Would you move abroad?

[stella139]

If you had the chance, would you move away from the UK?
Where to and for what reasons?
Just curious :)

YABU - yes I would move
YANBU - no I like living here

@Aloethere

Absolutely. Italy or Portugal when the kids up and leave which is only a few years away now really! I'm self employed which was a deliberate move to make the transition easier when it does happen.

Sounds great. Do you think Brexit will make it harder? I was thinking yes unless lots of funds.

No but I could quite happily live abroad during Jan and Feb.

I have dual nationality and a Canadian passport. Keep wondering if I’d regret it if I didn’t at least try but it would mean uprooting my young family (who would no doubt love it there!). Husband is up for it and my parents would probably move back for at least 6 months of the year... I just know I’d miss my friends and parts of my life here. What to do!

We are currently in Canada with DH job, obviously Covid has made things more difficult and travel in Canada and to other places is difficult, but so far we are enjoying it.
It won’t be here long term 2-5 years at the most depending how much we like it, but it seemed like a good opportunity before we retire.
The biggest issue for us is our university aged DC can’t currently come to Canada due to Covid to visit us.

I've been in Italy for almost 30 years now and might retire back to the UK.

Tempted tbh - brexit and covid shitshows are push factors - we could both quite easily work in nz and dh wants to.

But - i have an aging, ill dm, and i just cant see how i could leave her, especially
with nz being so far away. It's not like you can just nip home for a long weekend. I also dont want dc growing up so far away from cousins. Putting a lot of stress on the relationship as not an easy compromise available. Completely understand why people want to leave though, even if it's only for a few years.

Considering it at the moment as DH has been asked if he’s interested once vaccines are more rolled out. I’m in two kinds as it’s such an unknown but it would be a fun adventure.

No we both have large families here and I could never take my children away from that. They’d be devastated to leave their grandparents etc.

Well, I didn’t vote as you’re only options for moving abroad referred to moving away from UK

I moved abroad - to UK

So yes, I’d move abroad.

I have lived in a few different countries, there is pros and cons to everywhere. Anywhere can be great if you have lots of cash. But I do think the UK can be a great place, we just have a media that thrives of negativity. Many people come from all over the world to make their lives here because its a better option for them, that includes many countries in Europe. We do have some things we really need to improve on such as social security and housing but it's definitely not the worst place in the world!

If I had no close family left behind. My partner wants to move abroad and probably will but I don't think I will go with him. I would rather stay nearer to my daughters and granddaughters and my elderly mum would be broken hearted at this stage in her life. I do kind of wish I had lived abroad when younger before kids though

Yes, I have a passport for a scandinavian country and my secret ambition is to take a sabbatical once we have children and try living there for 3 months before seeing if it's somewhere we would consider properly.

We did 9 years ago.
It kinds of depends what you are looking for,
I love the outdoor life and it’s very beautiful.
It also very small and difficult to integrate.
However i don’t want to go back to the Uk. With Covid I really miss being able to pop over when I want to.

@Costacoffeeplease where abouts in Portugal is a good place to relocate to? I've heard it can get pretty cold and damp in some parts and that the houses aren't very well insulated. We are looking for an area with plenty to do, good schools.

@Lifeinaonesie

No, I get pissed off on holiday when no one can make a cup of tea properly. I can't imagine living in a country where tea wasn't the priority at all times!

You would be making your own tea probably!

I moved to Canada in 2018. I adore it here, there are some things I miss about the UK (mostly Waitrose and M&S food) but I would never move back. Family and friends were queuing up to visit pre-Covid - I had to start a visits planner to fit them all in 😄 - and hopefully that will resume again before too long.

Not permanently, because of my DC & DGC. We were going to buy a holiday home, but that's on hold at the moment as I don't know if I'll need the vaccine to travel and I won't be having it.

Before I met DH it’s something I would have loved to do but wouldn’t have the courage on my own.

He is Portuguese however and we are moving there in a few months, we’ve already sent our furniture and pretty much everything we own and are living in a furnished rental in the UK atm.

It feels a lot less like a big move to another country because we have friends and family there. DH is fluent (obviously!) and we know the country really well. It already felt a bit like ‘another home’ when we used to visit so I’m very excited to get over there and unpack and settle in.

I wouldn't at my age, but we did have a couple of years in the US when we were about 30. I think it's good to live elsewhere for a while, apart from what you see and do while you're there, it helps you understand your own country better - including appreciating things you'd taken for granted.

ive lived in a few places. Currently in London. Have kids. With my job, i can always move to the states, canada, switzerland or certain parts of asia but my kids are the priority and stability is key for now. I was actually thinking of moving within the UK - Brighton appeals as they have great schools there.

Lived abroad for a long time, came home, now thinking about going away again, possibly Singapore. The OH and I have permanent jobs for international companies that can be done from anywhere - no kids, and the cats will adapt.

The only thing that's stopping me is that our parents are ageing, and I'm a bit worried about that.

[quote littlepattilou]@stella139

I would only leave the UK and move overseas permanently, if there was no-one here in the UK who meant anything to me. Everyone I love is here in the UK. I have no reason to leave.

I never understand why people move abroad permanently, if they have their loved ones, relatives, friends etc here in the UK.

Puzzles me greatly, especially when it's New Zealand or Australia!

I wonder why they want to move away abroad at all, let alone so far away. I wonder what they're trying to get away from.

Travelling is wonderful, and holidays are great, but moving abroad permanently??? Never in a million years would I do that.[/quote]
That’s a view I’ve honestly only ever encountered on Mn and in one village I lived in in the Midlands for a few years, which was the most insular, small-minded place I’ve ever lived. Smacks of the type who speak one language and think ‘abroad’ is where you go once a year for a beach holiday.

This type also invariably says on these threads with an air of great cleverness that people will still have to go to work and scrub their toilets in another country, so why move abroad because it’s just more of the same. Which really isn’t true, and I’ve moved around quite a lot (including three different parts of the UK, which is ‘abroad’ to me). Life is quite different in different places, in different climates and languages and societies.

It’s a big old world out there. Obviously, knock yourself out and do what you want, but it’s a bit much to think there’s something wrong with someone who doesn’t want to spend their 80 years in Slough because that’s where they happened to be born.

I seriously considered oz when I was younger but wouldn't want to move so far from family.

wouldn't rule out moving to alicante. I loved it there. But i'm single. I have to have a really realistic think about whether or not it's any use being near bars and restaurants and cafes if i"m on my own. I didn't mind eating on my own for a few nights but............indefinitely. And it'd be harder to make friends. Not impossible.

My head is all over the place at the moment though. Covid boredom and restlessness. One minute i'm thiing about skerries the next, alicante, and then in the next thought i'm thinking if my kids every moved out I could make this place nice.

what do i waaaaaaant!?

@Lifeinaonesie

No, I get pissed off on holiday when no one can make a cup of tea properly. I can't imagine living in a country where tea wasn't the priority at all times!

Oh you are not wrong. I forget. Every time I get back from Spain I am gasping for a cup of tea.