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Being in a similar boat to you (having left the UK in 2018) you won’t really find much is different on a visit except prices are a bit higher than you might rem
by satysin 4y ago
Being in a similar boat to you (having left the UK in 2018) you won’t really find much is different on a visit except prices are a bit higher than you might remember.
All these things in the news are very real but you only really feel them when you live there and your bills are higher than last month, etc
It’s quite strange feeling like a “foreigner” in your home country but I suspect you will feel it just as I did when I visited last year.
- jemmyw 4y ago> It’s quite strange feeling like a “foreigner” in your home country It's a bizarre feeling. I visited the UK in 2014 after being away since 2007. I felt so odd and displaced there, I couldn't wait to leave again. Not a reflection on the place, although I was disappointed by how unfriendly people were - almost like all the friendly Brits have left and are the ones I meet overseas.
- bsnnkv 4y agoMirrors my experience. Despite living in a city known for being quite "cold" (the "Seattle Freeze"), I have found it far easier to make friends here than I ever did in the UK. Even in one of the supposedly most unfriendly cities in the US, I find the vibe far more friendly than in the UK on average.
- jemmyw 4y agoI have a feeling it's just the effect of being an expat. The reason I think that is I recall an Irish friend who went to the UK (from NZ where we both lived at the time) and commented his surprise that the English were the friendliest people he'd ever met.