@@LightSaber12345 I'd be willing to be that most Romanians don't want Andrew Tate (or indeed you, given that you buy into his nonsense) anywhere near their country.
Have you noticed how people are getting nastier too? That survival thing, competitive. Its making people hopeless and unhappy. You can see the stress etched on people's faces. And a miserable climate. I loathe it, and its giving me poor mental health. Excellent video. Subscribed. 👍
yes, and gen Z, and their kids seem dystopian already to me. Theyre already adapting to the dystopia. Elbows are coming out, selfishness, nastiness, lack of respect, insecurity. I dont like the 20 somethings out there at all.
When parents treat their kids worse than the neighbours' kids, who here thinks their own will grow up well-adjusted, happy & friendly?! Now use some lateral thinking!
@@desertrose1226 LOL, when your gen does something it's not from intelligence it's just like a dog the does tricks, doesn't get it but enjoys the attention.
No mate, it's not to consume their estates but to actually consume them. You know, with a spot of tobasco sauce and some red chillis. It's called 'Desigh', a little known Eastern religion suppressed during the Crusades. Check it out.
Sorry man. As a Brit living in Bulgaria, every time I’m in UK it depresses me and literally cannot wait to leave. Some psychopathic political decisions being made
Hi there mate yea looking the same way but different place, how much did you need to shift elsewhere?. We have nutty poll-iticians going over board with everyone. Also apparently I know owe a damn £8000 leccy bill that I barely even uaed, should I just screw it all and ghost? sorry to rant its insane the costs over here.
@@themondalorian9844 at the bare minimum you'll need about 5 grand to get started somewhere else. i left the UK with far less, but you need to get a job fast, you can try teaching english but that only works in asian countries. not eastern europe. if you have any computer based skills you can find work easily in asia. they are always looking for fluent english speakers for marketing or development work
Last year, I was working full time, budgeting groceries, unable to afford date nights, and missing time with my kids. Now I learned how to make money online. Now am a SAHM, homeschooling, and making profits every week.
Wow that's awesome, everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.
Am looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you think I should be buying?
And that city is rich because they colonized other continents and lotted all the precious metals and expensive items. And that doesn't last too long. 😂
The UK poverty was much larger in the 80's and before. The UK had a boom in the late 80's to the mid 00's only. That's when the growth happened for normal folks. Before that and after nothing has happened. The world wars utterly bankrupted us and before that we had the squalor of the 19th century sweat shops and factories. I'd love to know the Britain you seem to think it ever was was normal people because I think it never existed.
Yes, but then people will stop running as they realise that there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. At least in their ignorance and hope they can get a little exercise and sleep.
You are right, but you have to admit it is a lot to take in once you start to see it. I can still remember 1970. The soviet union were atheist communists Britain was nominally Christian An ounce of gold cost £17.50 A bag of chips cost sixpence (2.5p in decimal money) 50p was so valuable they had a note for it (ten bob note) The 5 bedroomed house I was born in sold for £6,000 Today Russia has returned to Russian Orthodox. Britain barely has any religion at all, and will soon be majority Islam An ounce of gold cost £2100 over 100 times as much. A bag of chips costs £3.00 The smallest note is now £5 ten times the face value of the ten bob note. Houses on that street sell for £1,500,000 Nothing happens by accident. I only console myself with the knowledge that this train wreck we are living through was supposed to happen 50 years ago. But weird stuff kept happening to put it off. Britain was almost broke and as the Arabs raised oil prices by 400% North Sea oil came on stream and shielded the economy for 40 years. The internet has opened the eyes of millions to the international nature of what we are seeing in a way that would have taken years in libraries to do before. Where there is life there is hope.
maybe not - we just never understood what the ancient Greeks invented when they invented democrarcy: It was the end of aristocrat parties. Isonomy would be the correct name of a true democracy. Read about Kleistheneś reforms 507 BC
I lived in Switzerland for 4 years on 120k. I came back to the UK because I missed my family. I came back to 1/4 of my Swiss salary to live in a damp studio and waiting in the rain for buses that don’t show up. The regret of coming back is strong
So you earn 120K per year and you couldn't afford a car. Returned to lived in a tiny studio apartment and had to wait for buses that never arrived. I'm not believing your YAP.
@@TheRimbaldine Buses are just as bad ...how about £5.60 for a return journey that takes 7 minutes each way on bus Firstbus.... for comparison i took a 13 hour train journey from bangkok to chiang mai for around £7 (Thailand) and a luxury 2 hour bus journey from Taipei to Taichung under £7 (Taiwan).
For me, from pontefract West Yorkshire to Wolverhampton was 60ish quid around 4 hours to get there. Had to catch 3 trains, stood up on 2 because they were full... That's hours of stood up. And then people come on and immediately take seats. Needs more carriages. From pontefract to Leeds I always sit. It's actually quiet. But I'm paying that much to have back ache lmao 😂
I actually lived in southern France for 15 years. Like a fool, I returned. How I regret it. What a broken,nasty little place it has become. Unless you are extremely wealthy. To think I actually signed up as a young man to serve in the military. Never again. Why serve a country that sees you as second class in your own land.
@@davidnorthdale1164 Blame the Tory government not migrants Did you speak fluent French or did you expect the natives to speak English? I wonder why you returned!
@@paulmason329 Tories let them in yes. Labour, under Blair, they starter it. All gulity. Migrants shouldn't be here, not their fault but I don't care Mass migration is responsible on every metric, it's not even up for debate. Latest report out states every low skill migrant will cost the British taxpayer 465,000 up to retirement age not including dependents. Data they don't want you to see because it implodes they're narrative. Seems we've imported millions of dependents... who'd have thought.... weren't we told they're all brain surgeons and physicists. Forget racism, this is pure economics. Every migrant arrived in the last 30 years needs to be audited, and if they are not a net benefit to the British, then it's a one way ticket I'm afraid. Cya. You need to get out more. Go visit Blackburn, Birmingham, etc etc.
The UK acts as if it's still a 5 star hotel, when in reality it's now a 3 star hotel (at best). It has been in decline for years. Successive Tory and Labour governments are partly to blame. It is soulless, has lost direction and moral clarity of any kind. It has lost its way.
For the vast majority I'm not sure it's even a 3 star anymore. We're struggling to afford food, energy and housing, while working respectable full time jobs. No country can call its self wealthy while that is the case.
This is capitalism, no matter where you are, it all lead to crysis and eventually - war. And then again and again till humanity die or start live by different rules.
This is everywhere. Just think at this. To have something you have 3 options. To make it, to get is as a gift, or steal it NOW, think at the case of this guy. What is he making? Nothing. he sits in a chair, he is a drone. sure, he has a function, but the function adds very little value in the system. And he want a high living standard. FOR WHAT? Today, the most value is added by machines. Working people are just drones that add little value. But the value is not distributed back to those contributing by actual contribution, but by conjecture, often offered by power. And just think at the fact that this guy is in top 1 percent as income globally. and he is not satisfied. WHY? Because he wants high standard without actually deserving it. Why he should have standard for sitting on a chair all day, while a guy with a similar job in Bangladesh is earning ten time less than he?. Sure, politicians are at fault too. But they arose at power from the mass of guys like him, wanting more than they contributed. And life in a city is expensive because a lot of people is contributing to your high standard. Just the other day I saw an advertisement for an island for sale, 10 acres, nothing on it but grass, like 25000 price. so consider moving there and making a living. Farming is the only option. Let do the math. how much that land can produce, how much can you save after you eat, in order to pay for the land and for the tools you need. Yeah, half a century ago, in London you could buy a house with 2 years income. But those houses were built by immigrants willing to work for peanuts. And also machines. And politicians were not stealing as much as today. But immigrants got smarter, they ask more, politicians got greedier, and here we are today in a dystopia. And who is at fault? Precisely this guy wanting high standard living. Imagine him and all those like him wanting an 9 square meters studio. How much will cost mass produced? Just the other day I saw a guy that bought a farm in Appalachians. He is earning next to nothing. training horses, and fixing horse shoes but he pays 30 dollars for his dog food, 20 for food he cannot make on his own, and 90 for a phone landline. AND HE IS HAPPY AS HELL. Just have a think.
i saw my local mp in sainsburys on friday afternoon. she was doing a "big shop" kids and nanny in tow. saw her in the parking lot getting into a £60k merc and the kids and nanny drove home seperately in an suv. this woman, who claims to be liberal, voted against the winter fuel allowance even though her constituency is one of the poorest in the UK. thought to myself as she drove off, you aint gonna be cold this winter are you? its true what you say, the people in charge care nothing for the people just whats in it for them.
these people should be afraid to leave their house. they should be living in fear, but they're not and that's part of the problem. regular people are getting more and more frustrated though and i believe at some point that frustration will reach boiling point and things will inevitably get very nasty. there's no peaceful solution to the class divide.
I’m a single female 32. I live in a shared house. I can’t afford even a studio flat now. I did when I was 18 - 22 then out of nowhere my wages didn’t meet the price of rent/bills etc. I have never been on holiday, I don’t have a social life I literally go to work, come home. Read books and go to bed because electric is to high. It’s sad. I had this thought the other day thinking are we alive to simply pay for a wall and water.
I'm in the exact same boat. Single, work full time, no social life as I have to work 60 hours a week to afford rent and bills, all which have tripled in the last 3 years. It's not a life at all. Thinking of buying a van and going nomadic
Hence the reason they can’t man the aircraft carriers to sail to the Mediterranean for the conflicts there. No one wants to sign up, they don’t feel like they have a country.
I left Scotland 5y ago and came back to Poland. Zero regrets. Got married, bought a flat in Wrocław, bought a car (A4 B8), got decent job in public administration. Will probably visit UK for a weekend or so.
I'm a Pole. I've lived in Britain for 18 years, basically all my adult life. I've paid all my tax in Britain. I love Britain, it's my home now. But I'm planning to go back to Poland, because the state of health care here scares me. I feel like this country took advantage of my best years, but feels no obligation to help me when I get old. In the meantime my mother in Poland had a knee replacement with 2 months of professional rehabilitation, all on national health care. My mum and my sister have more diagnostic tests in a year than I've had here in 18 years.
And, just to balance the arguement, I was chatting to my neighbour today, who's polish, and I asked him about his plans to go back to Poland with his young family. He firmly shut the door on that idea, saying that he much preferred his salary, co workers, lack of pressure in the UK
@@glennwhitlock1272 Yes, I know people like that too 😊 There's no country where the grass is always green for everyone, and people have various personal circumstances. You said your neighbour had a young family - his situation is likely quite different from mine. I have no children, an older husband, and my whole family is in Poland. There are many things that I prefer in the UK, I wouldn't have stayed for this long if I didn't like it here, and I know I will miss Britain a lot. I even like the weather 😊 I dread Polish hot summers and cold winters...
I left England 6 years ago (at the age of 47) when I realised that without my soul-less, London office job, I couldn't afford to live there. I was working a crap job just to pay bills and had practically nothing left at the end of each month. But my God, leaving was the best thing I ever did. I now live in Spain and I'm in love with my simple life. Surrounded by nature, animals, peace and tranquility, gorgeous little home (which I don't have to pay rent for because I'm taking care of the place long-term), with mountain views, no neighbours, low cost of living, away from the noise that is the UK. I know without a doubt that I will never go back to England. HOWEVER, I know I got lucky. For many people trying to earn a living in Spain it's just as bad as England when it comes to the "system", paying taxes etc. The true realisation needs to be that the system and taxation itself is fraudulent, we were born free and educated (programmed!) into servitude and slavery without consent.
Took the Gatwick Express to airport , never looked back, now living 20 min north of Valencia, peaceful, by the beach , cheap utilities, groceries, good value properties, and it’s safe .
Poms usually see themselves as No 1 humans, better than other people. How do you relate to living in Spain, a country your parents and grandparents probably considered inferior with 'inferior' people. Does that maybe humble you and bring you down to earth or do you still think as a Brit, you are a special master class of people? Thanks.
Do you speak fluent Spanish and talk to your friends and family in Spanish? A lot of ex pat Brits can't be bothered yet they have the cheek to insult foreign people who don't speak English.
but oh they are so moral and good people, they import refugees, TO THE COAL MINES THEY GO ! when you live in a police state, its like a prison, you are not a citizen, you are a prisoner, get out while you can.
Not to mention that if you get past that and manage to make any investments then you have huge Capital Gains Tax in this country, which will be greatly increased by Labour who want to keep the common man down, and then you can't even pass it onto your children, so not only there's no point in working to enjoy it for yourself, but if after a lifetime you manage something then you can't even pass it onto your children (which also is going to be increased by Labour). The most advanced thing that the U.K. does have is a world class vast array of expensive weaponry and a nuclear arsenal. Along with the U.S. it's one of the 2 countries in the world that has full spectrum military capability, even China and Russia can't afford that. Crazy.
I feel your pain… I’m Polish. I emigrated to Ireland 17 years ago, and it’s surprising to see how many British people now want to move to Poland.😮 I think you’re mistaken about one thing: the politicians do know exactly what they’re doing. They simply don’t care about the average person, let alone the poor. They care about themselves and their wealthy friends, and their policies are designed to enrich them. 💰 I’ve seen some statistics from the U.S. - if a policy benefits the rich more than the poor, politicians are much more likely to support it. We’re not really living in democracies; we’re in plutocracies where the wealthy and oligarchs hold the power, while our voting rights are just a smoke screen. We need to reclaim our rights.
Totally agree and it's grim that you only have 4 likes! Unless people realise this is the real problem, they will be always distracted by trivial nonenties. Always wrapped up in their own partisan part politics which doesn't solve problems. So they always blame "them". The other party....
I honestly liked this video the moment I saw the expression on your face. I've seen it on countless people here in the States, up in Canada, and in the UK when I was visiting. I see it in the mirror sometimes. It's the face of people who work hard and still have nothing and can't get ahead and have begun to realize they never will. Never mind getting rich, they can't even keep what they have. The ground is crumbling beneath their feet. Our feet.
Nailed it. But you are incorrect to think this is incompetence. That's what they want you to think. This is coordinated and global. It is by design. People need to realise this, it is being DONE to us.
I have no idea how anyone still believes its incompetence at this point. Globally coordinated incompetence? You are thick as mince if you can't see the logical contradiction in that three word sentence! 🤣
Everyone in the UK is one step away from financial ruin. Whether that’s bereavement, a car accident, a poorly child or a business partner who betrays you. Hard work doesn’t keep you safe here.
Yep it's got so bad people cannot afford to make a single bad decision with money you go out for food and social time and can't enjoy it because u know if spend to much and have a fun day/night youle be paying for it rest of month and suffering it's beyond ridiculouse now everything is wayyy to expensive
Very true. A bad marriage ruined everything for me from day one. Still struggling, depressed and suicidal over a decade later and can't get out because ex won't agree even though he's left the country. He's using our children who he abandoned as the reason why.
@@mesunoneSorry to hear that, keep trying to find a solution & don't assume one professional (including solicitors etc) is correct, efficient or even competent! Take care, & all the best to you! ❤️
I'm from Argentina and here we are all the time looking to the first world countries. This videos really surprised me. I think this dystopian feeling is something that is happening to all the working class in the world. Hope you find a way out for you situation.
Because greed is never ending. The financial system is set up to make the rich richer. If you have 10 million USD/GBP/EUR in the bank with a 5% interest, minus tax, you will be making at least 250k/ year without moving a muscle. The rich can employ others and sell the product of their labour for hundreds of percent more, even after taxes.
Brother I live in Turkey we see 10 times worse than these first classes. The thing is covid messed up the whole world. Everywhere faces the same problems. 3rd world countries are 10 times worse.
I'm sorry, Daryl. I visited Scotland a few years ago and completed the West Highland Way. It was amazing! I fell in love with Scotland! ❤The nature, the people, the history, I love everything about my experience there including the weather (I am from the North myself but have to put up with unbearable Texas summers that last 9 months so anything below 40C is pure joy 😁). I had no idea it was so bad for the people that live there, so sorry. Sounds like you made the right decision for yourself. Good luck! 👍
Most western countries are at the same point, extremely high cost of living, unaffordable houses, taxed on everything, no hope , no future, working to exist
While that is true, at least some of those countries are still on the up. The UK however is continuesly slipping down the hill after brexit, it's getting worse, not better.
I'm agree with this, I think everyone around the world is complaining about the situation of our country, I'm from France and we have very bad situation too, every country is bad in one way or another
Damn, wishing you the best of luck. Im an American, Californian specifically, and just wanted to say I feel your pain. This is becoming a global issue at this point, and these politicians are actively sucking the life out of their citizens. Hope you find a better place/country to live. Don't tell anyone if you do though because then they'll all come and vote and ruin it like their original homes
@neilefc877 California is a very nice place to live, but the gap is pretty big between nice and not so nice areas. If you're working at a job that pays min wage, you need to have at least 3 roommates if you want to save money, average rent in some areas is $2500/month for a studio though you can find some places that go as low as $1500/month though youll probably be commuting 3+hrs a day, and even if you have a high paying job ($50+/hr), you probably can't afford a home unless you're dual-income since average townhouses in the nicer areas sit at around $650k+. Most of the friends I have that are engineers and software engineers have had to live with their parents for multiple years to save for a down-payment, so if you aren't being paid at that rate you probably can't afford anything unless it's in a not so nice/not ideal area. Then LA and SF aren't as nice as they used to be, you're pretty much guaranteed to see a few homeless camps any time you go anywhere in those cities. If you want to live in Cali, just be prepared to pay out of your ass for housing for crappy conditions unless you know someone willing to give you housing for cheap. Best of luck to you if you decide to move here, though I honestly can't recommend unless you have high paying skills/jobs
@@wesleykim1758 Thanks for this. Its a really interesting perspective from someone living there. Sadly, I dont think Ill ever make it to America. The chances of attaining a work visa based on my qualifications are remote.
