I am a Nigerian living and working in the UK so I will give my perspective on some points: 1. Cost of Living: Try Switzerland or Scandinavia. 2. Unstable weather: It rains more in NY than London..Yes the UK has more grey days but that's no different to other oceanic regions (including Northern France, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, etc). Also the UK winter are not as cold and summers are not as unbearable. 3. Food: You do NOT have to eat British foods. 4. Make friends: It takes a bit of time but you can get one. Overall I have loved my experience in the UK and would not trade it for anything else. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If you set your mind to make it by setting your sight in the UK, it's very possible and quite easy. What is a absolute necessity, when coming to the UK and planning to live there for at least the next 15 years, then a job is essential! With rent a room style in London, one can easily save £200 from each month of wages and continue saving with that plan for the next 10 years, then you can ens up with close to 10 tens of thousands of pounds.
My advice: Unless you want to wake up in Accident and Emergency room, don't go out on late saturday evening and early Sunday morning. Don't look at an obviously drunk British person directly in the eye. You might end up in A&E as well. Oh, and don't give change to the homeless people. Ever. That's what food banks are for. If you want to meet a genuinely friendly British person first ask them if they believe in Jesus. If they say 'yes' there's a pretty good chance there going to be the most hospitable type of person you'll met on this here island. If they say no chances are you'll only ever be an amicable acquaintance. Or they might be stuck up snobs. Either way just don't bother carrying the relationship further than you have to.
@@originalunoriginal4055 This is not seth your mind. You guys need to travel to Canada or USA and see things differently. UK just got a name to convince people, Her citizens are suffering, phone bills, electricity bills, gasoline prices is just skyrocketing, tiny roads and rooms not mentioned low pay for her citizens.
I am a British citizen resident but I want to leave England 🏴 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 because I have had enough I feel I don’t belong in my own country anymore it’s time I found a brighter future
I have watched the entire video.....still would love to be there and stay for the remaining part of my life . I ha e some uncanny attraction for the country. Wish God listens to my prayers . I call it my dream destination.
I live in Oman. No tax, energy @ £5.0 a month. I can fill up my Porsche for about £25. No crime and the sun shines every day and the streets are safe 24/7. You can buy a huge villa here and get permanent residency for the average price of a three bed semi. Pool, beach, golf course, marina, restaurants at your door. Loads of my neighbours are Europeans, Canadians, Romanians, Chinese etc.
It's not too bad at all - Europe on the doorstep, food is quite cheap compared to other countries, interest rates have been low for years, most people are helpful and polite. I suppose all countries have their problems but looking at the big picture I don't think British life is bad at all - think positive.
Are you high? UK is in pretty bad shape, people are rude,prices are crazy, weather is shit,food is bad quality,police is agressive. Bro UK is pretty shitty country
@@VoyShtheP Make your own mind up, I love my life here, I love my country and the Royals. Maybe loose some of that negativity out of your head and you would realise we have quite a good life here in the UK compared to other countries.
I have lived in the uk for 15 years…i went to uni to study medicine then stayed on and worked there for years. I mainly only have good memories. Maybe I was lucky? But uni experience was good…my training and work as a doctor went very well…my salary was at least good..yes I paid taxes but they were reasonable and you got something in return. My work collègues and neighbours were super nice and helpful, I lived in a nice cul du sac in a posh area and had bought my house for a reasonable mortgage. I had enough disposable income to live comfortably and save! Again, I could be the exception to the rule but that’s my experience ! I didn’t mind the cost of living, the narrow roads or the small houses (mine was big!)..even food was great as you can easily find your favorite restaurants/food items..etc There are only two points that I agree on; the terrible weather and the difficulty to make friends. What’s worse than the bad gloomy rainy days is the difficulty to plan your life around the ever changing weather conditions; one day is sunny and gorgeous so you assume the following days will be the same and that summer is here to stay; WRONG!!! It can be windy, rainy and even cold literally the next day! As for making friends, I have made lots of good relationships but only four friendships, only two of whom were « white British ». Personally, I think the only reason is their personality and it has got nothing to do with racism or discrimination etc. To summarize, I loved everything about the UK apart from weather. And even though I am an Arab with olive Mediterranean skin, I tan almost everyday now back home in the sun, and this is due to years of sun deprivation 😭😭
Well your case is not at least the 50% most of people living in London from another countries are not that living well like you. Personally I would not like to live in London, too big city to live in. I much prefer small village as I am currently living in
Sounds like this was some years ago. Housing has become extortionate. I went to uni in London in the late 90s. It was affordable. I left London in 2016 as I was worse off as a professional in 2016 than I had been as a student in 97. That's insane. Thank G for WFH. I find that much of the UK is quite expensive to rent compared with other European countries outside of the capital/s. Buying seems to be expensive everywhere since the bank and credit industry bailouts/£££ printing. But rent is high in the UK compared with most
Britain is only a small country around 900 miles long, with lots of history and town and cities dating back centuries consider this when yo speak of small homes ! Also we do not have big heads like the Americans who think their country is the only country in the world or the best !
Why so angry?! The people from the US aren't saying they're better than you. I can tell though you believe you think you are though. You've taken this too personally. Hahaha.
@@jessicamartin787 Uhh, pretty sure they do, they are still so proud of the American revolution, the Boston massacre was accidental since a fire was happening down the road, someone shouts fire, soldiers shoot, arguably this is what caused the revolution. The world would be a completely different place if that house wasn’t on fire. Europeans would still have an empire Germany would probably rule over France etc etc etc
We are better,our nurses and workers in generally better paid. We live in nice spacious homes. People here don't live by the millions on benefits. Sorry we are. I love London though
You are right about the dark sides of living in Britain but having migrated and lived here for the last 42 years I have no regrets. To be fair, there are pros and cons in every country, whether developed or underdeveloped. I say this because previously I lived in India and Tanzania.
@@originalunoriginal4055 Switzerland has one of the highest migration rates among its citizens... it's as Deborah has mentioned... they are being ignored.
English reserve only applies to England. This man is classing the whole of the UK as England. I wonder if he has ever been outside of London. He forgot to mention that it is so bad that we are over-run with immigrants desperate to live here. They are actually queuing up in Calais. Every country has its drawbacks and this is a very narrow not very informed commentary.
We are not overrun with immigrants, non-British born people made up about 14% of the population in 2019. That is just right wing tabloid bullshit. If you look at how many refugees are coming in, you will see that the UK takes less (much less) than several other European countries.
Just a few points from an Indian -- when you land in Heathrow you can breath freedom/ there is so much talk about racism, but during my short stay in London there was not even an unsavoury incident/ roads in London are narrow, yet at many places the pavements from both sides of a road would narrow the road further to help pedestrians. That tells how the priorities are perfect in the UK/ many would say London is the best place on earth. They are not far wrong. Guess, the Brits have a habit of complaining too much. :)
London is not racist because is a mix city but if you go to smaller towns where is more retire people they're more racist . But like you say England is a nice place to live but the English will complain about anything. I have live here for 14 years and I really like
@@sidonio123 ok, how diverse is any big city in India,Pakistan,Iran,Iraq, Japan, China,Mexico,Paraguay, Uruguay, any country that has a strong ethnicity so why can’t people from England have identity?
That the best you can come up with? Travelled to numerous countries around the world and really it's hard to beat. My favourite is the "unstable" weather - would that be the lack of hurricanes, monsoons, snowstorms and droughts that make it unstable? By the way the cars are small because the roads are small. Just like the rest of Europe where the roads were built when we had horses and carriages. Think I'll stay here thanks.
hah, completely agree! I feel fortunate to live in a place that doesn't have extreme weather. I lived in florida for a brief moment and compared to that, the uk's weather is just fine!
