Sell the UK to me

(If you are a UK native I'm curious as you find living so far away from "home". Could never do it myself).
I emigrated about 10 years ago, having grown up in the UK. The UK isn't my "home" anymore - it's now simply where some of my immediate and extended family lives.
Cons:

Food
People
Price of everything
Weather
Lack of culture
Cost of transport
London

Pros:

There are some nice towns and villages
Easy to leave
I generally agree with this list.
Out of interest, why have food as a con? There's some amazing places to eat and a huge range of diversity in pretty much any town, that i'd argue is as good as anywhere.
Small portions for very high prices. I do miss the variety of different cuisines though. The UK does have that going for it.
 
plot twist - rwanda could become the attraction for foreign rejected immigrants even the domestic population. (especially if Kier turns out not to be the Messiah, but ...)

food con USA food - well Texas restaurants kill any diversity available in the UK ,
equally if you are habituated to French supermarkets the quality and variety, makes UK offerings look like minute marts ... but the French are prepared&able to dedicate more of their income to that.
 
UK is a fantastic place- just not to live. A tourist having not been to UK has so many delights to go and see. Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, it's history, small little villages, moors, seasides, museums.
 
Holkham Norfolk near sandringham where princeW was ? .. nothing odd last time we were there
... saw some immodest seals near there at weekend - well we didn't have binoculars to double check.


found this was a new piece of mental health terminology that applies to britains state - from podcast

Languishing is a feeling many of us are familiar with, however outwardly successful we may consider ourselves to be. We might have a good job, family, friends, financial security, and more, but the building blocks of flourishing, which are vital if we are to thrive, are missing. Languishing, says Corey, “is the absence of wellbeing. It’s the absence of the really good things that make life meaningful and worth living.
We all languish in a slightly different way. You may feel you don’t have purpose in life. You don’t belong. You’re not contributing. You don’t have warm relationships. You’re not growing as a person.”
 
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