Darker skinned people can suffer vitamin D deficiancy, which can lower your mood, during our winter months. You can get suppliments in the supermarkets. Another reason for the smaller houses compared to American houses has nothing to do with insulation but is because you can fit England, Scotland and Wales (mainland Britain) in to the state of Texas. Space is a premium here.
Stormcrow yeah they warned us about it when we moved here, but experiencing it felt different than just hearing about it. Luckily every winter since has been SO much better!
@@CasiaRoseTV You really can't beat a British Xmas. The celebration starts from 1st Dec until Jan 1st. I feel like the British weather is so perfectly suited to the considered traditional Xmas period.
Heads up: I love England and extended my time here for 2 more years. You may think I don’t like it here, but my list of “complaints” for America would be way longer. If it comes off as complaining, sorry! I genuinely thought it would just be a fun video for my viewers and maybe food for thought for Americans moving here 🥴🤗
Rogan Toad thank you so much! I’m glad you see it that way. I respect England and English people so much but I know some people think I hate it here because of my comments, but that’s not the case at all. Thanks so much!
Now see you have subtly become somewhat of a citizen of this country, it is every person's right to complain about the weather, roads, parking and sometimes poor quailty food.
briasand thanks for being so understanding! My list of things I love about England is way longer also lol so I have a very positive view of this country for sure 🥰 I appreciate your comment!
Monique Hines yeah, it’ll probably be great! The weather doesn’t fluctuate too much here in comparison to where I am from in the states (the Midwest). The summers there are boiling and winters are literally freezing. Here it doesn’t usually get too hot or too cold. I’d advise getting a portable A/C unit if you do move here because the houses get very hot in the summer without it. I hope you do move here!
How anybody can eat at McDonald's and talk about good food cannot be taken seriously. I've lived in London for decades and in California for 30 years, where I ate at McDonald's once. Never again. Nor would I even try it anywhere else. The same goes for Subway, Carl's Junior, Jack in the Box or any other fast food joint. Suggestion: try the prepared meals from M&S to take home.
@b very true I am a Registered Nurse. Also being alone. Not good for anyone. When tip are depressed you want to isolate. Or tend to isolate. Severe depression, my experience, doesn’t matter what you want. It is that you CAN’T. YOU CAN’T JUST SHAKE IT OFF.
The food is "bad" because in America they use ingredients that are illegal in the UK. Essentially you get the artificial saltiest and sweetest shit possible.
@@slangmyshang9653 i find it hilarious how you immediately bring up the american military. the largest military in the world is China's, no wonder us Europeans think of you Americans as ignorant. As for the "easily", we're an island and have highly mountainous terrain in the North. Overseas wars aren't exactly easy. Neither is your government the "best", the politics in America were overall a massive joke in 2020 and currently.
@@slangmyshang9653 you didnt specify at all on "more soldiers", stop being dumb. China has the most active personnel in terms of infantry and troops, they have the most soldiers, not the pity of a country called America. China is also sadly the strongest country at the moment in terms of military. I'd much rather the USA, but thats just how it is. And your answer to where I'm from: I'm eurasian, born in the UK but from many other countries in ethnicity.
@@slangmyshang9653 Our population is over 60 million, the hell are you on? Also, it's not just Trump. Currently Biden has screwed up a lot in the Migrant crisis, but yeah he's a lot better than your previous president.
The problem most Americans have with our food is that they have never tasted actual food before. Salt, spices and chemicals cover everything they eat, so their tastebuds cannot handle subtle flavours. We have the opposite problem with US foods. Our tastebuds are so sensitive that eating even the mildest US food is like having your tongue burned out and the levels of salt in US food are just disgusting to us,
I can understand that, and agree with you. American food (most) is extremely unhealthy. I prefer British soda (when I do drink soda) over American soda because it doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup. I don’t think British food is bad, I have just come across a few places that seem to have less seasoning than others. I’ve still had plenty of great food here. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@CasiaRoseTV Honestly our British food is quite bland tbh. Hearty and filling but most of our best cuisine is imported from other countries. Eating out in the US is often a better experience also, and cheaper. Our chocolate is much better though :-)
@munchkin42 I visited the US quite often for work and I found you can eat as healthily or unhealthily as you wish. It's not all junk food outlets, there's diners, cafés, restaurants cooking fresh food on premises with reasonable prices. Buying healthy foods from supermarkets can sometimes be costlier but that's exactly the same as the UK. Our British food has been something of a joke among other European countries for decades, I'm not sure why all my fellow Brits are getting up in arms when someone says our food is often bland.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this because as an American obsessed with salt your tongue probably would hate me for the sheer amount of salt I put on meat, its salty that even other Americans are like "dude chill out with the salt"
Haha I definitely understand Londoners, it’s the northerners I was thinking of when I mentioned the “language barrier.” I think I can understand their accent more now but I’m not sure lol
I love it that it’s dark by 4pm in the winter, but stays light until 10:30pm in summer... and light at 4am. I love the changes in light through the year, and ut changes so quickly! 💕
@@CasiaRoseTV When covid19 is under control you can look forward to enjoying a summers evening (20:30) sun just going down, sat in a pub garden in the countryside
Martin Jones yes, I do enjoy that a lot 🥰 that sounds like a good time right about now... I think the hard part is when I didn’t have blackout curtains and couldn’t go to bed early when I needed to 😂 but now I’m more accustomed to it lol. And I bought blackout curtains for night time/early morning
Casia Rose we don’t have curtains at all. I like to waken in the natural light... but, also, we look out over a reservoir from our bedroom window.... and that’s why we are still in our first house, 46 years later 😃
el baño シ the people are very nice here but there are certain parts of every city where there are quite dangerous people. if you come to England, go to Cornwall or Dorset or even the Lake District, don’t just think of London (those places are way better than our capital). Cornwall is BEAUTIFUL, there are corals and turquoise waters etc. it’s like Englands tropicana. If u have any questions abt England just ask (i’m bored 💀)
el baño シ also i’m kinda fed up with non brits thinking it always rains here. in the summer it can get up to 35° C (95° F) as hot as some parts of California i guess. when this girl is talking about living in the UK, and says that its miserable in the winters, thats just because shes living in a part of the country where it doesn’t snow! It snows up north and in Scotland ALL THE TIME. 😂 AND once the WHOLE COUNTRY was covered in snow because of snow coming from Russia.
Interesting perspective! I’m English, but have spent a fair amount of time in the US. A lot of people are surprised by how small our homes are, how narrow the roads are, how cramped the Tube (subway) is. Remember that England is a very old country. We still have a lot of roads built by the Romans. Yes, really! So it would take a lot of money and time and disruption to widen roads and subways, when in reality there’s no real need as it works just fine. Americans are typically used to larger cars but in England and the UK it’s mostly only rich people and farmers who have big cars (like 4x4s, Jeeps, SUVs/minivans etc). A lot of our homes are laid out in the way that you showed not necessarily because of insulation, but because they used to be large homes for wealthy Victorians and Edwardians, and then more recently (relatively speaking - say 100 years ago) got split up into smaller flats for individuals or small households. this is the case particularly for cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham, after people moved in from country for industrial and professional jobs and it became less common for young people to live at home until they married. Another thing people are often surprised about is how washing machines are in the kitchen or bathroom here in the UK. It’s rare that we have a separate room just for doing laundry - some larger family houses have a “utility room “which is sort of a hybrid between an internal room and a garage, and often has the washing machine and laundry staff, but also may act as a “mud room” for shoes and coats and dog walking stuff. Definitely not as polished and clean as American laundry rooms! Whenever I see any reference to American homes with laundry rooms and closets and pantries, I just wish we had that kind of space over here. We generally keep our clothes in a freestanding cupboard, and our food in cabinets on the wall. On the weather, as others have said it just doesn’t get that hot or humid to need air-conditioning or screens on the windows. Recently we have been having more heat waves, and it has really become quite unpleasant in the summer. Again, the age of our infrastructure would make it very difficult and expensive to fit air-conditioning in the London Underground for example. You might find it interesting to hear my contrasting experience about the US - when I first visited Miami I couldn’t believe how spreadout everything was, the fact that you can’t get anywhere without driving, nothing was older than about 60 years. It was bizarre! Also I love American supermarkets, they’re so big and open and everything is on display, and a lot of the products are more reasonably sized and more economically sized than in the UK. Yes, some of these “super-size “products seem a bit ridiculous to ask, but here in the UK to get a pot of sour cream for example it’s this tiny pot that costs more than a giant tub in the US, and things like baking soda are considered a bit of a special product rather than something you can get anywhere in abundance for super cheap.
That's strange. When I was in the UK I noticed that the roads were not much different to narrow horse and cart routes and traffic jams, noise, air pollution etc were rampant. Then , much to my amazement I saw that these horse and cart routes were further narrowed down to allow for bus lanes and cycle lanes. Strange how suddenly money can be found to reduce the horse and cart routes width even further. Then stick a 20 mph speed limit on all major routes and expect the commuter to sit in even more traffic jams and allow even longer to get to and from work. This means loss of work/life balance, stress and even more stress on the heart and mind of the poor commuter . Not very healthy is it ? This has meant even more traffic jams, even more roadworks, frustrated drivers, road rage and lots and lots of air pollution. I'm so glad I left. My commute times were the longest in Europe and I wasn't prepared to sit in even more traffic jams just to earn a living . The railways were even worse, costly, unreliable at the best of times and not very clean
Every city in America is different. Some cities are spread out and some a walkable city. Places like Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis, North Carolina and more aren’t walkable cities. Places like Dc, NYC, Baltimore, Chicago, Philly, etc are walkable and the trains/bus goes to every block. I’m from Dc and we have buses, trains, corner stores and gas stations on every block. Some cities walkable and some not it all depends
Lol the country side. London has AMAZING food though. I don’t think all food here is bad. I also realize that American food is overly saturated with salt, sugar, and other bad things and that’s why some European foods taste strange to me. But with that. I’ve had tons of good things here as well
when i was in America it was mostly comparable to here, ruby tuesdays, applebee's pub food , MacDonald's virtual the same but some places really bang the salt on it sent me back to the 1970's England.
You are suffering from SAD! (Seasonal Affective Disorder). The only known cure for this is to find a nice cosy pub with a fire, and sit by the fireplace with a pint and have a pie. This is what pubs are for! You are the only person I know who thought rainy days are cool!
Yes! I started doing that after my first winter and it helped me sooo much. Getting out and being with others! Haha rainy days are so relaxing and peaceful to me. Did you ever experience SAD?
