American family wants to move to England: feasible?

[Hostile_Dialect]

@Merkwurdigliebe

But you do have to realize there are a lot of good things about America that you take for granted. And you won’t know what those are until you’ve lived there for several years. I probably would have stayed had I been able to, but on the other hand, being forced to come back to the US wasn’t such a bad deal either. It compelled me to finally study computer science, which is what I should have been doing all along. Some things about America are pretty awesome really. And I think you have to have lived in Europe for a few years to realize it.

I’m curious–what are those great things about America that you missed in Europe?

@Merkwurdigliebe

Just one example, but big city folks like the idea of the unknown. It’s not the quantifiable things that happen, but the things that you see / stumble upon during your daily routine. In the suburbs, you just drive from point A to point B and never run into a single person. I’m from a town of 4,000 by the way. I feel comfortable being around other people. I like it. I don’t want to be alone.

Nailed it. I’m from a town of 3,000 and I love living in a big(gish) city because of the strange and surreal things I see every once in a while. Even the graffiti excites me sometimes. I like to take the trolley down into the dirtier suburbs by the border and check out what people are painting on walls. Not to mention that, on any given day, I can meet a person who can change my life or take me on an exciting adventure of some kind. That doesn’t happen out in the 'burbs. I can certainly see why some people wouldn’t like it, but it’s what I love, and it’s part of what we pay so much for.

@Equipoise

$900 a month

:eek:

When’s the next flight to Chicago?

[Baron_Greenback]

@John Mace

We’ve got everything you’d want, and some of the best weather in the world, too.

You mean a bit grey and misty? It reminded me of home, and thus I agree! I was only there for a couple of days though (and loved it).

[Balthisar]

@Equipoise

I didn’t take it personally.

It kind of sounds like you did. I was asking an innocent question. :rolleyes: I still fail to understand, because I’ve been into cities, and they’re nothing like you describe. I also don’t suffer any of the pitfalls that you mention, other than the price of fuel. That’s more than made up for in quality of life, though.

[TheLoadedDog]

Give me a BIG city (Sydney is the biggest in Australia, but only just scrapes by in terms of what I want) or a tiny shack in a remote place in the outback. Either/or - I don’t mind. All I know is I grew up in the outer suburbs and I hated it then and I hate it now. Worst of both worlds.