@@neilefc877as a recent immigrant in the US(Los Angeles, CA). I don’t recommend it at all. I’m working 2 jobs just to payoff housing with 3 roommates in normal area where I’m not gonna got stabbed leaving the house. There is a set expression here saying “in CA you need to have 1 stable income and 7 side gigs to make it work”. I’m moving to another state, since I can’t afford it here. And the everyday stress is making me ill. Oh, btw i’m omitting other problems like the lack of safety, the terrible homelessness situation and lack of healthcare
@@neilefc877 Sorry to hear that. There are a few routes to getting a green card even if it's not through your career field (i.e. diversity quota), so if you look you may be able to find something. Anecdotally, most green card holders I know started either as students or healthcare workers so there may be a more straight forward path there, but honestly I don't know much. Hope things work out for you, and would actually be very happy if you're able to achieve your dream at some point
Im Swedish and came to the UK 7 years ago. I was working as a consultant towards sweden the first years. Then covid happend, I lost my clients and has since then worked "normal" jobs.I have slowly lost everything. I cant feed and support my family at a £30000 salary (Gross) in London with two children. I recently separated and im now forced to live in a roomshare for £1000 a month! Because my sallary is too low and I have no savings left. As a 40 year old man thats not an option. So I am forced to leave my children with their mother and go back to sweden to build a new life alone.
Nice to see some honesty! I’m sick to death of seeing people lie their arse off with their “LiVinG My BeSt LiFE” posts everyday. Thank you for your honesty!!!
There are many who are thriving and actually living really good lives. It takes courage and a knowing in oneself to do the things you want to deep down instead of letting fear dictate what you do. These times we find ourselves in could possibly get much much worse but what is playing the victim and moaning going to do about it? Its a matter of perspective. No ones getting out of here alive, face that and really think about it, that you are going to die.. perhaps then one can begin to see that you might aswell go for it and live in ways you dreamed of. And of that cannot be achieved at all then atleast smile and have a laugh about things everyday.
I agree. People always boast on social media but keep in mind that they're often lying. Even UA-camrs who manage to make decent coin on YT know that any day, it could all be gone. POOF.
Yeah Thier living Thier best life on social media but I guarantee when they get home and the lights go out they sit with all the same qorrys on Thier mind
It’s the same in Ireland man… myself and my partner are leaving soon because it is simply too expensive to get by comfortably… I work in IT and my partner is a teacher, very decent incomes and still we are struggling to save every month.. and we are the lucky ones, people can’t afford houses, groceries, childcare etc… there is something fundamentally wrong with current society..
I left the UK, after I realised Islamists and communist took over and destroying it. I felt helpless and sad cause I love the U.K. as it was in the 90s
I have lived in the UK and I am now in Ireland and there is no comparison! Ireland wages are higher, even though the price of goods can be more expensive, it has a much higher standard of living compared to the UK. House prices are expensive in the cities and large towns but can be got in the countryside with no problem. That cannot be said in the UK. I cannot agree with you on this topic, Ireland is no where near dire straits of Britain....I lived in both countries and they are not the same at all...
Hey man, I feel ya even in the USA. I enjoy doing extra math, and after all taxes are accounted for, I pay 32% of my gross income in taxes... then there's sales tax that will eat that again when I spend it. Our taxes are so convoluted and confusing that most people have no idea how much they actually pay. Home near me average over $560k and I'm in the nothing state of Montana. Salary average here is below $50k It's getting close to impossible to float
@@iramehra2774 blame others for own mistakes it is just pathetic. Think more like proud announcement famous all over the world, we will close the source of cheaper energy like coal-fired power plants, in order to completely destroy the lying and squealing economy, move production to China then sell all national major companies to capital from overseas, caused much more issues than the fact he came to the UK, Heard now you happy coz have only doctors and engineers from Asia and Africa as newcomers. Hard working people who boost economy leaving UK fast. Good luck with doctors of Africa and rocket scientistin from Asia in close future. Believe or not you will be need it
I'm living in Wales, and it's the same here. I'm sick of struggling with money. I've hit 60 and was earning so much more money than people get paid today. Wages have gone backwards, and the cost of living has gone up, so people can't afford to live and have children. The best times have long gone. I was in the 40% tax rate thirty years ago. You can work like a dog in a factory and get paid peanuts today, and the cost of living has gone through the roof. The rates of childbirth and productivity have gone down because of these reasons people are sick of working just to live, let alone buy cars and houses. I'm disabled now, and my life has changed drastically. Even now, I feel like the DWP is constantly causing me stress and worry because of government cuts due to health issues. I can't leave now, but if I get that lottery win, I'm off. It does not matter who is in power. They all only look after themselves and the richest of society.
The rate of childbirth has gone down? Dont know where you live but in the welsh valleys its seemed to have gone up. Young single women getting pregnant, having kids, living off MY taxes so they can do drugs, and drink all day. Its vile and pisses me off to no end. (Both women and men obviously but men dont get pregnant and these types definitely arnt around to raise the kid.)
@IllegalHelios Mate, I'm saying this gently, not to argue, but you SERIOUSLY need to do even just the lightest research on our birth/replacement figures. We are facing a monumental demographics crisis coming down the line. Japan are 30 years further down the track and it's coming home to roost over there. Maybe your tiny bit of Wales is different, but I would be thanking the lord that is the case, rather than boatloads of illegals bundling into the valleys to replace the shortfall.
@@IllegalHeliosYes, I'm sure that happens but you're looking in the wrong direction if you are worried about your taxes being unfair. People on benefits make up a tiny amount of the budget each year, in fact around £20 billion of benefits go unclaimed every year. You shouldn't be blaming the state of the country on them. It's the rich who lobby the government to ensure they don't pay their fair share and manipulate the media to report on issues such as benefits and illegal immigration to distract from the real issues.
@@ejaz787people seem to forget this. Corpos, business, hedge funds etc OWN the governments and control everything worldwide. Cyberpunk 2077 and the lore was predicting the future ffs
20% income tax + 8% NI + £1600 council tax + 20% VAT on everything + 52.95% petrol tax + 20% VAT on that + 16.5% cigarette + £6.33 on the retail tax + Alcohol Tax. Tax on heating & electric + 25% subsidy for renewable energy. Government giving £12 billion to foreign countries for them to go net zero, £4 million a day to hotel people who enter the country illegally. The burden is too much. It’s slave labour now…
...and the single parents and people on "disability" who are perfectly able to work. They all have free housing to "fit their needs" unlike working people.
And we pay for TV licence, ULEZ charges, train fares go up every year, Congestion Zone (expanded) charge. Its always cold here and raining!!!!! Last week Sept 23 to around Oct 1 or 2nd 2024 it rained every flipping day. On this island, we dont get 4 equal seasons here. Winter always comes early & stays the longest out of ALL the 4 seasons we're suppose to get. So British Gas is ALWAYS MAKING a profit out of us living in the UK. More charges If you drop or pickup anyone up from the Airport theres a charge, if you get caught short on a yellow junction box- theres a fine/charge, if you go over the speed limit (accidentially) theres a fine/charge, if you stop on a yellow line or red line and get camera'ed- theres a charge/fine. Petrol- as a tax. I'm Born & Bred in the UK AND I TOO am VERY, VERY fed up of living here, I have been thinking and want to leave ASAP. WE ARE paying for WARS that we are not involved in, we are propping up Ukraine for what reason I do NOT KNOW. They aren't our neighbours, what have they done for the UK and when does our money stop going to them? When their war is over I guess the UK is going to send our money from the UK to rebuild it. HOW IS UKRAINE going to pay the UK and the rest of the world back??? The israeli war AGAIN what's that got to do with US- the UK and the UK taxpayers?? Theres NEVER a REAL, solid, understanding reason for why the prices of things have gone up- COVID & Ukraine IS ALWAYS the pathetic reason!! And this clock changing CRAP is depressing- wakeup in the dark, travel to work in the dark, get 1 hour of daylight - in your lunch break, then go home in the dark, repeat 5 days a week, then you've got 48 hours called THE WEEKEND to get what you couldn't get done during weekdays because youve been working & travelling like a dog and trying NOT to get to work late so you don't loss your job that sources all your flipping bills, roof over your head & food on your table!! Jeezzz Where I relocate to? I don't know yet 🤔😠😫😫
I live in the UK and have thought of leaving. Why? The country has been getting poorer. Why? 1. Brexit didnt help. 2. Covid accelerated the decline. 3 illegal immigration and uncontrolled legal immigration doesnt help. After Brexit we have less Europeans in, and we have more Indians, Middle Easteners. When I walk in the city centre where I live ot feels like i am in Mumbai. 4. Donating £ billions to Ukraine doesnt help.
I was born and raised in Singapore, my father is Scottish, mother singaporean. I moved to the UK in 2017 and just left last year - moved to Bangkok. Brother, just leave and you will feel your whole view on the world change, your thoughts, your body will feel lighter, everything will look brighter. Just get out...
@@AstronautAmbienceCorrect. The work visa (Employment Pass) qualifying level is now a minimum of a SGD 5000 salary, for any sector - so you need to bring a decent skill set with you to get one. When I landed in 1998 it was just SGD 2,500.
I feel you! I’m sick of it! I’m prison officer and I get abused, assaulted and I have no expendable income at the end of the month! I don’t have a car either, I pay rent bills and that’s it, repeat! I have the audacity to buy a coffee a day as a luxury! That’s it that’s my life! It sucks! I’m an ex squaddie of 18 years too!
Get a job in mental health on a ward. You still might get battered now and again, the verbal stuff is easy because they are ill. So you don't get bothered by any of it. Even getting punched. Eventually they get better and are normal folk. And lovely people. You would walk straight into a NHS health care job. I guarantee it. 3 days a week is all you work, long shifts. It's also a great laugh most of the time. Get onto a working age acute ward. And there is loads of scope to get an easier job in the community. It just might change your life. Pop down to your local ward, ask to see a manager and ask for a job. Start working on bank. Or they may just set you on. Honestly. That's the best route. The old fashioned way. Once you say you work in a prison, you are in. They will love you. Most folk can't hack it, but it will be a doddle for you.
At the heart of the issue is that people are looking to the government to solve these problems, and the government is the one who creates these problems!
Is it because of having a vote that our politicians suck? We arent exactly ‘hiring’ politicians based on skills or qualifications now. voting seems a good way to recruit liars, i think people who voted for either side will agree on that.
It’s not just the UK but you guys definitely have it worse over there. I’m from Canada and it’s dire here right now. Same issues too: (1) crazy house prices/rent (2) high healthcare taxes but difficult to see a doctor let alone have a family doctor (3) wages that do not keep up and have stagnated for many years, and bonus (4) the job market is absolutely horrid right now. I’ve heard it’s the same in Australia, and NZ too. Basically all major commonwealth countries (my nan was a die hard patriotic Brit too lol) I already got my visa to leave and will be going to a better country next week, where rights are respected and the people stand up for themselves. Cheers man, I wish you good luck and success.
They expect adults to rent a room in a paid for ‘squat’ like a student. As if anyone is motivated to work hard just so you can come home to a house full of renters, scrabbling to get your place in the kitchen or shower. Having to endure random strangers/ guests of other renters sprawling in the lounge when all you want to do is relax.
Yeah, especially if there's a slut in the house, I rented in Manchester in the 90's in a 6 bed house with 2 sluts and the living room was like the waiting room in the local knocking shop.
@@RR-gp3qy Yeah lived on my own for a year, literally lost all my money and savings only for living in a sheithole for a single year and was forced to move back in with my old folks, now I'm stuck here but at least I'm able to live instead of survive.
Londoner here. Up until 10 years ago I used to be proud to be a Londoner. It's become an overpriced, crime-ridden dump, and if I could afford to leave, I would. Good on you.
Lived there all my life, it's always been a crime-ridden dump and has only got very slightly worse recently. It's just people who don't have enough money doing stupid things in order to get it, and taking any poor mental health out on others rather than seeking help.
come to Portugal and you will realize that its the same, only with more sun. You study 6 hard years at university for a pharmacyst degree and for 1200eur wage (830 is the minimal wage). A small apartment costs at least 800eur per month so you have to chose between living in a shared apartment with more 6 people for 300eur a bed or starve to death. Amazing new world with a lot of tech but you can not afford food and a house. We were better in 1950 in most countries.
@@ab-js2gwactually , Portugal is sh*t poor, worse housing than in the ex USSR, EU prices , zero customer service, most corrupt county in the EU, lazy people , very high depression rates . Paradise ? 😂😂😂 only for the very wealthy
yes now imagine that with 0 sun. You're doing all that but you're also freezing cold and need to pay extra bills. You have a higher chance of cancer because u get no sun and spend time in mouldy houses eating mouldy food., Trust me, it;s not that bad
Here in Brazil the minimum annual salary is R$ 18.356 (USD 3.169), a very simple house cost around R$ 180.000 (USD 31.000). The cheapest new car is R$ 70.000+tax 1.750 (USD 12.388). And the list goes on....
I just became a British citizen after 7 years living in the UK however I'll be moving back to Eastern Europe at the end of the month where I got a 3 bedroom flat and a house in the village, I would never be able to afford a property here in the UK plus having no family little friends and no relatives in here is the ultimate killer. Explore Eastern Europe my friends, you'd be amazed on how good the life can be there. Peace
I ve worked in the uk 6 years, left late 2019, i caught good years there, forever grateful. But yes eastern europe looks decent now. As a romanian i would say check poland first then romania bulgaria. Salute to all my polish brothers i would face the end of the world with poles by my side.
@@HolgerJakobs You’ll be surprised by how many people speak English in "Eastern Europe," especially younger generations, from ages 10 to 45. Navigating with just English is often quite easy. The key thing you'll need is patience-take time to listen and understand. Here’s a tip: if you assume someone's English proficiency directly reflects their intelligence, you might get a blunt response. In this part of the world, we don’t rely on fake smiles or sugar-coat our words. Most of the time, we say exactly what we think, and we’re direct when asking for what we need or refusing something. Politeness here isn’t expressed through excessive "please" or "thank you"-it's conveyed through tone and attitude. You won't hear endless "thank yous" or "alrights." Once a day is often enough for us! It’s also worth noting that while countries like Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland are often referred to as "Eastern Europe," they are more accurately part of Central or Southeastern Europe. Romania, in particular, is a Latin country, not a Slavic one, as many Westerners mistakenly assume. Finally, a big no: don’t make the mistake of equating someone's English skills with their IQ. Speaking down to people just because your English is perfect won’t get you anywhere.
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1997 - House prices on average 3.6 times annual salaries 2022 - House prices on average 9.1 times annual salaries Says it all
I'm from Romania, came as a student 19 years ago, never been out of work,payed my taxes ,now married with two children and I have to say,I am living paycheck to pay check without the possibility of saving any money for the rainy days... However,if you would believe it.... my acquaintances in Romania that have families with children are now starting to have more disposable income and quality of life much higher....Im .now starting to contemplate leaving
Cine te minte in felul asta? Romania e o ruina,din toate punctele de vedere! Daca tu crezi ca o sa reusesti acolo,mergi cateva luni,incearca sa traiesti,sa muncesti sa socializezi. Vorbim apoi!
What's going on in western counties is the result of signing up to the WTO and their free market system that means countries can't protect their industries from over seas competition or control prices for fundamental goods and services.. hopefully now trump is in power he will begin the dismantling of this evil entity with his tariffs and protection of US manufacturers and controlling imports from china..the lunatic thinking that government has to privatize and open everything to overseas compilation has to end or western economies are will decline to second world status in a decade or less!!!.💔🇬🇧
Baby denys, vorbesti prostii si exagerezi, macar daca ai spune ceva obiectiv. Romania s-a imbunatatit mult economic in ultima perioda, lucru care l-am observat si eu, dar conteaza si sa stii sa inveti ceva si sa fii macar putin mai calificat, dar asta se aplica oriunde. Tu esti din categoria care spui prostii si tot ce in Romania e cel mai rau
I live in London and I've stopped eating out and going to pubs. I can afford it but it just makes me sick to pay 7 pounds for a pint of beer. What I see over the last few years and especially since COVID is that the middle class/white collars are getting poorer while those who have some wealth already are getting richer. The trend is accelerating something is terribly wrong here
And the pubs are all shutting down and people can't afford to spend like 60-100 for a day or night out drinking. There closing as its cheaper to drink at home or not be an alcoholic.
I went out to take a friend to Wagamama’s for her birthday , no sides , just main meal and that’s my extra money gone for the month and I’m on around 40k a year and n my own with a mortgage . Never had take away for months .
Minimum wage here in Florida just raised from $10 an hour to $13 an hour. But I was trying to figure out how much it would cost somebody to like live on their own. What even if you worked 40 hours a week at a job that was $20 an hour, that is only 24000 a year, BEFORE taxes. Included on our taxes is not any health care. So there are people here in America making 15k a year working 40 hrs a week at minimum wage, no healthcare,no childcare help, just working til they die. When it comes to the economy there's no safety anywhere. You can just only hope scotland is not as hateful as here. Because the ways that they want to change our actual lives, safety and rights is scarier than the economy.
I'm a Romanian who's been living in the UK for over 14 years, and am planning to go home next year. Living costs have gone through the roof. Trying to buy a house here was a humiliating experience, where estate agents would ask me outright if I'm a cash buyer (Because who doesn't have 200k in their pockets in their 20s, right?). I feel sorry for all the Brits, especially the elder generation, who were brought up in a country that no longer exists. Finally, I don't want my children to be spoonfed this new PC atrocity, which is now spreading like wildfire in UK educational institutions. I genuinely hope the UK manages to overcome grow a pair and look after its people. Because I don't think their grandparents stormed French beaches in '44 for this
Eu imi fac casa la anu in Cluj si ma costa 220-240k euro. O casa P+M 150mp. Si un salar e 700-800 euro. Stai unde esti ca stai bine. O sa regreti ca te intorci in tara. La fel e si aici, daca nu cumperi o casa cash te mai costa inca 20-30% in plus. Multi nici nu mai stau la discutii cu tine daca zici ca vrei cu credit de la banca.
