American Guy Reacts to Reasons to Move to the UK: Why I Left the USA for UK
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Sad thing is so many people take what we have for granted too, sometimes an american perspective really make you understand what you have.
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I’m from the Highlands of Scotland.
I can not tell you how underrated this part of the country is as most tourists want to visit the big cities, which are insanely beautiful and interesting in themselves, but the Highlands and West Coast of Scotland often get overlooked.
You will need a car in the Highlands though as public transportation is few and far between (but does exist)
I feel the same. I live in Ayrshire which I think is overlooked. We have some outstanding scenery n some great history.
I'm definetely not overlooking 🏴 🤜🤛
I've always thought corporate America hasn't moved on much since the pre civil war slavery days. The added bonus today, the slaves also pay tax. That's a win win for the 1%.
I've often said that America never really abolished slavery, they just moved the practices of slavery to the labour market.
True
you will be very welcome, britain does have its problems but on the whole we are kind decent people
Decent is more than good enough!
I love your videos and you come across as a lovely, decent chap,( guy). We are not perfect here in UK but our best is so much better than our worst. People moan, but where in the world is 100% ideal? I hope you make it over and have a lovely time.✌
Thanks so much! Definetely in the plans.
In general, when you take leave, either your work is left for you when you come back. or the MANAGER (Not you!) arranges for someone else to cover for you. Most managers actively encourage you to take your annual leave/vacation - they know you come back refreshed and ready to get back into things....
I've just gone back to work after 2 weeks annual and was dreading going back, tried desperately to win the lottery jackpot 😂
Reduce the Monthly Salary by one twelfth plus an allowance for Additional National Holidays and then you have 4 + weeks Holidays with Pay- doesn't take a Mathematical genius. Americans don't work harder- they spread it out over a longer period and many, in my experience appear lazy when in fact they are simply tired and depressed.
Stick a few small shops and a convenience store every few blocks and people will walk, it needs a code change so stores are built amongst the homes in the suburbs and they become less sterile.
Good luck with your quest to have a long stay in the UK. There are many beautiful cities, towns, and villages to visit, with districts such as The Cotswolds and Lake District that a walker would love, plus many, many, more.
Then of course there are the beaches. Which are too many to mention, but down South there’s the Jurassic Coast, and Devon and Cornwall are probably top spots for sea, sun and sand.
You’ll definitely have no problem stretching your legs either, and if you feel like putting your feet up, we’re pretty good with the transport angle too, as even in small villages, there are regular buses.
Sounds like an amazing stay!!
Since the invention of the internet and Americans finding out how they are being screwed over compared to those outside the US, the number of Americans emigrating has increased year on year. The US Government says there's about 12 million living abroad, but that's just the ones who still have American citizenship. The actual number is close to double that because many have given up their citizenship so they don't have to pay taxes.
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I really enjoy your video's & hope to see your channel grow more in future
Appreciate your genuine comment. Thank you!
Hi young man you be very welcome in the UK to see our green countryside come with a good friend to. Have fun
My cousin! 😊
Good person 😢 . Please come to England. Love you bro 😢
Much love to u too! Appreciate you!!
I'm always confused when people are surprised that we have beaches and islands. We live in the British Isles.
One other “reactor” who has moved here to live was ranting on and on as to “why does England only have pebble or stony beaches eh?!…” and was moaning about not being able to lie on a sun bed on a sandy beach….
The person had obviously only travelled to South to Brighton not realising that where she lives, she is a few miles away from Camber Sands, which as its very name suggest is a seaside town with a SANDY beach that is over a mile long!! 😲😂😂. I suggest when she next fancies a trip to the seaside, she points her car in the opposite direction to Brighton and Hastings etc!
My ancestors were Irish and could talk and talk! However I think most Americans are champions at voicing every single moment of their lives.😮
It’s always amazes me that America just hasn’t grasped the fact that giving employees a proper work life balance is much more effective that working people to the bone. Having 25-30 vacation days a year allows employees to stay refreshed by having relaxation time with their family or the ability take emergency holiday when they need it. This is not just physically beneficial but also mentally. Research has shown that this allows people to work more efficiently and with a more positive mind set and is overall better for the businesses concerned. Because they have much more content staff they are far more productive and if they need you to work a few extra hours people are much more happy to do it. In America it’s the complete opposite.
