Is anyone else planning to leave the UK?

This, exactly

Healthcare has vastly improved over the past 20 years. We lead longer and healthier lives.
The rate of crime has dropped substantially over the past 30 years. We are now a much safer society.
I own my own home now, which I didn’t previously but I accept that’s a personal perspective.
I’m not impacted my immigration, for good or bad, but I appreciate for others this may be a problem.

Norway is pretty but boring - you still can't buy a bottle of wine on a Sunday or Bank Holiday as the state-run wine shops all close and they're the only place allowed to sell alcohol.

No, you should see how shit my home country is. I have a much better quality of life here. Food shopping is cheaper. Health care is better and more accessible. Schools are better. I can’t think of anywhere I’d prefer to live. We are high earners and pay tax, but relative to what we earn, we have a comfortable life. People in every country think their country is crap because they too sometimes watch too much YouTube.

I know! I would have thought a post complaining about constant strikes, power cuts, the three day week, and poor public sector service would definitely not make you a "Lefty"! 😂

Nope. Ive got family and friends in US, Australia, canada, france, italy, Germany & china. It's not much better elsewhere.

France is even more fucked financially than we are. Higher taxes.
Australia is really expensive to live, facing some major environmental challenges.
US has huge wealth divide, lots of issues with racism& sexism, guns & donald trump. They get barely any holiday.
China has a lot of weird shit that never makes the news here
Italy wages are actually quite a bit lower than uk & they are also kinda bankrupt
Germany like the uk has had a huge influx of migrants and has social undercurrents that are pretty nasty. Tax is higher than here.

On a global level, capitalism has concentrated wealth in the hands of a shrinking few. You can't escape that by moving abroad.

You will get more equality somewhere like norway - oh and higher taxes.

I know! 😂 😂

@Papyrophile how does that work with the changing demographics though?

No, I like the banter and I don’t like to be too far from an M&S Food.

I would like to. honestly. I would live in the USA if I was not afraid of my kids being shot when they go to school.

The opportunities are far greater than the UK, however I would consider canada seriously in the not too distant future

This might be one of the most unhinged replies I've read on Mumsnet in a while, and that's saying something.

And what's "leftist" about what @KatyaKanani said?
They were facts.

😂😂😂

We can’t move as kids are in secondary and I think realistically we are too old to start again. What we are doing though is just massively decreasing our spending and hoping that Labour is out in the next election.

Constant strikes and shortages, three day week, power cuts, walking to school in the snow having only had a cold drink and going to sit in a dark classroom with our coats on. Corporal punishment actively encouraged.
Irish jokes.

Typical leftist. Enjoy your country as it crumbles while you’re too busy enjoying it being less racist. Oh and good luck getting adequate healthcare and your children being able to afford their own home independently.

I think DS will almost certainly go in the next couple of years. He wants to get a couple more years work experience under his belt. He thinks it will be a time of massive positive change and he wants to be part of that. A few of his friends have already gone

We won’t be going anywhere although husband has joked in the past about a French farm and chateau when the weather gets especially cold and snowy here. The french also treat their farmers very well.
I like where I live but would love a little place in a warmer country when I’m retired. I’d spend our winters there and summers back here.

Me too. Far better.

Yes. It’s a better world than the one I grew up in.

It's ironic, though, isn't it? Every day thousands are risking their lives to come to the UK and countless others would like to try.

I don’t like living here anymore. The country has been going steadily downhill for decades and is now mostly a complete mess. The shitty weather is the just the ‘icing’ on the proverbial cake (although it’s hardly a nice cake).

I could possibly have the opportunity to move somewhere lovely when I’ve retired. It’s not something I’ve ever considered - until now.

Dodge tax? Nope- we’ve done our bit to prop up the welfare culture. Time to think about our kids now. Always easier to be generous with someone else’s money.

@teacupzs , what I think might be interpreted as "bracing". Stand up, work for everything you expect to have for yourself, try to help out if you can but it's probably quite a self directed/self sufficient version of life.

Less pollution, less secondary smoke inhalation, less overt sexism and cat calling, less overt homophobia and racism, more opportunities for women, more than 2 channels on tv and no 4 month wait for the post office to install your telephone, no having to get a man to guarantee your rent or mortgage...I could go on.