Imagine trying to conflate "PC atrocity" with WW2. Just a heads up mate if you arent a fan of equal rights today then yeah we dont have to guess which side you would have been on in WW2. 😂
Alot of people find that the east Europeans contributed to the British problems. Bit rich to grab what you can from the UK and then fly back to your own country. Romania is very racist too.
I'm from Edinburgh and feel the same. Life was relatively good and cheap until covid. But now everything is at least 50% more expensive and working self employed decorator to supply for my family of 2 is hard. My wife works nearly full time and we spend money carefully, yet struggling to save pennies. Buying a house seems to be out of range. I am thinking of moving out of Europe. No future in this eco greed land. I'll leave it for doctors and engineers from boats to figure it out.
Until covid? You mean until Brexit. Someone will have to pay the cost of it. Europe was poor-ish before and it still is. Uk was ok 10-15 years ago. Now is absolutely awful considering cost of life and crime.
@@hanajak All a "conspiracy" is, is a group's secret plan to do something unlawful. Although most people seem to think it just means something that isnt true.
I don't blame you for leaving the UK, I wish I could I am 61 and not in perfect health, I am female I have worked and pay taxes since 1982, I have seen wages decrease by about 1000% in my working life, I am earning less money than I was 25 years ago for exactly the same kind of job, I am not looking forward to another Winter sitting in the cold, I can only just about get by, but can' only afford to put my heating on only once a week to stop the house getting damp😢😢😢 I am so disappointed as life is s*** for everyone now😢😢😢
I am so sorry to hear this, I’ve always wanted to visit the UK, I’m in the US and it was basically the same that’s why the majority of us voted for Trump. He’s going to fix the immigration issues and the economy. He’s going to turn around the disaster the wokeness created.
You think a rich man will fix the terrible conditions of the working class? Deportations will give you the jobs you do not want paying you pennies for a long labor day. Good luck 👍🏼
I am a boomer. Bought my first house in 1985 for £33, 000 in an expensive area called Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire. Bought my 2nd property (selling the first) for £25,000 in Derbyshire in 1986, a cheaper area. This was a brand new 3 bedroomed detached house with a lot of land. My Royal Navy wage at the time was commensurate with house prices. I don't envy people of your generation (I have 2 x daughters born 82/93 respectively. They are struggling and I have had to loan them money occasionally for things like car repairs. House costs swallows up a lot of their earnings (they both work but not in high paid jobs). You are right about the UK. We are on a downward slope, primarily because of the incompetence of our politicians of all parties.
I'm Polish and when I recently mentioned some of these "dystopian" topics in a talk with a British friend (an online friend), she was denying it so much... Trying to gaslight me into thinking that I am susceptible to radicalization if I care about safety of women and children for example. And wondering why I care about the British politics, as if I couldn't speak of any world problem I would be aware of. Sad how some people deny reality so much. And she herself belongs to a vulnerable group, yet she's letting her empathy to hide the logical thinking.
Problem is if your british you remnber the past and how great it was. i was Born in 1983 .. i had 7 other children in my primary school class. the population england was low around 45 to 50 million people. Now its around 70 Million probley more and things have gone to hell. promise of higher GDP better life for all with more people has been total lie skilled or unskilled. Things got so much worse and polish people have been used and abused by big companys in uk for profits as well. I know 7 other kids in my class two became doctours and now i would hate do there job as there swamped due over population. the roads used be empty now they are hell.
Poland is not far behind being a vassal of America just like the UK. these are all down stream effects of being American nafo vassals. Soon you will have to make peace with the russians you hate so very much or face a similar fate as UK 😂
My Dad born in 1932, when married at 25 earned around £10 old pounds a week and bought their first small semi detached house in Durham for the grand sum of £700!!!!! Just before I was born in '74 they had moved to a mid/large size detached house in a very nice area of Buckinghamsire costing £6000. We moved again since but that lovely childhood home now is valued over 1 million? Its just crazy how inflation has outpaced wages for most average working folk? I'm 50 now and never managed to get on the ladder. Dads gone now and Mums declining so at some point there will be a modest inheritance which isn't important, much rather have Mum around.
Look after your mum, just like my mum..precious as treasure 😊. I miss my old dad too, used to work with him as a plumber, Good times, good memories.lost him 15yrs ago now.. Hold them in your heart .
UK had manufacturing then. Eastern Europe was under the curtain or trying to modernise after regaining independence. In the 50s the commies had the eastern europeans and the UK was still manufacturing. China was not on the radar. Japan started to take British jobs. Later Korea and Taiwan and HK would take British jobs. Now China and other Asian states take what's left over. And those countries also innovate and do their own R&D so there is less demand for UK know how, as they develop their own. The old days are over. The UK had an edge but the tech genie is out of the bottle and now everyone can start to manufacture and develop.
@@thetruth9210 You had a head start but it could not last forever. Think about it. Do you really think British people are more exceptional than all others? Actually no. They're average. And the benefits were there because of this head start. Now the head start is gone and others are catching up and overtaking. And I fear the Chinese and Indians will have their revenge on the UK for the way they were treated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Chinese will not forget the Opium Wars.
The UK has gone way beyond the Laffer curve; now people who can, will leave and therefore tax income will decline and speed up the decline of the country
The people who came here, those who didn't integrate, didn't work, and used the benefits system like a milk cow are not to blame, if you say that they are the problem then you are an enemy of the Stamerati, straight to jail!
@@IndigoStargazerwhat is your economic basis that the worlds 4th biggest economy will succumb to hyperinflation? Have you studied how hyperinflation actually gets a grip in an economy?
This video is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you, truly. I got used to living in the cold, starving myself as well as not having any joy from life just to try and save money in the UK. I work as a technical consultant, deal with customers and program the tools we use; all for minimum wage... Your video was an eye opener for a lonely guy living in the UK; at least for another month or so till I can quit and leave this dump.
Ignorance breeds ignorance. The government reflects the state of the people. We are reaping the fruits of the actions borne of people believing that there is no objective standard of good and evil, and so justifying acting however they feel. God has been thrown out the window by most people, and so too we see the lack of an objective moral standard reflected in government and their policy. Corruption is rampant, taxes excessive, many government programs bloated and ineffective - why? Because there is no wrong to he who believes that he is god, and gets to determine what is right and wrong for himself - and because there is no wrong to these people, they can act selfishly and destructively toward their fellow man without risk of judgement for their crimes. Go read the Bible, this is nothing new. It happens again and again and again. It is the fruit of sin. We need to come to God and be cleansed by Jesus - so that we can legitimately love one another instead of just this blabbering "love" espoused by most of those in government to justify their and our poor actions.
@@GreenHairManCrying Explain how everything came from nothing? Explain objective morality? Why is rape evil to you? Is rape evil to you? How do you take an objective stance if there is no objective standard? Explain love? Explain the conscience? This is not all gone simply because we have "evolved" from a duller people in the Middle Ages. Rather you yourself are quite dull if you believe everything came from absolutely nothing, and that there is not a God, nor a standard of action that we as people are called to. Sorry to be blunt - your sarcasm asks for it
What you express resonates so much in me ! That's the trend in many countries unfortunately. I was in the UK recently and the immigration is just unbelievable. Not even the UK anymore.
The effects of immigration are very uneven in the UK. It's focussed on a few towns and cities. Most of the UK is hardly affected at all. But some areas are heavily affected. Wander around much of England and Wales, the Cotswolds, Devon, most rural areas etc and it is much the same as it was for the last 100 years! But take a wrong turn in one of our cities or towns and I agree, it doesn't look like the UK any more. This is why the issue is so polarising. Each side can't see what the other is experiencing.
what most really can't see is WHO is really DOING this and WHO is "they"... And that's the reason why all of this is happening to us. Do you know who "they" are? Starts with a j - vvs
Me and my family are discussing leaving. My wife is Estonian and we're planning to live there. It's an incredible country. So clean, the people are lovely and the food is amazing. If you've never been then I recommend it but you won't want to come back. I always thought the UK was the greatest country as a Brit but now I see its decline and it's sad to see.
Estonian here, thanks for the kind words! Even though we are a small country, it is indeed much safer and even with the latest tax increases, they are still probably much lower than in the UK.
@@iTzGerimaxx You're welcome. It's absolutely true. I didn't see any trash in the streets at all. In the UK it's everywhere. I stayed in Paide and just had the best time.
Whilst I do agree the uk sucks I also think it’s a daft idea to move to a country based on food and a small number of people are. I’d have to have a lot more than that to move my entire life to somewhere.
If your going to do it do it soon a big lock down is coming in autumn next year. And you will not be able to travel. You might think Im a nutter but wait and see you have been warned . Good luck. 👍
@@Kellybombelly Yet councils are going bankrupt. The money is being used to subsidise rent for people unable to pay. This therefore ends up in the pockets of already rich landlords.
Exactly my point we pay all this tax and vat for what ?? Thiers no customer service we get nothing back then roads full of potholes teverywerws overgrown neglected or crumbling to the floor the UK is a scumhole now
They’re adding LEZ zones, bus lanes infront of shops that relay on customer parking for in/ out. They’re killing small businesses off and us people. They want higher council taxes, but now only want to remove 1 green bin? Oh and also fines for going through school zones during school hours?? This is pathetic.
I really relate to this, I work nightshift stacking shelves, even putting in 6 day weeks I'm constantly living paycheck to paycheck, unable to save anything despite not drinking, not using ANY heating (in Scotland no less), not going out for food and getting a takeaway once a month, all home prepared lunches, no holidays, no impulse buying.... the list goes on, I feel like I have absolutely nowhere left to make cuts except giving up my flat and moving to the sewers, and forget trying to improve your standing in life, I went to uni, got hit by 3 redundancies during covid whilst working in the service industry, and now find myself as a 28 year old who to be fair has survived multiple economic crisis, but who has only ever worked in retail and hospitality being ignored by any employer I try to get a foot in the door with. Its utterly miserable and I don't want to live just barely surviving my whole life anymore. The wealth gap in this country is the most extreme in Europe and second only to the USA when looking at the G7, whilst at the same time investment is lowest being almost non-existent outside London and large projects like HS2 that largely benefit only London, so people feel like there is just nothing to survive on, we dont make enough to support ourselves and there is no aid available to help supplement that. And yet people like Starmer ignore all of this to pursue ridiculous policies routed in prejudice and ideology rather than data, like the smoking ban, that whilst undoubtedly will save the NHS some amount of money, no matter how small, it will cost a lot too, cigarettes and tobacco are some of the most highly taxed products and the UK gets a lot towards its budget from the sales of these products, so ultimately he's just taking away a freedom whilst having no net gain
We left the UK for Cyprus 4 months ago, with my wife and 2 young children. Not looked back, best thing we ever did. Well done on the UA-cam channel, we made 1 too, to document our journey! In 10 years we can look back at the videos and view our journey as a family! All the best 🙏
Cyprus has a big problem with illegal immigration, and if my sources are correct, it's going to become a lot worse, in the next few years. In any case, take care.
I've been living in the UK for 7 years and I feel that I have wasted my life. Things have gotten really bad. The weather is the least that concerns me. The cost of living, ridiculously expensive rents and council tax, finding a job becomes more and more difficult, the politics, everything is two tiers, and if you don't belong to specific communities you are doomed...
@@Priority76 I'm guessing they're referring to being a white Brit heavily outnumbered by other races/cultures. At least I think that's what they meant.
Incredibly well spoken and articulate, you have basically read my mind and spelled it out in a way and clarity that i could never, just wonna say thank you for this brother 👌🏿.
I left the UK in 2009 to teach English in Asia for a year, and I’m still overseas, having progressed my career in international private education. The quality of life, ability to save, and access to healthcare are far better compared to the UK. I spent four years in China and was surprised by how the Chinese have surpassed us in many ways. Moving back to the UK now would be the worst decision for me. I visit often, but every time I return, I notice a decline in the standard of living. On a recent trip to Liverpool, I was shocked to see so many stores now have two high-visibility security guards at the door. Many of my friends still live with their parents or have bought much smaller houses in more deprived areas than they grew up in. None of them save any money, while I manage to save £2,000 per month without sacrificing my social life or hobbies. My advice? Get a degree that allows you to obtain visas in various countries and leave the UK. I haven’t looked back.
I wouldn't recommend women to move to China or work there, it's very dangerous for us as they will trap women and take advantage of them due to the shortage of men
At least Liverpool still has stores 😅 down south our towns have half the shops boarded up. They’ve sat empty for years. The owners would rather make no money than lower the rent.
I like your can do attitude. Good on you. Although it’s sad to hear good people have to leave the UK while the government focuses on helping non-Brit’s more than their own people. The USA has also destroyed itself and the standard of living. If the Brit’s (or Americans) cared to fix things - we would focus on what’s driving the lower standard of living and what we should do legally and politically to fix it. And what about wealthy famous people. Why don’t they pipe up? I hear that Noel from Oasis will make 65 million from their reunion. He knows what’s happening - if he had real guts. He’d speak out
It’s out of reach for some too poor to study and afford the tuition fees and those of us that became too sick and disabled to work through no fault of our own. It’s a mess.
I'm 40, I've chronic mental health issues- depression and social anxiety. I lived in Europe (Croatia)for 2 years in my early 30s, all my mental health issues improved by a huge amount, no tablets or therapy needed. Enjoyed my life, made friends, went out. I'm back in the UK the last 5 or 6 years and feel ill, sad, sit alone.
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Social cohesion has been smashed in Blair's Britain
i felt the exact same when i went away for 3 months, I remember saying to my brother how all my negative thinking has just vanished. its really surreal
Welcome to how Greece , Italy and other Balkan/ Mediterranean countries are for the last 20 years It’s exactly what we say for so many years, we just work to barely survive and from payment to payment, month to month And it’s now happening to UK too and many other “bigger” countries I hope you find something better for yourself soon mate. No wonder all the young people leave their countries early Wishing you the best
I feel your pain and annoyance and I'm totally understand your rationale for wanting to leave. I would do the same but I have my son. I'm thinking of going south America in 4 years. This country quality of life is shocking paying the government more money so the society can keep going another few thousand years. We are taking the brunt of bad management.
Russian, 24 years living in the UK. It became a sad, boring, soulless, loud, noisy, extremely expensive for a bad quality. I am not yet sure where to go in the current global state of affairs. But every time I am abroad I feel better, just better. Something here feels down and depressing. General national atmosphere? I don’t know. It’s just a sad place
Come back to Mother Russia, my co-patriot! It might be an option. Why not? Moreover, you've probably got experience and a language which you could possibly apply to your job here and make a good living. There are lots of opportunities. Good luck!
@@ic7481 the uk is a miserable place but it would be 10x worse if we were forced to partake in "faith". i don't want to be a part of your cult. i don't want state sanctioned brainwashing. believe whatever you want but don't force it on others and don't use it to divert the conversation away from the real issues at hand.
It’s very much the same in Australia… it’s sad to see such beautiful countries with such hard working people fall so quickly. My mum said she bought her 26 acre farm 20 years ago for 180k… it sold 10 years ago for 900k. Now it’s worth 2.5 million. I truly don’t know how we are supposed to get ahead in life with those kinds of numbers.
Buying a house sure , but I am very comfortable . Australians just love a good winge , just live elsewhere then see how good we actually have it . (Apart from the fact buying a house is virtually impossible) apart from that we earn more than this guy does just for working at McDonald’s .
@@webapple1 no one’s having “a winge” mate. I’m also quite comfortable working a fantastic job and pursuing my career, I live by the sea in Burleigh heads and life is fantastic. But that doesn’t mean inflation isn’t ridiculous. Petrol, housing, rent and groceries are at insane levels and yes the dream of buying a home at a reasonable price to “get ahead” is almost non existent. We should talk about what needs to change. Sitting idly by and watching the world burn slowly is mind numbing stupid. What Aussies ARE is stagnant. My anecdotal statement is a testament to better times, times that WE deserve.
@@mattshiddengems petrol here is around $1.7 , try living in NZ where its closer to $3..live anywhere outside your bubble and you will snap out of it. What is mind numbing is this "australia too", when its simply not the case, we aren't perfect but we are not as bad as some of you people go out and say. Idk what you are doing ,... but commenting on youtube isn't changing anything other than having a winge and promoting "australia too"
@ I’ve lived in a third world country mate, I wasn’t raised in Australia. I’ve seen how bad it can be. And I can see how Australia is quickly heading towards a country of red tape, impossible housing, Shrinkflation and big brother. Stating what IS happening isn’t complaining. I don’t bury my head in the sand and pretend everything is peachy and just because I’m comfortable that the rest of Australia is too. Families are having to live on the streets, some people are having to work two jobs just to pay rent, surviving isn’t living. Just because you and I are just fine doesn’t mean there aren’t things that need to change. Being comfortable isn’t a state you want to be in. And comparing countries horrible financial status isn’t the goal. It’s talking about what can change in YOUR country. And the only thing I personally CAN do is vote, and talk about it, and hope the rest of Australia does too. But look, clearly we don’t see eye to eye. I want better for Australians, and you want us to shut our mouths and be comfortable 👍🏽
South eastern Moroccan here, the government cuts domestic water here, we only see water one hour everyday, while they use the water to grow tropical agriculture in a desert climate, this is for you in case you think stuff can't get any lower for these dictatorial entities. It actually can.....