We can get destructive weather in the UK (European windstorms are one of the most costly insured losses historically), but it is never on the same level as the devestation in some other countries which often don't have the infrastructure and money to recover properly.
I'm an Iranian who lived in Iran for majority of my life. I lived in Uk for 5 years and most things you mentioned I've experienced and understand them. However, most british people have no understanding of living conditions in other countries. In terms of inequality as long as salaries are concerned it's fairly equal. For example in Iran Doctors earn literally 100 TIMES the salary of a nurse which definitely isn't the case here. Also, even though cost of living is high majority have high buying powers. I don't think most people have problem putting food on the table at least and can even save for purchases and travel, where as in Iran at least 40% of employed people cannot even afford proper food with the salary. This is also besides political freedom and freedom to practice religion and believes which we all know is not possible in MANY countries. Even though I experienced racism here and there most british people are quite educated on Islam and cultural and ethnic diversities and tbh they're not THAT judgmental.
A lot of sweeping generalisations and a lot of stereotypes used. However, I agree a lot of our social life revolves around alcohol but there are many who find other things to do. Uk is expensive, rent and mortgages a rip off, insurance a rip off. Health care is free and universal so much cheaper than the USA. Weather is varied and a lot of people enjoy the change in seasons. I personally would prefer a warmer climate. The food is now very cosmopolitan and is not bland at all. Most brits are not painfully reserved, quite the opposite. The houses are small generally and so are some of the roads.The creators of the video should visit the uk.
All what he mentioned are true, it is the most difficult place to live.He forgot to mention phone which is also expensive, Even if you have a friend living in UK, they hate to receive visitors. When living in Toronto, I had a conversation with a lady who was visiting from UK.she looked so frail in appearance. When asked why she said life in UK is so tough. I will never visit there. I enjoy living in US.
@@MD_ENTERTAINMENT You better believe me probably you are raised in that expensive UK with tiny roads, expensive electricity bills, tiny rooms.How long can you spend in taking to someone in your own basic phone in your home in UK without receiving high bills, compare it with Canada or USA. How much does it cost to pump a gasoline in that your tiny vehicles .How many people are working two jobs in UK to survive.? How much does it cost to use your transit system? I am telling UK is very difficult to live there. Why don't you come to USA to compare?
@@johnamoako6806 I moved to England as an adult so I know that you talking foolishness. You can also find a lot of video on here From Americans that are now in the UK that will go against your argument. How can you without any experience try to convince people that actually know what is or isn't correct?
Binge drinking can happen anywhere. It does not take much effort to season your foods. Brits are very friendly. You clearly have not researched many areas of the UK to come up with your “dark” sides.
In Britain we have the best availability of foreign foods in the world. Indian, Chinese, African, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and more are widely available and of high quality in restaurants and takeaways.
I am true English and I have seen the changes in this country and for the worse no jobs hard to see doctor everything has gone up and the mane thing theres to many people comeing to this country and it's over populated now
I lived abroad for 10 years. I returned to the small town I was from and was treated like a complete outsider. Bearing in mind my friends had moved on and when I spoke to people they would say 'youre not from around here'. It felt rather frosty. I had lost my local accent so I stuck out like a sore thumb.
I feel your pain. I am treated the same way. They look at me as an outsider even though I know everything about the place I was born. The accent throws them off
Being a UK resident all of my life I can fully confirm the information in this video to be absolutely laughable at best! Yes, we have a small minority who like to binge drink, we even have a totally random weather system…But the other 80% of the ‘views’ mentioned in this ‘informative production’ are clearly based on none-factual research conducted by someone who doesn’t even reside in the United Kingdom!
Came here to write something similar. This guy has obviously never stepped foot on British soil. Most of what was said was laughable and not factual. I call bullshit.
I’m born and bred in the U.K. and would agree with a lot: inequality, unseasoned food, shit roads, small houses. And compared to the majority of the global population, we are pretty aloof… yeh, it’s shit here!!!
Hmmm, rose-coloured glasses, much? It's completely accurate! I'm a migrant, and I can confirm the difficulty of coping with all this grows after the first few years of focusing on the positives. Houses, roads are tiny and it is super-difficult to make real friends, even if you're a white-arse English speaking person with a 'nice' middleclass job where you meet lots of people IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
@@quixotiq - Why do you think it’s so difficult to make real friends in England (or the U.K.)? Do you think it’s because people in the U.K. are shallow and lack depth? That’s what I think, and also because the constant politeness pushed or encouraged means it’s harder to be honest, vulnerable, deep etc, and I find you need those emotions to make good and real friends.
The narrow roads are very often due to the fact that they were built for horse and cart many centuries ago and cannot be widened. I bet the TV license is a shock for many people coming to live here from other countries.
@ericthiel4053 I live in the South of US and I have amazing neighbors. My neighbor from across the street took me daily to therapy , and to grocery store for months after an operation and couldn’t get myself anywhere.Her boyfriend, who lived next door to her mowed and did all my yard work for free. I consider them my friends. I am very good friends with one of my next door neighbors. We go places , concerts , new restaurants together. My next door neighbor on the other side, she and I share stuff like recipes and advice on pet care. I’m in my 50’s and have great neighbor friends.
One thing that SUCKS about the UK - the constant negativity, people whinge CONSTANTLY, always making negative comments, being judgmental, i hate it lol
Been in Britain 20 yrs now from Africa, life is too short to be concerned about things I cannot change such as inequality, racism and even the stigma of just being foreign, Over the years I have realised that many Britons have now accepted the reality of living with foreigners whilst others are still struggling with it.
Others are programmed by the Daily Mail to hate people from overseas, because, well it's tribalism isn't it? Got to pit subsections of the population against each other, that way they can't unite and fight against those really responsible for societal problems.
I've lived in the North West of England all my life, we're all a friendly bunch. Saying you won't make friends here is bullshit , the person dishing out all this information is totally wrong
True enough. I worked in Belfast for a year when I was younger, and I had no issues finding friends. Some say that people are racist in the UK, but being mixed race myself, I've had no more weird experiences there than other places I've lived or visited.
After living in Japan the language barrier can be tough being a newer foreigner as most locals don't speak English and are much more reserved than the people in the UK. When you ride the train or bus there is no talking loudly or even on a cell phone. The homes are much much smaller in Japan than UK some with only one room (some places have public showers/baths that your home may not have) so no I would actually have it easier living in the UK by comparison as it adopts more of the western culture standard I'm more familiar with. Now there are many more positives I do miss about Japan like the food, the futuristic high tech stuff, and actually made some friends there. I actually plan on buying a 2nd home in the UK because my wife is from there so it would be like having the best of both worlds (US and UK). I absolutely love the UK. Any major city you go to you'll find the dark rough parts in my case Chicago's Southside were cross fire shootings are common without warning. Regardless of location I only look at the person as a human being and their character. I try to make an effort to assimilate the best I can even though it's not perfect. I've learned a lot after traveling. What I've learned after visiting the UK for the first is that all dialect is not the same through out the UK and the local culture just like in the states the difference between NYC and Mississippi is day and night. There is no one size fits all when traveling to most countries. Every area may be more different than the other good or bad.
