What's one thing you've seen in other countries that you wish we had here?

[chocolateychurros]

In my home country, we have riders on motorbikes whose job it is to transport things from one place to another.
For example, if you left your charger at your mums, you could just request one of those and they would bring it straight to you.
Mind you in that country taxis are a lot cheaper than they are over here, so even if we had something like this here it would probably be too expensive and not worth it.

They have this at the Broadmarsh in Nottingham

Plenty of countries have the death penalty. Some of the very countries being extolled on here. Perhaps you could move to one?

Japan - hand basins where the grey water fills the toilet cistern. Complete no brainer for saving water.

Mmm, tricky. Is it because everyone is lovely, and it's a utopian society with no needs, therefore no crime?.

Also, the system of applying to university here seems really over-complicated. Why all this business with predicted grades, offers, getting the grades (or not), and clearing? I think in lots of other countries you do the exams and then apply with grades in hand - it would make the system a lot more straightforward, and less stressful.

M&S food hall will do that for you.

A decent economy that’s not in a permanent state of managed decline.

We live on the coast near Newcastle- I consider 21C balmy and 23C unbearable. Pale, freckly and can't stand heat.

Just has hardly any shops left.

Agreed. Our bay window, when it catches the sun on an afternoon, can raise the inside temperature from 22 C to over 30 C in less than three hours. And because we're insulated to the rafters it doesn't cool down at night unless you leave windows wide open... but then nefarious people try to climb in at night to rob you.

It's also worth pointing out that external shutters really require inward-opening windows which are as rare as rocking-horse shit here.

I'd say that when it comes to residential dwellings here we can learn so much from, say, the PassivHaus standard in Germany. But no, we're determined to live in Victorian housing stock and then moan about energy bills.

But it's not as a result of having clean streets.

The roadside conveyor belts/ travelators for cyclists on steep hills

As a nation we have to decide what we want the most. 'Austerity' caused many of the issues we're living with now. I'd love the streets to be cleaned but my local council takes delight in keeping the council tax rises low, I'd definitely pay more for better services.
We allowed privatisation of childcare, adult care, school transport etc etc and wonder why it costs so much! Most countries with good transport systems are publicly owned therefore not driven by profits. We get what we're prepared to accept

We have your first and third option here though ? Do you not have uber eats where you live ? Can get your groceries too.

The passagiata.

That sounds brilliant. I would just love that! Whereabouts is this?

The option of retirement would be great, but why should people expect to spend their 50s/60s doing child care rather than continuing their careers or travelling/enjoying their hobbies?

There are plenty of countries which have better subsidised child care than here.

A population that:
Works for their living and contributes to society
Cares about the environment and does not drop litter
Maintains their houses and gardens nicely
Accepts that as well as having rights, they have responsibilities

@Chuchoter

The death penalty.
The right to bear arms.

Look at the US - these measures don’t prevent crime. They support it. Part of the reason Americans have so much trouble with gun crime is down to their right to bear arms. And the death penalty does Noe’s absolutely nothing to deter criminals.

oh yes, and leftover bathwater filtered into the washing machine for first cycle!

Definitely this!

I was unsurprised that trains in france and Italy were nicer, more frequent and more reliable than in the UK but I was bloody gobsmacked to take a 3rd class train in Thailand for 45p and find it more pleasant than a UK train going half the distance for more than twenty times the cost!

A reasonably priced and reliable rail service.

Several generations in China will barely have any aunties or uncles at all - dancing or otherwise.

People to fill your car with petrol at the garage.

Aspirational education.