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. So many friends of mine are enamoured with living in the UK just because of the past and the hype. Also eating out cost 44 pounds vs 8 pound in japan is insane!!
I’m a late boomer, 1961. Served my time in a foundry, after that I got a full grant for further education at polytechnic/university. The U.K. has become Americanised in so much as they try to monetise everything. It’s not the country I grew up in. The Blair years set the rot in, Thatcher removed import tariffs and devastated industry. Both evil. My first flat cost £16,800, on a wage of £8000. The kids these days have no chance. They won’t even get to inherit much, care home fees being what they are. To compete with third world economies they have turned us into one. Minimum wage, zero hours contracts, etc. This Labour Party of wealthy politicians go on about the £22 billion black hole, it’s a distraction. It’s less than 1% of the £2 trillion debt. The government spends more than it takes in, it’s bankrupt. Hard times ahead.
Yep this generation of kids is basically done Thier never gonna be able to afford a home to build a family and they will inherited little to nothing either care home fees will take it or government will inheritance tax it you can't win
Born the same year as you and agree. The 70's was not a great time economically, but for many around the middle and below, we ended that decade better off than we started it. In hindsight, the 80's and even into the 90's was like throwing lighter fuel on to a damp squib of a fire. It flared up and all looked great for a while, but we burned through the oil money, sold off nationalised industries etc. Eventually we ran out of national "family silver" to sell off! Industry mostly gone, leaving finance as our main strength. And propery development. When owning things is rewarded more than inventing things or making things, people aspire to own things and stop making and inventing. So you end up with nothing to sell and a grifter economy. Everything gets monetised, because what else is there? Everybody gets more selfish, more inconsiderate - which I've also seen in my lifetime.
I work for theNHS-it's a shambles, lately I've been seeing leaflets offering NHS workers food bank help. I've always wanted to work in the healthcare-helping people, but lately I'm questioning everything. I don't have any money to put away. I'd love to be able to buy a house one day, but honestly I doubt it'll ever happen.
The NHS seems to be on the brink of collapse. The cost to maintain it increases significantly each year, with the standards of care decreasing due to a dwindling workforce who are sick of being mistreated and exploited. I would urge you to leave, as they don't deserve you.
I’m British….was born in the 70s in Essex and left in 2005 and went to the Netherlands. The difference between the UK and the Netherlands is unimaginable….I just never looked back.
It's my favourite holiday destination but it seems to cost more than the UK? If love to move there but it feels when we visit everything costs a lot more though?
Great for cycling I’ve heard whereas the UK is so car obsessed that to not have one makes you a second class citizen with a much lower chance of getting on (or around ‘easily’) because transport is either crap or doesn’t even exist when you need it to (if it even runs to where you need it to run in a decent timeframe).
I'm working 3 different jobs, not even making average salary, stuck in a shared house renting a room, driving a 15 year old banger, very little money left at the end of the month to enjoy myself with. At 36 this is really NOT the life I had envisioned for myself. I feel like I have nothing to look forward to. All the most basic life goals I started out with, like owning a house, starting a family... complete unobtanium. Living in the UK is keeping me stuck in perpetual boyhood. All the above is bad enough, but what makes it even worse is how toxic the social and political atmosphere of the UK is now - granted we have America to thank for a lot of that but I've never known a time when things have felt so divided and on edge. And so many parts of the UK just don't look or feel safe anymore. Britain used to have some warmth and sense of humor... not any more! It's just depressing. I totally understand why younger people are leaving...good luck to you!
36 is not that old. You are certainly not too old to get out. You have to make it happen, because a defeatist attitude will stick you there for the next 50 years. Get out now while you still can, seriously. Find a way, whether that be through work abroad, or marrying out, start thinking about it because there's no better time than now.
You just described the whole of Europe. Kind of get the feeling that us 40-somethings (also born in the 80s) are the transition generation who lived well in their childhood but feeling the overall decline in our middle-years.
Yes I was born in 85 so not quite 40 yet but the 90s was the last good decade. I remember it well and miss it. People below 30 don't know how good things were. All they have known is this chaos, a real shame.
I feel for the kids today, bought my first house in Edinburgh with my wife for 36000 although my salary was only 12 grand a year but interest rates were 15%.. but its still near impossible to buy your own property. Companies taxed before they pay you, you are taxed on the same money when you get it, you are taxed on the same money when you spend it, and the company is taxed on that money before they use it...and the govt still short of money...
Please be aware: the UK is systematically replacing NHS doctors with non-doctors. And there are hundreds of unemployed doctors as a result, many who are emigrating or leaving medicine for other careers. Essentially the NHS is becoming a third world healthcare system. Free but absolute tripe.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS??? There should be public outcry about physician associates!!! Get them out of the system and bring back actual Doctors!!!
NHS doctors earn too much and do nothing. They all need to be replaced by better trained better qualified staff for half price. And if they don't like it, they can emigrate wherever they desire!
I left 10 years ago. I was miserable trying to make ends meet with no disposable income and riddled with debt. My sister still lives there. She doesn’t feel safe, she is physically and mentally unwell. She is under constant stress and gets no help or support because the NHS is now ruined. It’s so corrupt, it’s closer to a banana republic.
@@dogstar5572 There are 195 recognised countries in the world, according to the United Nations. 193 of these are member states of the UN, while two countries are non-member observer states: Vatican City and the State of Palestine.
I am Hungarian working in the Uk for 14 years. When I came to the Uk I earned 7 times better than in Hungary. Now I make exactly the same amount of money as I would make in my home country. I work extremely hard. Still love to be here but it is undeniable that the country is going downhill in terms of standard of living. When I want to use the healthcare system I do not bother to use the NHS but I just travel back to my home counry. Much easier, much more affordable. I get everything done there : investigations, screening, operation, dental care. People in Hungary do not understand why I do this. Not being able to contact your own GP when you need to, not being able to talk to your own GP over the phone the same day, is something unheard-of in Hungary.
I'm from Brazil born in 1983. When a kid and teenager, the UK, USA e Australia were like dreaming places do go. I had the opportunity to live 7 years in Australia and was making good money over there, however cost of living there is insanely high. Once got fired and took me almost 4 months to find a new job and I was running out of money so quickly, my savings couldn't follow and I got into deep depression, thank God I got a new job... When covid started the country became a prison and was disgusting what happened there, so I decided to come back to my country. At first, It didn't seem a good idea, however now, after a couple of years living here, I was able to buy my dream home! It's almost paid off! In Australia it's like a nightmare to get a one bedroom apartment. So glad I came back! Don't know if I'm right, but for what I see, it seems those first world countries are not what they were in the past and living in third world countries became like a good idea. Saw so many western people living in countries like Thailand, Phillipines, Ecquador, Argentina, Colombia and so on... Maybe that's the new direction now....
You've ruined your country, and now you're coming to ruin others and raise the prices in them. How about stay and fix your mess? I have yet to see one British protest.
@@SK-lt1sobrazilians are like the latino people that immigrate the least, do you live in Florida? even the places where brazilians immigrate the most to the US they're not the number 1 latinos in the region, i assume OP had money saved from when he lived in Australia, which obviously in Brazil will have like triple the value, so he put himself in position to have a good life here, but brazilians that emigrate are usually desperate to leave the country exactly because they don't have the "privilege" that OP had, actually, some of them could very well do the same after making some money in your country
Yep. I'm 59 yr old Aussie. I'm ok, but seeing this country become unaffordable. I feel sorry for my kids and grandkids. Seems the 80's was the golden era. We lived well on one trade wage, paid all our bills, bought a house, went on moderate holidays, and my wife could stay home to raise kids. Now, households with two good incomes struggle. Part of the problem is the debt cycle. People borrow for everything. Our philosophy was, if you can't save and pay for something outright, you can't afford it. Houses excepted of course. But don't go into debt for cars, holidays, furniture, phones etc.
I left school in 1999, and back then even if you were on a low wage, you could still afford to buy your own home. Wages in general were good no matter what you did for a living. Food was very affordable and bills weren't too high. Apprenticeships were aplenty and unemployment was low. Then sometime during the mid 2000's, everything began to change. Wages stopped increasing, bills began to rise faster than before, and people that i knew seemed to become less happy than they were before. Don't get me wrong, everything wasn't great in the nineties but things have definitely changed for the worse for working class people over the last twenty years.
@@dynamon-o2k There is a big cause/effect lag in politics. The 1990's was probably when the benefits of Thatcherism peaked. . . . . then we got Labour who ran with it till the financial crisis and it's never been the same since.
What happened ? Influx of Eastern European Labour, wages stagnated, cheaper Labour force, greedy landlords pushed up prices. More people more demand ££. 2 tier politics lab/con for 50 years. Final slap in the face we imported our own downfall in the form of Islam.
I left London 8 years ago as an Investment Banker earning very good money, im now in Berlin working as a full time PT/Fitness Coach and my lifestyle is WAY better than in London even with less money!
@@EmilienBandracof course she is renting. EVERYBODY is renting in Germany, it's a standard here. The ratio is like 85 percent renting, 15 percent owning. Hence strong laws protecting renters and affordable rents.
I used to live and work in London and I was earning £1500, working 10 hours a day in an office, and my rent was £1000. Needless to say, I was barely surviving.
Former British soldier and police officer. Left the UK this year. F that country. Good riddance
Where did u go to?
@@skillfuldabest Romania lol. Bucharest. Seen Andrew Tate here too. World governments trying to silence him. Free the free world
@@RichardHolland4881 idk about that man
@@LightSaber12345 I'd be willing to be that most Romanians don't want Andrew Tate (or indeed you, given that you buy into his nonsense) anywhere near their country.
@@LightSaber12345 You don't know about what, man?
Have you noticed how people are getting nastier too? That survival thing, competitive. Its making people hopeless and unhappy. You can see the stress etched on people's faces.
And a miserable climate.
I loathe it, and its giving me poor mental health.
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yes, and gen Z, and their kids seem dystopian already to me. Theyre already adapting to the dystopia. Elbows are coming out, selfishness, nastiness, lack of respect, insecurity. I dont like the 20 somethings out there at all.
When parents treat their kids worse than the neighbours' kids, who here thinks their own will grow up well-adjusted, happy & friendly?! Now use some lateral thinking!
@@meisterlymanu5214not to mention narcissism in spades. Millennial here and I don’t even know if Gen Z are even human lol
@@desertrose1226 LOL, when your gen does something it's not from intelligence it's just like a dog the does tricks, doesn't get it but enjoys the attention.
welcome to europe. england was running on fumes from colonies. thats gone. people were smilinig because they had money of other people.
It's by design. The intent is to consume all middle and lower class estates.
and break nationalism and the nation state
@@richa1147 By definition it is genocide.
It is the Cloward and Piven strategy that is in motion ( Google it)
No mate, it's not to consume their estates but to actually consume them. You know, with a spot of tobasco sauce and some red chillis. It's called 'Desigh', a little known Eastern religion suppressed during the Crusades. Check it out.
@@richa1147 That has already happened. The projected demographics says everything.
Sorry man. As a Brit living in Bulgaria, every time I’m in UK it depresses me and literally cannot wait to leave.
Some psychopathic political decisions being made
I have a Hoval in BG too......but BG is definitely not good....
@@TheCJHutchison how's Bulgaria compared to UK? You staying in Budapest? Thinking of moving there
Hi there mate yea looking the same way but different place, how much did you need to shift elsewhere?.
We have nutty poll-iticians going over board with everyone.
Also apparently I know owe a damn £8000 leccy bill that I barely even uaed, should I just screw it all and ghost?
sorry to rant its insane the costs over here.
@@themondalorian9844 at the bare minimum you'll need about 5 grand to get started somewhere else. i left the UK with far less, but you need to get a job fast, you can try teaching english but that only works in asian countries. not eastern europe. if you have any computer based skills you can find work easily in asia. they are always looking for fluent english speakers for marketing or development work
@@LightSaber12345 Wrong country mate- Budapest is the capital of Hungary
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The UK is a poor country with a rich city.
Only the politicians are😂
Third world country, no heat and no air conditioning 😅😅😅 I have my own private health insurance in US.
Norway is the same!
@@gurokraterNorway has good healthcare
And that city is rich because they colonized other continents and lotted all the precious metals and expensive items. And that doesn't last too long. 😂
Yes, it's a former 1st world country being slowly taken down on purpose - but then this applies to all Western countries.
Well we all keep voting to live beyond our means, democracy in action.
Slowly being the correct word, it's taken about 100 years and literally just today losing more territories.
@@edc1569 Voting to live beyond means instead of voting to increase means is silly and the UK population should understand this by now.
The UK poverty was much larger in the 80's and before. The UK had a boom in the late 80's to the mid 00's only. That's when the growth happened for normal folks. Before that and after nothing has happened. The world wars utterly bankrupted us and before that we had the squalor of the 19th century sweat shops and factories. I'd love to know the Britain you seem to think it ever was was normal people because I think it never existed.
@@babybluesky9238 Voting makes no difference.
Until people realize it's intentional we'll be running around in circles pointing fingers.
Yes, but then people will stop running as they realise that there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. At least in their ignorance and hope they can get a little exercise and sleep.
The jews are attempting to exterminate the White race via mass migration
You are right, but you have to admit it is a lot to take in once you start to see it. I can still remember 1970.
The soviet union were atheist communists
Britain was nominally Christian
An ounce of gold cost £17.50
A bag of chips cost sixpence (2.5p in decimal money)
50p was so valuable they had a note for it (ten bob note)
The 5 bedroomed house I was born in sold for £6,000
Today Russia has returned to Russian Orthodox.
Britain barely has any religion at all, and will soon be majority Islam
An ounce of gold cost £2100 over 100 times as much.
A bag of chips costs £3.00
The smallest note is now £5 ten times the face value of the ten bob note.
Houses on that street sell for £1,500,000
Nothing happens by accident.
I only console myself with the knowledge that this train wreck we are living through was supposed to happen 50 years ago.
But weird stuff kept happening to put it off. Britain was almost broke and as the Arabs raised oil prices by 400% North Sea oil came on stream and shielded the economy for 40 years.
The internet has opened the eyes of millions to the international nature of what we are seeing in a way that would have taken years in libraries to do before.
Where there is life there is hope.
@@FlowDeFlowDrainage It's taken me 20 years of slow unravelling to come to the knowledge of the truth.
maybe not - we just never understood what the ancient Greeks invented when they invented democrarcy: It was the end of aristocrat parties. Isonomy would be the correct name of a true democracy. Read about Kleistheneś reforms 507 BC
I lived in Switzerland for 4 years on 120k. I came back to the UK because I missed my family. I came back to 1/4 of my Swiss salary to live in a damp studio and waiting in the rain for buses that don’t show up. The regret of coming back is strong
Go back if you have regrets unless the sacrifice for family time is worth it??
The bird leaves the nest, it doesn't build an extension.
@@mufasahm8238 With Brexit and immigration control, this is not so easy anymore, unfortunately.
maybe you can use a plane, 2 hour flight instead of returning?
So you earn 120K per year and you couldn't afford a car. Returned to lived in a tiny studio apartment and had to wait for buses that never arrived. I'm not believing your YAP.
No one talks about the cost of train tickets in the uk. Its a complete rip off and the service sucks now.
Right? £40 for a 1½hr journey to take our son to his grandparents'.
@@TheRimbaldine Buses are just as bad ...how about £5.60 for a return journey that takes 7 minutes each way on bus Firstbus.... for comparison i took a 13 hour train journey from bangkok to chiang mai for around £7 (Thailand) and a luxury 2 hour bus journey from Taipei to Taichung under £7 (Taiwan).
@@realremix1ali everyone talks about it.
thats because the train drivers are on 70 000 a year for pressing a button and want more
For me, from pontefract West Yorkshire to Wolverhampton was 60ish quid around 4 hours to get there. Had to catch 3 trains, stood up on 2 because they were full... That's hours of stood up. And then people come on and immediately take seats. Needs more carriages. From pontefract to Leeds I always sit. It's actually quiet. But I'm paying that much to have back ache lmao 😂
I actually lived in southern France for 15 years. Like a fool, I returned. How I regret it. What a broken,nasty little place it has become. Unless you are extremely wealthy. To think I actually signed up as a young man to serve in the military. Never again. Why serve a country that sees you as second class in your own land.
@@davidnorthdale1164 Blame the Tory government not migrants Did you speak fluent French or did you expect the natives to speak English? I wonder why you returned!
@@paulmason329 Don't think they are blaming immigrants though
@@paulmason329 Have you seen the state of some of the towns with the highest number of immigrants ? Absolute shitholes.
@@paulmason329 where did he even mention migrants? 😮You sound like bitter and twisted
@@paulmason329 Tories let them in yes. Labour, under Blair, they starter it. All gulity.
Migrants shouldn't be here, not their fault but I don't care
Mass migration is responsible on every metric, it's not even up for debate. Latest report out states every low skill migrant will cost the British taxpayer 465,000 up to retirement age not including dependents. Data they don't want you to see because it implodes they're narrative. Seems we've imported millions of dependents... who'd have thought.... weren't we told they're all brain surgeons and physicists.
Forget racism, this is pure economics. Every migrant arrived in the last 30 years needs to be audited, and if they are not a net benefit to the British, then it's a one way ticket I'm afraid. Cya.
You need to get out more. Go visit Blackburn, Birmingham, etc etc.
The UK acts as if it's still a 5 star hotel, when in reality it's now a 3 star hotel (at best). It has been in decline for years. Successive Tory and Labour governments are partly to blame. It is soulless, has lost direction and moral clarity of any kind. It has lost its way.
You mean 1 star hotel
It's a slum now.
Was it really successive governments?
Or was it the people that voted for them?