Having lived in the US and the UK I find the UK much more preferred. What about the positives such as multiculturalism, low racism, healthcare, welfare state, etc which are all better than the US. To say the dark side makes it sound like hell on earth! Also lack of guns, low murder rate, low rate of police murdering people, low rate of incarcerate innocent people, lack of fat people, no TV adverts every 5mins, etc
There is a lot of poverty in the UK The weather is depressing. Making friends here isn’t easy at all. It’s towns are overcrowded and the road network is inadequate. Energy costs are very high. The job market is very competitive. Housing at the lower end is bad.
I am here in the UK since 2008,i did not regret the move at all . I have rebuilt my life. What is the best for me is that you can be in a fairly good position without diplome and on good salary. I got used to the weather. Yes house are tiny but relatively cheap to run/affordable(i live in Coventry). Roads are not wide enough but never you mind. Summers are not that hot but come on you can always go to Spain for a week or two.
Nor me. Fifty years in the UK. I've lived in America, and they're nice people, but I found the people of the UK to be friendly, balance and all-round good eggs. 😁😁
Before Covid, I was in London twice a year to work. I've always found Brits to be quite friendly but, say, in a pub it's best if you start a conversation with them. They can seemingly act cold but they all open up and act friendly.
@@MTknitter22 Indeed- I've got a lot of friends over there. I was over there in July when it was HOT! As a Canadian, I don't do well in the heat, but the beer was good in all the pubs I visited.
@@Maggie-zr2ow I really could not say, I've never been west of Kenora but I will say there are swesome pubs in the suburbs of London. The Antelope in Surbiton is a favourite. Great beer, great people. I don't know how they would act toward Americans, not being one myself.
Not to mention these additional issues: - Racist attitudes towards foreigner The northern areas have no well paying jobs. -Depressing architecture of housing - Drug problems in cities like Liverpool and Manchester - The NHS. It’s rubbish if you have experienced the health system in places like Australia or Canada. - Toxic corporate work culture in London. I could go on and on but let’s just say as someone who tried to live in the UK it’s not worth the trouble.
The word unstable is ridiculous that suggests significant and serious weather, which you would just actually use the word changeable. As in the sun may come and later on it rains. The weather is actually relatively stable as there virtually no hurricanes, let alone tornados or cyclones. As to some of the others they all seem to apply to any developed country students drink shock horror, rent can be expensive especially in a huge world city like London.
I’m born and bread in England and can vouch for what he’s saying! It’s a absolute shit-hole here (although I don’t think Scotland and Wales are as bad)
I've never been to Manchester, but if you think it's a s... h... leave and go soutj to wonderful Bournemouth. Drink in the lovely coast, revel in the sun a and peace and be positive.Most of all have God in your heart.
@ONLINE INTELECTUAL UK just has a name, l will not live in such a difficult place like that UK come live in US. Anytime you decide to visit someone in UK they reject the visit because they can't afford to pay more bills that is why they love to be in USA
Grew up in the UK and have since moved to a warmer country. Whenever I go back the worst part for me is the short days during winter months. Really effects me mentally, especially if the weather is cold and rainy. Dark by 3.30pm, just awful.
@@robertlawson4127 Look at a map with regard to latitude. Canada doesn't belong with those other countries because it is much further south. Cold winters yes but the real weather challenge is very hot and humid summers. The majority of Canadians live in a latitude nearer that of the south of France.
Thats why depression is a massive think in UK, we just don't get warm weather and sunlight. Not to mention taxation through the roof and poor prospects these days.
yes, but.... The video narrator sounded North American. And most of it has no public transport. IF comparing with other European countries, you'd be right
I'm British I live in the US. I was last there 5 years ago and my transportation cost was 56 pounds per week. There's no way transportation will cost me that much in NJ I love visiting but everything costs more than the US.
Being an artist studying Theatre and musical comedy in Switzerland, having been raised by narcissists I think I couldn't be less good in Britain than Switzerland
Most of what you mentioned are not "dark" sides. Its only the high rent and tv license that are annoying, everything else is not that bad. Im an arab who lived in the UK and now im back in my country to be close to my parents but if it werent for the money I would have stayed there forever, I love the UK ♥
I have lived in the UK all my life and I would agree with most of your opinions. Regarding a TV licence, you only need one to watch live TV or stream BBC I player if you just watch netflix or any other streaming service its not required.And by the way I don't drink alcohol
I agree with small houses and roads but that’s about it. Pretty much everything else I can relate to here in Atlantic Canada. It’s not that bad there. I found people very friendly and helpful and food in pubs especially excellent. If you stay out of London, prices are pretty comparable to major places in Canada. Weather is also not that bad. It rains more here where I live than there and also warm mild winters there where spring starts in February/March . Things don’t start growing here until May. Pros and cons to every place.
Lived in Uk for 6 year and i can confirm - it’s all true. I have been in a few other European countries and survival in UK was the hardest…or…let’s rephrase it…UK Is the only country in Europe where I had to SURVIVE instead of living. As much as I love the culture (including binge drinking and food) it’s turning into an economic clusterfuck. And it’s a big shame.
One very incorrect comment on this (although there are others) is no equal access to healthcare. We in the UK ALL have equal access to healthcare regardless of income, which is free at the point of use and includes; hospital, physician, specialist and mental health care. Not to mention free or heavily subsidised prescription costs which are around £9 ($12) regardless of the cost of the medication! It's paid for by taxation (which is cheaper than health insurance and is without co-pays and exclusions). Unlike in the US where there is no universal healthcare and the most common reason for bankruptcy is the cost of healthcare! The US also has some of the worst healthcare outcomes even though the cost of healthcare in the US is so expensive, and shorter life expectancies compared to the UK.
Born and bred there but after 55 yrs of living there and working hard for nothing i have left for more sunny climate and better life , i don't miss that place one bit , UK ? were the hell is that ? 😂😂😂😂😂
Very disappointed now 😞 I love Britain, never visited though,. the culture, scenery.... like reading a children's fairy tale book, I'm was probably delusional 😅. I'm Egyptian, the British have a reputation of being cold blooded with blunt emotions and unsociable, well the German too Lol , well , of course when Egyptians could tell you their whole life story in the first 15 minutes . Modern life is hard anywhere I guess.
There is a lot of rubbish in this video. The usual cliche of bad food and weather. The thing about British being drunk esp is dated. Rates of drinking alcohol have been dropping in the UK for years particularly among the young. Worse things about the UK is the cost of living. It is hard for people to live here esp in the current economic climate.
Im learning masri, i cant expect you to like my country. Its soo depressing you walk around all day and its cold and you see wet leaves on the floor and hear drug dealers coughing in the background and smell weed every other street. I hate england lol i wish i could move away sooner
I’m not sure I agree with everyone being reserved and polite. I live in West Yorkshire- people are not polite!!! It’s a bad idea to even make eye contact with other blokes if you’re out of your area. It’s not great but it’s how it is 🤷♂️
Lets face it, most of Britain is rough as f##k except for those posh select areas. Like Tonbridge Wells or Bath. The rest of us fight and squabble together, trying to live against the odds.
Another American who equates Britain/UK/England to London. There are trains going to many parts of the UK - take one to experience a wider knowledge. No we are not perfect by a long stretch but how about: "The number of killings in the U.S. soared in 2020, jumping nearly 30% since 2019 for the largest single-year increase on record, according to the FBI." 42.01 Homicides per million - UK is 11.68 per million.
