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I'm unsurprised that so many comments so far relate to the UK - I became acutely aware of how bad this was for me in 2019, but have definitely suffered the effe

I'm unsurprised that so many comments so far relate to the UK - I became acutely aware of how bad this was for me in 2019, but have definitely suffered the effects since before that. Vitamin D and bright lights give a bit of short-term placebo benefit, but I haven't been able to detect any longer term uplift. Even in the good weather months (... OK, weeks) we have, I spend time wishing I was elsewhere for the usual political/social/economic reasons, but in the winter I double down on trawling emigration blogs looking for a way out.

simonbarker87 4y ago
35 year old here in the UK and I’ve finally had enough of the weather so spend much of my time doing the same. We moved from the north to the midlands a few years a go and that helped a bit but it’s no longer cutting it sadly. I can work anywhere but my spouse can’t - so at this point we are just working out how to make it work on potentially just one income. The joke has become “how poor are we willing to be to get away from the rain” at this point. Oh and visa’s aren’t easy either. If only there was some simple way we could move to a European country under some kind of free movement of people act - what a world that would be.
- Moissanite 4y ago
  I've lived all over the UK and concluded that while the exact conditions vary a bit, it is just background noise against the generally foul climate. Malta is about the best option I've been able to come up with - no language issues and still in the EMEA region for work purposes. Switzerland would probably be a better fit for me in terms of both climate and society, but they like foreigners even less than we do and the language situation is intimidating.
  - simonbarker87 4y ago
    I agree, it’s just variations on a fairly miserable theme in the UK. We love the Algarve in Portugal so that’s our primary focus - Portuguese is challenging to learn due to pronunciation but we are getting there.

simonbarker87 4y ago

35 year old here in the UK and I’ve finally had enough of the weather so spend much of my time doing the same. We moved from the north to the midlands a few years a go and that helped a bit but it’s no longer cutting it sadly. I can work anywhere but my spouse can’t - so at this point we are just working out how to make it work on potentially just one income. The joke has become “how poor are we willing to be to get away from the rain” at this point. Oh and visa’s aren’t easy either. If only there was some simple way we could move to a European country under some kind of free movement of people act - what a world that would be.

Moissanite 4y ago
I've lived all over the UK and concluded that while the exact conditions vary a bit, it is just background noise against the generally foul climate. Malta is about the best option I've been able to come up with - no language issues and still in the EMEA region for work purposes. Switzerland would probably be a better fit for me in terms of both climate and society, but they like foreigners even less than we do and the language situation is intimidating.
- simonbarker87 4y ago
  I agree, it’s just variations on a fairly miserable theme in the UK. We love the Algarve in Portugal so that’s our primary focus - Portuguese is challenging to learn due to pronunciation but we are getting there.