For the vast majority I'm not sure it's even a 3 star anymore. We're struggling to afford food, energy and housing, while working respectable full time jobs. No country can call its self wealthy while that is the case.
@@scentsoftravelmeditation Yes, on reflection I was being wildly optimistic !!
This is current Canada as well. While the elites and the rich are just keep getting filthy richer, the rest are suffering
Yeah I’m in Vancouver and I can confirm
This is capitalism, no matter where you are, it all lead to crysis and eventually - war. And then again and again till humanity die or start live by different rules.
This is everywhere.
Just think at this.
To have something you have 3 options. To make it, to get is as a gift, or steal it
NOW, think at the case of this guy. What is he making? Nothing.
he sits in a chair, he is a drone. sure, he has a function, but the function adds very little value in the system.
And he want a high living standard. FOR WHAT?
Today, the most value is added by machines.
Working people are just drones that add little value.
But the value is not distributed back to those contributing by actual contribution, but by conjecture, often offered by power.
And just think at the fact that this guy is in top 1 percent as income globally.
and he is not satisfied. WHY?
Because he wants high standard without actually deserving it.
Why he should have standard for sitting on a chair all day, while a guy with a similar job in Bangladesh is earning ten time less than he?.
Sure, politicians are at fault too. But they arose at power from the mass of guys like him, wanting more than they contributed.
And life in a city is expensive because a lot of people is contributing to your high standard.
Just the other day I saw an advertisement for an island for sale, 10 acres, nothing on it but grass, like 25000 price.
so consider moving there and making a living. Farming is the only option.
Let do the math. how much that land can produce, how much can you save after you eat, in order to pay for the land and for the tools you need.
Yeah, half a century ago, in London you could buy a house with 2 years income. But those houses were built by immigrants willing to work for peanuts. And also machines. And politicians were not stealing as much as today. But immigrants got smarter, they ask more, politicians got greedier, and here we are today in a dystopia.
And who is at fault? Precisely this guy wanting high standard living. Imagine him and all those like him wanting an 9 square meters studio. How much will cost mass produced?
Just the other day I saw a guy that bought a farm in Appalachians. He is earning next to nothing. training horses, and fixing horse shoes but he pays 30 dollars for his dog food, 20 for food he cannot make on his own, and 90 for a phone landline.
AND HE IS HAPPY AS HELL.
Just have a think.
I moved from Scotland to Canada and trust me Canada is doing a lot better
@ you saying that is honestly so scary. That is shocking. Glad you are in a better place. Bless.
i saw my local mp in sainsburys on friday afternoon. she was doing a "big shop" kids and nanny in tow. saw her in the parking lot getting into a £60k merc and the kids and nanny drove home seperately in an suv. this woman, who claims to be liberal, voted against the winter fuel allowance even though her constituency is one of the poorest in the UK. thought to myself as she drove off, you aint gonna be cold this winter are you? its true what you say, the people in charge care nothing for the people just whats in it for them.
Next time film all these and share on local community groups, Facebook etc. show people who “represent” them.
Be more careful voting in the future.
it is set up this way. if she wasn't liable to be bought and owned she would not have been selected
these people should be afraid to leave their house. they should be living in fear, but they're not and that's part of the problem. regular people are getting more and more frustrated though and i believe at some point that frustration will reach boiling point and things will inevitably get very nasty. there's no peaceful solution to the class divide.
@r4ndom7000 bread and circuses. There Will always be a distraction
I’m a single female 32. I live in a shared house. I can’t afford even a studio flat now. I did when I was 18 - 22 then out of nowhere my wages didn’t meet the price of rent/bills etc. I have never been on holiday, I don’t have a social life I literally go to work, come home. Read books and go to bed because electric is to high. It’s sad. I had this thought the other day thinking are we alive to simply pay for a wall and water.
I'm in the exact same boat. Single, work full time, no social life as I have to work 60 hours a week to afford rent and bills, all which have tripled in the last 3 years. It's not a life at all. Thinking of buying a van and going nomadic
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And they expect our sons and daughters to go and fight for the country they have hollowed out for themselves 👌
Fight to keep Rochdale Pakistani!
“Wars are fought by politicians using other peoples children”
Hence the reason they can’t man the aircraft carriers to sail to the Mediterranean for the conflicts there.
No one wants to sign up, they don’t feel like they have a country.
They broke the covenant between those who govern and the governed. They did this
This government doesn't care about our borders, but they want us to fight to protect someone else's borders. It's a sick joke.
I left Scotland 5y ago and came back to Poland. Zero regrets. Got married, bought a flat in Wrocław, bought a car (A4 B8), got decent job in public administration. Will probably visit UK for a weekend or so.
I'm a Pole. I've lived in Britain for 18 years, basically all my adult life. I've paid all my tax in Britain. I love Britain, it's my home now. But I'm planning to go back to Poland, because the state of health care here scares me. I feel like this country took advantage of my best years, but feels no obligation to help me when I get old. In the meantime my mother in Poland had a knee replacement with 2 months of professional rehabilitation, all on national health care. My mum and my sister have more diagnostic tests in a year than I've had here in 18 years.
No one should have to live from hand to mouth that is simply unsustainable. Imagine having to work 3 jobs all just to pay rent
I have lived uk from brith and thinking of moving to Poland 👍🏻✅
And, just to balance the arguement, I was chatting to my neighbour today, who's polish, and I asked him about his plans to go back to Poland with his young family. He firmly shut the door on that idea, saying that he much preferred his salary, co workers, lack of pressure in the UK
@@glennwhitlock1272 Yes, I know people like that too 😊 There's no country where the grass is always green for everyone, and people have various personal circumstances. You said your neighbour had a young family - his situation is likely quite different from mine. I have no children, an older husband, and my whole family is in Poland. There are many things that I prefer in the UK, I wouldn't have stayed for this long if I didn't like it here, and I know I will miss Britain a lot. I even like the weather 😊 I dread Polish hot summers and cold winters...
@@Emtbwebb I wish you the best of luck 🤗
I left England 6 years ago (at the age of 47) when I realised that without my soul-less, London office job, I couldn't afford to live there. I was working a crap job just to pay bills and had practically nothing left at the end of each month.
But my God, leaving was the best thing I ever did. I now live in Spain and I'm in love with my simple life. Surrounded by nature, animals, peace and tranquility, gorgeous little home (which I don't have to pay rent for because I'm taking care of the place long-term), with mountain views, no neighbours, low cost of living, away from the noise that is the UK. I know without a doubt that I will never go back to England. HOWEVER, I know I got lucky. For many people trying to earn a living in Spain it's just as bad as England when it comes to the "system", paying taxes etc. The true realisation needs to be that the system and taxation itself is fraudulent, we were born free and educated (programmed!) into servitude and slavery without consent.
If you try and say "you've been programmed into servitude" in london, they look at you as if you have just lost the plot! Lol
Took the Gatwick Express to airport , never looked back, now living 20 min north of Valencia, peaceful, by the beach , cheap utilities, groceries, good value properties, and it’s safe .
Poms usually see themselves as No 1 humans, better than other people. How do you relate to living in Spain, a country your parents and grandparents probably considered inferior with 'inferior' people. Does that maybe humble you and bring you down to earth or do you still think as a Brit, you are a special master class of people? Thanks.
Do you speak fluent Spanish and talk to your friends and family in Spanish? A lot of ex pat Brits can't be bothered yet they have the cheek to insult foreign people who don't speak English.
Donde vives en espana?
Everything i get is taken on taxes, income tax, sales tax council tax road tax, we just pay to goto work - its convoluted slavery.
Exactly. People need to wake up to the truth.
but oh they are so moral and good people, they import refugees, TO THE COAL MINES THEY GO !
when you live in a police state, its like a prison, you are not a citizen, you are a prisoner, get out while you can.
Not to mention that if you get past that and manage to make any investments then you have huge Capital Gains Tax in this country, which will be greatly increased by Labour who want to keep the common man down, and then you can't even pass it onto your children, so not only there's no point in working to enjoy it for yourself, but if after a lifetime you manage something then you can't even pass it onto your children (which also is going to be increased by Labour). The most advanced thing that the U.K. does have is a world class vast array of expensive weaponry and a nuclear arsenal. Along with the U.S. it's one of the 2 countries in the world that has full spectrum military capability, even China and Russia can't afford that. Crazy.
@@400VAL-p3v Then they pour your money into more benefits and import yet more illegals.
"You will own nothing including human rights and free will, we'll be happy." - Fuhrer Klaus Schwab and the WEF.
I feel your pain… I’m Polish. I emigrated to Ireland 17 years ago, and it’s surprising to see how many British people now want to move to Poland.😮
I think you’re mistaken about one thing: the politicians do know exactly what they’re doing. They simply don’t care about the average person, let alone the poor. They care about themselves and their wealthy friends, and their policies are designed to enrich them. 💰 I’ve seen some statistics from the U.S. - if a policy benefits the rich more than the poor, politicians are much more likely to support it. We’re not really living in democracies; we’re in plutocracies where the wealthy and oligarchs hold the power, while our voting rights are just a smoke screen. We need to reclaim our rights.
Totally agree and it's grim that you only have 4 likes! Unless people realise this is the real problem, they will be always distracted by trivial nonenties. Always wrapped up in their own partisan part politics which doesn't solve problems. So they always blame "them". The other party....
I agree, they know exactly what they're doing. The goal is to make people dependent on state handouts.
I honestly liked this video the moment I saw the expression on your face. I've seen it on countless people here in the States, up in Canada, and in the UK when I was visiting. I see it in the mirror sometimes. It's the face of people who work hard and still have nothing and can't get ahead and have begun to realize they never will. Never mind getting rich, they can't even keep what they have. The ground is crumbling beneath their feet. Our feet.
Absolutely
Why are the youngsters not starting a revolution? Until recently most seem to have been bought into the woke ideas that are repressing their futures.
Yep not to mention they way most people act like emotionless zombies, just going through the motions.
Yeah, that's it.
Very true.
Nailed it. But you are incorrect to think this is incompetence. That's what they want you to think. This is coordinated and global. It is by design. People need to realise this, it is being DONE to us.
agree fully.
to be fair, if at this point people still don´t realize that this is a hostile takeover they never will.
I have no idea how anyone still believes its incompetence at this point. Globally coordinated incompetence? You are thick as mince if you can't see the logical contradiction in that three word sentence! 🤣
💯 true.
Who is doing it? Is it George Soros and Bill Gates?
Politicians DO know what they're doing. It's by design mate.
Oh Vey ✡️👿
@@soyboymotivationthe Jews haven't caused any of your heart ache mate, you complete spanner
@@rob-890 They have, they outright boast about it. Where have you been living, under a rock?
@@amxaas4450 demonstrate this assertion please
@@amxaas4450 you would think if the Jews controlled everything, they'd keep Islam out of Europe
I'm leaving Italy, here also we came to the same situation.. Working and Paying just to survive...
Everyone in the UK is one step away from financial ruin. Whether that’s bereavement, a car accident, a poorly child or a business partner who betrays you. Hard work doesn’t keep you safe here.
Yep it's got so bad people cannot afford to make a single bad decision with money you go out for food and social time and can't enjoy it because u know if spend to much and have a fun day/night youle be paying for it rest of month and suffering it's beyond ridiculouse now everything is wayyy to expensive
where in the world does?
Very true. A bad marriage ruined everything for me from day one. Still struggling, depressed and suicidal over a decade later and can't get out because ex won't agree even though he's left the country. He's using our children who he abandoned as the reason why.
@@mesunoneSorry to hear that, keep trying to find a solution & don't assume one professional (including solicitors etc) is correct, efficient or even competent! Take care, & all the best to you! ❤️
Not everyone. Wealthy are absolutely loving it.
I'm from Argentina and here we are all the time looking to the first world countries. This videos really surprised me. I think this dystopian feeling is something that is happening to all the working class in the world.
Hope you find a way out for you situation.
Seems to me like the time to take Malvinas back has finally arrived
Nah, Russia is only getting better. Especially fast last couple of years.
Because greed is never ending. The financial system is set up to make the rich richer. If you have 10 million USD/GBP/EUR in the bank with a 5% interest, minus tax, you will be making at least 250k/ year without moving a muscle. The rich can employ others and sell the product of their labour for hundreds of percent more, even after taxes.
Brother I live in Turkey we see 10 times worse than these first classes. The thing is covid messed up the whole world. Everywhere faces the same problems. 3rd world countries are 10 times worse.
Lol. Of course isn't really like that. The UK is a fantastic country, with a lot of issues, of course, but I love it here.
Politicians know exactly what they are doing,please don’t think it’s incompetence.
The only thing they are competent at doing is destroying this nation.
exactly
Yes I agree. They are all following a plan designed to do exactly the damage being done.
A programme of wealth extraction.
@@tonemc6047 yes, true
I'm sorry, Daryl. I visited Scotland a few years ago and completed the West Highland Way. It was amazing! I fell in love with Scotland! ❤The nature, the people, the history, I love everything about my experience there including the weather (I am from the North myself but have to put up with unbearable Texas summers that last 9 months so anything below 40C is pure joy 😁). I had no idea it was so bad for the people that live there, so sorry. Sounds like you made the right decision for yourself. Good luck! 👍
Im hearing more and more British people giving up and leaving the UK, i think its only going to get worse
giving their home to 3rd world migrants. big mistake
It gets better for those that leave.
Traitors
Yea I’m leaving for good in December, decided a few months ago
@@CardinalNousthey're not traitors because the country they loved no longer exists
Most western countries are at the same point, extremely high cost of living, unaffordable houses, taxed on everything, no hope , no future, working to exist
Welcome to the babylonian captivity.
It's a global thing. And if people won't realise increased efficiency can't go on forever it's going to stay like this.
@@gcc2313No, it's a western thing.
While that is true, at least some of those countries are still on the up. The UK however is continuesly slipping down the hill after brexit, it's getting worse, not better.
I'm agree with this, I think everyone around the world is complaining about the situation of our country, I'm from France and we have very bad situation too, every country is bad in one way or another
Damn, wishing you the best of luck. Im an American, Californian specifically, and just wanted to say I feel your pain. This is becoming a global issue at this point, and these politicians are actively sucking the life out of their citizens.
Hope you find a better place/country to live. Don't tell anyone if you do though because then they'll all come and vote and ruin it like their original homes
I would give anything to live in California. You are so lucky
@neilefc877 California is a very nice place to live, but the gap is pretty big between nice and not so nice areas. If you're working at a job that pays min wage, you need to have at least 3 roommates if you want to save money, average rent in some areas is $2500/month for a studio though you can find some places that go as low as $1500/month though youll probably be commuting 3+hrs a day, and even if you have a high paying job ($50+/hr), you probably can't afford a home unless you're dual-income since average townhouses in the nicer areas sit at around $650k+.
Most of the friends I have that are engineers and software engineers have had to live with their parents for multiple years to save for a down-payment, so if you aren't being paid at that rate you probably can't afford anything unless it's in a not so nice/not ideal area.
Then LA and SF aren't as nice as they used to be, you're pretty much guaranteed to see a few homeless camps any time you go anywhere in those cities.
If you want to live in Cali, just be prepared to pay out of your ass for housing for crappy conditions unless you know someone willing to give you housing for cheap. Best of luck to you if you decide to move here, though I honestly can't recommend unless you have high paying skills/jobs
@@wesleykim1758 Thanks for this. Its a really interesting perspective from someone living there. Sadly, I dont think Ill ever make it to America. The chances of attaining a work visa based on my qualifications are remote.
@@neilefc877as a recent immigrant in the US(Los Angeles, CA). I don’t recommend it at all. I’m working 2 jobs just to payoff housing with 3 roommates in normal area where I’m not gonna got stabbed leaving the house. There is a set expression here saying “in CA you need to have 1 stable income and 7 side gigs to make it work”.
I’m moving to another state, since I can’t afford it here. And the everyday stress is making me ill.
Oh, btw i’m omitting other problems like the lack of safety, the terrible homelessness situation and lack of healthcare
@@neilefc877 Sorry to hear that. There are a few routes to getting a green card even if it's not through your career field (i.e. diversity quota), so if you look you may be able to find something.
Anecdotally, most green card holders I know started either as students or healthcare workers so there may be a more straight forward path there, but honestly I don't know much.
Hope things work out for you, and would actually be very happy if you're able to achieve your dream at some point
Im Swedish and came to the UK 7 years ago. I was working as a consultant towards sweden the first years. Then covid happend, I lost my clients and has since then worked "normal" jobs.I have slowly lost everything. I cant feed and support my family at a £30000 salary (Gross) in London with two children. I recently separated and im now forced to live in a roomshare for £1000 a month! Because my sallary is too low and I have no savings left. As a 40 year old man thats not an option. So I am forced to leave my children with their mother and go back to sweden to build a new life alone.
Thats sad man, the system is designed to break us. I hope things work out for you.
I'm so sorry, man. 😢
That is a real hard, man. Don't lose faith. I pray that things will get better for you.
Wish you all the best.
Hope everything works well. This world is designed to be anti-men
Nice to see some honesty!
I’m sick to death of seeing people lie their arse off with their “LiVinG My BeSt LiFE” posts everyday.
Thank you for your honesty!!!
Maybe you and this guy are just doing something wrong.
There are many who are thriving and actually living really good lives. It takes courage and a knowing in oneself to do the things you want to deep down instead of letting fear dictate what you do.
These times we find ourselves in could possibly get much much worse but what is playing the victim and moaning going to do about it?
Its a matter of perspective.
No ones getting out of here alive, face that and really think about it, that you are going to die.. perhaps then one can begin to see that you might aswell go for it and live in ways you dreamed of. And of that cannot be achieved at all then atleast smile and have a laugh about things everyday.
