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I've lived in London for 10 years too. Visiting the US does not mean living in it... - Netflix, in the UK due to licensing is a poorer subset of content. - T

I've lived in London for 10 years too. Visiting the US does not mean living in it... - Netflix, in the UK due to licensing is a poorer subset of content. - There are much better choices of food options available in the US compared to the UK. - No, literally everywhere. I know many developers [around the US] who know either just PHP or Node and have $100k positions. Try living outside of London, you'd be lucky just to earn £30k. - Outside of London a car is a necessity, the Tube does not exist outside of London. Not everyone wants to live where anyway. Try seeing the other parts of the UK for instance. You'll be shocked just how bad the public transport is. - [Second Amendment] Nope, but how many stabbings have there been so far this year? Oh and gun crime is on the rise. Oh wait we don't have guns. Yeah I forgot. - [First Amendment] We don't have comparable laws. Just how many times have Police interviewed people at their home for posting things on Twitter that [other] people found offensive. Even though they weren't. - The safety net for a single man in the UK is a pittance. We don't all have mortgages and kids. Having a poor and highly taxed society means less opportunity for everyone. - We don't have comparable laws when taking to the Police. Happy you replied though. Much better than the downvotes for those in the UK and won't be able to understand how life is different elsewhere.

zimpenfish 7y ago
> but how many stabbings have there been so far this year? In the latest figures, there were 726 murders between March 2017 and 2018 in the UK[1] for 66M people (1 in 91k). In the US, 2017, there were just over 17000 murders[2] for 325M people (1 in 19k). Stabbings and gun crime in the UK is going to have to go up a hecking long way before we get anywhere close to the US. [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand... [2] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/murder https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
n4r9 7y ago
I'll grant you that I'm comparing living in London to living in the US generally, which is a little unfair. I've also lived in Nottingham (also great public transport) and Cambridge (pretty poor public transport) and have managed most of the time without needing to drive. My point is more that "bigger cars" is not inherently a valuable prospect compared to "good public transport". After a few online searches the average PHP salary in London is supposedly £55-60k, which is comparable to the supposed $70-80k average for the US. As another commenter mentioned, weapon-based murders are far lower in the UK than the US. I grant you we don't have legislation to protect hate speech, but we do have the right to silence when being questioned by police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_and_Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_an... .
- burfog 7y ago
  The appropriate comparison to London is Manhattan, or at least New York City.

zimpenfish 7y ago

> but how many stabbings have there been so far this year? In the latest figures, there were 726 murders between March 2017 and 2018 in the UK[1] for 66M people (1 in 91k). In the US, 2017, there were just over 17000 murders[2] for 325M people (1 in 19k). Stabbings and gun crime in the UK is going to have to go up a hecking long way before we get anywhere close to the US. [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand... [2] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/murder https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

n4r9 7y ago

I'll grant you that I'm comparing living in London to living in the US generally, which is a little unfair. I've also lived in Nottingham (also great public transport) and Cambridge (pretty poor public transport) and have managed most of the time without needing to drive. My point is more that "bigger cars" is not inherently a valuable prospect compared to "good public transport". After a few online searches the average PHP salary in London is supposedly £55-60k, which is comparable to the supposed $70-80k average for the US. As another commenter mentioned, weapon-based murders are far lower in the UK than the US. I grant you we don't have legislation to protect hate speech, but we do have the right to silence when being questioned by police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_and_Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_an... .

burfog 7y ago
The appropriate comparison to London is Manhattan, or at least New York City.