This narrator really got up my nose........I travel to the U.K. annually and have done so since 1976 and have travelled the length and breadth of it. The U.K. is a varied and multi cultural place filled with history galore, beautiful towns and villages, varied and breathtaking scenery, excellent transport system, good food........I could go on and on.....as for the people....kind, welcoming, friendly, obliging, generous, funny ........again I could go on and on........the weather...varied........we here in Australia could have four seasons in one day........I would give "my right arm" so to speak, to live there. As for this person...........look in your own backyard with open eyes..........America has a lot to answer for and it is not the safest place to live..........again, here I could go on and on...........but I will not.
Of course the houses and roads are small, it’s a island with a high population compared to Europe and especially America. This also effects accommodation. The drinking culture is totally wrong as a generality. Not sure what time you spent here, not so sure you travelled very much by your general ideas. Saw more poverty when living in US.
The roads are small because they date from hundreds of years ago when people got about by horse and cart. The houses are small because developers make the most money by cramming as many onto a plot of land as possible without violating building regulations.
okay living in Britain . has a student its fun and you do meet lot of students and get a room that shared not expensive. Moving to Britain from any other country is quite challenging. always make sure you find a accommodation before entering the uk. never trust you family iif they in uk already. they don't have time for or a accommodation. unless you have it in writing. England is a beautiful place to live . London is a multicultural city where you find all sort of people and can make friends quickly. you will find all nationality food mostly Indian and Turkish. doted every where.. British people believe in humanity and government is always supporting the people not like other countries. like any other country there is problems but not that bad otherwise the police will carry a gun which they don't. I lived here nearly all my life London. I love it . Don't listen to much to videos . best places is more up south of England and wales. I love Ireland and wales great places to visit and live
Very disappointing video. Sorry to say that this is a very shallow perspective Maybe the American commentator would like to highlight the " darker " side of life in the US..... such as gun crime or widespread homelessness .
The dark side of living in Britain is when your a foreigner or black you face daily hostility and racism in the UK go outside of multicultural London and see the real racism in other UK cities like Birmingham, Manchester Liverpool and towns .
A load of sweeping generalisations. This person knows nothing about British people. I do, cos I am a Brit (and Welsh). I am tired of these Americans trying to lecture us all about everything. If Britain is so bad, why is everyone trying to get here?
Tom Nicholson This chap was definitely speaking from an African point of view when it came to obesity. He seems to think it's normal to be large but to say large people can not fit into our houses is ridiculous. I myself, to use correct English, am a fat bastard and I seem to be able to fit into most houses !!
Granted there are a lot of things wrong wiyh living in Britain, but on the other hand there us a lot things right with living in Britain, you just have to look for that balance etween the 2
Toooòoooo many cars on the roads and public transport in the North is unreliable since Thatcher privatised it in the 1990s. London's public transport is much cheaper and more reliable by comparison. Not all English people will turn away from people to end a conversation, this was a wrong judgement to make. However, I have had complete strangers tell me their life stories whilst waiting for buses as some people will just talk none stop. English people seem to be kind and generous and friendly in the North, especially in Yorkshire.
Near impossible to find a find here in Manchester, most people could care less on what u gave to say if it personal. I'm American been here near 2 years. I want New York back.
Mmmm, let's make a clip trashing life in Britain, and as a comparison let's use one of the most expensive cities in the world, London. Throw in the American fixation with everything having to be 'big' and viola, you have 8 minutes of drivel no use to man or beast. Oh, and the narrator has the most annoying delivery possible.
Well the cost is high because that’s the price you pay to live in a great big city like London. Why would you want to live in the middle of nowhere? People also get paid more in London than other cities in the uk so it justifies it
Almost all the “information” in this video is just silly, and in some cases points to poor research. The TV license fee is how the UK government funds public broadcasters (and this includes tv, radio and online). In 2019 this accounted for 76% of BBC’s operating revenue. I live in Canada where instead of paying a license fee for the public CBC broadcaster, we all pay towards CBC funding on our federal income taxes. The license fee isn’t a “dark side” of living in Britain, it’s just the funding model being used. If it wasn’t funded via the tv license fee, and was instead part of the general public’s income tax would that make you feel better? And on food, I went to England and Scotland in 2019 for over two weeks and couldn’t find bad food if I tried. From the restaurants to the supermarket everything was great. I think the “Britain has bad food” stereotype is long overdue for being laid to rest. Small homes? That’s pure opinion, and shouldn’t be in this video. I think North American homes are too large, encouraging wasted money, wasted utilities and hoarding.
When people eat junk foods and become obese they have all kinds of health problems and they struggle to walk and breath, they die young to me that is a dark side, because all they need to do is eat healthy foods. When people think going out and getting drunk to have fun when some don't even know what they are doing apart for vomiting and damaging their health. Is the dark side to me. Living in cold houses when the weather is nice outside getting vitamin D deficiency which affects your health and doesn't go away by sitting in the sun , having to take medication for the rest of your life because it's affected your bones is the dark side to me. I could go on, and on.
@@AnnaMaria-po5mk No we're not really to be honest. Those things you mentioned would be be described as dark sides of many places in europe. Besides, my inital comment was mostly based on parts where they mentioned the small roads and houses which are hardly dramatic enough to be called dark sides. They're more of an inconvenience to people visiting. I wasn't thinking on the grand scale of what you seemed to bring up. Saying stuff like 'the weather is unstable' then talking about just the rain? When there are places that have much less stable weather conditions?? A bit underwhelming. Thats all I meant.
Very rarely do I comment on videos on UA-cam. However, I have never heard such inconsequential drivel, misleading, and pointless information contained in one video, I use the word information in its loosest context. I’m surprised anyone would subscribe to this none senses Perhaps the next video could be the dark side of living in a swamp!!!!!
Absolutely agree!! Maybe this idiot should do a video on the dark side of living in Syria or Iraq or Afghanistan before slating our country! What a load of crap !! Lol
1. The cost of living is high, like everywhere. 2. It rains. No shit. 3. We call it pre-loading...a quick whiskey before popping out somewhere expensive. 4. I was going to take the piss out of every example shown but this is getting ridiculous. 5. Just realised the video moves from three to five in its numbering. 6. Why show me seasoned food to demonstrate that the food is unseasoned? (hell I don't add salt to rice/noodles, I leave that on the table for my guests to determine. 7. Bollocks. 8. Also bollocks. 9. 10. 11. this is gettng strange. 12. You don't need a license to watch a television. {The U.K. still has licenses . . .that's very peculiar. I've not much experience with this subject, I mean what are the chances of being arrested, prosecuted and doing 'time' ??} At a wild guess this guy has stringed together a heap of videos from the late nineties/early two thousands and had a good winge all beacause of a bad over-seas experience at a cheap hotel.
I have to say half of this I really can’t agree with, being British born and bred. I’ve also lived in the north and south. I think he doesn’t fully understand. Also, ONLY THE BBC channel requires a TV license and that got cancelled like a month or so right?
I spent most of my life in Britain before moving to Spain. Cost of living is bad, but it's not as bad as other countries, true. The issue is that - in most cases - rent and public transport costs are not proportionate to the average salary. The weather is objectively grim but personally, I didn't have much of a problem with it. What I did have a major problem with, was dirt: most British towns are not clean at all, especially in certain areas. That adds up with the size of your standard house, which is tiny and (often) the materials used are not up to the standards of a first world country. Dirt, exposed wheelie bins and small houses do not create a nice environment to live in. Another thing that used to bug me quite a bit: roads. The quality of motorways is shocking, both in terms of asphalt and in terms of road sings and safety. They are free though, that needs to be taken into account. Also, patchy roadworks do not help create nice looking streets in the town centres. The NHS is OK, but nowhere near the quality of the health care systems in Italy and Spain, for example, where hospitals and clinics are actually clean and more often than not, well taken care of. Lastly: British people should remember that while everyone is welcome, Britain belongs to the British. It does not belong to external people who - with all due respect - are used to much lower standard of cleanness, infrastructures, health care and so on. Having said this, I will never feel teh cultural affinity I feel with the UK with any other country. So, Hail Britain 🇬🇧 But please make an effort to better yourself in the years to come
Britain is far better that crap America, everything in America is big.I was asked bu an American what is that in that wagon,I said potatoes,he replied why back in America we grow them the size of soccer balls,I replied yes but we don’t grow them to fit our mouths.
