I want to live in America

Ultimately the only place that will feel truly like 'home' is a place where you have a happy and fulfilling lifestyle. For me, that's a place where my family live, where I have lots of friends, a job I enjoy, a variety of activities to do (beach, leisure parks) and a group of friends to exercise/do sports with.

I'm fortunate to have that in Poole, Dorset, UK.

Would love to move to America but the novelty would wear away when I start searching for the things I have in Poole in America too
 
Dis86 said:
They love you so much they'll only let you live there if you pay them a small fortune.
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Many ex-pats get deported and their visa/US passport retracted as soon as they commit any sort of minor issue (speeding ticket, for example). They clamp down on non-native law-breakers like a ton of bricks...

Additionally, it is easy for us to look at the size of the country, and what our money translates to in real-estate in the USA, but you must remember that huge swathes of the USA are run-down and verging on derelict/poverty-stricken conditions.

If you were truly looking to move abroad, you'd not go far wrong with France, Canada, New Zealand or Australia. The latter 3 are really only workable if you excel in your desirable profession, without company interests.
 
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Haven't been to America for 10 years...but going there on Monday for two weeks.

When I was younger I dreamed of living over there, looking back now I don't know why I wanted too.
 
Seriously?

I'd prefer to live somewhere like Australia, Sweden or Finland.

Or Italy, Spain, France and Czech Republic.

USA isn't all what it seems.

It's actually very backwards and everyone who lives there is ignorant, arrogant and stupid.

People in USA believe that smoking weed and drinking massive amounts of alcohol is essentially good for you.

I don't believe it is anything of a good place to live.

USA is also the most in debt country in the ENTIRE world. It has the most poverty; no proper health care system.

Believe me and when I say it - I mean it!

I have part of my family living there and they want to move back to Europe, altough they don't have a good financial state in order of coming back here.
 
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It's actually very backwards and everyone who lives there is ignorant, arrogant and stupid.
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Hmmm...

BuZ said:
People in USA believe that smoking weed and drinking massive amounts of alcohol is essentially good for you.

I don't believe it is anything of a good place to live.
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Even those Mormons?

BuZ said:
USA is also the most in debt country in the ENTIRE world. It has the most poverty; no proper health care system.
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More poverty than Malawi?

BuZ said:
Believe me and when I say it - I mean it!
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No.
 
Hey guys, why do they celebrate 4/20? 20th April every year (National Cannabis Day for Americans). Very strange.

Why do most American students end up smoking it before the age of 13?

It's proven, voicing against facts doesn't comply with facts.
 
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Having just watched Louis Theroux re runs....that Fag church....the plastic surgery one and the latest one on I player about dogs....America comes across as very backward....
 
aceytrixx said:
It always amazes me how important the weather is to so many people. I can't imagine ever having that as a reason to move and I work outside in the north east of Scotland.
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Good man :D

I swapped working outdoors in the UK to working outdoors in the south of France.

Might sound more glamorous, and it is to an extent, but it still rains a lot here during the winter/spring. The summers though...30 to 40 degrees everyday for 3 months...delightful (odd day of rain...3 days last summer) :D

Even in December I could wear t-shirt and shorts if the sun was out (which is fairly rare mind)

Temps into the low 20s in feb and up to 25 in March (not very often)

Now..as for the US. Having lived there for 4 years, all I can say is you need money, and a good amount of it to enjoy what would be classed as normal living in the UK.

You'll want a job with great healthcare, else budget for emergency healthcare. Fuel is cheaper, but most cars are thirsty over there, and the distances much much greater. Some here think a 50mile commute is harsh, some people over there drive 50miles+ each way..

TL:DR - It's not as great as the TV makes it out to be. Nor is comparing your yearly 2 week holiday to living there as a viable opinion (it's really not). You only want to live their with plenty of disposable income if you want to chase the American dream.

Summary - Unless you get a fair amount extra £££ from moving, don't bother.
 
LordSplodge said:
I live next to the Peak District. I have some big hills on my doorstep. Snowdonia is toe hours away, so still close, especially compared to the distances people have to drive in the Americas where four hour drives are seen as short.

I could go skiing in Scotland but I'm not a skier. As for bears, well there aren't any but there is plenty of other wildlife to see in the UK.

The UK isn't America and America isn't the UK. Both have different terrain types. I'm just happy with the variety we have in the UK.
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All I can say is you have a very rose tinted view of the UK IMO.

The UK must be up there as one of the most ecologically and environmentally damaged countries in the world.

The UK has many positives over other places in the world but the environment is not one of them. As mentioned earlier, we don't even have any proper national parks!

that's not to say I'd want to live in the US, just that the UK isn't all its cracked up to be for a lot of people. I'd rather live in in a variety of places all over the world, the US would be nice for a few years though.
 
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Moses said:
Isn't it somewhat harsh to compare the UK with the US? I mean, a better comparison would be the US and the EU, no? Obviously if you live in the Rockies then they're on your doorstep, but if you live in a less spectacular part of the US what's the difference between travelling from that location to the Rockies and travelling from the UK to the Alps?
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Well, part of the choice of where you end up living would be what you want to be near.... :p
 
Clipsey said:
That is not accurate at all I'm afraid. I can see what you're trying to get at and I am in complete agreement that the US should be able to take care of their own, regardless of income level. This should be the case in all westernized countries, but it's not always the case. Just like in England, you could have to wait TOO long before things get out of hand and out of control. This is coming from lots of experience with family living in the UK and getting absolutely awful treatment with life threatening illnesses.
The States, with a hospital, treats first, then requires payment (insurance, payment schemes or whatever), so no jumping the line, as there is none to begin with.

Hoping to visit Norway next year! Really does look like a great place to live on paper!
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You are talking about emergency care though, I was referring to the booking of specialist treatment in advance.

Of course there maybe some inefficiencies in the NHS, but when Americans talk about long waiting lists in the UK and how they can get in within the week, that can't all be down to bad logistics on our side of the pond. It's because even the most minor of checks and operations are available to everyone here, whereas poorer/uninsured Americans simply don't take the extra treatment which makes the queue shorter (and affects the life expectancy of that group as a result).

Any health system that discourages a certain section of society to not take precautionary measures for the trade off of the middle-upper earners getting to see the doc quicker isn't worth it IMO.
 
I would also love to live and work in the states but in my industry you need to be an American citizen (5 years living there)
Finding a job which doesn't require security clearance is nigh impossible...
 
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