Isn't it about control rather than effectiveness?
@@willrichardson519 America is about control. Government and big corporations only care about money and not their citizens. You can see that with the fact that they are denied the basic human right of free health care whilst in the rest the western world (Canada, Australia, UK , Europe health care is free) In America if you’re poor and you get ill then the government basically gives you the middle finger and says tough luck. Guns that are killing their citizens including their children in the tens of thousands every year yet government won’t ban or control them adequately because the NRA & Co fund their campaigns. It’s really sad because I used to love visiting America but I would never go back now. My childhood friend moved to America and ended up taking his life with a gun in front of his boss because he was driven to the depths of despair and depression by him, the workplace bullying he faced masquerading as asking him to just do his job. The working culture there just sucks, it’s profit no matter what the cost, even if it’s human life sometimes
True words.
Watch your channel all the time if u ever come over there's a room for you anytime we've done it before
I'm happy for her that she is living her dreams. The UK is a great place to do that. You should definitely come and live here. You'll love it here.
I can't wait to fall to do a bunch of videos about the history of the witches and so on in the uk 😊🧙♀️
It's not just big cities where you don't need to drive, many villages are like that too.
I've lived in Australia for over 55 years as an expat Canadian, now an Australian citizen. Much of the working conditions are similar to the U.K. And before any Aussies go all 'no they're not', this is a generalisation. I can remember my first visit back to North America in the mid-1970s, and friends and family asked about living and working in Australia. When I told them about Australian working conditions and entitlements, they thought I was gaslighting them. Some of my Canadian and American relatives came to visit Australia in following decades to discover that what I said was true. As for your comment about going to the U.K. for 3 months, my advice to you is go for 12 months. Your life won't end as you know it. But your world view will change dramatically. And your ability to adapt will improve out of site. Not to mention your courage to face the unknown and new life challenges. I'm an old man now. But I have lived in a number of countries before finally settling in Australia. Living in new countries will have it's difficulties from time to time. But if you are genuine with the new people around you, they will be generous in helping you. So that when you are an old man like me, you want to look back with fondness for the experiences you've had, and apologise for the things you did. And to not regret what you could have done but were afraid to.
Here, if you don't take holiday, your employer will urge you to take some. People work better when they are well-rested.
I ran my own construction company and I closed it down for 2 weeks every summer and a week at Christmas and productivity always went up a bit after the holidays. I agree 100% well rested happy workers are far more productive and don’t complain as much.
Regarding number of vacation days, in my last job 4 months into the year a colleague was given a warning from HR because he hadn’t booked any holidays - ie he was on the 1st step towards being sacked.
When Terry Gillingham an American became fully british he renounced his American citizenship.
I see why.
I'm approaching my 80th b/d and I either walk or bicycle most everywhere, except when I use the local tram for longer distances. You would love it here and would be welcomed. Interesting video and mostly accurate. You should note that it is cheaper up north but still great countryside. Sheffield South Yorkshire.
When I was a Nurse I got 8 weeks holiday a year- extra pay if I worked Bank holidays and work week was 37 1/2 hours a week contracted 🏴
New do know you can track your steps on your phone. The iPhone comes with a free health app or you can download an app to track you steps on any Android. 🇬🇧🙏🏻🤷🏻♂️
As you seem to enjoy spiritual pursuits and influences it may be useful to you to revisit those videos that had a vibe that you responded to first time, and make some notes about the places that geographically, historically, culturally that appeals. Castles, beaches, cathedrals, museums, historic and prehistoric places quaint Ye Olde types villages. If you then have a map of the British Isles, you can see where these places are and start consider how your journey could look. Take your time to plan and get the best experience you can.
You should give the UA-cam channel 'Zach and Annie' a look. They have recently moved to Scotland from the USA, although is Zach originally from Scotland. It's interesting to see how they are adapting to life as a family in bonnie Scotland, especially Annie who's American born and bred.
At my office, we get TOLD to make sure we take our holidays! We can only carry over a few days, and that has to be signed off! Plus it is preferred that we take at least two weeks at one time if possible to make sure we relax (takes a few days to chill down)
Use 'em or lose them!!
This the main reason I didn't take up my cousin's offer to work with her in the 80's with early computers as I had the experience she was looking for. Nah, I would have said 'Mtcheeww' to any one trying to get me to work more than my contracted hours unless it was a truly urgent job!!