Immediately I disagree with your first one (cost of living). I lived in a few countries and cost of living compared to average wages in the UK is lower than all the countries I've been to
I want to move from America to England 😂 Definitely lower cost per living, but I agree with the low salaries. From my perspective it seems like most careers start out at £22,000-£25,000 whereas in the United States most jobs careers automatically start you at at around ~$50,000/year
@@revamp8835 Do not move to UK it is most difficult place to reside,not mentioned of their expensive electricity bills, phone bills. You can't even buy a favorite home compare it with USA. You got to get two jobs to survive.
@@revamp8835 Brother I have never been to UK or lived there before but an evidence proves right. Most returnees from UK look frail. When ask why they explain the condition over there is not as easy as we think compare it with other countries. Here in US I bought a 4 bedroom home for $140,000 with a payment of $740 a month and it is 2200sqft.My friend my friend mentioned to survive in UK, you need get up from your ass and have to jobs .Most people don't want to receive visitors because of electricity bills, that is why the residents don't take shower often. Gasoline prices, phone bills are skyrocketing. Any country British colonized are facing similar economic problems because they are the complete stigma. They have adopted lower payrolls and hard work. No wonder most of them move to USA or Canada. Tiny roads, homes, and tiny vehicles. Please don't move over there.
I agree with the British not making friends with foreigners, I've lived in the UK for many years and I experienced British people being very cliquey and not befriending people from abroad, they are polite but not trying to be friends with foreigners, very often looking down on us.
@@jobalak9761 As you said,..... they are all very polite and friendly, but as soon, you want to get a step further, you won't hear anything from them. I gave it up. Even, not too keen on this country , their culture, their way of life. I prefer S-America.
As a Brit there is the Island mentality with a distorted sense of nationalism that yearns back to its Empire through rose tinted spectacles. Culminating in it giving up the benefits of being a member of the largest trading block in the world with all the benefit of freedom of goods and movement across Europe. Short sighted lunacy that conjures up anti European sentiment and makes it the pariah of Europe.A one great country now reduced to insignificance in world affairs.
That is certainly one way to look at it, if you are a self hating leftist. I am an American, but I would suggest that perhaps a sensible majority of British people wished to keep their sovereignty and democracy, rather than be ruled by unelected technocrats in Brussels. A wise choice, and certainly Britain's glorious history and world dominating culture gave it the confidence to be the first European country to escape from the undemocratic clutches of the EU. Cheers.
@@runwiththerunners8152 Whilst you bellyache and disparage your own culture online, I take solace in the fact that your worldview was democratically defeated. It was such a resounding, irrevocable defeat too, a sort of modern day Waterloo.
Whoever does your research needs to be fired, talk about misinformation. Rents in London and the South East are indeed high, but rents outside of those areas are much less and generally more affordable. More expensive than some countries sure, but less expensive than others that's for sure. Some things such as fresh organic food are very cheap compared to say the US where the price of some everyday items shocked me a bit when I first visited. Staples such as sliced bread are also better quality and contain far less additives and sugar. Of course it rains, but it rains far more in NYC than London and winters are 1000% less harsh in the UK than Canada, the Northern and Eastern US and most of the European continent. The myth of poor or awful British food has been shown to be myth many times, don't want British staples don't eat them. In pretty much any city and town you'll find great takeaways, restaurants and pubs serving good food. Anywhere North of Watford is generally pretty friendly, but even people down South will be helpful and friendly given a chance but the UK dislike that Continental or US abruptness and loudness, it's seen as rude. Tone down the voice a bit and don't be as "in your face" and you'll find people respond much better to you.
I grew up in Britain and then moved to another country 40 years ago. Yes the roads are smaller than those in America, which judging from your accent that is where you come from. One must not forget that many British towns and cities are centuries old with many old houses which are still inhabited. The weather is not as hot and sunny as many other countries, but I have memories of beautiful summers. British people are not so reserved as you think and I found it easy to get to talk to them and make friends with them. I still have contact with old friends. A British friend is a friend for life. A friend of mine lived for many years in Britain and was homesick for a long time after returning to her native country. Compared to a lot of countries in the world Britain is a good place to live.
I don't think binge drinking should be on there. It makes us Brits sound like we are all alcoholics. This is definitely not the case. There are loads of us which prefer a cup of tea or a coffee instead of a stiff drink and the majority certainly are not getting legless every night - especially people over 30. Regarding the food - we have some really fine restaurants especially in the countryside where quality produce is used and chefs take pride in their work. The majority of us are reserved and polite but will do almost anything to help someone in need. We are also a nation of animal lovers and most of us have animal welfare close to our hearts. I have travelled widely over my 50 years of life and I wouldn't live in any other country.
Yes I love this country I live in manchester UK OK its rains most of the time but at least there are no cockroches or other creepy crorlys its great OK the car insurance is a rip off but what can u do the people are friendly it's better than u s a ❤️❤️❤️
I'm a Brit. Yes it's expensive but at least you're paying for quality. I do agree with most of the video but the food is great, so much variety, accessability and it's delicious. I live in South America but miss English food so much. When can you get the incomparable Fish and Chips
I guess you have to love it if you can't escape the country. Lived in Manchester, it was a dreary shit hole and appears to still be the same. Brits are not living, but existing. Huge difference.
I’ve been living in the UK for 7 years and the only point I find true is the unstable weather. Not necessarily bad one. But very unstable. I don’t find all the rest true and relatable.
Could say the same about a number of Northern European countries regarding the weather, struggling to pay rent on an average salary in large cities. But tell me where on earth or at least in a developed country do you not need car insurance to drive a car?
Car pools are a cheap way to drive. You don't pay to buy a car, insure it, MOT it, pay taxes on it or maintenance costs. You just pay to use the car on days when to want to use it and pay the price of those days. The other costs would just be part of the overheads that determine the daily cost of the car.
GB has a serious problem.That’s why most states don’t like GB •Pollution and the environment •Inequality, low pay and poverty •Inflation/ cost of living/ especially housing •unemployment and underemployment •Race relations •The Ageing population •Crime, law and order •Mental health - depression/ anxiety (/suicide) •Sexual inequalities •Drug and alcohol abuse •Lack of faith (trust) in government Immigration/ overpopulation
I'm a Brit. And although I was going to be wary of an American perspective on the UK, I pretty much agree with you. we way overestimate our own country. I've been to a lot of European countries, and even though I think they seem stark and clinical compared to Britain, they do a lot of things better in the way of public services and culture. We've seen a lot of changes in Britain over the last 50 or so years. Biggest problem I see is overcrowding. Our open borders policy has not, ultimately benefited this country...
What open borders policy? I am a permanent resident in the UK, I would like my South African daughter to move to the UK. There is no way to get her into the UK. She is older than 21 and can't come in as my dependent. How is this open border policy. Most of the British public have no fricking clue how difficult it is to move to the UK. Even an acesteral Visa will cost around £5 000. Plus full NHS advance payments for 5 years which is another couple of grand. Then what if you marry someone from Japan or South Africa? They have to apply for spousal Visa and it takes thousands and years to get citizenship. What open borders?
