Let's take a moment to put aside the gloom and doom and appreciate the good bits of life in the UK. There must be some...right?
This sounds daft but the first time I travelled to Scotland, it made me realise how flat it is down south. 😁
I live on the foothills of Bannau Brycheiniog having moved from silicon fen and I'm so grateful for the countryside we have all over the UK. The right to roam is a cherished right 😀
We used to be able to drink a lot for relatively little cost. Now they've even managed to take that from us.
The weather, it gives us something to talk about or we might start discussing our feelings.
5he compactness if the country as you can usually be somewhere nice relatively quickly. You get a better perspective on this when you talk to Americans. "We're just nipping out to see Stonehenge." "It's hours away you mad Yank." "So just a short drive then." I was invited to an art exhibition in Istanbul, all the Brits I told rolled their eyes at the idea and the American I mentioned it to went "so did you go? I'd fly that distance home if I had nothing else planned that weekend."
Our sense of humour, because of we weren't laughing we'd be crying and that's not the done thing.
NHS. Despite people complaining about it and funding problems it is still amazing. My sister in-law is in Asia and has cancer. Even with health insurance from her job it's still insanely expensive. She basically can't afford treatment. Getting sick is bad enough but imagine that with the worry of money.
Having recently migrated, the only things I miss from the UK are:
- Public right of way networks (country trails, etc)
- Slightly more stable weather
- Slightly cheaper coffee & chocolate
- Starling bank
