So bored of 'we left our life in the UK' influencers

Currently on holiday abroad. Went to main pool a couple of days ago and got speaking to a man sat nearby who has similar aged DC so kids were playing together.

About 2 mins into the conversation he mentioned that he hates London. I’m from London which he knew, and he was from near Wigan. Then he started ranting about how much the UK has gone to the dogs and he wished he could leave. Then the whole ‘people on dingies’ thing started.

I was just trying to have a nice time with my kids, however, even on an idyllic setting, this miserable guy wants me to accompany him in his misery.

It’s people like him who are ruining the UK. Voting to make us poorer and things harder, complaining about the consequences, then vowing to vote for the same people who brought us here. I love where I live in London but if I ever decide to leave UK, it will be to get away from people like the man at the pool. They drag us down with their constant drip of poison.

I saw recently that the USA was only kept off the bottom of the latest world happiness index by Belize. This is what poison does.

And public executions in the square every Friday lunchtime.

I do think at some point it becomes about the life your kids have, rather than only considering yourself.

The childhood and opportunities that my kids have in Canada surpass the UK. It's cheaper and the standard of living is higher. The weather is better. It's not elitist. There's outdoor activities for every season. University is cheap.

Yes how many run back to the UK when they need the nhs?

@ccridersuz good for you lovely xx there’s more than one way to skin a rabbit -

Just back from a holiday in Scotland, it was roasting!

Oh my goodness you are so right. BREXIT was a disaster for this country. To be honest our happy place is Scotland & that certainly usually doesn't have the sunshine ( but as I write I am proved to be wrong as it is lovely here at the moment )
We should be thankful for a lot of great things in this country of ours as there are certainly a lot of worse places to live in this world.

Seasons are varied in other countries too and life is interesting also, living somewhere is nothing like being on holiday

I agree OP. We spend a few weeks abroad each year, but after 3 weeks of hot sun, sea, and eating and drinking, I've had enough, and love coming back to the UK where the weather is varied (seasons) and life is just more, well, interesting .

That’s good, something to look forward to 🙏

We found old pensions, which combined will have given us less than £50 a month income.
So decided to invest and buy a property in Greece, that was 6 years ago, 3 years ago we decided to move out here, retire and live the best life ever.
No regrets, too many positives to list, but, starting with the fact that we couldn’t have this life in the UK, Council Tax and Rent would swallow up half our monthly income, rising energy and other bills would swallow up the other half, leaving us less than £300 a month to feed ourselves and for any other little necessities we needed.
We would had to have tried to downsize, now almost impossible, not enough 1 bed accommodation is available in the UK, let alone in the area we lived.

Our Council Tax, just prior to our move here was rising from £1250 a month to £1315, our water from £70 to £94 a month, gas from £120 to £160, electric £150 to £200.

Here my Council Tax is £130 A Year.
Water averages at £30/40 every two months,
Electric £130/£150 every two months
My mobile phone costs the same, my tv licence is already added to my electric bill and my internet cost £40 a month (when I left the UK 3 years ago I was paying £57 a month).
Granted, I was unsure due to the language barrier, but, we have a nice little 2 bed, a 3 minute walk to the beach and I would never return to the UK, I wish to die with sand between my toes and buried at sea.
As for influencers, they are paid by the stupid that follow them and their madcap lifestyles are a result of people not understanding that they encourage, foolishness, daft and sometimes dangerous people.

@Longoverduelibrarybook it’s been pretty warm in the UK this summer. I could have eaten breakfast outside most days, but I can't be bothered.

I spent a decade in South Africa, and got permanent citizenship. I loved it - but once you have children, need to pay for medical aid, school fees, handle the huge level of racism etc it became incredibly stressful.

I was glad to come back. DD went for a long visit last year, she has dual citizenship. She came back glad we moved to the UK

Most of the ones I’ve heard about have came
home very quickly..

It’s the UAE trend that astounds me tbh. For full disclosure my husbands a top 1% earner in this country and I’m a SAHM. His tax liability is in the region of £60k a year, so a fair saving to be made by moving somewhere tax free.
But I’ve just found an equivalent job, that gives him a 2 bed flat to live in (we live in a 4 bed house in the country with an acre of land around us). Education allowances for 3 children (but we already have a state education system here) medical insurance (we have private medical care through his job already) 60 days holiday (but he works a rotation here so only works 6 months of the year anyway) and then a tax free salary of a THIRD of what he takes home after paying taxes here.
Thats before we talk about 40 degree weather, human rights abuses, and all the other reasons you wouldn’t want to be anything other than wealthy in these sorts of countries.
Maybe I’ve pulled a bad job advert out and there’s better out there, maybe because of the ‘perks’ of my husbands jobs we are a bad example, I don’t know….. but theres nothing in that job advert that makes it worth our while moving halfway across the world.

the uk's weather is wet but it is also mild so you can walk, cycle, golf, garden often all year round. Sunny countries are usually too hot at some point, and dry and brown rather than our lovely greenery. Plus alot of countries are like the US and you can't walk anywhere, you have to drive (I noticed Queensland getting like that) which is fine if you love jumping in the car but I do like walking and public transport.

What kinds of things do you think are better now than back then? Im nostalgic for back then but I honestly dont think id like to go back and live there!

You are being fed the content because you are looking through the content! Just stop

@OriginalUsername2 God yes. They love working (aka hustling) on their laptop by the poolside

What kinds of things do you think are better now than back then? Im nostalgic for back then but I honestly dont think id like to go back and live then

Wouldn’t interest me at all do I don’t follow any of them.

Obscene amount of British professionals in Dubai (the Gulf in general), I can totally understand as they will get at least double their salary, tax free, often with a family package that will include private schools, etc and private medical care. Many ofc miss their life back home BUT the standard of living is hard for them to give up

Pay is shit even for professional white-collar work in the UK and I’ve no idea why.

I second this. Spain wasn't for me, but the healthcare was streets ahead of the UK. No waiting for tests either. You need a scan? Same day.

In the the case of Spain, the health care is excellent, waiting times and referral to consultants are shorter

I've lived lots of places around the world. I don't currently live in the UK right now, and TBH, I'm not sure I'll ever move back to the UK.

Everywhere has pros and cons. I can't point to one place that is overall better than any other place.

One thing they never include for instance is that these people are young and healthy - what happens when they get old? What happens if something goes wrong with their health? The first 6 months is always exciting, but how about long-term?

I see a few who home educate - which is fine if you know what you're doing, but do these people know what they're doing? Or are these kids basically un-schooled and will hit adulthood restricted because they don't have qualifications?