I don't find this accurate. I have VERY close friends from England. There very nice people and they do care how your doing. The weather?? Being from NY. England is a nothing in terms of weather. The rent? All depends where you live. Clearly London is very expensive but there's so many places that are affordable. This video sucks
I am a Nigerian living and working in the UK so I will give my perspective on some points:
1. Cost of Living: Try Switzerland or Scandinavia.
2. Unstable weather: It rains more in NY than London..Yes the UK has more grey days but that's no different to other oceanic regions (including Northern France, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, etc). Also the UK winter are not as cold and summers are not as unbearable.
3. Food: You do NOT have to eat British foods.
4. Make friends: It takes a bit of time but you can get one.
Overall I have loved my experience in the UK and would not trade it for anything else. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If you set your mind to make it by setting your sight in the UK, it's very possible and quite easy.
What is a absolute necessity, when coming to the UK and planning to live there for at least the next 15 years, then a job is essential!
With rent a room style in London, one can easily save £200 from each month of wages and continue saving with that plan for the next 10 years, then you can ens up with close to 10 tens of thousands of pounds.
Swiss cost of living is extremely high, but you get paid far better in Switzerland than in the UK.
@@gorillachilla what has this got to do with his comment? Stereotypes? How about you stay off terrorism?
My advice: Unless you want to wake up in Accident and Emergency room, don't go out on late saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
Don't look at an obviously drunk British person directly in the eye. You might end up in A&E as well.
Oh, and don't give change to the homeless people. Ever.
That's what food banks are for.
If you want to meet a genuinely friendly British person first ask them if they believe in Jesus. If they say 'yes' there's a pretty good chance there going to be the most hospitable type of person you'll met on this here island.
If they say no chances are you'll only ever be an amicable acquaintance. Or they might be stuck up snobs. Either way just don't bother carrying the relationship further than you have to.
@@originalunoriginal4055 This is not seth your mind. You guys need to travel to Canada or USA and see things differently. UK just got a name to convince people, Her citizens are suffering, phone bills, electricity bills, gasoline prices is just skyrocketing, tiny roads and rooms not mentioned low pay for her citizens.
I am a British citizen resident but I want to leave England 🏴 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 because I have had enough I feel I don’t belong in my own country anymore it’s time I found a brighter future
Go to Canada or Australia mate
Outsiders who work in the UK are always made to feel like they are not wanted racism affects everyone .
I have watched the entire video.....still would love to be there and stay for the remaining part of my life . I ha e some uncanny attraction for the country. Wish God listens to my prayers . I call it my dream destination.
Go to Dubai or Bahrain
I live in Oman. No tax, energy @ £5.0 a month. I can fill up my Porsche for about £25. No crime and the sun shines every day and the streets are safe 24/7. You can buy a huge villa here and get permanent residency for the average price of a three bed semi. Pool, beach, golf course, marina, restaurants at your door. Loads of my neighbours are Europeans, Canadians, Romanians, Chinese etc.
It's not too bad at all - Europe on the doorstep, food is quite cheap compared to other countries, interest rates have been low for years, most people are helpful and polite.
I suppose all countries have their problems but looking at the big picture I don't think British life is bad at all - think positive.
No country is perfect.
@@franceskronenwett3539 nobody said any particular country is.
Are you high?
UK is in pretty bad shape, people are rude,prices are crazy, weather is shit,food is bad quality,police is agressive.
Bro UK is pretty shitty country
@@VoyShtheP Make your own mind up, I love my life here, I love my country and the Royals.
Maybe loose some of that negativity out of your head and you would realise we have quite a good life here in the UK compared to other countries.
@@ep1929 you don't know too much about other countries then.
I have lived in the uk for 15 years…i went to uni to study medicine then stayed on and worked there for years. I mainly only have good memories. Maybe I was lucky? But uni experience was good…my training and work as a doctor went very well…my salary was at least good..yes I paid taxes but they were reasonable and you got something in return.
My work collègues and neighbours were super nice and helpful, I lived in a nice cul du sac in a posh area and had bought my house for a reasonable mortgage. I had enough disposable income to live comfortably and save! Again, I could be the exception to the rule but that’s my experience ! I didn’t mind the cost of living, the narrow roads or the small houses (mine was big!)..even food was great as you can easily find your favorite restaurants/food items..etc
There are only two points that I agree on; the terrible weather and the difficulty to make friends. What’s worse than the bad gloomy rainy days is the difficulty to plan your life around the ever changing weather conditions; one day is sunny and gorgeous so you assume the following days will be the same and that summer is here to stay; WRONG!!! It can be windy, rainy and even cold literally the next day!
As for making friends, I have made lots of good relationships but only four friendships, only two of whom were « white British ». Personally, I think the only reason is their personality and it has got nothing to do with racism or discrimination etc.
To summarize, I loved everything about the UK apart from weather. And even though I am an Arab with olive Mediterranean skin, I tan almost everyday now back home in the sun, and this is due to years of sun deprivation 😭😭
Well your case is not at least the 50% most of people living in London from another countries are not that living well like you. Personally I would not like to live in London, too big city to live in. I much prefer small village as I am currently living in
Sounds like this was some years ago. Housing has become extortionate. I went to uni in London in the late 90s. It was affordable. I left London in 2016 as I was worse off as a professional in 2016 than I had been as a student in 97. That's insane. Thank G for WFH.
I find that much of the UK is quite expensive to rent compared with other European countries outside of the capital/s. Buying seems to be expensive everywhere since the bank and credit industry bailouts/£££ printing. But rent is high in the UK compared with most
@@mango4ttwo635 I agree with you, all my friends who returned from London looked frail due to the economic situation
Well you have been lucky then because you have not had the life I had.
Britain is only a small country around 900 miles long, with lots of history and town and cities dating back centuries consider this when yo speak of small homes ! Also we do not have big heads like the Americans who think their country is the only country in the world or the best !
damn right
Why so angry?! The people from the US aren't saying they're better than you. I can tell though you believe you think you are though. You've taken this too personally. Hahaha.
@@jessicamartin787 Uhh, pretty sure they do, they are still so proud of the American revolution, the Boston massacre was accidental since a fire was happening down the road, someone shouts fire, soldiers shoot, arguably this is what caused the revolution. The world would be a completely different place if that house wasn’t on fire. Europeans would still have an empire Germany would probably rule over France etc etc etc
We are better,our nurses and workers in generally better paid. We live in nice spacious homes. People here don't live by the millions on benefits. Sorry we are. I love London though
You are right about the dark sides of living in Britain but having migrated and lived here for the last 42 years I have no regrets. To be fair, there are pros and cons in every country, whether developed or underdeveloped. I say this because previously I lived in India and Tanzania.
In Switzerland it's the same but even more expensive, non social at all, and without creativity. It's a country where it is normal to ignore everyone
@@dezlinglife how are people of colour perceived by the natives of Switzerland ?
@@originalunoriginal4055 Switzerland has one of the highest migration rates among its citizens... it's as Deborah has mentioned... they are being ignored.
Small houses, small doors, small roads and small cars are nice and cozy Politeness too. No dark side in much of what the vídeos says.
Hi..how arae you doing today my friend, hope you're good and the family are okay too and how's the pandemic over there and the weather
You are totally deluded my friend!!!
