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I'm still constantly amazed that anyone wants to live in Blighty.
If you follow the media the country is heading to rack and ruin with everyone upset about everything.
( Insert smiley face ....)
I popped over for a couple of days this week to watch the cricket and I can report that the only thing getting anyone mildly irritated was, as usual, the weather.
A British summer is a wondrous sight to behold especially through the bottom of a glass of fine English cider.
As an American who has lived in Scotland for 19 years, I am bombarded with requests online on how and where to live here. Many people (mainly Americans) think they can just pick up and move to any country that pleases them.
As an American who has lived in Scotland for 19 years, I am bombarded with requests online on how and where to live here. Many people (mainly Americans) think they can just pick up and move to any country that pleases them.
Well, how do you live in Scotland with an American passport?
Well, how do you live in Scotland with an American passport?
I married a Scot. I was here on a visas, so passport doesn't matter. I did, however, want to become a citizen here so I could vote, etc. So I have dual citizenship and 2 passports. So I vote in both countries.
I married a Scot. I was here on a visas, so passport doesn't matter. I did, however, want to become a citizen here so I could vote, etc. So I have dual citizenship and 2 passports. So I vote in both countries.
Well that's one way to do it, marry a local. I couldn't make it in Scotland as I don't understand them (language barrier even though supposedly English) and that climate is not my taste. I spent plenty of time in London the last 2 years due to a large arbitration case settled there and London I could do though even that climate is a little too dreary for me.
I think OP apparently gave up on his plan, not that it had a shot anyway.
Well that's one way to do it, marry a local. I couldn't make it in Scotland as I don't understand them (language barrier even though supposedly English) and that climate is not my taste. I spent plenty of time in London the last 2 years due to a large arbitration case settled there and London I could do though even that climate is a little too dreary for me.
I think OP apparently gave up on his plan, not that it had a shot anyway.
I didn't find it difficult to get used to the accents. Glaswegian took the longest. Also, some of what you didn't understand was probably a dialect called Scots or Doric.
I feel at home in Scotland, more at home here than I ever felt in my 48 years in the US.
Climate isn't everything. And we take holidays to hot climates.
I didn't find it difficult to get used to the accents. Glaswegian took the longest. Also, some of what you didn't understand was probably a dialect called Scots or Doric.
I feel at home in Scotland, more at home here than I ever felt in my 48 years in the US.
Climate isn't everything. And we take holidays to hot climates.
Same as you, I feel more at home in England than I have ever felt in the US. Of course, my grandparents came from England so that probably helped. But the food is the food I was raised on, the values are more like the values I was raised with, my interest in history was nurtured everywhere I looked, and...the gardening.
I don't think their climate is any worse then the New England climate here. How could it be! Hot muggy summers and dark, snowy winters. LONG winters. I saw my first palm tree in England. If you are freezing in Scotland, yes, there are probably warm places to disappear to. We have that here with Florida but most can't afford it or don't have time if they are working.
The language, you do get used to it, I think, especially after you realize that not all of it is due to different pronunciation, but due to actual vocabulary. "I'm knackered." You're not hearing it wrong, it's a word you've never heard before, that's all.
I didn't find it difficult to get used to the accents. Glaswegian took the longest. Also, some of what you didn't understand was probably a dialect called Scots or Doric.
I feel at home in Scotland, more at home here than I ever felt in my 48 years in the US.
Climate isn't everything. And we take holidays to hot climates.
I could never feel at home there but enjoyed seeing and working in the UK...when the pound drops even with the dollar, I'll be back for another visit. Good luck on Brexit.
I guess the take away from this thread is if you want to retire to UK, marry a Scotsman
I could never feel at home there but enjoyed seeing and working in the UK...when the pound drops even with the dollar, I'll be back for another visit. Good luck on Brexit.
I guess the take away from this thread is if you want to retire to UK, marry a Scotsman
Hoping the fact that we got moron Boris for PM will push the NO voters to YES for independence.
I wasn't even thinking about retirement when I met my Scot. I was only 48.
I'm a US citizen thinking of retiring to London. I have dual citizenship with Ireland and carry two passports. There was a Memorandum of Understanding about the Common Travel Area (Ireland/UK) signed a couple of months ago; I don't think Brexit will affect that. So if you are a US citizen and are interested in living in the UK, then I would suggest looking into Irish citizenship.
Citizens of Ireland and the UK have certain rights within the Common Travel Area that will not be available to citizens of other EU countries after Brexit. From the Irish government website:
- Common Travel Area rights can only be exercised by citizens of Ireland and the UK. If you are not a citizen of Ireland or the UK, you will not be able to exercise Common Travel Area rights.
- The UK, for the purposes of the Common Travel Area, covers England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
- Irish and UK citizens have the right to live, travel, work and study within the Common Travel Area.
- Irish and UK citizens can live in either country and enjoy associated rights and privileges, including:
Access to social benefits
Access to healthcare
Access to social housing supports
The right to vote in certain elections
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