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If news articles are to be believed, UK is a horrifying place to live too. It has it all: barely accountable politicians, unsolved racial tensions, massive poli
by 0-O-0 6y ago
If news articles are to be believed, UK is a horrifying place to live too. It has it all: barely accountable politicians, unsolved racial tensions, massive police overreach, acute gang problem (and while there is almost no gun violence, acid throwing somehow feels even worse).
I'm sure that it doesn't seem to be that way from insiders perspective - it's very much possible to live safely and not to suffer from above mentioned problems on a daily basis, but same is true for those living in US.
Personally I wouldn't relocate willingly to either of the countries.
- pjc50 6y agoThe UK situation is weird: on a day to day basis you notice almost none of that in most places, and while the gang problem is real in certain places it's also massively overhyped by right-wing politicians. The big tensions are all anti-"immigrant" and of course Brexit and now the poor pandemic response. You can't tell people to ignore the deaths and hospitalisations of people they actually know. While most of the consequences of Brexit haven't hit yet, there is going to be a huge mess when the interim arrangements expire at the end of this year and the government has still done almost nothing to prepare.