English reserve only applies to England. This man is classing the whole of the UK as England. I wonder if he has ever been outside of London.
He forgot to mention that it is so bad that we are over-run with immigrants desperate to live here. They are actually queuing up in Calais.
Every country has its drawbacks and this is a very narrow not very informed commentary.
Stop defending it the culture and social norms here are abusive and antiquated. It's full of twats and low low intelligence.
We are not overrun with immigrants, non-British born people made up about 14% of the population in 2019. That is just right wing tabloid bullshit. If you look at how many refugees are coming in, you will see that the UK takes less (much less) than several other European countries.
@@adamlea6339 - depends on where you live.
The English reserve was actually on the nail. It's almost impossible to be accepted into English culture. It takes decades.
@@jsemplefelton5348 I live in Manchester and the English reserve is absolutely true.
"The weather is unstable!" People who've come here from places which are vulnerable to tropical cyclones must be laughing out loud at this statement.
Just a few points from an Indian -- when you land in Heathrow you can breath freedom/ there is so much talk about racism, but during my short stay in London there was not even an unsavoury incident/ roads in London are narrow, yet at many places the pavements from both sides of a road would narrow the road further to help pedestrians. That tells how the priorities are perfect in the UK/ many would say London is the best place on earth. They are not far wrong. Guess, the Brits have a habit of complaining too much. :)
Yes some of them. Because they haven't seen life on other sides
This will not convince me to live in UK,with their huge taxes and lower payrolls
London is not racist because is a mix city but if you go to smaller towns where is more retire people they're more racist . But like you say England is a nice place to live but the English will complain about anything. I have live here for 14 years and I really like
@@sidonio123 ok, how diverse is any big city in India,Pakistan,Iran,Iraq, Japan, China,Mexico,Paraguay, Uruguay, any country that has a strong ethnicity so why can’t people from England have identity?
@@johnamoako6806 stay away then 😂😂😂😂😂
That the best you can come up with? Travelled to numerous countries around the world and really it's hard to beat. My favourite is the "unstable" weather - would that be the lack of hurricanes, monsoons, snowstorms and droughts that make it unstable? By the way the cars are small because the roads are small. Just like the rest of Europe where the roads were built when we had horses and carriages. Think I'll stay here thanks.
hah, completely agree! I feel fortunate to live in a place that doesn't have extreme weather. I lived in florida for a brief moment and compared to that, the uk's weather is just fine!
We can get destructive weather in the UK (European windstorms are one of the most costly insured losses historically), but it is never on the same level as the devestation in some other countries which often don't have the infrastructure and money to recover properly.
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Yes i totally agree with your points .i personally have experienced them .
I'm an Iranian who lived in Iran for majority of my life. I lived in Uk for 5 years and most things you mentioned I've experienced and understand them. However, most british people have no understanding of living conditions in other countries. In terms of inequality as long as salaries are concerned it's fairly equal. For example in Iran Doctors earn literally 100 TIMES the salary of a nurse which definitely isn't the case here.
Also, even though cost of living is high majority have high buying powers. I don't think most people have problem putting food on the table at least and can even save for purchases and travel, where as in Iran at least 40% of employed people cannot even afford proper food with the salary.
This is also besides political freedom and freedom to practice religion and believes which we all know is not possible in MANY countries. Even though I experienced racism here and there most british people are quite educated on Islam and cultural and ethnic diversities and tbh they're not THAT judgmental.
I'm also Iranian. I agree with you, living in UK is extremely difficult and it's depressing. Also it's difficult to find a job.
A lot of sweeping generalisations and a lot of stereotypes used. However, I agree a lot of our social life revolves around alcohol but there are many who find other things to do. Uk is expensive, rent and mortgages a rip off, insurance a rip off. Health care is free and universal so much cheaper than the USA. Weather is varied and a lot of people enjoy the change in seasons. I personally would prefer a warmer climate. The food is now very cosmopolitan and is not bland at all. Most brits are not painfully reserved, quite the opposite. The houses are small generally and so are some of the roads.The creators of the video should visit the uk.
I think he made some of these statements to provoke a debate
All what he mentioned are true, it is the most difficult place to live.He forgot to mention phone which is also expensive, Even if you have a friend living in UK, they hate to receive visitors. When living in Toronto, I had a conversation with a lady who was visiting from UK.she looked so frail in appearance. When asked why she said life in UK is so tough. I will never visit there. I enjoy living in US.
@@johnamoako6806 haha thats just stupidness 😂😂😂🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
@@MD_ENTERTAINMENT You better believe me probably you are raised in that expensive UK with tiny roads, expensive electricity bills, tiny rooms.How long can you spend in taking to someone in your own basic phone in your home in UK without receiving high bills, compare it with Canada or USA. How much does it cost to pump a gasoline in that your tiny vehicles .How many people are working two jobs in UK to survive.? How much does it cost to use your transit system? I am telling UK is very difficult to live there. Why don't you come to USA to compare?
@@johnamoako6806 I moved to England as an adult so I know that you talking foolishness. You can also find a lot of video on here From Americans that are now in the UK that will go against your argument. How can you without any experience try to convince people that actually know what is or isn't correct?
Binge drinking can happen anywhere. It does not take much effort to season your foods. Brits are very friendly. You clearly have not researched many areas of the UK to come up with your “dark” sides.
They are more friendly up north and in rural and small town Wales. Not so much in the south east and in big cities.
@@lemsip207 Like most counties e.g. Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam
@@robertlawson4127 I heard that Paris is very cold for engaging with people. Even more so than London.
In Britain we have the best availability of foreign foods in the world. Indian, Chinese, African, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and more are widely available and of high quality in restaurants and takeaways.
this guy has likely only researched london
I am true English and I have seen the changes in this country and for the worse no jobs hard to see doctor everything has gone up and the mane thing theres to many people comeing to this country and it's over populated now
Ever heard about punctuation? Also, check your spelling. Main, not mane. Coming, not comeing.
By a person "coming" to this Country.
@@Anto_81😂
I lived abroad for 10 years. I returned to the small town I was from and was treated like a complete outsider. Bearing in mind my friends had moved on and when I spoke to people they would say 'youre not from around here'. It felt rather frosty. I had lost my local accent so I stuck out like a sore thumb.
I'm welcomed when I return to my old town
I feel your pain. I am treated the same way. They look at me as an outsider even though I know everything about the place I was born. The accent throws them off
Being a UK resident all of my life I can fully confirm the information in this video to be absolutely laughable at best!
Yes, we have a small minority who like to binge drink, we even have a totally random weather system…But the other 80% of the ‘views’ mentioned in this ‘informative production’ are clearly based on none-factual research conducted by someone who doesn’t even reside in the United Kingdom!
Came here to write something similar. This guy has obviously never stepped foot on British soil. Most of what was said was laughable and not factual.
I call bullshit.
I’m born and bred in the U.K. and would agree with a lot: inequality, unseasoned food, shit roads, small houses. And compared to the majority of the global population, we are pretty aloof… yeh, it’s shit here!!!
Hmmm, rose-coloured glasses, much? It's completely accurate! I'm a migrant, and I can confirm the difficulty of coping with all this grows after the first few years of focusing on the positives. Houses, roads are tiny and it is super-difficult to make real friends, even if you're a white-arse English speaking person with a 'nice' middleclass job where you meet lots of people IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
Insulting . Typical American attitude that big is better
@@quixotiq -
Why do you think it’s so difficult to make real friends in England (or the U.K.)? Do you think it’s because people in the U.K. are shallow and lack depth? That’s what I think, and also because the constant politeness pushed or encouraged means it’s harder to be honest, vulnerable, deep etc, and I find you need those emotions to make good and real friends.
