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No British people only go there because its easy to get into.
But the UK is a wealthier and better country than Australia. Australia is an anglican and catholic country. The United States shares more religions with us than Australia.
Australia isn't an easy country to get into. It's a lot easier to get into Britain than to get into Australia. There is also a huge amount of people from the UK here (especially English). Where I live there are even shopping aisles that have exclusively UK products because of the large amount of UK people.
Australia has a lot of similarities with the UK (& the British Isles in general) especially in culture and sports etc. The main contribution to Australia is from Britain.
If the UK is a wealthier and better country than Australia why are there so many British coming here?
In the last few years the amount of British people coming to Australia is higher than it was in the last few decades.
In fact there is a rise in a lot of Europeans coming here. More French people are coming here now and French people were not one of the nationalities that have came here in the past.
Well I don't live in England there is more space here.
But London would be wealthier than Australia, much larger population.
Australia has a very small population.
We're talking about individual quality of life, here, which depends more on GDP per capita and average income than total GDP.
Indonesia has a higher GDP than Singapore yet a much lower GDP for it's size, so obviously quality of life is better in Singapore.
Likewise, our GDP per capita and average income is higher in Australia than the UK. Our quality of life index is higher, our health care system is one of the best (though far from perfect), we have a higher life expectancy, our cities are less polluted, our climate more amiable and healthful, and our cities consistently rank among the most liveable in the world.
If you want to try to compare, Australia has a better quality of life by these measures.
I'm talking GDP per capita, not total GDP, which is irrelevant.
If you wanna talk about that, the US's GDP is many times that of the UK. Does that make the average American many times richer than the average Briton?
I know that America is slipping pretty fast. Compared to other first world countries we are almost in last when it comes to education and upward mobility and the clear undiputed champ when it comes to gun violence and crime in general.
But you go on and on about open space and how big Australia is when the inland area is basically uninhabited!
Theres not much open space if it is uninhabitable! Not to mention the fact that it is thousands and thousands of miles from anywhere with no weather diversity.
Are you taking the ****? Do you realise just how much land that is highly habitable Australia has? Victoria is the smallest mainland state and is completely habitable and it alone is larger than the entire UK.
Also no weather diversity? Come on man. A frozen tundra is about all Australia doesn't have.
Having lived in England as a child and spending 6 months as an adult in Australia, I would say that Australia is definitely a mix between England and the USA. I also visited Botswana and South Africa and I can say that every English speaking country that I have been has developed different slang and idiomatic usage which is not understood by English speakers of other English speaking countries.
In some ways I actually feel closer to Australians & NZ's than other countries, perhaps it's due to a sporting connection. We regularly play cricket (although at times not well - lol) against Australia and NZ, including the Ashes, we also play Rugby against them and we even drink supposedly Australian Lager (although it's actually brewed in the UK) and even have Australian theme pubs such as Walkabout. We have also always had a good deal of Australian TV exports such as Neighbours, Home & Away, Kath & Kim, Cell Block H and numerous others, and a lot of Brits have emigrated to Oz and NZ.
In terms of US Culture, it might be the dominant western culture, but in terms of sporting and other such connections I definitely feel closer to Oz and NZ. Indeed most Americans will have never heard of the mighty 'All Blacks' or the 'Wallabies'.
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