1. Darkness and being home is my thing ✅ 2. Dialect: I've been watching British television programming since before I was 10 ✅ 3. Recently came back from London, food taste was not an issue. ✅ 4. Housing floor plans, meh...good to know. No AC - could be an issue. 5. Narrow roads...an adjustment for sure. good to know. Thanks for the info.
to a canadian, it would be just a hop skip and a jump away. i drive 1 and 1/2 hours just to see a doctor here in western canada. just over 200 km drive just to go grocery and other shopping at the closest mall.
@@joeydepalmer4457 I was just saying that England is further North than America. Yes, for me in England, I have a 5 min drive to a supermarket and a 30 min drive to a big hospital (our nearest doesn't do everything).
Wow, what a coincidence! When I was in Vietnam during the war, I was really depressed for very similar reasons: Rainy all day, incomprehensible language, ration can food, narrow roads, no air conditioner, spiders. Plus bullets from four directions, of course.
If you think England is wet, dark and miserable in the winter you might want to try any of our neighbours, Scotland, Wales and Ireland make England seem lovely in comparison.
Thank you for this! It makes me more excited to get more videos out that I’ve made similar to this one. Like my favorite things about England, my favorite British phrases, things I didn’t know existed until I moved to England haha I have recorded some but haven’t had much time to edit. I hope you’ll enjoy those too
I moved to the UK from Spain and what you say about the roads is absolutely spot on. Too narrow, really badly maintained and everyone has parked all over them. Also mini roundabouts are just stupid, normal ones are fine.
@@ajs41 I mean they can be. We just refuse to do what other countries have done which is demolish the surrounding buildings and start fresh. Overall I think the roads are fine. We have a climate crisis so we don't need more private car use. But some roads definitely could be expanded where necessary.
I am! I’ve recorded other videos explaining things I love about England lol I don’t want people to think I dislike it here. I’ve added 2 more years to our 3 year contract so we can stay longer!
@@CasiaRoseTV Girl Id love to catch up sometime I could relate to like every point you made, it cracked me up! I have been in England 1 year, with 1 more year to go. And I gotta tell you... some days are trying times 😂 xx
@@CasiaRoseTV It is always brave to do a things you dislike video. No matter how genuine and sincere and respectful you are there will always people who take offence. What is funny is those same people will criticise their own nation/culture like hell - I guess it is like family or children, you can criticise but woah if someone else does!
I agree with pretty much all you say , on the subject of food is a question of taste . My personal view is that I do not consider MacDonald and company as food , I go no where near those places
That is very true. I honestly don’t like McDonald’s unless I’m out late and it’s all I can get. I was more so joking around about that part but I get how that can skew the points I was making lol but again that’s a very fair point. This is all very subjective
The food thing, Europeans don’t load everything with salt and sugar because we give people the option, you can add salt to your MacDonalds fries. Honestly, when I visited the USA everything tasted far too salty or far too sweet. Also, it’s actually a myth that it rains all the time in the UK. London gets less rain each year than Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, New York, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, and Mexico City. The darkness, yeah it’s a pain in winter, but in summer we get long evenings to make up for it. It might be worth you taking a vitamin D supplement if you are struggling though. A lot of people living in the UK, and other northern countries, suffer from a vitamin D deficiency.
Snapper that makes sense, it’s healthier here in the UK for sure. I love that the candy is leas sweet though!! Yeah, I think it’s likely the gloominess that’s all Americans equate to rain. I could see that. It definitely doesn’t pour down here for long periods of time lol. I feel like when it rains, it’s not an all day event here, but I could be wrong. The summer does balance out the winters for sure. And I started taking vitamin D regularly so hopefully it gets me through this winter as it will be my most challenging one. I’ll be alone and work will be hectic 😅 Thanks so much for sharing this! I didn’t know it rains more in those places
deme9873 deme9873 Mate, I’m a retired military cartographer, the UK is a Northern European country. And the further north a country is the more likely people are to be deficient in vitamin D. Sit down until you know what you are talking about. 🙄
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches I just checked again to make sure, the rainfall charts don’t show a constant, rainfall peaks between October and March and falls significantly in the summer months. This past summer we went for weeks on end with no rain here in Wales. I know this because I had to water my garden each day as my young Acer trees were going dry and crispy.
Some seriously ignorant comments here! I live in London and love it here! It doesnt mean it's a perfect place. Opinions are subjective and these are from your perspective only, doesn't make it fact or false... The comment section needs to chill lol. Anywayyy I'm sure you've had a great time here and made many special memories the UK has a lot to offer for such a small island. It would be good to hear what your experience has been from a black minority perspective. I find that UK celebrates other cultures and ethnicities way more than the US and I don't find the same racial divide here but maybe that's just me. Take care ✌️
I would love to move to London one day. I hear it’s very similar to New York. You crack me up when you said winter makes you depressed. I was pretty depressed during winter.
I moved from Illinois to Massachusetts and the first few years I was depressed because you couldn't find a place to see the whole sky. It took a while to figure out what it was.
The UK is at a high latitude and there is nowhere in the US this far north. However the winters are milder than US winters at more southern latitudes so the UK doesn't feel as north as it actually is. It ain't the cold that shows you it, it's the darkness of the winters. However the summers make up for it. Really long days.
Very true, I prefer the temperature of winters here than the temperature in the Midwest of America. The darkness took some adjusting to but now I spend a lot of time with friends and that helps us all stay happy and active throughout the winters.
@MrOpaquelens - days are longer in the summer but what's the point if the streets are dead at 5pm and there is literally nothing to do other than going to the pub.
The best cures for SAD and depression over here- a trip to the pub, a nice warm tea and sitting by the fire, and watching ‘Only Fools And Horses’ on TV (Our favourite British sitcom). If you haven’t already, treat yourself to the full box set! You will love it! The winters here are long, cold, wet and dark but the summers here are amazing ❤️
The weather sounds great to me. I actually look forward to darkness and dreary weather in the daytime. The summer months and sunshine drain my energy 👀
It is 111 degrees here in Arizona today!🌵😎. I use a rain channel on UA-cam to sleep at night because the sound of it calms me. Does not rain here very often. 😜
They all say that *until they come to dull wet grey miserable Britain* Since last sep 2020 we *only had 2 weeks of consistent sunny weather* and 85% of the days have either been dark grey clouds and drizzle, the parks and streets are muddy with squashed slugs,phlegm,dog crap and litter. Honestly its like living in Prison.
I'm with you on the narrow parking spaces. I think there must be an official "standard" width for UK parking spaces, which seems to be designed for a 1960's Mini. It's a false economy, because it only takes 1 driver to park slightly off-centre in 1 space and the next space is then useless. Just take 1 space out of each row and make all the other spaces a bit wider. Easy.
That’s be amazing! I sometimes get stressed when parking even after 3 years of living here. I have never hit a car while parking and I don’t want to start now lol
everyone has lived until now, im sure you can too. If it’s truly that hard then get a narrower car. Or park in a different car park, there’s plenty around.
you should not normally back out of a parking space. that is v risky, as unsighted. you should reverse in, and drive out. makes sense. also for a quick get-away, if needed.
Thanks for posting this. I live in the USA and my parents are getting a divorce so I’m moving to England with my dad, who was raised there. ( I have a dual citizenship btw ) and I’m honestly terrified, but this helped me feel a bit more prepared.
Daylight hours are short in winter, but are much longer in summer. On midsummer's day it is daylight from 4.45am to 10. 05 pm. in the London area. That's just over 17 hours of daylight. The difference in daylight hours gets less the nearer you get to the equator, and at the equator daylight hours and darkness hours are equal all year round.
Do some research on UA-cam and see what you think. If you stay clear of London, I’m sure you’d like it here, and we’re nice people really 😀. Best of luck with whatever you choose.
But it's also very unhealthy. I mean like a bag of gummy bears here in Florida is how many calories your supposed to have in a day. I bought a bag of gummy worms today and it was 110 calories for every 3 pieces. I threw those straight into the trash XD
It's the cloud more than the rain that depresses people in England. We lack the space you have in America. So houses cannot spread out. We in England are more used to hear you accents( on tv shows), than you are in hearing our voices.
I am so onboard with the window screens. I would love them and the narrow roads are a nightmare 😳during lockdown my son got hit by a car on his bike because of all the parked cars(poor driver was traumatised)because he couldn’t see around the bend😖also my eldest son hates the fact that in the winter he goes to work in the dark and comes home in the dark😩
I can imagine you holding up a shield to protect yourself from oncoming English verbal onslaught. The most important factor is that you've learnt quite a bit whilst living here. Don't forget, we are a tiny island, the UK, and we are very old compared to other countries. There's much to do here and learn. But it seems you are doing quite well, so keep it up.
My memories of England, mostly in London, were those of a tourist. Several years back I spent 10 days in London. I think the complaint about terrible food is exaggerated. In my opinion the Pub Food was very good. The best sausage I've ever had was in a Pub in London. The people I met were polite and friendly. As far as the language difference after a few days I picked up most of the words that are different than American English. I found British Televisión to really be really entertaining. Although I spent most of my time in London i took a Bus Tour outside of London, Stonehenge, Bath and Salisbury. The countryside of England was very pleasant. I haven't stayed in England as a resident, so I believe I probably would have found a few things that I would have had problems with.
Re talking to strangers - often when aboard (away from the UK) on holiday I come across Americans who want to talk to me because I speak English, unlike the locals. I find they ask questions that are too personal and I find it difficult to dis-engage from them. I find I can't empathise with them. Strange this is when I've been on holiday in the USA I never experienced someone trying to chat with me for no reason.
Hmm that’s interesting. I’ve been obsessed with the U.K. and all of the accents so when I’ve heard English people in America I was always fascinated 😂😅 as creepy as that sounds
I spent a few weeks in the USA just driving around on my own - sticking away from big cities and staying in small towns. The Americans were really friendly, always someone to talk to and very honest and upfront people; you usually know where you stand with them, there's no sugar-coating things! Had a great time and would love to go over again.
The UK weather is famous all over the world you must remember if the Met office tells you it's going to rain it will in fact be Sunny if they say it's going to snow it will end up being a heat wave and if they say it is going to be sunny and hot you best wear wellies and a raincoat but you will get used to it and you won't get depressed
@@paulrice8358 It was a powerful storm yes, but it still wasn't a hurricane though. Only storms that formed in the Tropics can ever be called one and this storm didnt.
Just to help out, I love the video, I’m from London. The point about the houses in comparison to the us is ligit about location and space. Basically because the uk is so small but with a huge population it’s so expensive to buy land and especially in the south the houses are taller to make more room - like an apartment near a train station near London is usually minimum £1million whereas in the us because there’s so much space land is so much cheaper - it’s so crazy if you google us vs uk house comparisons xxxx
I lived in the UK for years didn’t like the cold after leaving a hot country, then I came to Canada and regret it because the winter are extremely cold and the snow shoveling is hard. My son emigrate to the UK, he is finding it hard to drive on the roundabouts, he couldn’t believe how narrow the roads are compare to Canada. But he loves living in the UK.
