This is such an unhelpful reply.
Reverse culture shock is a real thing.
And why is it not possible to say one word of complaint about the UK without someone saying, “well leave then”.
You don’t know the op’s circumstances, and it’s just a really crass and ignorant thing to say. Most people live where they do because of economic circumstances.
Op, having lived in several countries,
I wouldn’t describe the UK as boring.
I absolutely love the countryside, the seasons, the Stately homes, the architecture, the relative friendliness, the diversity, the sense of humour, the variety of food, the creativity.
However, in comparison to other EU countries, the running down of basic public services, makes the bits which make life worth living very hard. Things like affordable transport to see family and friends, accessible and affordable arts, good health care, basic security, nice public parks and libraries. The absence of these basic things which the state should be able to manage, and are managed well in other countries, make life a bit stressful and hard.
And the COLC makes things even harder when there is no money to spare and everything is run down to the bone.
People daren’t risk starting creative projects or social enterprises because of the costs.
I also think what it is lacking atm is proper leadership with a vision.
Post-Brexit I think the UK is going through a bit of an identity crisis tbh.
When you decide to leave the centrist left mainly Christian democratic EU, it kind of means you need something else to replace that position? But with what exactly? We don’t want to be Singapore on Sea or have a right wing society largely based on capitalist tenets to the exclusion of everything else?
But who and what do we want to be?
And even if we had a government with vision and competent, compassionate, capable, common sense politicians, we don’t really have the economic resources to follow their ideas through atm, so we are stagnating.