Bike lanes all over London, and other European cities even better. Some bike riders are asses though, but most are great and do what they're supposed to.. You'd love living in Europe because of it.
The thing you missed is that her 38 days of vacation are paid
Wild horses wouldn't drag me back to the UK . Left over 30 years ago. I'm living my life on a tiny Mediterranean island and I love it.
Wait till you have a long-term illness - you'll dash 'home' like all the others who left to live on a sunshine island!
That would be far too hot for me, and I don't want to end up shrivelled.
@grahamdhv3812 I'm with you, I'd be constantly in the shade or loading up with sun lotion. I burn easy so no really sunny places for me.
@@Oddballkane you adapt, the way you live in summer is completely different from winter.
You defo need to visit , its more laid back , the uk has so many beautiful places to see , if you like walking dont fall for the london tourist option ,there so much more to this little island & the uk ,wales ,scotland , northern island , & the history will blow your mind .
I recommend you watch Trip Bitten - How I view the US after living 12 years abroad.
6 months is a holiday. You need a year, just to understand the light and temperature changes.
Five and a half weeks of PAID vacations! Plus, if you elect to work on a public holiday, you get extra pay AND still get a day off at some other time. 😮😊
I was watching a UA-cam video with this young guy travelling from the US to the UK, and walking through Heathrow airport. He kept complaining about the “long walk” from the plane to baggage claim area, and if he had mobility issues or kids with him, I would have understood. I had to remind myself that most Americans don’t walk a lot because if you live outside New York, the public transport system is poor and there is little or no incentive to stretch your legs.
Please do a reaction to Liam Brown. He walks all over the UK. I think you’ll enjoy it & be even more inspired to move here.
Shhhh ! You never know who is listening. Nod Nod ! Wink Wink !
Why wait do it now
38 days holiday per year what's her job?
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Average around 28 days I'd say
Remember, the week between Christmas and new years includes 3 Bank Holidays, so she essentially has 35 days leave, if that includes the other BH's, that takes it down to 30 days leave plus 8 BH's.
Most US cities are built around cars. Most European cities are built around people.
Walking is an essential human need. Our bodies were designed to roam the plains. It’s good for your physiological and mental health.
Work ethics sounds awful in America.
I don’t blame you for wanting to escape that.
Come to UK we need more westerners here 😘🇺🇸
We Brit's love to walk!
Oh my goodness sounds awful!!
Get yourself to the UK quick 👍
I live in england and can tell you many things that you would not like to hear about it.lf you need medical care then good luck, most people can't get a same day appointment with a doctor and many wait half a day or more in a queue to get emergency treatment in hospital. Housing, either rented or buying costs so much that people in their 20s and over still live with parents. We are terribly over populated. Millions have moved here in the past few years, many illegally, causing this . London is insanely expensive. England has many problems which are never told on UA-cam.
When I had 2 seperate heart attacks, I didn't have to wait at all, but I bet there were many people with splinters in their fingers who were cursing me, up, down & sideways.
Pure nonsense. The problems in this country were caused by Tory austerity and Tory Brexit, meaning that economic growth has flatlined. Usual right wing lies to blame everything on migrants.
Ah! The old 'millions have moved here in the past few years, many illegally, causing this' trope. I think, if you do a little unbiased research, you will find that the causes of the decline in the NHS are to do with political choices to not fund it properly, to outsource services to private, profit motivated, companies and to refuse to pay those who work in the NHS - nurses, doctors and other health practitioners - a decent salary. Add to that the fact that the government of the last 14 years has stripped training to the bone and failed to plan for the needs of the population and you will see where the responsibility really lies.
Hopefully, a new government will begin to redress some of the damage done by the Tories. It will not be accomplished overnight, as destroying something is much easier than reconstruction.
@@petarnovakovich240 Your comment is spot on. If it were up to some of the people urging us to move to an 'insurance' based health service (which is what we have anyway), your treatment would have been likely to bankrupt you, in order to ensure that your 'insurance provider' maintained and grew its profits. And, as for the people with splinters, they would probably be denied treatment because they couldn't afford the premiums. Hope you've had a full recovery, by the way.
@@robinholland1136 Are you saying millions of illegal immigrants has had no effect on the NHS whatsoever?
Take your blinkers off.
You only have yourselves to blame for allowing these atrocious conditions to exist