There are a variety of English accents and pronunciation of words in the UK. For example: fast and class. At primary school we were taught to pronounce these letters in a particular way: A, E, I, O, U. However many people pronounce them differently depending on where they live, the schools they have gone to and how they have been brought up. Watching the Birds of a Feather sitcom, you can hear the East End accent from the blonde woman. If you listen to the way the Queen speaks. She has a normal English accent..
Oh my god I agree with EVERYTHING you said 100%! I moved to England with my fiancé in Dec and literally went through every single thing you did. The worse part was the short gloomy winter days, especially coming from Texas this was very hard on me. Thank you for sharing your experience ☺️
The food in the UK tastes exactly the same...it's just that we don't pump our food full of "tasty" artificial colourants, preservatives, flavour enhancers, and assorted other chemicals that live inside American foods. Next time you get an imported American food product, get the British equivalent and check out the list of ingredients on the packaging, and you'll see what I mean. It's not American food that you find "tasty", it's the chemicals that you've been brought up on that you are now missing.
England isn’t all that good. It’s quite bland place really. I’ve lived here for all my life and I find it fairly boring. Our pubs and music is great though.
@@CasiaRoseTV I'm not upset but I get why people are. It depends how people interpret it. For example things you didn't know about our country; Our food is shit, our houses are shit, our roads are shit the weather is shit our McDonalds is shit, our shit is shit. Well shit.
@@spectrablaze3760 lol that’s definitely how some interpret it. But I said the roads were small, the winter darkness gave me seasonal depression, McDonald’s is terrible everywhere so that was a joke that I think offended many 😂 but hey, we all know McDonald’s sucks. And I said I didn’t realize there was no a/c and the houses are skinnier and taller with more doors. I said some food was bad but not all. The same goes for America. I’ve had a lot of bad food there, but for those who watch the entire video and read my comments, they see I love England. I think I should be allowed to say things that surprised me when I moved here 3 years ago. But it’s okay, I don’t lose sleep over it and I’m sure no one who got offended did either. It’s a video, nothing life changing lol. I have more positive videos about England coming so I hope they all see those 😂
In 2004 McDonald's actually reduced the amount of salt on their fries by a quarter in UK chains as well as reduce the salt content in the sauces that they put on their burgers as a response to concerns from health experts. You can get salt in sachets if you want to add more seasoning. Something which is the norm in most UK restaurants, many will have seasonings at the table so that you can season it to your taste or you can request more seasoning from the staff. This is so that concerns on seasoning related health issues such as excess salt contributing to high blood pressure falls on the consumer, not the establishment. I've got an article here about McDonald's reducing their salt content. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-299579/Now-McDonalds-cuts-salt.html
VickyK wow, that’s interesting! Something America would never do and should. As much as I joke around, I love how healthy food is in England and how well they take care of their people!
Thanx for your honest review. I'm English and I was impressed with the way you never said Brit. English never never never call themselves 'Brits' - at least not the educated English.
Okay, so, I'm German and I've been wanting to move to England since kindergarten. I'm currently 16 years old and I am so excited to be able to do it some day but the language barrier is honestly freaking me out
Leonie after a short amount of time here, I’m sure it won’t be an issue! Especially if you happen to watch any British shows/movies. I think that may help as well. But I’m sure you’ll ease right through that in your first year here
as an American teen potentially moving to England in the next few months for school & family, i needed this. i’ve been to England several times to visit family over my life, but i’ve never been familiar with “winter depression”, so this is interesting! i live in one of the warmest states, so i LOVE the winter, but i’m interested to see how the dark days will treat me…
When I went to America.It was easy to find food for a childs party.Burger, Hotdog etc.But food for an adult was hard. Vegetables were near impossible to find.Most Americans eat like a six year old.
I'm from England, this is the first one of your videos I've seen. I'm not offended and can understand these things would be disorienting. I used to hate working in a factory as a teen in winter, you get up in the dark, there are no windows in the workplace and then you go home in the dark.Aircon and screens would be a good idea thanks to our increasingly hot weather. It's natural to miss the food in your home country. The roads being narrow, especially in the countryside or in old towns is because they were built on medieval roads, but the new roads like motorways are definitely not. As cars have got bigger it's harder for everyone to park. Navigating roundabouts is not always done well by native Brits, so you are doing really well indeed. A sun lamp may help with the depression caused by S.A.D ( Seasonal Affective Disorder. ) Lots of Brits suffer from it. People in Artic regions can spend months in darkness, with no sun at all and I believe they have higher suicide rates, though I would need to check that. If you can fit in a walk on your lunch break, if it's dry and you are wrapped up against the cold, you could take a coffee with you or a hot chocolate. Life during lockdown adds to the stress, so if you are able to go outside, socially distance, wear a mask until you need to drink or eat, and replace it afterwards. Look into Danish hygge, and try to think of the winter as a time to recharge, eat hot stews, soups, curries, chilli con carne, etc. Light candles to make your home cosy. Treat yourself to lovely scarves, hats, gloves, jumpers, etc Snuggle under a heated blanket or a sherpa fleece. Have nice puddings like apple and Blackerry or rhubarb crumble with hot custard, strudel, again best with custard. Make sure you take a decent multivitamin and a high strength Vitamin D supplement. Good luck with your life here, stay safe and well. Best wishes for the success of your channel.
You are at about the same latitude as southern Alaska,so that is why it gets less daylight in winter.On the plus side it is a lot warmer,and the summer days are longer.
If you hit a car reversing out of a parking spot it's your fault. you should always reverse into a parking bay and drive out of it, for this very reason.
@@CasiaRoseTV Reverse in to parking space in the street but usually much better to reverse out in supermarket car park. Also this helps with access to boot with shopping.
I loved your video. I’ve been to London once, what stood out to me was the fact that everyone had crooked or not so white teeth. It’s not a bad thing, I just remember it was a little distracting.
Thanks for your comments which are fair. Agree about the Winter, it can be sooo depressing. About the food, the diversity now is probably greater than almost anyplace on earth and of course like anywhere it varies from place to place, from absolutely outstanding to crap but hey the U.S. is exactly the same. One point however I think you've made which is relevant is that pre prepared food from the Supermarkets has in many cases become more bland, sometimes tasteless because of a misguided war on salt. McDonalds shouldn't be in the equation because it's an American import and is classed as junk which is exactly what it is. Hope you enjoy your time in England and remember bad Winters make you enjoy the Summer even more :-)
Thanks for your comment! Yeah that makes sense. And I definitely wouldn’t judge England by McDonald’s, it was a lame joke lol I don’t even like McDonald’s tbh unless it’s a late night with nowhere else to eat or traveling and need something quick. But thanks for sharing this and still being kind 😌
Vitamin d over the counter from October til about April and sunbeds are god safer too, that 6 minutes of hot Hest and bright light, keep spirits up thinking about your summer holiday
Great video! It was interesting to see the things that stand out for an American living here, and which I expected and which I didn't. Most of all I hope you've felt welcome. :)
My Wife ( who is English ) has the same problem surrounding the winter time. Its called Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD for short. It creates a depressive state over the winter periods, like you have explained the lack of light can have lots of problems. You can actually buy a SAD lamp to help with the symptoms, but during these seasonal events it is best to see a GP so they can diagnose and help treat the problem.
I may buy one of those lamps this year. My first year I didn’t socialize which made it worse and the last two years I would hang out with friends often. With a potential lockdown happening, I want to be extra prepared to be home alone everyday and NOT get SAD
@@CasiaRoseTV A Lockdown would probably make it worse, like my wife she is starting to have the SAD kick in. But the thought of having another lockdown is making it extra worse for her. Women in general are more social than men and they need more social interaction so a lockdown in winter is going to be a bad time for her but also for many other people. We live in the peak district so we can get out into the countryside really easy. So maybe look at some places you can get to for days out in the countryside.
@@jasonowen5450 that’s a good idea! Thank you! And yes, I feel like this might be the first time since my first winter that I get SAD again. I’m taking my vitamin D again and trying to get myself ready for it. It’ll be just me and my dog, so I hope he’s ready to keep me entertained all winter lol. Maybe I’ll take a little weekend trip somewhere that my dog can be with me and explore something during this time. I appreciate that!
At the tender age of sixteen I joined the merchant navy as a bell boy on cruise ships. Having only one ‘burger type food,ie Wimpey’ in this country at the time, one of the first things I did upon arrival at San Francisco was to try an American burger. What a revelation.wonderful food with an amazing array of healthy options. On every visit to America I lived almost exclusively on burgers. On the ship I ate off the first class hot plate which was also amazing. To this day I have never had the same burgers in England.
yes, and you ordered and were served it at a table and ate it with a knife and fork. i remember going into first mcdonalds in 1970s london and asking for the cutlery.@@CasiaRoseTV
No one from the UK should get offended by her views whether good or bad, because we all have something to say about other countries.. so don’t forget 👍🏼🙂🙃🙂
Casia, your away from your home country and lots of things are different to what you are used to. I hope you can get your head around things and then start enjoying your time here. Good luck.
I think the grim winter weather thing applies in general to northern Atlantic areas. It's best to take a few long weekends in Spain or somewhere else nice during the winter. Flights aren't expensive and you'll have something to look forward to.
I really don't blame you on the subject of British winters. They're cold, they're wet, they're dark and they're really, really long. And they're not just cold, but they're "cold." It's a kind of damp, muggy cold that seeps into your bones and makes you feel soggy all over. Not even kidding, I've heard Canadian tourists complain about the cold in the UK. I don't blame you on the accents either. I've lived here 40 years and even I have difficulty when it comes to certain accents.
We Brits do tend to not use spices (thought it was hilarious when you said don’t roast me)! I’m with you on the McDonald fries, never enough salt. Our summers are not generally as hot,or as long as the past two summers. Roundabouts always confuse Americans. You may suffer from a condition called SAD if you suffer from depression only in the winter. Take care!
England is a small country with very old roads which were not designed for cars. Houses are smaller because there is less space to build. Hope you enjoy your stay
As an ex builder I can tell you its not for insolation its to separate rooms and our houses are built of brick or stone not from wood which is basically a large shed great vid
All of your reasons are extremely valid, please don't feel you need to apologise for your views either, however it shows that you're a kind hearted and thoughtful person... which you should be proud of. Also, you're very pretty.
Sounds as if during the winter you could have been suffering from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) a medically recognised form of depression related to the lack of exposure to sunlight that reduces serotonin levels. You can buy lights for your home or a light box that simulates the light from the sun to help deal with this.
