What I think? its a mini USA with a nanny

Im living in south london which doesnt have a great reputation for youth crime (muggings etc) which is the main down point, but its got a lot better than it was, the chavs are just annoying but atleast you can just ignore them, the thing to worry about are the "rude boys" sounds like a pretty stupid name now that i think about it, but theyr behind a major part of the youth crime in london.

But apart from that everything is great here, good free healthcare, good educational system (in my school anyway) brilliant music scene, theres a mass of underground talent just waiting to be exploited, good food if you avoid the weird stuff, great wildlife as your never more than a mile from a nice park or green of some sort, and wallace and grommit!!!

Moongoddess256 said: Chibilobolib said: Moongoddess256 said: People will love you here for having a British accent. Taking a trip here probably would be a good way to pickup members of the opposite sex regardless of who you are and how you look. But is that really true? I'm ENglish and I though that was just a stupid thing they put in films. it is true. I know a girl from london who actually hides her accent and has taken on an american accent (which I'm sure is hard to do) because she was getting too many "ooo thats so sexy" comments. And I see my friends going crazy over any guy with the accent, even if hes old and ugly. Its bizarre.

 I had a friend who dated a brittish girl.  The problem he had was that he was really good with impressions, one of which was a brittish one.  So whenever he was eating dinner with her parents he would unknowingly slip into the brittish accent.

konnichiwa said: ferret1603 said: konnichiwa said: The only thing that always causght my attention was how 'we don't belong to you' Uk looks. I always compared it with a group of boys who are playing some soccer and then their is one boy sitting their on a bench doing the stuff what he likes...And don't want to play soccer with the others;..he wants to be his alone and special? =p. It's funny how people say that. I read an article about how we seem to think we're the rebels of the EU but in fact we're the only ones who enact all the daft legislation and regulations that the European Parliament passes! Apparently other countries seem to pick and choose the bits which suit them.   Hmm not like rebels that sounds a bit negative... Just being special uhm in like: -Ride with cars on the left. -Don't want Euro and stick with £ - Using other measuring standards (rails, feet etc). It is not negative in my opinion :).

 Well of course they don't want to convert to the euro.  It would hurt their economic standing currently.  They'll wait and join in when it suits them.

I had mostly positive thoughts about england... but after reading this thread... eh....

ferret1603 said: You've got to be something awesome to get into the US. Employers have to sponsor your visa which costs them around $20,000!! The other countries you mentioned are pretty easy though. http://www.byebyeblighty.com/ gives an idea of the requirements.

It's a pain to immigrate to europe from the EU as well... due to basically need a job over there before you come over, and there being laws in place where you need to hire local people before you hire internationally.

colonelstubbs said: Some of the bad things... 1 our prime minister wasnt elected 2 we have soaring crime rates 3 soaring food prices 4 soaring house prices, first time buyers are in the shit 5 drugs all over the place

3, 4 and 5 are unfair in my opinion.

3) This is happening all over the world. It's actually quite a bit of a global crisis Rice is one of the hardest hit foods, and rice is what poor people eat to survive in most countries.

4) To my knowledge English house prices have been in a rapid decline the last 5-8 months. Prices are still higher then they were a few years ago. However currently said prices are dropping back down due to the credit problems that have mostly hit the US but also hit europe a bit.

5) That's going to happen. You aren't going to be able to keep things people want away from the people who want them. The west would be better regulating the drug trade rather then trying to stop it and better educating people on just how destructive the stuff is.

Though I imagine england would be worried about the reverse of what they did to China happening.

It's kinda funny though, things are reversed. Instead of the mighty self sufficient Chinese Empire, it's the British, US and other countries that really don't have much they want from third worlders... other then drugs.

 ^^ wow, 4 posts which are all interesting and not stupid, congrats!

Rule Britannia, etc...

Slimebeast said: Oh, another really bad thing. Scotland is still under occupation.

Don't worry, we'll be getting rid of them soon. Well, they're having a referendum anyway. The opinion polls suggest they may well vote to remain part of the UK and continue leeching off English tax payers. (For non-UK people who aren't aware of the situation, English tax is redistributed to Scotland to pay for their free university education, personal care, etc while English, Welsh and Cornish have to pay tuition and care fees!)

 

ferret1603 said: ...Cornish...

I'm sorry, but Cornwall wasn't country last time I checked.

And the UK sucks. It's still better than anywhere else though.