
Or checkout : www.bbc.co.uk for more information .

Answer 5

It is a risky move. On a visit, I was disappointed. There is too much drinking, too much smoking, a lot of bad driving, a lack of Police,
out of control Teenagers, and no Customer Service.