I don't want to sound mean but man are you real ? If you want A/C or screens for your windows then buy them. They are available in any hardware store. Winters are shit here and yes the days are short but in summer the daylight is upto 20 hours. House floor plans are mostly not open because most houses are old and its much cheaper to heat smaller rooms. When most houses were bulilt they had coal fires. More and more houses are modernised and new ones are mostly open plan. If your idea of British food is Macdonald's then you deserve to be disappointed. We do have narrower roads but we also compensate for this by fitting steering wheels to all cars.
It sounds like you're suffering from SAD (Seasonal adjustive disorder) which is caused by the lower intensity of the light in the wintertime this far north. London is about 800 miles north of the 49th parallel - only Alaska is further north. The natural human reaction is to hibernate when light levels get low and fighting this urge causes depression in some people. The good news is that this is easily fixed by taking vitamin D supplements.
Thanks! I’ve been taking vitamin D and making sure to take care of myself to avoid SAD ever since my first winter here and it’s been great. Even being alone during Tier 4 didn’t lead to SAD this winter so I’m grateful. Thanks again for the tips!
Sooo glad I found your channel. I’ve wanted to move to England since I was 8. I am now 32. I think your documented experience will be helpful. I’ve only visited. Not going to lie, you threw me with the “spiders” though 😳
There not bad and none of them are dangerous but you do find them in your house mostly just in summer from having windows open. It also depends on where you live and what house x
@James Poulter I’m not scared of them for the perceived amount of danger I am in, I am scared because I have a severe phobia. I won’t even come near a dead one
6th on the list "I wish i'd Known about England before moving here" is to NOT MOVE TO ENGLAND! I live here, and it sucks. (Everyone watching, that lives in england. My condolences to yall!)
3:03 No you’re totally spot on I had clients move to England and they said the food was horrible bland lackluster something was just off about the food none of the flavoring it was real there’s so much flavor even in the boring Midwest verses that area that’s what I’ve heard
McDonalds fries, US -14 ingredients, UK - 2 sometimes 3 depending on the season. In Ireland Subway cannot call their rolls bread, they contain too much sugar.
I'm an American born citizen who has been teased for being "like a British person" for years. And I actually like cold, rainy weather. It doesn't depress me at all. Perhaps the U.K might be for me. If the food is an "under-seasoned" as you say, that's alright, I love to cook. XD
She’s in Cambridge so it makes sense why she is saying all this. You need to stay in London, Birmingham or Manchester! That’s where it’s lit, more diverse (more black people) and more Caribbean/Asian and african food 🔥
I too wish people would just look at a map before they come here. I find it strange that people who come to these islands feel the need to complain about the weather. Usually it is Americans that find the weather in Britain a challenge. It is as if no one ever looks at a map before they come here. It would be better if they looked at a globe just to see how high up the world that this country is. We are on the same latitude as Moscow and Quebec, and everyone knows what the winters are like there. The only reason we don’t have winters of -20 to -70 here is because the Gulf Stream runs up the Channel and Irish Sea. But look at the east coast on a map and you will see above us is the Arctic Ocean and when it gets to off the north of Scotland it goes through a name change and is then called the North Sea. Still just the Arctic Ocean by another name. In winter the temperature of the North Sea is 0 c to 4 c in summer it is 13 c to 18 c. You don't last long in these waters, but it’s good for fish. Because we are so far north that is the reason why in the summer dawn is around 03 00 hrs in the morning and dark comes around 22 00 hrs at night. Of course the reverse is true in winter, night fall is around 16 00 hrs and dawn is about 0900 hrs in the morning. You go to work in the dark and you come home in the dark. You think yourself lucky, you have only had a few years of this, I on the other had have had 75 years of it. As for the sheets of cloud and rain, the prevailing wind comes off the Atlantic accompanied by the Jet Stream and brings with it the storms and hurricanes from America. It's not their fault but I still blame them for it. But enjoy your stay Yes it would be nice to see a bit more sun, but hey - such is life!
I knew it would be dark, but I didn’t know it would affect me like that. I had a friend who told me about SAD but hearing/reading about it and experiencing it are sooo different. But thanks for sharing this, it was really informative!
To be fair, lots of these issues are problems you could run into in the US, though probably not all in one place. The winters in the pacific northwest are rainy and gloomy, people in some parts of the south are intelligible and parking spots are tight in many big cities.
Darker skinned people can suffer vitamin D deficiancy, which can lower your mood, during our winter months. You can get suppliments in the supermarkets. Another reason for the smaller houses compared to American houses has nothing to do with insulation but is because you can fit England, Scotland and Wales (mainland Britain) in to the state of Texas. Space is a premium here.
Could be suffering from sad, yes it's a thing seasonal affective disorder.
Stormcrow yeah they warned us about it when we moved here, but experiencing it felt different than just hearing about it. Luckily every winter since has been SO much better!
@@CasiaRoseTV so how have you changed after work, you still go directly home or what?
Should I be taking extra vitamin d in the winter and how will that make me feel, because I do experience low light syndrome.
You can fit the UK into the state of Wyoming. It will fit into Texas nearly 3 times.
Feeling depressed about not being in your home country, is not unusual. I hope the summer improves your feelings. You are not alone.
Thanks, luckily it was only the first winter, the past 2 and this one are sooo much better. I appreciate this kind comment!!
@@CasiaRoseTV You really can't beat a British Xmas. The celebration starts from 1st Dec until Jan 1st. I feel like the British weather is so perfectly suited to the considered traditional Xmas period.
We do have airports. Nobody is forced to live here
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@@atriangle8517 If you think?
Heads up: I love England and extended my time here for 2 more years. You may think I don’t like it here, but my list of “complaints” for America would be way longer. If it comes off as complaining, sorry! I genuinely thought it would just be a fun video for my viewers and maybe food for thought for Americans moving here 🥴🤗
I'm english and I respect the fact that you respect our culture and some people are just salty cos your from usa.
Rogan Toad thank you so much! I’m glad you see it that way. I respect England and English people so much but I know some people think I hate it here because of my comments, but that’s not the case at all. Thanks so much!
Now see you have subtly become somewhat of a citizen of this country, it is every person's right to complain about the weather, roads, parking and sometimes poor quailty food.
briasand thanks for being so understanding! My list of things I love about England is way longer also lol so I have a very positive view of this country for sure 🥰 I appreciate your comment!
Monique Hines yeah, it’ll probably be great! The weather doesn’t fluctuate too much here in comparison to where I am from in the states (the Midwest). The summers there are boiling and winters are literally freezing. Here it doesn’t usually get too hot or too cold. I’d advise getting a portable A/C unit if you do move here because the houses get very hot in the summer without it. I hope you do move here!
I think a lot of Americans don’t realise how far North the UK is, which is why they get shocked by the dark days in winter.
I’ve lived in the UK my entire life (I’m 27) & I get depressed every winter cos of the darkness :/ getting dark at 4pm is so unnecessary 😭
😂 I agree lol super unnecessary! Haha how are you holding up with this one being in lockdown??
How anybody can eat at McDonald's and talk about good food cannot be taken seriously. I've lived in London for decades and in California for 30 years, where I ate at McDonald's once. Never again. Nor would I even try it anywhere else. The same goes for Subway, Carl's Junior, Jack in the Box or any other fast food joint. Suggestion: try the prepared meals from M&S to take home.
@b very true I am a Registered Nurse. Also being alone. Not good for anyone. When tip are depressed you want to isolate. Or tend to isolate. Severe depression, my experience, doesn’t matter what you want. It is that you CAN’T. YOU CAN’T JUST SHAKE IT OFF.
it’s the same here in massachusetts of new england
watch telly then.
The food is "bad" because in America they use ingredients that are illegal in the UK. Essentially you get the artificial saltiest and sweetest shit possible.
And loving it, ha ha dieing from it too most likely.
@@leeengelsman1855 and getting fatter by the year.
@@slangmyshang9653 i find it hilarious how you immediately bring up the american military. the largest military in the world is China's, no wonder us Europeans think of you Americans as ignorant.
As for the "easily", we're an island and have highly mountainous terrain in the North. Overseas wars aren't exactly easy. Neither is your government the "best", the politics in America were overall a massive joke in 2020 and currently.
@@slangmyshang9653 you didnt specify at all on "more soldiers", stop being dumb. China has the most active personnel in terms of infantry and troops, they have the most soldiers, not the pity of a country called America. China is also sadly the strongest country at the moment in terms of military. I'd much rather the USA, but thats just how it is. And your answer to where I'm from:
I'm eurasian, born in the UK but from many other countries in ethnicity.
@@slangmyshang9653 Our population is over 60 million, the hell are you on? Also, it's not just Trump. Currently Biden has screwed up a lot in the Migrant crisis, but yeah he's a lot better than your previous president.
The problem most Americans have with our food is that they have never tasted actual food before. Salt, spices and chemicals cover everything they eat, so their tastebuds cannot handle subtle flavours. We have the opposite problem with US foods. Our tastebuds are so sensitive that eating even the mildest US food is like having your tongue burned out and the levels of salt in US food are just disgusting to us,
I can understand that, and agree with you. American food (most) is extremely unhealthy. I prefer British soda (when I do drink soda) over American soda because it doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup. I don’t think British food is bad, I have just come across a few places that seem to have less seasoning than others. I’ve still had plenty of great food here. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@CasiaRoseTV Honestly our British food is quite bland tbh. Hearty and filling but most of our best cuisine is imported from other countries. Eating out in the US is often a better experience also, and cheaper. Our chocolate is much better though :-)
Asa yes! The chocolate here is my favorite! It’s not too sweet in my opinion and it’s perfect. I don’t eat chocolate in America. Well I do but rarely.
@munchkin42 I visited the US quite often for work and I found you can eat as healthily or unhealthily as you wish. It's not all junk food outlets, there's diners, cafés, restaurants cooking fresh food on premises with reasonable prices. Buying healthy foods from supermarkets can sometimes be costlier but that's exactly the same as the UK. Our British food has been something of a joke among other European countries for decades, I'm not sure why all my fellow Brits are getting up in arms when someone says our food is often bland.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this because as an American obsessed with salt your tongue probably would hate me for the sheer amount of salt I put on meat, its salty that even other Americans are like "dude chill out with the salt"
Have you been up north if you can’t understand londoners there is a 0 percent chance you can understand northeners
Haha I definitely understand Londoners, it’s the northerners I was thinking of when I mentioned the “language barrier.” I think I can understand their accent more now but I’m not sure lol
@@CasiaRoseTV born and bred person near in Lancashire near the border with Scotland. I have a really strong accent lol, I'll teach you ;)!
