Let's talk about countries!

[SamuelRSmith]

I live in the UK. More specifically, in Essex, England. I go to university in Kent (University of Kent, Canterbury).

I've been to France (Paris and Britanny), Spain (Majorca, Madrid), Turkey (Oludeniz), Morocco (Agadir), Andorra, USA (Florida and New York), as well as other parts of the UK (different areas of England, as well as Scotland and Wales).

I'm moving to Hong Kong at the end of August for a year, but I'm going back to Florida for 3 weeks just before.

What I like about where I live? Well, I live in a particularly wealthy part of the country, in fact, the district I live in was put into the top 10 places to live in the UK, earlier in the year... and I'm living in one of the nicer parts of that district. This takes into account wealth, job prospects (unemployment below 2%), schools, weather, crime, etc. So, I have a pretty good life. I also live right next to a river and beautiful countryside, which makes for fantastic walks.

Also, where I live is exceptionally socially liberal... no societal issues with homosexuality, modern family life, that kind of thing. People just don't care about the affairs of other people. I like that.

What I dislike about where I live is more to do with the country in general. I don't like the typical culture of expecting the Government to solve every problem, I also don't like the exceptionally high taxes (50% on income (plus national insurance), 20% on consumption, 60%+ on fuel, high taxes on alcohol, property taxes, road taxes, etc. My dad worked out that his effective marginal tax rate is somewhere between 85-90%).