Before the ship sinks.

HaydenAsche · 01.13.2008, 11:53 PM

I'm thinking about moving to the UK before the United States completely sinks. Pros? Cons?

Cantankerous · 01.14.2008, 12:00 AM

my boyfriend insists that if we ever have any children that they should be raised back in the UK
so, if you're reading this john: SUCK IT. my kids are going to be raised in new york.

oh anyway
no, move to canada if you're gonna move elsewhere

HaydenAsche · 01.14.2008, 12:01 AM

Hey, sweetie. How goes it? I'm tripping balls.

Cantankerous · 01.14.2008, 12:22 AM

clearly

Norma J · 01.14.2008, 02:13 AM

The United States appeals to me alot more than the UK. But, of course, I've been to neither.

Cantankerous · 01.14.2008, 02:14 AM

i like both, i just don't want to live in england. a visit once in awhile is enough for me.

Norma J · 01.14.2008, 02:15 AM

I'm not fond of the accent really. No offense to the English boardies. I'd like to go there one day though. I'd like to visit many places.

Cantankerous · 01.14.2008, 02:16 AM

it's my favorite accent in the whole world and i get to hear it every day

✌➬ · 01.14.2008, 02:18 AM

I agree with you cantanky.

Norma J · 01.14.2008, 02:19 AM

I get to hear it everyday too. Coronation St is a favourite* in this household.

*Not mine.

jonathan · 01.14.2008, 02:20 AM

anywhere where you have easy access to food and can survive without owning a car is probably where you need to be.
I've thought about leaving the country after grad school, seems like the sane thing to do.

_slavo_ · 01.14.2008, 03:47 AM

UK > US

with kids or without them

Norma J · 01.14.2008, 04:43 AM

What's with Americans fascination for the UK?

sonicl · 01.14.2008, 04:53 AM

I haven't spent enough time in the US to comment really. But whatever you do, don't expect to come to the UK and find every day filled with awe and wonder. It's not a myth that it rains a lot here, it's truth.

What are you hoping to get away from?

pbradley · 01.14.2008, 07:07 AM

Living in England, at least for a while, has always been a nice idea but far too expensive for any realistic plans. San Francisco is a fine enough city and it doesn't rain all the time though it is pretty damn expensive itself.

floatingslowly · 01.14.2008, 09:39 AM

don't fool yrself.

The Bombs will find you anyways.

screamingskull · 01.14.2008, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonicl

I haven't spent enough time in the US to comment really. But whatever you do, don't expect to come to the UK and find every day filled with awe and wonder. It's not a myth that it rains a lot here, it's truth.

agreed, i think if you grow up in the UK, you get used to the total disappointment with the weather pretty early on. But if you moved here it would be pretty crappy.

Don't do it i say, move to Canada, the UK is not anything its cracked up to be, it might look alright in Tv shows or movies, but it really is pretty mediocre.

the ikara cult · 01.14.2008, 10:29 AM

Yes, dont believe that Michael Moore film where he waltzes into the NHS hospital and waltzes straight out again. He's a fraudulent waltzer that Moore...

afterthefact · 01.14.2008, 10:39 AM

No place is that great. There is hardly any place that is better than another. Sure, one might have a better scene or something, but if you need that to be happy, than you will never really be happy. When you move somewhere, at first it's exciting and you love it, but then it just becomes the new location where you go through the same routine as you always have, and you life goes back to being the same as it was before. If you aren't happy now, you won't be happy anywhere, because happiness comes from the inside.

Unless you live in Denmark. I hear it's great there.

Savage Clone · 01.14.2008, 10:56 AM

Then The Ship Was Sunk

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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I'm thinking about moving to the UK before the United States completely sinks. Pros? Cons? __________________ rip
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	my boyfriend insists that if we ever have any children that they should be raised back in the UK so, if you're reading this john: SUCK IT. my kids are going to be raised in new york. oh anyway no, move to canada if you're gonna move elsewhere __________________ RETIRED
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	The United States appeals to me alot more than the UK. But, of course, I've been to neither. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i like both, i just don't want to live in england. a visit once in awhile is enough for me. __________________ RETIRED
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I'm not fond of the accent really. No offense to the English boardies. I'd like to go there one day though. I'd like to visit many places. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	it's my favorite accent in the whole world and i get to hear it every day __________________ RETIRED
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I get to hear it everyday too. Coronation St is a favourite* in this household. *Not mine. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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jonathan children of satan Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 320	anywhere where you have easy access to food and can survive without owning a car is probably where you need to be. I've thought about leaving the country after grad school, seems like the sane thing to do.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	UK > US with kids or without them __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	What's with Americans fascination for the UK? __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I haven't spent enough time in the US to comment really. But whatever you do, don't expect to come to the UK and find every day filled with awe and wonder. It's not a myth that it rains a lot here, it's truth. What are you hoping to get away from?
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Living in England, at least for a while, has always been a nice idea but far too expensive for any realistic plans. San Francisco is a fine enough city and it doesn't rain all the time though it is pretty damn expensive itself.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	don't fool yrself. The Bombs will find you anyways.
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	No place is that great. There is hardly any place that is better than another. Sure, one might have a better scene or something, but if you need that to be happy, than you will never really be happy. When you move somewhere, at first it's exciting and you love it, but then it just becomes the new location where you go through the same routine as you always have, and you life goes back to being the same as it was before. If you aren't happy now, you won't be happy anywhere, because happiness comes from the inside. Unless you live in Denmark. I hear it's great there. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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