@@creature2479 thought thay was a whole county between Lancashire and Scotland 🤔
Alreet mate 😂
now aye theres nee need te skit us frae oop north
I love it that it’s dark by 4pm in the winter, but stays light until 10:30pm in summer... and light at 4am. I love the changes in light through the year, and ut changes so quickly! 💕
michaels640 I’ve been starting to embrace it, slowly but surely 😂☺️
@@CasiaRoseTV
When covid19 is under control you can look forward to enjoying a summers evening (20:30) sun just going down, sat in a pub garden in the countryside
Martin Jones yes, I do enjoy that a lot 🥰 that sounds like a good time right about now... I think the hard part is when I didn’t have blackout curtains and couldn’t go to bed early when I needed to 😂 but now I’m more accustomed to it lol. And I bought blackout curtains for night time/early morning
Casia Rose we don’t have curtains at all. I like to waken in the natural light... but, also, we look out over a reservoir from our bedroom window.... and that’s why we are still in our first house, 46 years later 😃
michaels640 wow, that sounds amazing 🥰 I wish I could buy a home here. England seems so much more peaceful
it’s hard watching other people live out your dreams
Of moving to England?
how is england your dream
el baño シ the people are very nice here but there are certain parts of every city where there are quite dangerous people. if you come to England, go to Cornwall or Dorset or even the Lake District, don’t just think of London (those places are way better than our capital). Cornwall is BEAUTIFUL, there are corals and turquoise waters etc. it’s like Englands tropicana. If u have any questions abt England just ask (i’m bored 💀)
el baño シ also i’m kinda fed up with non brits thinking it always rains here. in the summer it can get up to 35° C (95° F) as hot as some parts of California i guess. when this girl is talking about living in the UK, and says that its miserable in the winters, thats just because shes living in a part of the country where it doesn’t snow! It snows up north and in Scotland ALL THE TIME. 😂 AND once the WHOLE COUNTRY was covered in snow because of snow coming from Russia.
@@boschclassixx6washingmachi849 really ..love the north myself.
Interesting perspective! I’m English, but have spent a fair amount of time in the US. A lot of people are surprised by how small our homes are, how narrow the roads are, how cramped the Tube (subway) is. Remember that England is a very old country. We still have a lot of roads built by the Romans. Yes, really! So it would take a lot of money and time and disruption to widen roads and subways, when in reality there’s no real need as it works just fine. Americans are typically used to larger cars but in England and the UK it’s mostly only rich people and farmers who have big cars (like 4x4s, Jeeps, SUVs/minivans etc).
A lot of our homes are laid out in the way that you showed not necessarily because of insulation, but because they used to be large homes for wealthy Victorians and Edwardians, and then more recently (relatively speaking - say 100 years ago) got split up into smaller flats for individuals or small households. this is the case particularly for cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham, after people moved in from country for industrial and professional jobs and it became less common for young people to live at home until they married.
Another thing people are often surprised about is how washing machines are in the kitchen or bathroom here in the UK. It’s rare that we have a separate room just for doing laundry - some larger family houses have a “utility room “which is sort of a hybrid between an internal room and a garage, and often has the washing machine and laundry staff, but also may act as a “mud room” for shoes and coats and dog walking stuff. Definitely not as polished and clean as American laundry rooms! Whenever I see any reference to American homes with laundry rooms and closets and pantries, I just wish we had that kind of space over here. We generally keep our clothes in a freestanding cupboard, and our food in cabinets on the wall.
On the weather, as others have said it just doesn’t get that hot or humid to need air-conditioning or screens on the windows. Recently we have been having more heat waves, and it has really become quite unpleasant in the summer. Again, the age of our infrastructure would make it very difficult and expensive to fit air-conditioning in the London Underground for example.
You might find it interesting to hear my contrasting experience about the US - when I first visited Miami I couldn’t believe how spreadout everything was, the fact that you can’t get anywhere without driving, nothing was older than about 60 years. It was bizarre! Also I love American supermarkets, they’re so big and open and everything is on display, and a lot of the products are more reasonably sized and more economically sized than in the UK. Yes, some of these “super-size “products seem a bit ridiculous to ask, but here in the UK to get a pot of sour cream for example it’s this tiny pot that costs more than a giant tub in the US, and things like baking soda are considered a bit of a special product rather than something you can get anywhere in abundance for super cheap.
That's strange. When I was in the UK I noticed that the roads were not much different to narrow horse and cart routes and traffic jams, noise, air pollution etc were rampant. Then , much to my amazement I saw that these horse and cart routes were further narrowed down to allow for bus lanes and cycle lanes. Strange how suddenly money can be found to reduce the horse and cart routes width even further. Then stick a 20 mph speed limit on all major routes and expect the commuter to sit in even more traffic jams and allow even longer to get to and from work. This means loss of work/life balance, stress and even more stress on the heart and mind of the poor commuter . Not very healthy is it ? This has meant even more traffic jams, even more roadworks, frustrated drivers, road rage and lots and lots of air pollution. I'm so glad I left. My commute times were the longest in Europe and I wasn't prepared to sit in even more traffic jams just to earn a living . The railways were even worse, costly, unreliable at the best of times and not very clean
Im actually American and my washing machine is in my kitchen to lol
"From NYC and used to small apartment" life
Every city in America is different. Some cities are spread out and some a walkable city. Places like Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis, North Carolina and more aren’t walkable cities. Places like Dc, NYC, Baltimore, Chicago, Philly, etc are walkable and the trains/bus goes to every block. I’m from Dc and we have buses, trains, corner stores and gas stations on every block. Some cities walkable and some not it all depends
Jesus - where on earth is she living that it makes American food taste good???
Lol the country side. London has AMAZING food though. I don’t think all food here is bad. I also realize that American food is overly saturated with salt, sugar, and other bad things and that’s why some European foods taste strange to me. But with that. I’ve had tons of good things here as well
when i was in America it was mostly comparable to here, ruby tuesdays, applebee's pub food , MacDonald's virtual the same but some places really bang the salt on it sent me back to the 1970's England.
If it ain't woke, Don't fix it have you tried American bread? It’s like eating cake
Sorry those inserts of American homes interior is not realistic at all. Certainly some people live like that but I think it's you and far between
@samuel arthur that’s good to know!
You are suffering from SAD! (Seasonal Affective Disorder). The only known cure for this is to find a nice cosy pub with a fire, and sit by the fireplace with a pint and have a pie. This is what pubs are for! You are the only person I know who thought rainy days are cool!
Yes! I started doing that after my first winter and it helped me sooo much. Getting out and being with others! Haha rainy days are so relaxing and peaceful to me. Did you ever experience SAD?
These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends will do, thanks for the recommendation! Maybe I can put some of this info in a video to help others 🤗
1. Darkness and being home is my thing ✅
2. Dialect: I've been watching British television programming since before I was 10 ✅
3. Recently came back from London, food taste was not an issue. ✅
4. Housing floor plans, meh...good to know. No AC - could be an issue.
5. Narrow roads...an adjustment for sure. good to know.
Thanks for the info.
Thank YOU for the thorough comment! I appreciate it
Don’t need poncy AC. It’s not hot or humid enough for that shit
@@Mind-your-own-beeswax yeah, I went 3 years without it so I agree. I definitely don’t need it, but it was nice during the hot days!
Honestly just buy a fan for your room and you'll be just fine
U dont need AC in england mate the weathers hella depressing and cold
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a common reaction to UK winters, a type of Depression.
Wish I could send some Arizona sun to use guys!☀️
People don't realise how much further north England is.
to a canadian, it would be just a hop skip and a jump away. i drive 1 and 1/2 hours just to see a doctor here in western canada. just over 200 km drive just to go grocery and other shopping at the closest mall.
@@joeydepalmer4457 I was just saying that England is further North than America.
Yes, for me in England, I have a 5 min drive to a supermarket and a 30 min drive to a big hospital (our nearest doesn't do everything).
Wow, what a coincidence! When I was in Vietnam during the war, I was really depressed for very similar reasons: Rainy all day, incomprehensible language, ration can food, narrow roads, no air conditioner, spiders. Plus bullets from four directions, of course.
If you think England is wet, dark and miserable in the winter you might want to try any of our neighbours, Scotland, Wales and Ireland make England seem lovely in comparison.
I thought you was going to write..wait until summer! 😆
I,m English and I find it interesting to hear your views on our country. Thank you.
Thank you for this! It makes me more excited to get more videos out that I’ve made similar to this one. Like my favorite things about England, my favorite British phrases, things I didn’t know existed until I moved to England haha I have recorded some but haven’t had much time to edit. I hope you’ll enjoy those too
I moved to the UK from Spain and what you say about the roads is absolutely spot on. Too narrow, really badly maintained and everyone has parked all over them. Also mini roundabouts are just stupid, normal ones are fine.
the mini roundabouts make sense coz it stops people getting stuck at a junction
There's nothing that can be done about the narrow roads. That's how they've been for hundreds of years and they're usually surrounded by buildings.
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A lot of roads can't be widened even if wanted to widen them.
@@ajs41 I mean they can be. We just refuse to do what other countries have done which is demolish the surrounding buildings and start fresh. Overall I think the roads are fine. We have a climate crisis so we don't need more private car use. But some roads definitely could be expanded where necessary.
But are you enjoying your time here? I do hope so.
I am! I’ve recorded other videos explaining things I love about England lol I don’t want people to think I dislike it here. I’ve added 2 more years to our 3 year contract so we can stay longer!
Stay forever
@@CasiaRoseTV Girl Id love to catch up sometime I could relate to like every point you made, it cracked me up! I have been in England 1 year, with 1 more year to go. And I gotta tell you... some days are trying times 😂 xx
@@julianathejaded7051 yes! We definitely can 🥰
@@CasiaRoseTV It is always brave to do a things you dislike video. No matter how genuine and sincere and respectful you are there will always people who take offence.
What is funny is those same people will criticise their own nation/culture like hell - I guess it is like family or children, you can criticise but woah if someone else does!
It does get dark early in winter but that shouldn't stop u doing anything after work.
It doesn’t anymore luckily! Just my first winter here. The past 3 have been wayyy better
@@CasiaRoseTV can't beat daylight til 10pm in summer tho. ❤️ That feeling it's gives you
@@CasiaRoseTV it stops me and I've lived here 34 years 🤣
At least we're compensated with the long summer nights though
@@hanifleylabi8071 😂 that’s reassuring! Lol
I agree with pretty much all you say , on the subject of food is a question of taste . My personal view is that I do not consider MacDonald and company as food , I go no where near those places
That is very true. I honestly don’t like McDonald’s unless I’m out late and it’s all I can get. I was more so joking around about that part but I get how that can skew the points I was making lol but again that’s a very fair point. This is all very subjective
You want good food you've got to cook it yourself.
