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Would you advise your kids to emigrate?
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Exactly I expected it to be cold wet and grey, so any sunny day was a bonus. If you think record hot summer you get disappointed.
The best thing about the English summer is the way that English people enjoy it. They/we are out in droves playing soccer and cricket, drinking in beer gardens, lazing on the beach. It's fantastic when the sun comes out.
I kinda have the reverse problem in Aus. The first drop of rain and everone chickens out. Amazing.0 -
I kinda have the reverse problem in Aus. The first drop of rain and everone chickens out. Amazing.
hehehe. My first ever goal in a polo game was magical. I got the ball, hit it and kept my eye on it, and my pony pretty close behind, miraculously I seemed unguarded, and got to the end of the field behind the ball untackled and to ut the ball I'd hit through the goal myself. I was beaing with pride, but as I turned from the goal, triumphant I realised the slight drizzle that had started had scared every other person off the field and it was for that reason, not sudden prowess, that I'd not been tackled and got at the ball a second time.
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The best thing about the English summer is the way that English people enjoy it. They/we are out in droves playing soccer and cricket, drinking in beer gardens, lazing on the beach. It's fantastic when the sun comes out.
I kinda have the reverse problem in Aus. The first drop of rain and everone chickens out. Amazing.
Very true, the English go mental at any sign of sun. I've seen girls in bikinis in the park in the middle of London on a warm day. Bizarre. Not that I'm complaining
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It's also true that in Aus if the weather's not perfect people often don't bother. Sydney rain is very different to London, it can really bucket down!
Still looking at moving to near Brighton-Le-Sands Generali?0 -
There is a quote from Lord Denning about living in this our England bringing more advantages to a child than just the financial.
If you emigrate, you may not feel that you "belong" anywhere. Some people this affects and some people it doesn't. For that reason I wouldn't encourage anyone to take that step.0 -
There is a quote from Lord Denning about living in this our England bringing more advantages to a child than just the financial.
If you emigrate, you may not feel that you "belong" anywhere. Some people this affects and some people it doesn't. For that reason I wouldn't encourage anyone to take that step.
By this logic, I assume you wouldn't encourage anyone to leave the town they're born in. Don't move to the city... you might not feel you "belong".
You never know until you go, and can always come home if things don't work out.
As for Denning, many other countries have similar advantages for a child. It just depends which country you're talking about.0 -
Still looking at moving to near Brighton-Le-Sands Generali?
No idea TBH.
Just got myself an income such that we can move out of MiL's place very soon. The former enabling the latter is what's important right now. The suburb will just happen.
Gladesville is the favoured suburb of the day. Bungendore the favoured country town (border ACT/NSW on the NSW side - 20 mins from Queanbean).
I like the idea of The Shire but we are a family of four [and also I hate commuting and get quite grumpy if made to commute].0 -
Gladesville's a nice suburb and not as pricey as the Lower North Shore.
Why are you considering Canberra, is there a job offer down there? Give Swanny some economic pointers if you end up there. He could use them.
I don't have much bad to say about the Shire either. I grew up there and some of my family live there still. Very family friendly. Sutherland to the city is only 30 mins by train, but the transport links in most suburbs aren't so crash hot.0 -
My son (aged 31) is a US citizen now and enjoying a much better lifestyle in California than he would here, with an income way above what he would get in the UK. He visited for a few days in June and could not believe how dreary and grey and depressed and crowded and expensive everything has become. He would never come back here to live, and I don't blame him. I wish I had done the same thing when I was his age.I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.0
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i have lived and worked in over sixty different countries and yet i still have not found one i would like to live in permanently......this country is home to me..simple as that....It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
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