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Well, i'm moving to the US from here in early May. Left the Army and found a good job in Pittsburgh. I'm single so i thought, "why the hell not".
So, apart from my family what do you think i'll miss?
When you were in the Army didn't you spend time posted overseas? What did you miss then? I spent a few years abroad in various parts of continental Europe and found it was generally the obscure things that I missed, stuff I never thought much of at home. People who understood my (odd even by British standards) sense of humour was high up the list, listening to Test Match Special, English swearing and strong regional accents, etc. I was never a particularly big fan of HP sauce until I saw it in the 'world food' section of a supermarket in Poland and had to buy it, even though it cost more than the steak I was buying at the time
- British supermarkets
- The countryside and the walkability of it
- Pubs
- Being able to watch Man City at regular hours
- Not having to drive so much
- Christmas in the UK
- British TV
- British drivers
- Working in a more relaxed atmosphere
- 25 days paid holiday
- The NHS
- Having friends close by
- Being close to mainland Europe
- The British way of non-intrusion into your affairs
- Town & city centres
- Hundreds + years of history to see and touch
- The fact that you can live in the middle of a city, but be in a different world in a short space of time
- Scotland
Mostly what i seemed to miss what good old fashioned supermarket food! Beans, T-Bags, Salad Cream, Worcester sauce stuff like that.
I see the sense of humour thing being one too..
They have an "ethnic" section at my local supermarket where you can buy British food (tea bags, orange squash, British chocolates, baked beans and I think Worcester sauce).
They have an "ethnic" section at my local supermarket where you can buy British food (tea bags, orange squash, British chocolates, baked beans and I think Worcester sauce).
Have to admit, i never thought that i'd be looking for specialist sections in shops that sold items sourced for my ethnicity .
British sausages
Scottish morning rolls.
Fish and chips
Scottish lorne sausage
Crabbies ginger beer
Rugby
Arbroath smokies
Bell's steak pie
Cheap alcohol
Cheap petrol
Shops open on Sundays
I have been in the US for donkey's years (originally from NE England) and I really miss Walker's crisps. Found a supplier online and have ordered them by the case....mmm smokey bacon flavour,,,
The English Countryside, and all the pretty little villages
The History and Architecture
Waitrose
The NHS and social net
Paid Vacation
British Sense of Humour
The News/Newspapers
Politics which no matter how unpleasant never get as nasty and brutal as in the US
Subsidised Arts and Culture such as the theatre and museums
My GP
Less polarisation in terms of politics, and social extremes ( topics such as abortion, Homosexuality etc... some parts of the US are just antedeluvian when it comes to such topics IMO)
Scottish Highlands and Islands, Edinburgh, Bath, Oxford, Startford Upon Avon, the Cotswolds,The Yorkshire Dales, The Lake District, Cornwall and Devon
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