The food thing, Europeans don’t load everything with salt and sugar because we give people the option, you can add salt to your MacDonalds fries. Honestly, when I visited the USA everything tasted far too salty or far too sweet.
Also, it’s actually a myth that it rains all the time in the UK. London gets less rain each year than Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, New York, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, and Mexico City.
The darkness, yeah it’s a pain in winter, but in summer we get long evenings to make up for it. It might be worth you taking a vitamin D supplement if you are struggling though. A lot of people living in the UK, and other northern countries, suffer from a vitamin D deficiency.
Snapper that makes sense, it’s healthier here in the UK for sure. I love that the candy is leas sweet though!!
Yeah, I think it’s likely the gloominess that’s all Americans equate to rain. I could see that. It definitely doesn’t pour down here for long periods of time lol. I feel like when it rains, it’s not an all day event here, but I could be wrong.
The summer does balance out the winters for sure. And I started taking vitamin D regularly so hopefully it gets me through this winter as it will be my most challenging one. I’ll be alone and work will be hectic 😅
Thanks so much for sharing this! I didn’t know it rains more in those places
deme9873 deme9873 Mate, I’m a retired military cartographer, the UK is a Northern European country. And the further north a country is the more likely people are to be deficient in vitamin D. Sit down until you know what you are talking about. 🙄
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches I just checked again to make sure, the rainfall charts don’t show a constant, rainfall peaks between October and March and falls significantly in the summer months. This past summer we went for weeks on end with no rain here in Wales. I know this because I had to water my garden each day as my young Acer trees were going dry and crispy.
@@ffotograffydd no need to be rude!
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches well done Bob, said with kindness and respect unlike some people on this site👍
Some seriously ignorant comments here! I live in London and love it here! It doesnt mean it's a perfect place. Opinions are subjective and these are from your perspective only, doesn't make it fact or false... The comment section needs to chill lol. Anywayyy I'm sure you've had a great time here and made many special memories the UK has a lot to offer for such a small island. It would be good to hear what your experience has been from a black minority perspective. I find that UK celebrates other cultures and ethnicities way more than the US and I don't find the same racial divide here but maybe that's just me. Take care ✌️
I would love to move to London one day. I hear it’s very similar to New York. You crack me up when you said winter makes you depressed. I was pretty depressed during winter.
Are you in NY?
I moved from Illinois to Massachusetts and the first few years I was depressed because you couldn't find a place to see the whole sky. It took a while to figure out what it was.
Oh wow, I didn’t it was like that there!
@@CasiaRoseTV I’m considering moving to the UK from New Hampshire and some days in mid-Winter the sun has set at 3:30pm 😭
Lmao I live in Chicago and I see skyline lmao 🤣
The UK is at a high latitude and there is nowhere in the US this far north. However the winters are milder than US winters at more southern latitudes so the UK doesn't feel as north as it actually is. It ain't the cold that shows you it, it's the darkness of the winters. However the summers make up for it. Really long days.
Very true, I prefer the temperature of winters here than the temperature in the Midwest of America. The darkness took some adjusting to but now I spend a lot of time with friends and that helps us all stay happy and active throughout the winters.
Also it's because we have that stream of the gulf stream it keeps us very mild which I'm thankful of.
Thanks for that information
@MrOpaquelens - days are longer in the summer but what's the point if the streets are dead at 5pm and there is literally nothing to do other than going to the pub.
Except the whole state of Alaska. They're way further north than us in England
The best cures for SAD and depression over here- a trip to the pub, a nice warm tea and sitting by the fire, and watching ‘Only Fools And Horses’ on TV (Our favourite British sitcom). If you haven’t already, treat yourself to the full box set! You will love it!
The winters here are long, cold, wet and dark but the summers here are amazing ❤️
The weather sounds great to me. I actually look forward to darkness and dreary weather in the daytime. The summer months and sunshine drain my energy 👀
My coworker is exactly like this. He loves UK weather so much, and hates when it’s warm and sunny
London's Embankment ,on a foggy ,wet day is soooo romantic .Yes I know it sounds daft .
@@normanpearson8753 that sounds really nice!
It is 111 degrees here in Arizona today!🌵😎. I use a rain channel on UA-cam to sleep at night because the sound of it calms me. Does not rain here very often. 😜
They all say that *until they come to dull wet grey miserable Britain*
Since last sep 2020 we *only had 2 weeks of consistent sunny weather* and 85% of the days have either been dark grey clouds and drizzle, the parks and streets are muddy with squashed slugs,phlegm,dog crap and litter.
Honestly its like living in Prison.
I'm with you on the narrow parking spaces. I think there must be an official "standard" width for UK parking spaces, which seems to be designed for a 1960's Mini. It's a false economy, because it only takes 1 driver to park slightly off-centre in 1 space and the next space is then useless. Just take 1 space out of each row and make all the other spaces a bit wider. Easy.
That’s be amazing! I sometimes get stressed when parking even after 3 years of living here. I have never hit a car while parking and I don’t want to start now lol
everyone has lived until now, im sure you can too. If it’s truly that hard then get a narrower car. Or park in a different car park, there’s plenty around.
you should not normally back out of a parking space. that is v risky, as unsighted. you should reverse in, and drive out. makes sense. also for a quick get-away, if needed.
The UK has very short Winter days (about 7 hours long), but it has very long Summer days (about 17 hours long). Which is sick in my opinion 😂😄
Thanks for posting this. I live in the USA and my parents are getting a divorce so I’m moving to England with my dad, who was raised there. ( I have a dual citizenship btw ) and I’m honestly terrified, but this helped me feel a bit more prepared.
Nothing to worry about fella
Daylight hours are short in winter, but are much longer in summer. On midsummer's day it is daylight from 4.45am to 10. 05 pm. in the London area. That's just over 17 hours of daylight. The difference in daylight hours gets less the nearer you get to the equator, and at the equator daylight hours and darkness hours are equal all year round.
i’m starting a journey to see if i would really like to move to england.
You probably will! I love it here, this video is only part of my impression of England. I have soo many good things to say
Come over! you're very welcome! I know loads of US citizens that live and work over here due to where I work.
@@booldawg i was supposed to go during april to see if i was something i really wanted to do but then covid happened
@@jillian.h9565 was thinking that - is not the right time to be doing anything radical! Hoping next year is better - for everyone...
Do some research on UA-cam and see what you think. If you stay clear of London, I’m sure you’d like it here, and we’re nice people really 😀. Best of luck with whatever you choose.
I'm English and I agree. I've been to America 5 times (going again in 2022) and the food in America is better
But it's also very unhealthy. I mean like a bag of gummy bears here in Florida is how many calories your supposed to have in a day. I bought a bag of gummy worms today and it was 110 calories for every 3 pieces. I threw those straight into the trash XD
@@elizabethbeasley7754 ye I agree
It's the cloud more than the rain that depresses people in England.
We lack the space you have in America. So houses cannot spread out.
We in England are more used to hear you accents( on tv shows), than you are in hearing our voices.
We are an Island nation, we are only small do please try to understand that, America is vast in land
Parking spaces are small, the cars have got bigger over the years but the parking spaces are still set in the 1940s when vehicles were a lot smaller.
Houses are generally smaller due to the cost of land , the UK is only a small landmass in comparison to the US
No, UK overrates everything for no reason. There is plenty of land available yet is still expensive
I am so onboard with the window screens. I would love them and the narrow roads are a nightmare 😳during lockdown my son got hit by a car on his bike because of all the parked cars(poor driver was traumatised)because he couldn’t see around the bend😖also my eldest son hates the fact that in the winter he goes to work in the dark and comes home in the dark😩
Oh my goodness!! I’m sooo glad your son was okay! Wow, I bet that was traumatic for him as well
@@CasiaRoseTV it was😕
@@lorrainecasey749 I hope he’s doing much better now
I can imagine you holding up a shield to protect yourself from oncoming English verbal onslaught.
The most important factor is that you've learnt quite a bit whilst living here.
Don't forget, we are a tiny island, the UK, and we are very old compared to other countries.
There's much to do here and learn. But it seems you are doing quite well, so keep it up.
Thanks so much! I think I’ve grown used to the onslaught now, it stings less 😅 I appreciate this! And I have learned a TON
@@CasiaRoseTV Respect to ya. Make sure you have thermal under layers, it might help.
My memories of England, mostly in London, were those of a tourist. Several years back I spent 10 days in London. I think the complaint about terrible food is exaggerated. In my opinion the Pub Food was very good. The best sausage I've ever had was in a Pub in London. The people I met were polite and friendly. As far as the language difference after a few days I picked up most of the words that are different than American English. I found British Televisión to really be really entertaining. Although I spent most of my time in London i took a Bus Tour outside of London, Stonehenge, Bath and Salisbury. The countryside of England was very pleasant. I haven't stayed in England as a resident, so I believe I probably would have found a few things that I would have had problems with.
I completely get that! And agree. I’ve also had very good food here. And I think there is a lot more good than bad. I appreciate this comment though!!
Why would one think the language an issue. We speak English. Americans......speak American not even close to the mother tongue.
Re talking to strangers - often when aboard (away from the UK) on holiday I come across Americans who want to talk to me because I speak English, unlike the locals. I find they ask questions that are too personal and I find it difficult to dis-engage from them. I find I can't empathise with them.
Strange this is when I've been on holiday in the USA I never experienced someone trying to chat with me for no reason.
Hmm that’s interesting. I’ve been obsessed with the U.K. and all of the accents so when I’ve heard English people in America I was always fascinated 😂😅 as creepy as that sounds
I spent a few weeks in the USA just driving around on my own - sticking away from big cities and staying in small towns. The Americans were really friendly, always someone to talk to and very honest and upfront people; you usually know where you stand with them, there's no sugar-coating things! Had a great time and would love to go over again.
The UK weather is famous all over the world
you must remember if the Met office tells you it's going to rain it will in fact be Sunny if they say it's going to snow it will end up being a heat wave
and if they say it is going to be sunny and hot you best wear wellies and a raincoat
but you will get used to it and you won't get depressed
steve drake 😂 wow this is so true. And yes! After the first winter the last couple of winters have been sooo much better
And if they say there will not be a hurricane there will be the first hurrican in 300 years. ua-cam.com/video/Qi1a5Tbw77E/v-deo.html
@@paulrice8358 It was a powerful storm yes, but it still wasn't a hurricane though. Only storms that formed in the Tropics can ever be called one and this storm didnt.
England may be dark in winter.....but, 10pm sunsets in June. Then birds twittering at 4am.
