I want to live in America

Mark A said:
Lack of laws?
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Yep, far less restrictions on many many laws including planning permission. Wilderness areas etc.
In fact most the world has less strict laws than us on such things.
In Europe if you own land, you have a right to live on it. Uk you don't.
Most countries allow wild camping, uk doesn't

And a 101 laws on a similar theme. Part of its due to our tiny land amount, but most of them are just stupid.
 
I love the fact people are like, why would you want to do that!? UK is AMAZING. Erm, maybe because they do? Horses for courses and all that.

Wouldn't move to Scandinavia myself, but know people who have. Know people in China, Singapore, Australia and Europe. Everyone has motivations to go different places.
 
easyrider said:
I love Britain but the weather is crap....
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No it isn't. Given how far north we are we have excellent weather. You can thank the Jet Stream for that...and curse it when it goes wrong.

krooton said:
Scandinavia, fast internet and fit women!
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Exactly. Also beautiful outdoors. Weather ain't too bad there either, cold, sure but fairly dry.
 
Britain is sort of the default country of Earth IMO. If you were born in the UK you should have like a super-user passport that lets you live wherever you want.
 
Glaucus said:
Yep, far less restrictions on many many laws including planning permission. Wilderness areas etc.
In fact most the world has less strict laws than us on such things.
In Europe if you own land, you have a right to live on it. Uk you don't.
Most countries allow wild camping, uk doesn't

And a 101 laws on a similar theme. Part of its due to our tiny land amount, but most of them are just stupid.
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They have a lot of restrictions and red tape in the US as well according to my mate. He had to get permission to build a shed and some decking in his garden and had to abide by very strict regulations on how the deck could be built.

Not sure what you mean by wild camping, but you aren't allowed to camp in national parks in the US unless you pay and camp in the designated areas. At least I believe that is the case for Yellowstone as I was looking into going a while ago.

My sisters boyfriend goes about once a month to the Lakes to camp. I don't think he's ever been in trouble for it. Is it not just areas that are peaty and camping could start fires that are restricted?


I know what you mean about the expansive land they have in the US though. I often have a look on google maps and it's amazing how far you can go along a straight road with nothing but land as far as the eye can see.
 
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You forget how big the us is and different states have different laws.
You can camp in many places in the us. And planning permission outside major cities can be pretty much non existent.

Wild camping in Britain is band as you need the owners permison. Except for certain areas on Dartmoor. Yes you can get away with it in lots of national parks, that doesn't make it legal or remove the laws.
Scotland on the other hand has very good wild camping laws.

And the rest of Europe as I say, if you own land you have a right to live on it in mobile accommodation with no planning permission.

The uk is ridiculous on these overly strict rules forcing everyone into massive debt as you have little choice but to rent or buy an expensive house.
 
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I lived in Florida for almost 3 years and would much rather live here. Most of America is ****. Other than London I would be happy doing a stint in New York. If I was leading a life of leisure rather than work I would happily live in Chamonix.
 
Mark A said:
They have a lot of restrictions and red tape in the US as well according to my mate. He had to get permission to build a shed and some decking in his garden and had to abide by very strict regulations on how the deck could be built.
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Completely depends on the town/city.

Not sure what you mean by wild camping, but you aren't allowed to camp in national parks in the US unless you pay and camp in the designated areas. At least I believe that is the case for Yellowstone as I was looking into going a while ago.
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Depends on the park. Some do, some don't. Some require permits. National Forests are fine though.
 
My parents lived in Boston for two years (came back in 2011).

While there were some nice aspects to it, both of them were glad to come back.

I think if you go on holiday, even for longer than a week or two, you tend not to see the downsides because you're either not exposed to them (government red tape) or your not exposed to them long enough for them to effect you.
 
glen8 said:
I've been to American countless times, and worked there.

Why on earth would anyone pick the US over the UK is beyond me :confused:
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Weather, landscape, landmass, laws
Many reason why America is both much better and much worse than the uk, it just depends which parts you rate highly.

Us criminal system and laws absolutely suck, but that's unlikely to affect me, so comes down low. Where weather, land size etc comes very high up on the list.
 
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