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To think England is a bit boring?

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Annalikesblue · 14/10/2024 12:44

I'm from England originally. I was working abroad for a long time.

I moved back recently to work, and for a family reason. I probably won't stay here forever. Maybe for two to three years max.

Do any of you think that England is a bit boring?

Every street, wherever you go,
has the exact same shops.

The Weather is bad. People are miserable. When you go to groups, people are so serious.

It just seems so dull and lifeless

OP posts:
Stixk · 14/10/2024 12:57

Go away then.

Wish this was all I had to worry about. 🙄

Singleandproud · 14/10/2024 12:56

Well the High Street is but the fact that most of us live a stones through away of significantly historic buildings that most of us walk past them and give them no attention. Perhaps it's a case of needing to find out more about where you live to find it interesting rather than just what is on the surface.

Thepeopleversuswork · 14/10/2024 12:56

I don’t agree. I think English people are very reserved and quite repressed. And we are in an economically shit place and confused about what kind of country we want to be and depressed about our standing in the world and the right royal mess we have made of pretty much everything in the past ten years. So we’re not at our best.

Bur scratch the surface and England is incredibly vibrant. We have an incredibly diverse population in our large cities. A long heritage of excellence in the arts, sciences, literature and most kinds of learning. A robust culture and long history. Great food, restaurants and pubs. A strong sense of humour. We also have some of the most beautiful countryside and coastline in the world.

England plc is in an absolutely awful place now to be sure, our sense of national self esteem is in the toilet. But I still think fundamentally there’s a lot to love about this country.

UmbrellaEllaEllaElla · 14/10/2024 12:48

I'm kind of back and forth on this.

I always thought so. So I travelled a lot and lived elsewhere. Now some of what I used to find boring I really like.

I think it really depends on what you do and how you enjoy spending your time.