I agree. People always boast on social media but keep in mind that they're often lying. Even UA-camrs who manage to make decent coin on YT know that any day, it could all be gone. POOF.
@@JOHNTHEWHISK A lot of those IG influencers are probably prostitutes.
Yeah Thier living Thier best life on social media but I guarantee when they get home and the lights go out they sit with all the same qorrys on Thier mind
It’s the same in Ireland man… myself and my partner are leaving soon because it is simply too expensive to get by comfortably… I work in IT and my partner is a teacher, very decent incomes and still we are struggling to save every month.. and we are the lucky ones, people can’t afford houses, groceries, childcare etc… there is something fundamentally wrong with current society..
I left the UK, after I realised Islamists and communist took over and destroying it. I felt helpless and sad cause I love the U.K. as it was in the 90s
Where are you going?
I have lived in the UK and I am now in Ireland and there is no comparison! Ireland wages are higher, even though the price of goods can be more expensive, it has a much higher standard of living compared to the UK. House prices are expensive in the cities and large towns but can be got in the countryside with no problem. That cannot be said in the UK. I cannot agree with you on this topic, Ireland is no where near dire straits of Britain....I lived in both countries and they are not the same at all...
Meanwhile your taxes are being used to flood the country with immigrants who get welfare, medical card, free education, housing.
The problem for ireland is there isn't many irish natives living in ireland now.
Hey man, I feel ya even in the USA. I enjoy doing extra math, and after all taxes are accounted for, I pay 32% of my gross income in taxes... then there's sales tax that will eat that again when I spend it. Our taxes are so convoluted and confusing that most people have no idea how much they actually pay.
Home near me average over $560k and I'm in the nothing state of Montana.
Salary average here is below $50k
It's getting close to impossible to float
I moved to UK from Latvia back in 2006, I have witnessed the decline with my own eyes and its sad to see this happen.
Why did you leave Latvia?
Why are you in the UK?
@@30m3 In my opinion the person left Latvia because UK allowed EU people to come.
I lived through collapce of USSR and I ssee similar signs in the UK now.
@@iramehra2774 blame others for own mistakes it is just pathetic. Think more like proud announcement famous all over the world, we will close the source of cheaper energy like coal-fired power plants, in order to completely destroy the lying and squealing economy, move production to China then sell all national major companies to capital from overseas, caused much more issues than the fact he came to the UK, Heard now you happy coz have only doctors and engineers from Asia and Africa as newcomers. Hard working people who boost economy leaving UK fast. Good luck with doctors of Africa and rocket scientistin from Asia in close future. Believe or not you will be need it
I'm living in Wales, and it's the same here. I'm sick of struggling with money. I've hit 60 and was earning so much more money than people get paid today. Wages have gone backwards, and the cost of living has gone up, so people can't afford to live and have children. The best times have long gone. I was in the 40% tax rate thirty years ago. You can work like a dog in a factory and get paid peanuts today, and the cost of living has gone through the roof. The rates of childbirth and productivity have gone down because of these reasons people are sick of working just to live, let alone buy cars and houses. I'm disabled now, and my life has changed drastically. Even now, I feel like the DWP is constantly causing me stress and worry because of government cuts due to health issues. I can't leave now, but if I get that lottery win, I'm off. It does not matter who is in power. They all only look after themselves and the richest of society.
The rate of childbirth has gone down? Dont know where you live but in the welsh valleys its seemed to have gone up. Young single women getting pregnant, having kids, living off MY taxes so they can do drugs, and drink all day. Its vile and pisses me off to no end. (Both women and men obviously but men dont get pregnant and these types definitely arnt around to raise the kid.)
Move to Thailand 😎
@IllegalHelios Mate, I'm saying this gently, not to argue, but you SERIOUSLY need to do even just the lightest research on our birth/replacement figures. We are facing a monumental demographics crisis coming down the line. Japan are 30 years further down the track and it's coming home to roost over there. Maybe your tiny bit of Wales is different, but I would be thanking the lord that is the case, rather than boatloads of illegals bundling into the valleys to replace the shortfall.
@@IllegalHeliosYes, I'm sure that happens but you're looking in the wrong direction if you are worried about your taxes being unfair. People on benefits make up a tiny amount of the budget each year, in fact around £20 billion of benefits go unclaimed every year. You shouldn't be blaming the state of the country on them. It's the rich who lobby the government to ensure they don't pay their fair share and manipulate the media to report on issues such as benefits and illegal immigration to distract from the real issues.
@@ejaz787people seem to forget this. Corpos, business, hedge funds etc OWN the governments and control everything worldwide. Cyberpunk 2077 and the lore was predicting the future ffs
20% income tax +
8% NI +
£1600 council tax +
20% VAT on everything +
52.95% petrol tax + 20% VAT on that +
16.5% cigarette + £6.33 on the retail tax +
Alcohol Tax.
Tax on heating & electric + 25% subsidy for renewable energy.
Government giving £12 billion to foreign countries for them to go net zero, £4 million a day to hotel people who enter the country illegally.
The burden is too much. It’s slave labour now…
If you went to university repaying that loan is about 7.5-9% a year, which makes income tax 29%
...and the single parents and people on "disability" who are perfectly able to work. They all have free housing to "fit their needs" unlike working people.
£4million? No, its i believed to be £15m a day now, 2 years ago the figure released by the Gov under FOI was £8million.
And we pay for TV licence, ULEZ charges, train fares go up every year, Congestion Zone (expanded) charge.
Its always cold here and raining!!!!! Last week Sept 23 to around Oct 1 or 2nd 2024 it rained every flipping day.
On this island, we dont get 4 equal seasons here. Winter always comes early & stays the longest out of ALL the 4 seasons we're suppose to get.
So British Gas is ALWAYS MAKING a profit out of us living in the UK.
More charges
If you drop or pickup anyone up from the Airport theres a charge, if you get caught short on a yellow junction box- theres a fine/charge, if you go over the speed limit (accidentially) theres a fine/charge, if you stop on a yellow line or red line and get camera'ed- theres a charge/fine.
Petrol- as a tax.
I'm Born & Bred in the UK AND I TOO am VERY, VERY fed up of living here, I have been thinking and want to leave ASAP.
WE ARE paying for WARS that we are not involved in, we are propping up Ukraine for what reason I do NOT KNOW.
They aren't our neighbours, what have they done for the UK and when does our money stop going to them?
When their war is over I guess the UK is going to send our money from the UK to rebuild it.
HOW IS UKRAINE going to pay the UK and the rest of the world back???
The israeli war AGAIN what's that got to do with US- the UK and the UK taxpayers??
Theres NEVER a REAL, solid, understanding reason for why the prices of things have gone up- COVID & Ukraine IS ALWAYS the pathetic reason!!
And this clock changing CRAP is depressing- wakeup in the dark, travel to work in the dark, get 1 hour of daylight - in your lunch break, then go home in the dark, repeat 5 days a week, then you've got 48 hours called THE WEEKEND to get what you couldn't get done during weekdays because youve been working & travelling like a dog and trying NOT to get to work late so you don't loss your job that sources all your flipping bills, roof over your head & food on your table!! Jeezzz
Where I relocate to? I don't know yet 🤔😠😫😫
Very well said 🫡
I live in the UK and have thought of leaving. Why? The country has been getting poorer. Why? 1. Brexit didnt help. 2. Covid accelerated the decline. 3 illegal immigration and uncontrolled legal immigration doesnt help. After Brexit we have less Europeans in, and we have more Indians, Middle Easteners. When I walk in the city centre where I live ot feels like i am in Mumbai. 4. Donating £ billions to Ukraine doesnt help.
I was born and raised in Singapore, my father is Scottish, mother singaporean. I moved to the UK in 2017 and just left last year - moved to Bangkok. Brother, just leave and you will feel your whole view on the world change, your thoughts, your body will feel lighter, everything will look brighter. Just get out...
Damn, that is motivating, as I am planing to leave within a couple of weeks, and I am going to SEA.
@@gnewgnew2011May the wind fill your sails
Singapore is not a good place for foreigners the visa situation is really bad.
@@AstronautAmbienceCorrect. The work visa (Employment Pass) qualifying level is now a minimum of a SGD 5000 salary, for any sector - so you need to bring a decent skill set with you to get one. When I landed in 1998 it was just SGD 2,500.
I love Singapore. Would you consider moving back there?
I feel you! I’m sick of it! I’m prison officer and I get abused, assaulted and I have no expendable income at the end of the month! I don’t have a car either, I pay rent bills and that’s it, repeat! I have the audacity to buy a coffee a day as a luxury! That’s it that’s my life! It sucks! I’m an ex squaddie of 18 years too!
Thankyou for your service.
You do an important job!
What service ? Bothering iraqi teenagers in Abu ghraib ?
That's crazy
How bad is islam in prison??
Get a job in mental health on a ward. You still might get battered now and again, the verbal stuff is easy because they are ill. So you don't get bothered by any of it. Even getting punched. Eventually they get better and are normal folk. And lovely people. You would walk straight into a NHS health care job. I guarantee it. 3 days a week is all you work, long shifts. It's also a great laugh most of the time. Get onto a working age acute ward. And there is loads of scope to get an easier job in the community. It just might change your life. Pop down to your local ward, ask to see a manager and ask for a job. Start working on bank. Or they may just set you on. Honestly. That's the best route. The old fashioned way. Once you say you work in a prison, you are in. They will love you. Most folk can't hack it, but it will be a doddle for you.
At the heart of the issue is that people are looking to the government to solve these problems, and the government is the one who creates these problems!
Hmmmmm.
Is it because of having a vote that our politicians suck?
We arent exactly ‘hiring’ politicians based on skills or qualifications now.
voting seems a good way to recruit liars, i think people who voted for either side will agree on that.
in a nutshell, yes.
Yep
In this society, the only vote that counts is money, dont fool yourself on that, and the big boys have the game all tied up
It’s not just the UK but you guys definitely have it worse over there.
I’m from Canada and it’s dire here right now. Same issues too: (1) crazy house prices/rent (2) high healthcare taxes but difficult to see a doctor let alone have a family doctor (3) wages that do not keep up and have stagnated for many years, and bonus (4) the job market is absolutely horrid right now.
I’ve heard it’s the same in Australia, and NZ too. Basically all major commonwealth countries (my nan was a die hard patriotic Brit too lol)
I already got my visa to leave and will be going to a better country next week, where rights are respected and the people stand up for themselves.
Cheers man, I wish you good luck and success.
They expect adults to rent a room in a paid for ‘squat’ like a student. As if anyone is motivated to work hard just so you can come home to a house full of renters, scrabbling to get your place in the kitchen or shower. Having to endure random strangers/ guests of other renters sprawling in the lounge when all you want to do is relax.
nightmare. been moving from place to place for 9 years to find peace
Yeah, especially if there's a slut in the house, I rented in Manchester in the 90's in a 6 bed house with 2 sluts and the living room was like the waiting room in the local knocking shop.
Wow, good luck to you for finding the peace ✌️
Live at home.
@@RR-gp3qy Yeah lived on my own for a year, literally lost all my money and savings only for living in a sheithole for a single year and was forced to move back in with my old folks, now I'm stuck here but at least I'm able to live instead of survive.
Londoner here. Up until 10 years ago I used to be proud to be a Londoner.
It's become an overpriced, crime-ridden dump, and if I could afford to leave, I would.
Good on you.
Lived there all my life, it's always been a crime-ridden dump and has only got very slightly worse recently. It's just people who don't have enough money doing stupid things in order to get it, and taking any poor mental health out on others rather than seeking help.
If you don’t like it. Leave. London is the best city ever. Go away then and stop complaining.
@@gailainsley6939 "stop complaining." You people are everything that is wrong with this country. You will, in fact, be the ones leaving.
@@gailainsley6939 Someone clearly drunk all the Kool aid when Boris Johnson' would repeatedly say w"London - the greatest city on earth"
@@stephenoxfno it was worse before south lomdon east london were a lot more worse 10+ years ago. Olympics gentrification has made it a lot better now
come to Portugal and you will realize that its the same, only with more sun. You study 6 hard years at university for a pharmacyst degree and for 1200eur wage (830 is the minimal wage). A small apartment costs at least 800eur per month so you have to chose between living in a shared apartment with more 6 people for 300eur a bed or starve to death. Amazing new world with a lot of tech but you can not afford food and a house. We were better in 1950 in most countries.
Grass is always greener on the other side.
This is what I have been saying, it's the same issue everywhere (if you are a local)
That is shocking. So unfair.
@@ab-js2gwactually , Portugal is sh*t poor, worse housing than in the ex USSR, EU prices , zero customer service, most corrupt county in the EU, lazy people , very high depression rates . Paradise ? 😂😂😂 only for the very wealthy
yes now imagine that with 0 sun.
You're doing all that but you're also freezing cold and need to pay extra bills.
You have a higher chance of cancer because u get no sun and spend time in mouldy houses eating mouldy food.,
Trust me, it;s not that bad
Here in Brazil the minimum annual salary is R$ 18.356 (USD 3.169), a very simple house cost around R$ 180.000 (USD 31.000). The cheapest new car is R$ 70.000+tax 1.750 (USD 12.388). And the list goes on....
and i'm not talking about safety issues which causes me a lot of anxiety and distress. we don't see things getting better.
e voce ainda foi bem otimista meu amigo
@@crazy777ful A gente trabalha muito e ganha pouco.
think we all agree here this country is a shitshow of depression and greed...
Couldn't have put that better myself mate.
The most prescribed medication in the UK is antidepressants.
@@eugenevictortooms4174 my personal answer is STOP listening to the doom,gloom news
It's being islamised.
Ireland is the same..
You missed out jealousy..
I just became a British citizen after 7 years living in the UK however I'll be moving back to Eastern Europe at the end of the month where I got a 3 bedroom flat and a house in the village, I would never be able to afford a property here in the UK plus having no family little friends and no relatives in here is the ultimate killer. Explore Eastern Europe my friends, you'd be amazed on how good the life can be there. Peace
Where abouts? 🇧🇦
where?
I ve worked in the uk 6 years, left late 2019, i caught good years there, forever grateful. But yes eastern europe looks decent now. As a romanian i would say check poland first then romania bulgaria. Salute to all my polish brothers i would face the end of the world with poles by my side.
You are lucky to know the language of this Eastern European country and can blend in. An ordinary Brit doesn't.
@@HolgerJakobs You’ll be surprised by how many people speak English in "Eastern Europe," especially younger generations, from ages 10 to 45. Navigating with just English is often quite easy.
The key thing you'll need is patience-take time to listen and understand.
Here’s a tip: if you assume someone's English proficiency directly reflects their intelligence, you might get a blunt response. In this part of the world, we don’t rely on fake smiles or sugar-coat our words. Most of the time, we say exactly what we think, and we’re direct when asking for what we need or refusing something. Politeness here isn’t expressed through excessive "please" or "thank you"-it's conveyed through tone and attitude. You won't hear endless "thank yous" or "alrights." Once a day is often enough for us!
It’s also worth noting that while countries like Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland are often referred to as "Eastern Europe," they are more accurately part of Central or Southeastern Europe. Romania, in particular, is a Latin country, not a Slavic one, as many Westerners mistakenly assume.
Finally, a big no: don’t make the mistake of equating someone's English skills with their IQ. Speaking down to people just because your English is perfect won’t get you anywhere.
1997 - House prices on average 3.6 times annual salaries
2022 - House prices on average 9.1 times annual salaries
Says it all
Way more than that. That's pre-tax income, pre-expenses. Most in the UK can never afford a home even if they pay until they die.
Spot on.
It’s the same in many many countries though
@@max.8063 White countries victim of the same global agenda
@@max.8063 ...White countries victim of the same my grey shun agenda
The UK began declining in the 1970s. Now it’s a poor country with a rich capital city!
I'm from Romania, came as a student 19 years ago, never been out of work,payed my taxes ,now married with two children and I have to say,I am living paycheck to pay check without the possibility of saving any money for the rainy days...
However,if you would believe it.... my acquaintances in Romania that have families with children are now starting to have more disposable income and quality of life much higher....Im .now starting to contemplate leaving
Cine te minte in felul asta? Romania e o ruina,din toate punctele de vedere! Daca tu crezi ca o sa reusesti acolo,mergi cateva luni,incearca sa traiesti,sa muncesti sa socializezi. Vorbim apoi!
What's going on in western counties is the result of signing up to the WTO and their free market system that means countries can't protect their industries from over seas competition or control prices for fundamental goods and services.. hopefully now trump is in power he will begin the dismantling of this evil entity with his tariffs and protection of US manufacturers and controlling imports from china..the lunatic thinking that government has to privatize and open everything to overseas compilation has to end or western economies are will decline to second world status in a decade or less!!!.💔🇬🇧
Baby denys, vorbesti prostii si exagerezi, macar daca ai spune ceva obiectiv. Romania s-a imbunatatit mult economic in ultima perioda, lucru care l-am observat si eu, dar conteaza si sa stii sa inveti ceva si sa fii macar putin mai calificat, dar asta se aplica oriunde. Tu esti din categoria care spui prostii si tot ce in Romania e cel mai rau
I live in London and I've stopped eating out and going to pubs. I can afford it but it just makes me sick to pay 7 pounds for a pint of beer. What I see over the last few years and especially since COVID is that the middle class/white collars are getting poorer while those who have some wealth already are getting richer. The trend is accelerating something is terribly wrong here
It's 7.50 for a pint minimum in InvernessNairn
And the pubs are all shutting down and people can't afford to spend like 60-100 for a day or night out drinking. There closing as its cheaper to drink at home or not be an alcoholic.
I can tell you what`s wrong - you kept voting Labour Conservative again and again for decades. Now you wonder.
I went out to take a friend to Wagamama’s for her birthday , no sides , just main meal and that’s my extra money gone for the month and I’m on around 40k a year and n my own with a mortgage . Never had take away for months .
