They complained of no dishwasher or clothes dryer, If they moved into an older British home they just werenāt setup for that 60-100 years ago. Its why you see washing machines in the kitchen in many old homes because thatās where you can access the plumbing.
The surprise that āfreeā healthcare comes out of taxes, and immigrants pay a premium to access healthcare ( is common world wide) shows the typical American ignorance.
The influencer complaining they canāt find work in the UK. Well LOL
Canāt they justā¦ influence? I mean if ever there were a job you could do from anywhereā¦
They can, they just donāt want to start from scratch, they had brand deals here, and their brands donāt care as much as them over there.
Pretty much what 90% of this isā¦ āthey had a life, job and everything in the united states, they gave everything up and moved to another country, and pikachu face, starting from scratch isnāt easy.ā
So true šÆ
In my personal opinion Americans should stay in America.
I personally think they should travel more, live outside of the US, see what works and what doesnāt and then maybe return home and fix some of the problems in their society.
Iām in the UK. We have a clothes dryer. Itās a rope, with its own dedicated eyelets attached to the house and the back fence. If itās rainy, you bring the clothes in. In the winter, you hang your clothes indoors near a radiator. It has the added benefit that the clothes smell fresh if and when they dry outside.
Yeah there is nothing like outside dried laundry.
Not in Canada. Alberta is talking about it and people are acring ike it is the most raciest thing ever. But so many other countries already do it.
Whatās not in Canada? Iām not following what you mean?
My house in the US (>100 yrs old) had neither of those things when I bought it. I did add them (including dryer alongside my washer in kitchen), but only because I eventually had enough money that I could. I was fine without them.
Were your walls plaster and lathboards? Some of the UK houses I have seen are an inner and outer layer of brick, and running anything is a pain. You often see wiring outside of the walls because its too hard to run places.
Nope, plantation house, single wall construction. The kind built by sugar plantation workers in Hawaii. Probably very easy to run things in comparison
Sounds like these folks didnāt do much research before they moved. The idea that youād move to Poland to escape Americaās right wing - like, are you joking?
Iāll admit that Iāve set up a few international job alerts just in case I get lucky, but I wouldnāt move without good work unless I was truly in a situation where I needed asylum.
I left and donāt regret it at all.
Where did you go?
Iāve lived outside the US for about 30 of my seventy-some years, for non-political reasons. Now Iām living in England. Though I didnāt have to learn a new language, cultural norms are still different enough that there are can be occasional surprises and potential misunderstandings. On the plus side, itās a culture that values conversation and storytelling, and I enjoy that. And, compared to the US, there is a much greater tolerance for non-conformity and individuality (something I didnāt realize until Iād been here a while).
What I learned when I left the US the first time is that itās equally disorienting when you return to the US. Reverse culture shock is a thing. I noticed a lot of things about my native culture that Iād previously assumed were universal. Theyāre not. And some of them are quite dysfunctional.
Besides England, I also lived for several years in a society that is massively different from the US, and where in my daily life, Iād seldom hear English spoken. Being a visible foreigner in such a place is an experience I strongly recommend. It teaches resiliency and humility.
Living in a different country with different culture than you are used to is just tough. Itās not about better or worse, just different. I know after 6 months abroad I felt really ready to come home and had a new appreciation for some things about my local culture I hadnāt realized werenāt universal.
I mean, we live different lifestyles. UK people coming here often find us barbaric, and I am not gonna lie, no washer and dryer does sound like hell. I have also watched quite a lot of British news and heard a lot of citizens mention how TERFy it can be there, and it genuinely seems worse then it is here, even mid-attack on trans people, which sounds absolutely barbaric to me as a transgender American. I think both places suck in unique ways.
Yeah, the UK always struck me as extremely conservative.
Come here and see for yourself, you might be surprised. And make sure you donāt just stay in London. Thatās not how most of the UK is. Londonās not worse, itās just atypical.
and heard a lot of citizens mention how TERFy it can be there
Thatās just the politicians. The Conservatives and the Reform (fascist) party are bigots; Labour is infiltrated by TERFs. The Greens have an inclusive policy. I have trans friends and colleagues, and the official discrimination here isnāt nearly as bad as it is in the US under Trump, so far. And in daily social life, people just get along. Itās also less homophobic here, even in a largely rural county like the one I live in.
Whoah there, thatās three political parties you named. Us here in the US of A canāt count past two politcal parties.
That was four (Cons, Labour, Greens and Reform) and even then I simplified. There are two more small nationwide parties that I didnāt mention (Restore, for the voters who donāt think Reform is fascist enough) and the Liberal Democrats (a centrist party that has hung on for decades, but seems increasingly irrelevant lately). Then there are the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru (the Welsh nationalists).
Itās effectively a two-party system in the UK. In England, that has been Labour and the Conservatives, but the Conservativesā support has collapsed and been replaced by Reform. In Scotland, the two major parties are the SNP and Labour. In Wales, itās now Labour and Plaid.
Iām green with envy.
I think Americans should stay in America and take care of their own country.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all oneās lifetime.
Samuel Clemens
Pyawalled.
I left before the first time the idiot was elected. My only regret is choosing Japan over Europe (really shitty Japanese work conditions, even when a company starts out really nice).
Awwā¦poor bot