Britain is different from America - who'd have thought it??
Buckfast Stradler lol
Just to help out, I love the video, I’m from London. The point about the houses in comparison to the us is ligit about location and space. Basically because the uk is so small but with a huge population it’s so expensive to buy land and especially in the south the houses are taller to make more room - like an apartment near a train station near London is usually minimum £1million whereas in the us because there’s so much space land is so much cheaper
- it’s so crazy if you google us vs uk house comparisons xxxx
I lived in the UK for years didn’t like the cold after leaving a hot country, then I came to Canada and regret it because the winter are extremely cold and the snow shoveling is hard. My son emigrate to the UK, he is finding it hard to drive on the roundabouts, he couldn’t believe how narrow the roads are compare to Canada. But he loves living in the UK.
There are a variety of English accents and pronunciation of words in the UK. For example: fast and class. At primary school we were taught to pronounce these letters in a particular way: A, E, I, O, U. However many people pronounce them differently depending on where they live, the schools they have gone to and how they have been brought up. Watching the Birds of a Feather sitcom, you can hear the East End accent from the blonde woman. If you listen to the way the Queen speaks. She has a normal English accent..
i moved from america to england when i was 15, and everything you said in this video i can agree with :)
Thanks! That’s very reassuring lol how long have you lived here? Or did you move back?
Oh my god I agree with EVERYTHING you said 100%! I moved to England with my fiancé in Dec and literally went through every single thing you did. The worse part was the short gloomy winter days, especially coming from Texas this was very hard on me. Thank you for sharing your experience ☺️
Aww Texas crew! I'm thinking about coming to England too
The food in the UK tastes exactly the same...it's just that we don't pump our food full of "tasty" artificial colourants, preservatives, flavour enhancers, and assorted other chemicals that live inside American foods. Next time you get an imported American food product, get the British equivalent and check out the list of ingredients on the packaging, and you'll see what I mean. It's not American food that you find "tasty", it's the chemicals that you've been brought up on that you are now missing.
I totally agree, that’s why I said I know I’m healthier with the food here which I can definitely appreciate. 😉
her: talking about all the negative downsides
me: actually so exited because it’s perfect for me 😁
Lol that’s me too! I still love England so much despite these things
England isn’t all that good. It’s quite bland place really. I’ve lived here for all my life and I find it fairly boring. Our pubs and music is great though.
@@LeoHodges That’s kind of the reason i’m moving to the uk, for the “boring” life lol
@@LeoHodges I do love the pubs. It’s such a different vibe than most places in America. I’ll miss that when I leave in a couple of years
same lmao
I'm An American Who Plans To Live In England At Some Point When I'm An Adult, Thanks For Sharing With Me What To Expect
All the English people in the comments are HURT, lol. Everyone, she said it is her opinion. If you feel differently, that's lovely for you.
ModelMaterial09 I’m glad you understand lol I didn’t think I’d offend anyone, but I guess I did 😬😅
@@CasiaRoseTV I'm not upset but I get why people are. It depends how people interpret it. For example things you didn't know about our country; Our food is shit, our houses are shit, our roads are shit the weather is shit our McDonalds is shit, our shit is shit. Well shit.
this one isn't lol!
@@spectrablaze3760 lol that’s definitely how some interpret it. But I said the roads were small, the winter darkness gave me seasonal depression, McDonald’s is terrible everywhere so that was a joke that I think offended many 😂 but hey, we all know McDonald’s sucks. And I said I didn’t realize there was no a/c and the houses are skinnier and taller with more doors. I said some food was bad but not all. The same goes for America. I’ve had a lot of bad food there, but for those who watch the entire video and read my comments, they see I love England. I think I should be allowed to say things that surprised me when I moved here 3 years ago. But it’s okay, I don’t lose sleep over it and I’m sure no one who got offended did either. It’s a video, nothing life changing lol. I have more positive videos about England coming so I hope they all see those 😂
@@booldawg which one isn’t what? 🤔
In 2004 McDonald's actually reduced the amount of salt on their fries by a quarter in UK chains as well as reduce the salt content in the sauces that they put on their burgers as a response to concerns from health experts.
You can get salt in sachets if you want to add more seasoning. Something which is the norm in most UK restaurants, many will have seasonings at the table so that you can season it to your taste or you can request more seasoning from the staff.
This is so that concerns on seasoning related health issues such as excess salt contributing to high blood pressure falls on the consumer, not the establishment.
I've got an article here about McDonald's reducing their salt content.
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-299579/Now-McDonalds-cuts-salt.html
VickyK wow, that’s interesting! Something America would never do and should. As much as I joke around, I love how healthy food is in England and how well they take care of their people!
You just googled that
I have lived in England for 4 years now. I love the winters! I enjoy it being dark most of the time.
Thanx for your honest review. I'm English and I was impressed with the way you never said Brit. English never never never call themselves 'Brits' - at least not the educated English.
Wow, I didn’t know that! I just don’t think I’ve ever really used the term Brit but I will make a conscience effort not to now. Thank you
Snob
That’s like people in England calling Americans Yankees
Stan that is total shite, but I completely understand why.
shut up stan
Okay, so, I'm German and I've been wanting to move to England since kindergarten. I'm currently 16 years old and I am so excited to be able to do it some day but the language barrier is honestly freaking me out
Leonie after a short amount of time here, I’m sure it won’t be an issue! Especially if you happen to watch any British shows/movies. I think that may help as well. But I’m sure you’ll ease right through that in your first year here
@@CasiaRoseTV thank you🥺
Btw say nursery instead of kindergarten when you move to the UK lmao
@@yourdictator1476 OOHHHHH I DIDN'T KNOW, thank you
Simondz I often forget it’s called nursery here. Isn’t nursery longer than kindergarten? Kindergarten is only for 1 year in America
as an American teen potentially moving to England in the next few months for school & family, i needed this. i’ve been to England several times to visit family over my life, but i’ve never been familiar with “winter depression”, so this is interesting! i live in one of the warmest states, so i LOVE the winter, but i’m interested to see how the dark days will treat me…
One thing Americans do in the uk get fish and chips.
One thing they don’t do get chicken and chips from the corner shop
When I went to America.It was easy to find food for a childs party.Burger, Hotdog etc.But food for an adult was hard. Vegetables were near impossible to find.Most Americans eat like a six year old.
Theyre called grocery stores even a 6 year old knows that DDDDDUUUUU!
Don't know where you visited but there are plenty of fruits and vegetables locally grown in America.
@@snowshadow6759 Of course.And nice people.I meant in a restaurant
@@heartttt huh?
@@hearttttTROLL
I'm from England, this is the first one of your videos I've seen. I'm not offended and can understand these things would be disorienting. I used to hate working in a factory as a teen in winter, you get up in the dark, there are no windows in the workplace and then you go home in the dark.Aircon and screens would be a good idea thanks to our increasingly hot weather. It's natural to miss the food in your home country. The roads being narrow, especially in the countryside or in old towns is because they were built on medieval roads, but the new roads like motorways are definitely not. As cars have got bigger it's harder for everyone to park. Navigating roundabouts is not always done well by native Brits, so you are doing really well indeed. A sun lamp may help with the depression caused by S.A.D ( Seasonal Affective Disorder. ) Lots of Brits suffer from it. People in Artic regions can spend months in darkness, with no sun at all and I believe they have higher suicide rates, though I would need to check that. If you can fit in a walk on your lunch break, if it's dry and you are wrapped up against the cold, you could take a coffee with you or a hot chocolate. Life during lockdown adds to the stress, so if you are able to go outside, socially distance, wear a mask until you need to drink or eat, and replace it afterwards. Look into Danish hygge, and try to think of the winter as a time to recharge, eat hot stews, soups, curries, chilli con carne, etc. Light candles to make your home cosy. Treat yourself to lovely scarves, hats, gloves, jumpers, etc Snuggle under a heated blanket or a sherpa fleece. Have nice puddings like apple and Blackerry or rhubarb crumble with hot custard, strudel, again best with custard. Make sure you take a decent multivitamin and a high strength Vitamin D supplement. Good luck with your life here, stay safe and well. Best wishes for the success of your channel.
Thanks for all of this! I appreciate it and found it super interesting and informative... and glad it wasn’t offensive to you 😅🥰
We printed a picture of a beach and stuck it on the wall to pretend it was a window with a nice warm view.
Aaah...read your post and found myself smiling at all your cozy suggestions. I live in Wisconsin USA. It's not that different here.
@@rosarosa758 🙂
You are at about the same latitude as southern Alaska,so that is why it gets less daylight in winter.On the plus side it is a lot warmer,and the summer days are longer.
mike saunders I do enjoy the long summer days!
@@CasiaRoseTV Glad to hear that Casia, enjoy all your days here.
Thank you for the heads up. I plan on moving there after I get out of the military. 👍🏻
So many military members I know have retired here! I think you’ll love living here. How soon are you getting out?
@@CasiaRoseTV I finish my contract in four years. Hopefully restrictions are lifted by then.
@@HermitArchivesD oh wow, that’ll be nice! I won’t be here by then, but if you have any questions, I hope I can help!
Take some Vitamin D. I had to when I moved there because that getting dark at 3pm was for the birds.
Yessss, I take it daily now
@@CasiaRoseTV Awesome!
@@CasiaRoseTV yes great advice , boost Vitamin D , C , B and also take Zinc supplement
The earliest it gets dark is 4.00pm
@@annonymouse2853 same where I am in Canada. Vitamin D is a must. You just can't get enough sunlight during the day.
TBH when I was living in Mexico City their McDonalds never bloated me like it did in the U.S. LOL
McDonald's taste good everywhere else but America. They most definitely killing us.
The sky is a different kind of grey in the uk. The type that saps the colour out of everything below it.
😂😂😂
If you hit a car reversing out of a parking spot it's your fault. you should always reverse into a parking bay and drive out of it, for this very reason.
That’s good to know!
@@CasiaRoseTV Reverse in to parking space in the street but usually much better to reverse out in supermarket car park. Also this helps with access to boot with shopping.
@@lenb9037 really? I thought it was better to reverse into parking spaces. Maybe I’ll try that next time although I’ll be nervous to hit someone 😂
I loved your video. I’ve been to London once, what stood out to me was the fact that everyone had crooked or not so white teeth. It’s not a bad thing, I just remember it was a little distracting.