@@msmanager2775 that's rough dude!
I live in Ireland. It's exactly the same. Don't them fool you saying it's Brexit etc. This is most of Europe.
Even Norway is going downhill.
Me too, i live in Ireland and the situation is beyond fucked.
@@gloriabartolome3123 gimmigration too.
only a fool would think tory rule and brexit didn't make things worse.
@@castiron2844 How’s the U.K. under Kier Starmer working out for you?
As if Labour are any better. 🙈
Minimum wage here in Florida just raised from $10 an hour to $13 an hour. But I was trying to figure out how much it would cost somebody to like live on their own. What even if you worked 40 hours a week at a job that was $20 an hour, that is only 24000 a year, BEFORE taxes.
Included on our taxes is not any health care. So there are people here in America making 15k a year working 40 hrs a week at minimum wage, no healthcare,no childcare help, just working til they die.
When it comes to the economy there's no safety anywhere.
You can just only hope scotland is not as hateful as here. Because the ways that they want to change our actual lives, safety and rights is scarier than the economy.
I'm a Romanian who's been living in the UK for over 14 years, and am planning to go home next year. Living costs have gone through the roof. Trying to buy a house here was a humiliating experience, where estate agents would ask me outright if I'm a cash buyer (Because who doesn't have 200k in their pockets in their 20s, right?). I feel sorry for all the Brits, especially the elder generation, who were brought up in a country that no longer exists. Finally, I don't want my children to be spoonfed this new PC atrocity, which is now spreading like wildfire in UK educational institutions. I genuinely hope the UK manages to overcome grow a pair and look after its people. Because I don't think their grandparents stormed French beaches in '44 for this
Eu imi fac casa la anu in Cluj si ma costa 220-240k euro. O casa P+M 150mp. Si un salar e 700-800 euro. Stai unde esti ca stai bine. O sa regreti ca te intorci in tara. La fel e si aici, daca nu cumperi o casa cash te mai costa inca 20-30% in plus. Multi nici nu mai stau la discutii cu tine daca zici ca vrei cu credit de la banca.
Imagine trying to conflate "PC atrocity" with WW2.
Just a heads up mate if you arent a fan of equal rights today then yeah we dont have to guess which side you would have been on in WW2. 😂
Alot of people find that the east Europeans contributed to the British problems. Bit rich to grab what you can from the UK and then fly back to your own country. Romania is very racist too.
@@blackwarb A lot of people find that bit rich coming from a country that built its wealth on colonies, drugs, and slavery.
@@concernedcitizen6572Equal rights my ass? The country is collapsing and all you can do is to come up with dellusional brain farts.
I'm from Edinburgh and feel the same. Life was relatively good and cheap until covid. But now everything is at least 50% more expensive and working self employed decorator to supply for my family of 2 is hard. My wife works nearly full time and we spend money carefully, yet struggling to save pennies. Buying a house seems to be out of range. I am thinking of moving out of Europe. No future in this eco greed land. I'll leave it for doctors and engineers from boats to figure it out.
With prices doubled and quality halved, actually things are 200% more expensive.
Until covid? You mean until Brexit. Someone will have to pay the cost of it. Europe was poor-ish before and it still is. Uk was ok 10-15 years ago. Now is absolutely awful considering cost of life and crime.
@@paulinedido1680 EU has absolutely nothing to offer. Corrupted marxist utopia. We had such a great opportunity with Brexit, sadly totally wasted.
I remember "conspiracy theorists" who said pandemic was a "planned event". Doesn't seem so crazy now.
@@hanajak All a "conspiracy" is, is a group's secret plan to do something unlawful. Although most people seem to think it just means something that isnt true.
I don't blame you for leaving the UK, I wish I could I am 61 and not in perfect health, I am female I have worked and pay taxes since 1982, I have seen wages decrease by about 1000% in my working life, I am earning less money than I was 25 years ago for exactly the same kind of job, I am not looking forward to another Winter sitting in the cold, I can only just about get by, but can' only afford to put my heating on only once a week to stop the house getting damp😢😢😢 I am so disappointed as life is s*** for everyone now😢😢😢
😢😢😢😢
Wages decrease by 1000%? I call BS.
Make hot water bottles ❤
@@frankshailes3205she might mean that purchasing power is only 1/10th of what it was in the 80s and frankly she is not wrong.
@@frankshailes3205 inflation
I am so sorry to hear this, I’ve always wanted to visit the UK, I’m in the US and it was basically the same that’s why the majority of us voted for Trump. He’s going to fix the immigration issues and the economy. He’s going to turn around the disaster the wokeness created.
🤣🤣🤣 so naive...
@@ricomaggs2721don't know why you're laughing... he's cleaning up the disaster YOUR president made.
You think a rich man will fix the terrible conditions of the working class? Deportations will give you the jobs you do not want paying you pennies for a long labor day. Good luck 👍🏼
Right, just the way Brexit--just the UK version of MAGA--fixed everything in the UK 🙄
I am a boomer. Bought my first house in 1985 for £33, 000 in an expensive area called Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire. Bought my 2nd property (selling the first) for £25,000 in Derbyshire in 1986, a cheaper area. This was a brand new 3 bedroomed detached house with a lot of land. My Royal Navy wage at the time was commensurate with house prices. I don't envy people of your generation (I have 2 x daughters born 82/93 respectively. They are struggling and I have had to loan them money occasionally for things like car repairs. House costs swallows up a lot of their earnings (they both work but not in high paid jobs). You are right about the UK. We are on a downward slope, primarily because of the incompetence of our politicians of all parties.
It's quite rare to see a boomer who understands this
So is every other country.
Thank you for your service.
@@HikerGirl-ct3nd do you know how inheritance tax and capital gains tax works? OP would be obliterated financially if they did that.
Incompetence? Bless boomer naivety.
I'm Polish and when I recently mentioned some of these "dystopian" topics in a talk with a British friend (an online friend), she was denying it so much... Trying to gaslight me into thinking that I am susceptible to radicalization if I care about safety of women and children for example. And wondering why I care about the British politics, as if I couldn't speak of any world problem I would be aware of. Sad how some people deny reality so much. And she herself belongs to a vulnerable group, yet she's letting her empathy to hide the logical thinking.
Problem is if your british you remnber the past and how great it was. i was Born in 1983 .. i had 7 other children in my primary school class. the population england was low around 45 to 50 million people. Now its around 70 Million probley more and things have gone to hell. promise of higher GDP better life for all with more people has been total lie skilled or unskilled. Things got so much worse and polish people have been used and abused by big companys in uk for profits as well. I know 7 other kids in my class two became doctours and now i would hate do there job as there swamped due over population. the roads used be empty now they are hell.
>woman
>reality
Many times the two do not go together.
Poland is not far behind being a vassal of America just like the UK. these are all down stream effects of being American nafo vassals. Soon you will have to make peace with the russians you hate so very much or face a similar fate as UK 😂
Poland is next
And you call that person a friend? 😢
My Dad born in 1932, when married at 25 earned around £10 old pounds a week and bought their first small semi detached house in Durham for the grand sum of £700!!!!! Just before I was born in '74 they had moved to a mid/large size detached house in a very nice area of Buckinghamsire costing £6000. We moved again since but that lovely childhood home now is valued over 1 million? Its just crazy how inflation has outpaced wages for most average working folk? I'm 50 now and never managed to get on the ladder. Dads gone now and Mums declining so at some point there will be a modest inheritance which isn't important, much rather have Mum around.
The World Economic Forums mantra you will own nothing and be happy thats their plan for us they will be happy because they will own it all
Look after your mum, just like my mum..precious as treasure 😊. I miss my old dad too, used to work with him as a plumber, Good times, good memories.lost him 15yrs ago now.. Hold them in your heart .
God bless you
UK had manufacturing then. Eastern Europe was under the curtain or trying to modernise after regaining independence. In the 50s the commies had the eastern europeans and the UK was still manufacturing. China was not on the radar. Japan started to take British jobs. Later Korea and Taiwan and HK would take British jobs. Now China and other Asian states take what's left over. And those countries also innovate and do their own R&D so there is less demand for UK know how, as they develop their own. The old days are over. The UK had an edge but the tech genie is out of the bottle and now everyone can start to manufacture and develop.
@@thetruth9210 You had a head start but it could not last forever. Think about it. Do you really think British people are more exceptional than all others? Actually no. They're average. And the benefits were there because of this head start. Now the head start is gone and others are catching up and overtaking. And I fear the Chinese and Indians will have their revenge on the UK for the way they were treated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Chinese will not forget the Opium Wars.
when I think about housing prices and rent here in germany and feel bad I always tell myself: "well at least you're not in the UK" and I feel better
The UK has gone way beyond the Laffer curve; now people who can, will leave and therefore tax income will decline and speed up the decline of the country
The people who came here, those who didn't integrate, didn't work, and used the benefits system like a milk cow are not to blame, if you say that they are the problem then you are an enemy of the Stamerati, straight to jail!
They ll just print more , devaluing the currency , leading to hyperinflation.
Leave to go where?
@@IndigoStargazerwhat is your economic basis that the worlds 4th biggest economy will succumb to hyperinflation? Have you studied how hyperinflation actually gets a grip in an economy?
@@TC8787-yq7ogUK isn't even the world's 4th biggest economy (Japan), or 5th - was leapfrogged by India and pushed back to 6th.
This video is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you, truly.
I got used to living in the cold, starving myself as well as not having any joy from life just to try and save money in the UK.
I work as a technical consultant, deal with customers and program the tools we use; all for minimum wage...
Your video was an eye opener for a lonely guy living in the UK; at least for another month or so till I can quit and leave this dump.
We should all quit this dump and go to the same place.
Stick together. Help each other out.
Good luck!
Good luck 🤞 don't stay and suffer here.
Greetings from Auckland New Zealand !
Just wondering, where will you go? When you leave the U K ?
“It’s not the government’s fault”
You’re not NEARLY mad enough
EXACTLY. These europeans are way too forgiving of their governments who literally whore them out to the worst countries and worst ppl.
IDIOTS KEEP VOTING THE MAJOR PARTIES BACK INTO POWER. CITIZENS ARE TO BLAME
Ignorance breeds ignorance. The government reflects the state of the people. We are reaping the fruits of the actions borne of people believing that there is no objective standard of good and evil, and so justifying acting however they feel. God has been thrown out the window by most people, and so too we see the lack of an objective moral standard reflected in government and their policy. Corruption is rampant, taxes excessive, many government programs bloated and ineffective - why? Because there is no wrong to he who believes that he is god, and gets to determine what is right and wrong for himself - and because there is no wrong to these people, they can act selfishly and destructively toward their fellow man without risk of judgement for their crimes. Go read the Bible, this is nothing new. It happens again and again and again. It is the fruit of sin. We need to come to God and be cleansed by Jesus - so that we can legitimately love one another instead of just this blabbering "love" espoused by most of those in government to justify their and our poor actions.
@@KieranMortimer I miss the good times of the Middle Ages, a good time when people served God
@@GreenHairManCrying Explain how everything came from nothing? Explain objective morality? Why is rape evil to you? Is rape evil to you? How do you take an objective stance if there is no objective standard? Explain love? Explain the conscience? This is not all gone simply because we have "evolved" from a duller people in the Middle Ages. Rather you yourself are quite dull if you believe everything came from absolutely nothing, and that there is not a God, nor a standard of action that we as people are called to. Sorry to be blunt - your sarcasm asks for it
What you express resonates so much in me !
That's the trend in many countries unfortunately.
I was in the UK recently and the immigration is just unbelievable. Not even the UK anymore.
The effects of immigration are very uneven in the UK. It's focussed on a few towns and cities. Most of the UK is hardly affected at all. But some areas are heavily affected. Wander around much of England and Wales, the Cotswolds, Devon, most rural areas etc and it is much the same as it was for the last 100 years! But take a wrong turn in one of our cities or towns and I agree, it doesn't look like the UK any more. This is why the issue is so polarising. Each side can't see what the other is experiencing.
All by design the people in charge don't want you to own a house. Will own nothing and be happy
Its like Deus Ex out here
Oh Yeah Yeah
Happy?
@@AJ_Reynolds You will own nothing and be happy ask Mr Klaus Schwab
what most really can't see is WHO is really DOING this and WHO is "they"... And that's the reason why all of this is happening to us. Do you know who "they" are? Starts with a j - vvs
Me and my family are discussing leaving. My wife is Estonian and we're planning to live there. It's an incredible country. So clean, the people are lovely and the food is amazing. If you've never been then I recommend it but you won't want to come back. I always thought the UK was the greatest country as a Brit but now I see its decline and it's sad to see.
Estonian here, thanks for the kind words! Even though we are a small country, it is indeed much safer and even with the latest tax increases, they are still probably much lower than in the UK.
@@iTzGerimaxx You're welcome. It's absolutely true. I didn't see any trash in the streets at all. In the UK it's everywhere. I stayed in Paide and just had the best time.
all good until you get eventually invaded by Russian Federation -_-
Whilst I do agree the uk sucks I also think it’s a daft idea to move to a country based on food and a small number of people are. I’d have to have a lot more than that to move my entire life to somewhere.
If your going to do it do it soon a big lock down is coming in autumn next year. And you will not be able to travel. You might think Im a nutter but wait and see you have been warned . Good luck. 👍
Where paying all this tax and there's nothing to show for it. Cities are dead, rubbish everywhere, pot holes, public services dont work.. and so on
Yeah, seems I'm paying £167 a month for my bin to be emptied once a fortnight.
@@Kellybombelly Yet councils are going bankrupt. The money is being used to subsidise rent for people unable to pay. This therefore ends up in the pockets of already rich landlords.
Exactly my point we pay all this tax and vat for what ?? Thiers no customer service we get nothing back then roads full of potholes teverywerws overgrown neglected or crumbling to the floor the UK is a scumhole now
They’re adding LEZ zones, bus lanes infront of shops that relay on customer parking for in/ out. They’re killing small businesses off and us people. They want higher council taxes, but now only want to remove 1 green bin? Oh and also fines for going through school zones during school hours?? This is pathetic.
@HB-bd7iz Does it pay council worker's pensions too. I heard that somewhere.
I really relate to this, I work nightshift stacking shelves, even putting in 6 day weeks I'm constantly living paycheck to paycheck, unable to save anything despite not drinking, not using ANY heating (in Scotland no less), not going out for food and getting a takeaway once a month, all home prepared lunches, no holidays, no impulse buying.... the list goes on, I feel like I have absolutely nowhere left to make cuts except giving up my flat and moving to the sewers, and forget trying to improve your standing in life, I went to uni, got hit by 3 redundancies during covid whilst working in the service industry, and now find myself as a 28 year old who to be fair has survived multiple economic crisis, but who has only ever worked in retail and hospitality being ignored by any employer I try to get a foot in the door with. Its utterly miserable and I don't want to live just barely surviving my whole life anymore. The wealth gap in this country is the most extreme in Europe and second only to the USA when looking at the G7, whilst at the same time investment is lowest being almost non-existent outside London and large projects like HS2 that largely benefit only London, so people feel like there is just nothing to survive on, we dont make enough to support ourselves and there is no aid available to help supplement that. And yet people like Starmer ignore all of this to pursue ridiculous policies routed in prejudice and ideology rather than data, like the smoking ban, that whilst undoubtedly will save the NHS some amount of money, no matter how small, it will cost a lot too, cigarettes and tobacco are some of the most highly taxed products and the UK gets a lot towards its budget from the sales of these products, so ultimately he's just taking away a freedom whilst having no net gain
We left the UK for Cyprus 4 months ago, with my wife and 2 young children. Not looked back, best thing we ever did. Well done on the UA-cam channel, we made 1 too, to document our journey! In 10 years we can look back at the videos and view our journey as a family! All the best 🙏
Cyprus has a big problem with illegal immigration, and if my sources are correct, it's going to become a lot worse, in the next few years.
In any case, take care.
@@alexanderkordas682 cheers! Can you post your sources please! Thanks
What are your sources?
I've been living in the UK for 7 years and I feel that I have wasted my life. Things have gotten really bad. The weather is the least that concerns me. The cost of living, ridiculously expensive rents and council tax, finding a job becomes more and more difficult, the politics, everything is two tiers, and if you don't belong to specific communities you are doomed...
Go on give us a giggle, which "specific communities" do you think you need to belong to?
@@Priority76 I'm guessing they're referring to being a white Brit heavily outnumbered by other races/cultures. At least I think that's what they meant.
@@richardguest4574whites are only outnumbered in London
@@richardguest4574 no I'm white stupid.
@@richardguest4574 you must belong to the they/them community, otherwise you wouldn't address me they. 🤣🤣🤣
Realising the 'game is rigged' is the first step. The UK is toast - things are MUCH WORST
You should emigrate to Mexico or Venezuela.
Poland looking good - Shame about the climate
@@jasonbuksh2958 Do you speak Polish?
Do you belong to the national cult?
@@lervish1966 Lmfao
I realised that in school …
Incredibly well spoken and articulate, you have basically read my mind and spelled it out in a way and clarity that i could never, just wonna say thank you for this brother 👌🏿.
I left the UK in 2009 to teach English in Asia for a year, and I’m still overseas, having progressed my career in international private education. The quality of life, ability to save, and access to healthcare are far better compared to the UK. I spent four years in China and was surprised by how the Chinese have surpassed us in many ways. Moving back to the UK now would be the worst decision for me.
I visit often, but every time I return, I notice a decline in the standard of living. On a recent trip to Liverpool, I was shocked to see so many stores now have two high-visibility security guards at the door. Many of my friends still live with their parents or have bought much smaller houses in more deprived areas than they grew up in. None of them save any money, while I manage to save £2,000 per month without sacrificing my social life or hobbies.
