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England is crowded, but you know what..it's so easy to get away from the crowds there. You can be in the midst of urban hell, but in under an hour, you can find yourself in the seclusion and tranquility of the English countryside and my friends, you can't beat that with the biggest of sticks! Visit the Cotswolds, the New Forest, the Lake District, the waterways of East Anglia or the Yorkshire Dales and then tell me that England is "crowded" LOL. Even in London, you can escape to Richmond Park, where you'll feel like you're basically in the wilderness.
I don't doubt it. I'm simply making the point (poorly perhaps) that the single change over the last 26 years that I have found most difficult to deal with coming backwards and forwards across the pond is the number of people (and cars). I'm not talking about cities - you expect cities to be crowded, but even the countryside is crowded (to me). I am as surprised as the next person that I find this to be the case, but I do and I suspect that many people raised in the USA would find this to be true as well. That's not to detract from the natural beauty of the countryside, just that you become accustomed to a broader scale when you live in the USA.
I'm not saying that every one would feel this way, just that I do and it is something that you cannot, under any circumstances, get a feel for unless you actually visit. And I'm sure there are other aspects of life that are like that as well. However, I would kill to live somewhere that offered me the opportunity to supermarket shop from home, and to live in a house that was older than 200 years. Sigh.
This is an truthful attempt to explain what I mean - frankly yes, the Yorkshire Dales are too crowded for me (LOL to you too) and as for the Cotswolds - lovely yes, but crowded as well.
I don't doubt it. I'm simply making the point (poorly perhaps) that the single change over the last 26 years that I have found most difficult to deal with coming backwards and forwards across the pond is the number of people (and cars). I'm not talking about cities - you expect cities to be crowded, but even the countryside is crowded (to me). I am as surprised as the next person that I find this to be the case, but I do and I suspect that many people raised in the USA would find this to be true as well. That's not to detract from the natural beauty of the countryside, just that you become accustomed to a broader scale when you live in the USA.
I'm not saying that every one would feel this way, just that I do and it is something that you cannot, under any circumstances, get a feel for unless you actually visit. And I'm sure there are other aspects of life that are like that as well. However, I would kill to live somewhere that offered me the opportunity to supermarket shop from home, and to live in a house that was older than 200 years. Sigh.
This is an truthful attempt to explain what I mean - frankly yes, the Yorkshire Dales are too crowded for me (LOL to you too) and as for the Cotswolds - lovely yes, but crowded as well.
No crowding in the highlands, one of my favourite places.
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Give up and stay put, England has a failing economy rife with crime. Even if you are being assaulted you can't defend yourself for fear of imprisonment. The British Government hates it's own people, so god knows what chance you have. Pay for many jobs is so low that there must be the assumption that you are either thieving to make up you money or getting in to debt. As for the image put over on TV, even films portraying the bad and run down areas of the UK Don’t tell the truth. We have areas that are no go areas for native English. Please don’t become a soft target, the UK is not a nice place.
Give up and stay put, England has a failing economy rife with crime. Even if you are being assaulted you can't defend yourself for fear of imprisonment. The British Government hates it's own people, so god knows what chance you have. Pay for many jobs is so low that there must be the assumption that you are either thieving to make up you money or getting in to debt. As for the image put over on TV, even films portraying the bad and run down areas of the UK Don’t tell the truth. We have areas that are no go areas for native English. Please don’t become a soft target, the UK is not a nice place.
Fortunately, your beliefs don't represent that of all UK residents.
Fortunately, your beliefs don't represent that of all UK residents.
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