Thanks for your comments which are fair. Agree about the Winter, it can be sooo depressing. About the food, the diversity now is probably greater than almost anyplace on earth and of course like anywhere it varies from place to place, from absolutely outstanding to crap but hey the U.S. is exactly the same. One point however I think you've made which is relevant is that pre prepared food from the Supermarkets has in many cases become more bland, sometimes tasteless because of a misguided war on salt. McDonalds shouldn't be in the equation because it's an American import and is classed as junk which is exactly what it is. Hope you enjoy your time in England and remember bad Winters make you enjoy the Summer even more :-)
Thanks for your comment! Yeah that makes sense. And I definitely wouldn’t judge England by McDonald’s, it was a lame joke lol I don’t even like McDonald’s tbh unless it’s a late night with nowhere else to eat or traveling and need something quick. But thanks for sharing this and still being kind 😌
Vitamin d over the counter from October til about April and sunbeds are god safer too, that 6 minutes of hot Hest and bright light, keep spirits up thinking about your summer holiday
Great video! It was interesting to see the things that stand out for an American living here, and which I expected and which I didn't. Most of all I hope you've felt welcome. :)
I really do! Thank you soooo much! I appreciate this
My Wife ( who is English ) has the same problem surrounding the winter time. Its called Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD for short. It creates a depressive state over the winter periods, like you have explained the lack of light can have lots of problems. You can actually buy a SAD lamp to help with the symptoms, but during these seasonal events it is best to see a GP so they can diagnose and help treat the problem.
I may buy one of those lamps this year. My first year I didn’t socialize which made it worse and the last two years I would hang out with friends often. With a potential lockdown happening, I want to be extra prepared to be home alone everyday and NOT get SAD
@@CasiaRoseTV A Lockdown would probably make it worse, like my wife she is starting to have the SAD kick in. But the thought of having another lockdown is making it extra worse for her. Women in general are more social than men and they need more social interaction so a lockdown in winter is going to be a bad time for her but also for many other people. We live in the peak district so we can get out into the countryside really easy. So maybe look at some places you can get to for days out in the countryside.
@@jasonowen5450 that’s a good idea! Thank you! And yes, I feel like this might be the first time since my first winter that I get SAD again. I’m taking my vitamin D again and trying to get myself ready for it. It’ll be just me and my dog, so I hope he’s ready to keep me entertained all winter lol. Maybe I’ll take a little weekend trip somewhere that my dog can be with me and explore something during this time. I appreciate that!
At the tender age of sixteen I joined the merchant navy as a bell boy on cruise ships. Having only one ‘burger type food,ie Wimpey’ in this country at the time, one of the first things I did upon arrival at San Francisco was to try an American burger. What a revelation.wonderful food with an amazing array of healthy options. On every visit to America I lived almost exclusively on burgers. On the ship I ate off the first class hot plate which was also amazing.
To this day I have never had the same burgers in England.
Alan Griffiths oh wow! 16?! There was only one type of burger here back then?! That is fascinating lol I would’ve never guessed that. Wow
yes, and you ordered and were served it at a table and ate it with a knife and fork. i remember going into first mcdonalds in 1970s london and asking for the cutlery.@@CasiaRoseTV
No one from the UK should get offended by her views whether good or bad, because we all have something to say about other countries.. so don’t forget 👍🏼🙂🙃🙂
Casia, your away from your home country and lots of things are different to what you are used to. I hope you can get your head around things and then start enjoying your time here. Good luck.
I actually love it here! I don’t hate these things, it’s just a topic I wanted to talk about. But thank you
Casia you’re so graceful in your responses. Glad you’re adapting! 💕
@@nataliejo336 wow, thank you! That really means a lot
❤️ your accent.and you so beautiful. like the american politeness and old fashioned consideration. love USA.
I think the grim winter weather thing applies in general to northern Atlantic areas. It's best to take a few long weekends in Spain or somewhere else nice during the winter. Flights aren't expensive and you'll have something to look forward to.
I really don't blame you on the subject of British winters. They're cold, they're wet, they're dark and they're really, really long. And they're not just cold, but they're "cold." It's a kind of damp, muggy cold that seeps into your bones and makes you feel soggy all over.
Not even kidding, I've heard Canadian tourists complain about the cold in the UK.
I don't blame you on the accents either. I've lived here 40 years and even I have difficulty when it comes to certain accents.
We Brits do tend to not use spices (thought it was hilarious when you said don’t roast me)! I’m with you on the McDonald fries, never enough salt. Our summers are not generally as hot,or as long as the past two summers. Roundabouts always confuse Americans. You may suffer from a condition called SAD if you suffer from depression only in the winter. Take care!
speak for yourself alot of people use spices
England is a small country with very old roads which were not designed for cars.
Houses are smaller because there is less space to build.
Hope you enjoy your stay
Thanks for being so honest!!! Its important to hear the realities.
Jessica Morrison thank YOU!! I appreciate that you watched and commented ☺️
As an ex builder I can tell you its not for insolation its to separate rooms and our houses are built of brick or stone not from wood which is basically a large shed great vid
Paul Bryant that’s good to know, thank you!
@@CasiaRoseTV 👍👍👍 anytime x
I’m considering moving to the UK can you tell me what the process was you went through? Like housing jobs what did you go through leaving the US?
All of your reasons are extremely valid, please don't feel you need to apologise for your views either, however it shows that you're a kind hearted and thoughtful person... which you should be proud of. Also, you're very pretty.
Much easier and safer to reverse into parking spaces.
Yes! I learned that the slow way lol
Sounds as if during the winter you could have been suffering from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) a medically recognised form of depression related to the lack of exposure to sunlight that reduces serotonin levels. You can buy lights for your home or a light box that simulates the light from the sun to help deal with this.
Phil bell thanks for the helpful information! I appreciate it ☺️
OMG I can relate with how it feels like in the winter when it is dark at 4pm 😅. I moved here 5 years ago and I love living here.
I don't want to sound mean but man are you real ? If you want A/C or screens for your windows then buy them. They are available in any hardware store. Winters are shit here and yes the days are short but in summer the daylight is upto 20 hours. House floor plans are mostly not open because most houses are old and its much cheaper to heat smaller rooms. When most houses were bulilt they had coal fires. More and more houses are modernised and new ones are mostly open plan. If your idea of British food is Macdonald's then you deserve to be disappointed. We do have narrower roads but we also compensate for this by fitting steering wheels to all cars.
The roads in Cornwall are tiny and sometimes you can’t even drive down them cos they are so small
Oh wow, really?
It sounds like you're suffering from SAD (Seasonal adjustive disorder) which is caused by the lower intensity of the light in the wintertime this far north. London is about 800 miles north of the 49th parallel - only Alaska is further north. The natural human reaction is to hibernate when light levels get low and fighting this urge causes depression in some people. The good news is that this is easily fixed by taking vitamin D supplements.
Thanks! I’ve been taking vitamin D and making sure to take care of myself to avoid SAD ever since my first winter here and it’s been great. Even being alone during Tier 4 didn’t lead to SAD this winter so I’m grateful. Thanks again for the tips!
Sooo glad I found your channel. I’ve wanted to move to England since I was 8. I am now 32. I think your documented experience will be helpful. I’ve only visited. Not going to lie, you threw me with the “spiders” though 😳
There not bad and none of them are dangerous but you do find them in your house mostly just in summer from having windows open. It also depends on where you live and what house x
@James Poulter I’m not scared of them for the perceived amount of danger I am in, I am scared because I have a severe phobia. I won’t even come near a dead one
Don't forget that your spider will be busy keeping your house bug free 😉
better than scorpions and snakes, alligators, bears, wolves etc. spiders eat flies
6th on the list "I wish i'd Known about England before moving here" is to NOT MOVE TO ENGLAND!
I live here, and it sucks. (Everyone watching, that lives in england. My condolences to yall!)
3:03 No you’re totally spot on I had clients move to England and they said the food was horrible bland lackluster something was just off about the food none of the flavoring it was real there’s so much flavor even in the boring Midwest verses that area that’s what I’ve heard
McDonalds fries, US -14 ingredients, UK - 2 sometimes 3 depending on the season. In Ireland Subway cannot call their rolls bread, they contain too much sugar.
but some people prefer a tasty diet, rich in additives, rather than real food@@grahvis
I'm an American born citizen who has been teased for being "like a British person" for years. And I actually like cold, rainy weather. It doesn't depress me at all. Perhaps the U.K might be for me.
If the food is an "under-seasoned" as you say, that's alright, I love to cook. XD
I am English and a lover of the rain. I can tell you, there is nothing quite as beautiful as an English November 🙂
@@leesurridge2947 Sounds cozy. :3
omg the winters are very depressing!!! glad someone said this
Glad you get where I’m coming from!!
She’s in Cambridge so it makes sense why she is saying all this. You need to stay in London, Birmingham or Manchester! That’s where it’s lit, more diverse (more black people) and more Caribbean/Asian and african food 🔥
Yes! When I eat in London, it’s amazing! 😋
I too wish people would just look at a map before they come here. I find it strange that people who come to these islands feel the need to complain about the weather. Usually it is Americans that find the weather in Britain a challenge. It is as if no one ever looks at a map before they come here. It would be better if they looked at a globe just to see how high up the world that this country is.
We are on the same latitude as Moscow and Quebec, and everyone knows what the winters are like there. The only reason we don’t have winters of -20 to -70 here is because the Gulf Stream runs up the Channel and Irish Sea.
But look at the east coast on a map and you will see above us is the Arctic Ocean and when it gets to off the north of Scotland it goes through a name change and is then called the North Sea. Still just the Arctic Ocean by another name. In winter the temperature of the North Sea is 0 c to 4 c in summer it is 13 c to 18 c. You don't last long in these waters, but it’s good for fish.
Because we are so far north that is the reason why in the summer dawn is around 03 00 hrs in the morning and dark comes around 22 00 hrs at night. Of course the reverse is true in winter, night fall is around 16 00 hrs and dawn is about 0900 hrs in the morning. You go to work in the dark and you come home in the dark. You think yourself lucky, you have only had a few years of this, I on the other had have had 75 years of it. As for the sheets of cloud and rain, the prevailing wind comes off the Atlantic accompanied by the Jet Stream and brings with it the storms and hurricanes from America.
It's not their fault but I still blame them for it. But enjoy your stay
Yes it would be nice to see a bit more sun, but hey - such is life!
I knew it would be dark, but I didn’t know it would affect me like that. I had a friend who told me about SAD but hearing/reading about it and experiencing it are sooo different. But thanks for sharing this, it was really informative!
@@CasiaRoseTV hey it affects me too, I'm trying taking vitamin D tablets, I call them my "happy pills". I don't enjoy the winter months either.
To be fair, lots of these issues are problems you could run into in the US, though probably not all in one place. The winters in the pacific northwest are rainy and gloomy, people in some parts of the south are intelligible and parking spots are tight in many big cities.
That is very true! New York or Seattle could have the same issues. I’m sure I’d be doing a similar video if I moved there lol