Does the UK suck?

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So I have been watching Channel 4 New Life in the Sun.

And it has really been an eye opener.

It made me think...does the UK actually suck? And we are too institutionalised/subject to propaganda to realise?

Here are the reasons the UK sucks:

1. Weather sucks and the country looks dark and grey all the time


2. Roads are narrow, unpleasant to use, and crowded everywhere


3. Houses are small and full of mould everywhere you look. There is nothing romantic about the Cotswolds: it's ancient peasant housing that should be knocked down


4. People look pale and miserable


5. NHS only useful when you reach 65+


6. Rate of tax is astronomically high (I am two years into a graduate job pays marginal tax is 60%)


7. There is crime and general decrepitude everywhere you look


8. Idiots in charge of the country with no critical thinking ability


9. National caste system as a derivative of Norman invaders


10. Opportunities for young people suck because they can't earn enough to buy houses to offers stable family life


11. Low-level drug dealing in every city/town/village if you know what to look out for


12. Private school now astronomically expensive


13. Every business transaction is in some way a scam in the UK. Low-level scamming each other is the basis of the British economy


14. Legacy of colonialism, sexism, institutional racism, caste system derived from royals. It's basically just awful.

What do you think?

At least we have Dyson. They suck very well indeed.

I am not British and love the UK. Maybe you need to be an outsider to see it. I would consider myself bloody lucky if I were allowed to stay.Though the cost of living crisis worries me.

I think you could pick fault with most countries tbh.

I moved to the UK in my early 20s and am still here 15 years later, I love it.

Nowhere is perfect.

YABU for just this one: Private school now astronomically expensive

I really don’t hold private education price as a standard we should be holding our selves up to.

This should actually say:

12 The education system is massively unfair, disproportionately supporting those already economically well off so as a result talent and ability is missed.

No country is perfect.

I do agree with young people not being able to get on the housing ladder. That is a real problem.

Yes we need to bring back grammar schools

There is certainly problems. The shit show of a government and the fact that critical thinking seems to be defunct - but I would rather be here than idk, Honduras 😅

And I think we will be grateful for our cold climate with climate change.

“There is nothing romantic about the Cotswolds: it's ancient peasant housing that should be knocked down”
😂😂😂

You had me at general decrepitude
tbh. A lot of fair points, well made.

@ILoveAllRainbowsx like in Kent where they have grammars but the poorest students massively underperform the rest of the south east? No thanks

It's not as good as it could be.
But it's much better than it could be.

This is a bit silly, OP — it reeks of a weird kind of Little Britainishness and exaggerated miserabilism. Haven’t you ever lived anywhere else for comparison’s sake? I’ve lived all over the world, and spent almost twenty years in different parts of England, ten of them in London, which I loved. I did eventually leave, as Brexit was a disaster for my research field and the university sectoral a whole, and yes, you currently have a spectacular clusterfuck of a government, and the royal family is an embarrassing anachronism, and I did feel it had become a more xenophobic society by the time I left, but England (can’t speak for Wales or Scotland) has a lot of good things going for it, especially culturally, and London is a great city.

The wonderful British sense of humour. Makes up for a lot. If I were to actually list all the things I loved, I would be here all day.

@Spitescreen I have lived abroad for extensive periods of time. However, I always felt that I was a 'diplomat' or representative i.e. visiting the country with the implicit assumption I would return home. It is only since rethinking this notion that I have begun to think that maybe the UK isn't actually that good at all?

Bloody hell it’s not that cold or miserable! Maybe that’s just your out look? In which case anywhere would probably ‘suck’ to you

I think you’re talking bollocks. Exaggeration, hyperbole, inaccuracy and extrapolation in every point. I haven’t got the energy to correct every point in detail but would be happy to do one or two if you’d like to narrow it down.

@HeddaGarbled please narrow it down. I would love to hear your opinion and refutations of my hyperbole.

the country looks dark and grey all the time

No, it doesn't.

Rather live here than anywhere else. Would HATE to live in Australia or America.

As a foreign born and bred person who has lived here for many years, I find it quite amusing how British people often view their own country. - - — The UK has very low crime on an absolute level.
— UK has some of the safest roads in the world - this is important if you come from a country where everyone has 4/5 close family or friends who have died in traffic accidents 😞

• Paris, Johannesburg and many other cities have the same rainfall. The weather isn’t bad at all - you don’t get the extremes of hot and cold that you get in New York or many parts of Europe.
• We don’t have gun control issues or huge numbers of people trying to outlaw abortion.
• We have an amazingly fertile economy to launch new companies whether big or tiny.
• Despite the idea that Daily Mail reading Brexiteers are around every corner, people here are far more humble, worldly and kind than in many countries.
• There are more mixed race marriages in the UK than anywhere else in the world.

Stay away then. We'll cope without you.

Where is better then?

I am ok with the weather in London though people are always apologising to me for it! Bless them.

Sorry I mens too add that if you are feeling crappy about living here you should probably go and live overseas. Who knows, it might be the answer to all your problems or at least give you perspective. Also, I find that when people are feeling low in their lives generally they will often blame the country or place they live in. When their lives are going well everything around them looks brighter and better.