To relocate the family back to the UK?

[PinkMerryBee]

DH and I left the UK in 2017 to Singapore. We moved as I found a good role and hoped the low tax environment would help us save. We both work.

It's been 7+ years living abroad and we now have a DD who was born in Singapore. We go back to England 1-2 times a year to visit family in the North West. On our recent visits, ive felt so drawn to moving back permanently. I miss the more reasonable pace of life, gorgeous countryside, (comparatively!) affordable housing, simple things like British produce and having four seasons. When I bring this up with friends from back home, the overwhelming response is "don't do it", "it's so sh1t", "the uk is not the same as when you left" etc etc.

Every country has its problems. Have things really deteriorated that much for the average family?

Give over - its not nasty. Brits take being called "whinging Poms" with good humour but Aussies are quite prickly when teased.

Nonsense

I am 55, living in the UK since 27 yrs. Came here in 1998 with my French hubby and then 6 months old son. We are thinking of eventually moving back to the EU, not just because of Brexit but because of missing being closer to family. Both my mom and dad are ill. I am not healthy since a while now, have various health issues, so travel and taking care of them is a big problem. We have 4 kids and I regret not going back sooner. I love living here, in a lot of ways this is my home, but a lot of people as they age they start to become nostalgic for their youth and miss what they grew up with. For me the biggest lesson no matter how much you are a cosmopolitan soul, like to travel and experiencing new things it is hard to be first generational immigrant. As you age you miss your parents and wider family if you have them, but also the architecture, the food, the culture, the common cultural denominators and shorthands only people of your generation and country get. For me this is the Continent. I am really torn.