My advice? Get a degree that allows you to obtain visas in various countries and leave the UK. I haven’t looked back.
I wouldn't recommend women to move to China or work there, it's very dangerous for us as they will trap women and take advantage of them due to the shortage of men
Where are you living now?
At least Liverpool still has stores 😅 down south our towns have half the shops boarded up. They’ve sat empty for years. The owners would rather make no money than lower the rent.
I like your can do attitude. Good on you. Although it’s sad to hear good people have to leave the UK while the government focuses on helping non-Brit’s more than their own people. The USA has also destroyed itself and the standard of living. If the Brit’s (or Americans) cared to fix things - we would focus on what’s driving the lower standard of living and what we should do legally and politically to fix it. And what about wealthy famous people. Why don’t they pipe up? I hear that Noel from
Oasis will make 65 million from their reunion. He knows what’s happening - if he had real guts. He’d speak out
It’s out of reach for some too poor to study and afford the tuition fees and those of us that became too sick and disabled to work through no fault of our own. It’s a mess.
I'm 40, I've chronic mental health issues- depression and social anxiety. I lived in Europe (Croatia)for 2 years in my early 30s, all my mental health issues improved by a huge amount, no tablets or therapy needed. Enjoyed my life, made friends, went out. I'm back in the UK the last 5 or 6 years and feel ill, sad, sit alone.
Social cohesion has been smashed in Blair's Britain
Lack of sunshine, good food and culture.
@@spaghettievents The Germanic-Anglo-American culture is the world culture of the current era
And that’s precisely why the West is dying.
i felt the exact same when i went away for 3 months, I remember saying to my brother how all my negative thinking has just vanished. its really surreal
Welcome to how Greece , Italy and other Balkan/ Mediterranean countries are for the last 20 years
It’s exactly what we say for so many years, we just work to barely survive and from payment to payment, month to month
And it’s now happening to UK too and many other “bigger” countries
I hope you find something better for yourself soon mate. No wonder all the young people leave their countries early
Wishing you the best
You can thank corporations and billionaires for this.
At least you are in a Mediterranean climate
@@stevenhenry5267not true! You can thank corrupt politicians and ignorant voters!
I feel your pain and annoyance and I'm totally understand your rationale for wanting to leave. I would do the same but I have my son. I'm thinking of going south America in 4 years. This country quality of life is shocking paying the government more money so the society can keep going another few thousand years. We are taking the brunt of bad management.
Russian, 24 years living in the UK. It became a sad, boring, soulless, loud, noisy, extremely expensive for a bad quality. I am not yet sure where to go in the current global state of affairs. But every time I am abroad I feel better, just better. Something here feels down and depressing. General national atmosphere? I don’t know. It’s just a sad place
There are lots of reasons, but most disastrous is that we abandoned our Christian faith, which gave us honour and community.
Come back to Mother Russia, my co-patriot! It might be an option. Why not? Moreover, you've probably got experience and a language which you could possibly apply to your job here and make a good living. There are lots of opportunities. Good luck!
I couldn't agree more.. only said this yesterday
@@ic7481 the uk is a miserable place but it would be 10x worse if we were forced to partake in "faith". i don't want to be a part of your cult. i don't want state sanctioned brainwashing. believe whatever you want but don't force it on others and don't use it to divert the conversation away from the real issues at hand.
I’d move to Russia if I could
It’s very much the same in Australia… it’s sad to see such beautiful countries with such hard working people fall so quickly. My mum said she bought her 26 acre farm 20 years ago for 180k… it sold 10 years ago for 900k. Now it’s worth 2.5 million. I truly don’t know how we are supposed to get ahead in life with those kinds of numbers.
The asnwer right now is escape using numbers. Make things that people cant force you to buy anymore.
Buying a house sure , but I am very comfortable . Australians just love a good winge , just live elsewhere then see how good we actually have it . (Apart from the fact buying a house is virtually impossible) apart from that we earn more than this guy does just for working at McDonald’s .
@@webapple1 no one’s having “a winge” mate. I’m also quite comfortable working a fantastic job and pursuing my career, I live by the sea in Burleigh heads and life is fantastic. But that doesn’t mean inflation isn’t ridiculous. Petrol, housing, rent and groceries are at insane levels and yes the dream of buying a home at a reasonable price to “get ahead” is almost non existent. We should talk about what needs to change. Sitting idly by and watching the world burn slowly is mind numbing stupid. What Aussies ARE is stagnant. My anecdotal statement is a testament to better times, times that WE deserve.
@@mattshiddengems petrol here is around $1.7 , try living in NZ where its closer to $3..live anywhere outside your bubble and you will snap out of it. What is mind numbing is this "australia too", when its simply not the case, we aren't perfect but we are not as bad as some of you people go out and say. Idk what you are doing ,... but commenting on youtube isn't changing anything other than having a winge and promoting "australia too"
@ I’ve lived in a third world country mate, I wasn’t raised in Australia. I’ve seen how bad it can be. And I can see how Australia is quickly heading towards a country of red tape, impossible housing, Shrinkflation and big brother. Stating what IS happening isn’t complaining. I don’t bury my head in the sand and pretend everything is peachy and just because I’m comfortable that the rest of Australia is too. Families are having to live on the streets, some people are having to work two jobs just to pay rent, surviving isn’t living. Just because you and I are just fine doesn’t mean there aren’t things that need to change. Being comfortable isn’t a state you want to be in. And comparing countries horrible financial status isn’t the goal. It’s talking about what can change in YOUR country. And the only thing I personally CAN do is vote, and talk about it, and hope the rest of Australia does too. But look, clearly we don’t see eye to eye. I want better for Australians, and you want us to shut our mouths and be comfortable 👍🏽
South eastern Moroccan here, the government cuts domestic water here, we only see water one hour everyday, while they use the water to grow tropical agriculture in a desert climate, this is for you in case you think stuff can't get any lower for these dictatorial entities. It actually can.....
Yeah… we’re not in Morocco bro. We are in the “best countries”.
Here in Germany the EU destroy agriculure.
Sorry to hear this
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. So many friends of mine are enamoured with living in the UK just because of the past and the hype.
Also eating out cost 44 pounds vs 8 pound in japan is insane!!
I’m a late boomer, 1961. Served my time in a foundry, after that I got a full grant for further education at polytechnic/university. The U.K. has become Americanised in so much as they try to monetise everything. It’s not the country I grew up in. The Blair years set the rot in, Thatcher removed import tariffs and devastated industry. Both evil. My first flat cost £16,800, on a wage of £8000. The kids these days have no chance. They won’t even get to inherit much, care home fees being what they are. To compete with third world economies they have turned us into one. Minimum wage, zero hours contracts, etc. This Labour Party of wealthy politicians go on about the £22 billion black hole, it’s a distraction. It’s less than 1% of the £2 trillion debt. The government spends more than it takes in, it’s bankrupt. Hard times ahead.
boomers are to blame for all of this… you’ve been there indebting the unborn to the ground
Agree to everything becoming monetized, have to pay 50p to be let into the toilet in Nottingham city centre now, even going for a p-ss costs money
Yep this generation of kids is basically done Thier never gonna be able to afford a home to build a family and they will inherited little to nothing either care home fees will take it or government will inheritance tax it you can't win
yeah but if we vote harder it will totally make things better 🤣
Born the same year as you and agree. The 70's was not a great time economically, but for many around the middle and below, we ended that decade better off than we started it. In hindsight, the 80's and even into the 90's was like throwing lighter fuel on to a damp squib of a fire. It flared up and all looked great for a while, but we burned through the oil money, sold off nationalised industries etc. Eventually we ran out of national "family silver" to sell off! Industry mostly gone, leaving finance as our main strength. And propery development.
When owning things is rewarded more than inventing things or making things, people aspire to own things and stop making and inventing. So you end up with nothing to sell and a grifter economy. Everything gets monetised, because what else is there? Everybody gets more selfish, more inconsiderate - which I've also seen in my lifetime.
I work for theNHS-it's a shambles, lately I've been seeing leaflets offering NHS workers food bank help. I've always wanted to work in the healthcare-helping people, but lately I'm questioning everything. I don't have any money to put away. I'd love to be able to buy a house one day, but honestly I doubt it'll ever happen.
I’m in the same boat worked in NHS for 25 yrs and I’m done working for poor pay
I've known since my 20's that I'd never be able to buy a house on my own, that was long before this world turned to sh*t
The NHS seems to be on the brink of collapse. The cost to maintain it increases significantly each year, with the standards of care decreasing due to a dwindling workforce who are sick of being mistreated and exploited. I would urge you to leave, as they don't deserve you.
I do and they even charge you for a small sachet of ketchup in the main canteen.
“A dystopia pretending to become 1st world 🌎 country.”
Absolutely spot on…but I would say also on the verge of bankruptcy.
I am applying to become a British citizen and paying for it! :) I feel like the UK has become almost like a third-world country.
I’m British….was born in the 70s in Essex and left in 2005 and went to the Netherlands. The difference between the UK and the Netherlands is unimaginable….I just never looked back.
It's my favourite holiday destination but it seems to cost more than the UK? If love to move there but it feels when we visit everything costs a lot more though?
True, but they manage to ruin also Netherland. Before 2000 was far better..
Great for cycling I’ve heard whereas the UK is so car obsessed that to not have one makes you a second class citizen with a much lower chance of getting on (or around ‘easily’) because transport is either crap or doesn’t even exist when you need it to (if it even runs to where you need it to run in a decent timeframe).
@@matthewburns7989 oh yeah 100% but I thought the discussion was all about a cheaper way of life, apologies if I've mis understood
@@squaddingquads ye its the same thing, same bosses.
I'm working 3 different jobs, not even making average salary, stuck in a shared house renting a room, driving a 15 year old banger, very little money left at the end of the month to enjoy myself with. At 36 this is really NOT the life I had envisioned for myself. I feel like I have nothing to look forward to. All the most basic life goals I started out with, like owning a house, starting a family... complete unobtanium. Living in the UK is keeping me stuck in perpetual boyhood.
All the above is bad enough, but what makes it even worse is how toxic the social and political atmosphere of the UK is now - granted we have America to thank for a lot of that but I've never known a time when things have felt so divided and on edge. And so many parts of the UK just don't look or feel safe anymore.
Britain used to have some warmth and sense of humor... not any more! It's just depressing. I totally understand why younger people are leaving...good luck to you!
I hope your situation improves
36 is not that old. You are certainly not too old to get out. You have to make it happen, because a defeatist attitude will stick you there for the next 50 years. Get out now while you still can, seriously. Find a way, whether that be through work abroad, or marrying out, start thinking about it because there's no better time than now.
Yeah! 36 is young!! Any age under 50 there’s hope for you!
So it's becoming we happy few the game
@@desertrose1226
Crumbs, I'm 50 next month.....
You just described the whole of Europe. Kind of get the feeling that us 40-somethings (also born in the 80s) are the transition generation who lived well in their childhood but feeling the overall decline in our middle-years.
Yes I was born in 85 so not quite 40 yet but the 90s was the last good decade. I remember it well and miss it. People below 30 don't know how good things were. All they have known is this chaos, a real shame.
It’s a sad place to be when you’re no longer considered young that’s for sure.
We all have our problems, but the development isn't as bad in continental Europe. Especially the Baltics and the Nordics are doing well.
@@HolgerJakobs The Nordics are fine except Sweden.
You just described the whole of Europe except Poland
I feel for the kids today, bought my first house in Edinburgh with my wife for 36000 although my salary was only 12 grand a year but interest rates were 15%.. but its still near impossible to buy your own property. Companies taxed before they pay you, you are taxed on the same money when you get it, you are taxed on the same money when you spend it, and the company is taxed on that money before they use it...and the govt still short of money...
Please be aware: the UK is systematically replacing NHS doctors with non-doctors. And there are hundreds of unemployed doctors as a result, many who are emigrating or leaving medicine for other careers. Essentially the NHS is becoming a third world healthcare system. Free but absolute tripe.
They can give you gender reassignment on a shoe-string. (you have to provide your own pronouns though)
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS??? There should be public outcry about physician associates!!! Get them out of the system and bring back actual Doctors!!!
NHS doctors earn too much and do nothing. They all need to be replaced by better trained better qualified staff for half price. And if they don't like it, they can emigrate wherever they desire!
@@solostas LOL! You’re absolutely clueless XD!
@@puccarts maybe. I've only lived in 5
countries, not much to compare with. How many countries have you lived in to lol me here? )
I left 10 years ago. I was miserable trying to make ends meet with no disposable income and riddled with debt. My sister still lives there. She doesn’t feel safe, she is physically and mentally unwell. She is under constant stress and gets no help or support because the NHS is now ruined. It’s so corrupt, it’s closer to a banana republic.
where are you now? in which one of the 5 of 195 recognised countries that has better life than england?
@@raukoring
Recognised by who?
@@dogstar5572 There are 195 recognised countries in the world, according to the United Nations. 193 of these are member states of the UN, while two countries are non-member observer states: Vatican City and the State of Palestine.
Tory rule, innit. 14 years robbing us blind to fund their mates' offshore accounts and hedge funds.
@@raukoring
Who determines how better a country is to another country?
Exactly the same with Germany. Whole Europe is done.
This is happening all over the world, not just Europe.
@@Stoneface_whole world? Where else (other than USA and Canada/Australia).
@godsmanpodcast I said other than. The comment said “all over the world”. He just means western countries.
@ yes. You are right.
They are doing to to majority European countries only...other than a few.
I am Hungarian working in the Uk for 14 years. When I came to the Uk I earned 7 times better than in Hungary. Now I make exactly the same amount of money as I would make in my home country. I work extremely hard. Still love to be here but it is undeniable that the country is going downhill in terms of standard of living. When I want to use the healthcare system I do not bother to use the NHS but I just travel back to my home counry. Much easier, much more affordable. I get everything done there : investigations, screening, operation, dental care. People in Hungary do not understand why I do this. Not being able to contact your own GP when you need to, not being able to talk to your own GP over the phone the same day, is something unheard-of in Hungary.
I'm from Brazil born in 1983. When a kid and teenager, the UK, USA e Australia were like dreaming places do go. I had the opportunity to live 7 years in Australia and was making good money over there, however cost of living there is insanely high. Once got fired and took me almost 4 months to find a new job and I was running out of money so quickly, my savings couldn't follow and I got into deep depression, thank God I got a new job...
When covid started the country became a prison and was disgusting what happened there, so I decided to come back to my country. At first, It didn't seem a good idea, however now, after a couple of years living here, I was able to buy my dream home! It's almost paid off! In Australia it's like a nightmare to get a one bedroom apartment. So glad I came back!
Don't know if I'm right, but for what I see, it seems those first world countries are not what they were in the past and living in third world countries became like a good idea. Saw so many western people living in countries like Thailand, Phillipines, Ecquador, Argentina, Colombia and so on... Maybe that's the new direction now....
Living in a cheap country with savings from a rich country or having a remote job in a rich country - that sounds like a good idea
You've ruined your country, and now you're coming to ruin others and raise the prices in them. How about stay and fix your mess? I have yet to see one British protest.
Where I live in the USA, full of Brazilian immigrants.
I guess they disagree with you.
@@SK-lt1sobrazilians are like the latino people that immigrate the least, do you live in Florida? even the places where brazilians immigrate the most to the US they're not the number 1 latinos in the region, i assume OP had money saved from when he lived in Australia, which obviously in Brazil will have like triple the value, so he put himself in position to have a good life here, but brazilians that emigrate are usually desperate to leave the country exactly because they don't have the "privilege" that OP had, actually, some of them could very well do the same after making some money in your country
Yep. I'm 59 yr old Aussie. I'm ok, but seeing this country become unaffordable. I feel sorry for my kids and grandkids. Seems the 80's was the golden era. We lived well on one trade wage, paid all our bills, bought a house, went on moderate holidays, and my wife could stay home to raise kids. Now, households with two good incomes struggle. Part of the problem is the debt cycle. People borrow for everything. Our philosophy was, if you can't save and pay for something outright, you can't afford it. Houses excepted of course. But don't go into debt for cars, holidays, furniture, phones etc.
I left school in 1999, and back then even if you were on a low wage, you could still afford to buy your own home. Wages in general were good no matter what you did for a living. Food was very affordable and bills weren't too high. Apprenticeships were aplenty and unemployment was low. Then sometime during the mid 2000's, everything began to change. Wages stopped increasing, bills began to rise faster than before, and people that i knew seemed to become less happy than they were before. Don't get me wrong, everything wasn't great in the nineties but things have definitely changed for the worse for working class people over the last twenty years.
something happened in the mid 2000s... the tories?!
Blair mass immigration
@@dynamon-o2k There is a big cause/effect lag in politics. The 1990's was probably when the benefits of Thatcherism peaked. . . . . then we got Labour who ran with it till the financial crisis and it's never been the same since.
What happened ? Influx of Eastern European Labour, wages stagnated, cheaper Labour force, greedy landlords pushed up prices. More people more demand ££. 2 tier politics lab/con for 50 years. Final slap in the face we imported our own downfall in the form of Islam.
I left London 8 years ago as an Investment Banker earning very good money, im now in Berlin working as a full time PT/Fitness Coach and my lifestyle is WAY better than in London even with less money!
good for you?
Are you renting ? I think Berlin had frozen the rents like 6 or 7 years ago, and that they weren't high in the first place anyway.
@@EmilienBandracof course she is renting. EVERYBODY is renting in Germany, it's a standard here. The ratio is like 85 percent renting, 15 percent owning. Hence strong laws protecting renters and affordable rents.
I used to live and work in London and I was earning £1500, working 10 hours a day in an office, and my rent was £1000. Needless to say, I was barely surviving.