bloody immigrants (Jacksonville, Miami, Sunrise: fit in, lawyer, house)

[agreatlife]

My best friend just emigrated to England - in the Yorkshire area -
ToddMorden (apologies for spelling) she loves it there. As a previous poster said - it does get stupidly hot here in the summer by August you cannot stand it anymore. But I love Jax, and hope you will too. There are zillions of homes for sale right now in Jax and you shouldn't have any problems finding your price point wherever you decide to locate.

[Southlander]

Originally Posted by richydraper

yeah... hot and sticky is good!!! i love the summer over here! always wish it was warmer tho hahaha

immigration should be the thing that takes the longest as far as im aware... there seems to be conflicting stories between websites and stuff but tbh i dont really wanna get into which sort of visa i need untill i manage to find a placement then it will be manic trying to find and get accepted for the right one. its like ive said to jess theres no point in stressing and getting all worked up about it as it dont make anything any quicker just gotta take it in your strideprovide the services with as much as you can upon request and hope that they let us in!!
someone told me the requirements got a lot tighter after 9/11but this hasnt really phased me too much as i could think of a lot of people who would be less likely to be accepted. we'll see tho!!

How hot do you like it? Upper 90s? 100s? Can you stand 99 and 100 percent humidity..for weeks at a time? (No, I'm not joking)
I encourage you to find out all this stuff well beforehand before you get here and are stuck in a place you hate.
You may NOT hate it...but seems like you could spend a holiday in Jax during the hottest, stickiest part of summer and find out before you toss it all.
And it's faze. Not phase.

[agreatlife]

Oh yeah, one other thing we measure temperature in farhrenheit.

[mawipafl]

richydraper -- there are tons of your fellow countrymen/women in my neck of the woods and they all seem to adore Jax big time.

ummm ... Yorkshire pudding made the right way??? -- delish!

[richydraper]

Originally Posted by Southlander

How hot do you like it? Upper 90s? 100s? Can you stand 99 and 100 percent humidity..for weeks at a time? (No, I'm not joking)
I encourage you to find out all this stuff well beforehand before you get here and are stuck in a place you hate.
You may NOT hate it...but seems like you could spend a holiday in Jax during the hottest, stickiest part of summer and find out before you toss it all.
And it's faze. Not phase.

thx for the correction i failed english in secondary school!!

love it hot and jess does too!!

coventry sees upto about 95% humidity in the summer usually the temperature is a little lower than in JAX but then again we wouldnt be moving to some where colder seems a bit silly if were in pursuit of the good life!!

[richydraper]

Originally Posted by mawipafl

richydraper -- there are tons of your fellow countrymen/women in my neck of the woods and they all seem to adore Jax big time.

ummm ... Yorkshire pudding made the right way??? -- delish!

yess mate eggs, flour, milk and cooked in a lightly greased deep tin (has to be greased with beef dripping) perfect.... none of this frozen/packeted stuff that seems to be all over the supermarket shelves nowa days theres nothing like freshly cooked food im not a big fan of frozen although it does save a hell of a lot of time after a 13hour shift hehehe

[ara^bess]

I'm so glad you are enjoying the link. It's one of my favorite to just goof around with and get to look inside other people's houses. The most expensive house for sale in Florida on there is $10 MILLION dollars and it's just down the road from me! (NO...I don't live in anything in that price range!)

Jacksonville is nice. If it gets too hot, you can always take the family to the beach. There are a couple of really beautiful state parks on the beach that don't have hotels or condo's obstructing the view.

If you do decide to move to Jax, make sure to post your chosen areas on here so the locals can give you the good and the bad of the locations.

[in_newengland]

I can make a mean Yorkshire pudding too but then my grandparents came from Yorkshire so I know that it's illegal to make roast beef without it.

Do you seriously know how HOT Florida is in the summer? I mean, it's HOT and sticky here in the northern USA where I live, can you not imagine how it is in FLORIDA which is over 1000 miles to the south of where I am? It never gets anywhere near that hot in England, ever. You may be shocked.

As for the immigration, it is almost impossible since 911. I think you should check out a site such as visa journey and read for yourself. You will need a sponsor -- good luck finding an American who would be willing to take financial responsibility for you. An employer will only sponsor you if you are in a scientist or a professor or maybe a doctor; ordinary people don't get sponsored.

Oh--even if you could get in, do you realize that we don't get all those holidays that you Brits get. We usually get 5 vacation days/year, then after a few years we get 10 days off. Of course, we get the national holidays like Christmas, but it's right back to work on the day after (no boxing day.) No Easter holidays either.

IMO, England is a better place to live and if you get cold there are those cheap flights to warm places. If you're bothered by the immigrants over there, aren't there other areas in England that are reasonably priced and don't have the social problems? What about Australia? Easier for you to get in to and they have warm climates too.

Good luck.

[cricketfan]

Originally Posted by Southlander

How hot do you like it? Upper 90s? 100s? Can you stand 99 and 100 percent humidity..for weeks at a time? (No, I'm not joking)
I encourage you to find out all this stuff well beforehand before you get here and are stuck in a place you hate.
You may NOT hate it...but seems like you could spend a holiday in Jax during the hottest, stickiest part of summer and find out before you toss it all.
And it's faze. Not phase.

Oh please, Southlander! ... you make it sound like people are dropping like flies here in the summer. Ofcourse it's hot here in July - September ... what d'ya expect? At least it's more tolerable than in the more southern and inland areas of Florida. Last summer we had some folks visiting from Hastings, UK and they absolutely loved the heat, not to mention the beaches. BTW, we could use some of that heat today.

Since we actually experience a change of seasons in Jax, people here don't mind the heat too much. Even the older folks who may be going thru a phase. Or is it "faze"?

[toops]

Originally Posted by richydraper

i have been browsing the threads concerning childcare/education albeit not as much as living arrangements and visa threads..

on the cooking front... you guys have SUBWAY so im a happy man!!!!

both my parents are from yorkshire (north of england) so i have been taught how to make an absolutely amazing sunday roast my yorkshire puddings are sommin else if all this materialises then some of the locals may have to get invited round for a taste of REAL food

I tried to make Yorkshire Pudding for my mom on Christmas; it didn't work out.

...regardless, I don't think the British are renown for their fine cusine...


In any case, I have no idea why you have any desire to come here, but I will switch places with you. I've been dying to go (back) to England and visit Europe as well.