The narrow roads are very often due to the fact that they were built for horse and cart many centuries ago and cannot be widened.
I bet the TV license is a shock for many people coming to live here from other countries.
Around two-thirds of European countries use television licences to fund public service broadcasting others take it from general taxation.
Exectly. The roads were built for horse carts before the invention of cars
Same in Italy, sometimes
Well the tv licence is literally BBC's only way of income...i was and still totally against it since i do not watch any BBC shows
Good. The narrow roads are what make euopean cities so people friendly and charming. The US is horrible.
"Imagine your neighbor not caring how your doing, and not being able to help in an emergency" ...... Every city in the US as well as suburban areas.
@ericthiel4053 I live in the South of US and I have amazing neighbors. My neighbor from across the street took me daily to therapy , and to grocery store for months after an operation and couldn’t get myself anywhere.Her boyfriend, who lived next door to her mowed and did all my yard work for free. I consider them my friends. I am very good friends with one of my next door neighbors. We go places , concerts , new restaurants together. My next door neighbor on the other side, she and I share stuff like recipes and advice on pet care. I’m in my 50’s and have great neighbor friends.
One thing that SUCKS about the UK - the constant negativity, people whinge CONSTANTLY, always making negative comments, being judgmental, i hate it lol
Been in Britain 20 yrs now from Africa, life is too short to be concerned about things I cannot change such as inequality, racism and even the stigma of just being foreign,
Over the years I have realised that many Britons have now accepted the reality of living with foreigners whilst others are still struggling with it.
You have no reason to complain about racism or inequality. Immigrants like yourself get every benefit and privilege going. Stop complaining 👎🏻
@@carrie4558 Everyone has a reason to complain about racism and inequality, it is one of the scourges of modern civilisation.
Others are programmed by the Daily Mail to hate people from overseas, because, well it's tribalism isn't it? Got to pit subsections of the population against each other, that way they can't unite and fight against those really responsible for societal problems.
I've lived in the North West of England all my life, we're all a friendly bunch. Saying you won't make friends here is bullshit , the person dishing out all this information is totally wrong
Yes. Perhaps he meant London. It is often said that the people there are more reserved compared to the rest of the country.
True enough. I worked in Belfast for a year when I was younger, and I had no issues finding friends. Some say that people are racist in the UK, but being mixed race myself, I've had no more weird experiences there than other places I've lived or visited.
I was in a pub in Manchester the day my dad died. I've never been hugged that much from total strangers. A great memory.
The north may be a friendly area; but I think the criticism here was based on trying to make friends in London, it’s so much harder than up north
@@FART-REPELLENT the antisocial desease has spread to the north,believe me I know both areas.
After living in Japan the language barrier can be tough being a newer foreigner as most locals don't speak English and are much more reserved than the people in the UK. When you ride the train or bus there is no talking loudly or even on a cell phone. The homes are much much smaller in Japan than UK some with only one room (some places have public showers/baths that your home may not have) so no I would actually have it easier living in the UK by comparison as it adopts more of the western culture standard I'm more familiar with. Now there are many more positives I do miss about Japan like the food, the futuristic high tech stuff, and actually made some friends there. I actually plan on buying a 2nd home in the UK because my wife is from there so it would be like having the best of both worlds (US and UK). I absolutely love the UK. Any major city you go to you'll find the dark rough parts in my case Chicago's Southside were cross fire shootings are common without warning. Regardless of location I only look at the person as a human being and their character. I try to make an effort to assimilate the best I can even though it's not perfect. I've learned a lot after traveling. What I've learned after visiting the UK for the first is that all dialect is not the same through out the UK and the local culture just like in the states the difference between NYC and Mississippi is day and night. There is no one size fits all when traveling to most countries. Every area may be more different than the other good or bad.
Having lived in the US and the UK I find the UK much more preferred. What about the positives such as multiculturalism, low racism, healthcare, welfare state, etc which are all better than the US. To say the dark side makes it sound like hell on earth!
Also lack of guns, low murder rate, low rate of police murdering people, low rate of incarcerate innocent people, lack of fat people, no TV adverts every 5mins, etc
There is a lot of poverty in the UK The weather is depressing. Making friends here isn’t easy at all. It’s towns are overcrowded and the road network is inadequate. Energy costs are very high. The job market is very competitive. Housing at the lower end is bad.
I am here in the UK since 2008,i did not regret the move at all . I have rebuilt my life. What is the best for me is that you can be in a fairly good position without diplome and on good salary. I got used to the weather. Yes house are tiny but relatively cheap to run/affordable(i live in Coventry). Roads are not wide enough but never you mind. Summers are not that hot but come on you can always go to Spain for a week or two.
not the britain i know
Nor me. Fifty years in the UK. I've lived in America, and they're nice people, but I found the people of the UK to be friendly, balance and all-round good eggs. 😁😁
"Ppl are usually very reserved." *laughs in Swiss-German*
Watching it from Russia and I can’t stop smiling, looking at these “problems”.
i don't see them as problems and i'm english
They are not really problems as long as you are ready to put up with them
People in the west stand with you 🇷🇺 .
So enjoy the last days of UA-cam 😂
No problems here bro
Before Covid, I was in London twice a year to work. I've always found Brits to be quite friendly but, say, in a pub it's best if you start a conversation with them. They can seemingly act cold but they all open up and act friendly.
Thank you. We try to be hospitable!
@@MTknitter22 Indeed- I've got a lot of friends over there. I was over there in July when it was HOT! As a Canadian, I don't do well in the heat, but the beer was good in all the pubs I visited.
I love England it is best country ever. There is no perfect country compered to others England is best. Most of English people are fair and just.
@@Maggie-zr2ow I really could not say, I've never been west of Kenora but I will say there are swesome pubs in the suburbs of London. The Antelope in Surbiton is a favourite. Great beer, great people. I don't know how they would act toward Americans, not being one myself.
@@zeljkodebeljko8767 There are a lot of great countries and while I have to give Canada the edge, England is a very close second! I could live there.
Our houses are small but they are made of brick and don’t generally fly off during a tornado
Other dark sides include
moterways and bad drivers
No air con in our houses so in summer it gets really hot at night
Speak for yourself, I had air con fitted to my house in summer 2019, best thing I did as I think we are getting warmer and more humid summers.
summer is horrific in the uk especally in London, most houses are built to keep heat in.
@@DJDark_Angel Luckily, summer only lasts a week!
Not to mention these additional issues:
- Racist attitudes towards foreigner
The northern areas have no well paying jobs.
-Depressing architecture of housing
- Drug problems in cities like Liverpool and Manchester
- The NHS. It’s rubbish if you have experienced the health system in places like Australia or Canada.
- Toxic corporate work culture in London.
I could go on and on but let’s just say as someone who tried to live in the UK it’s not worth the trouble.
You cant make friends in the uk that's like saying all Americans mums are they sisters you cant comment on what you dont understand
We complain a bit about the weather but life is pretty good otherwise.
The word unstable is ridiculous that suggests significant and serious weather, which you would just actually use the word changeable. As in the sun may come and later on it rains. The weather is actually relatively stable as there virtually no hurricanes, let alone tornados or cyclones. As to some of the others they all seem to apply to any developed country students drink shock horror, rent can be expensive especially in a huge world city like London.
this guy has obviously never been to Scandanavia, try the cost of living there.
Lol. Try living in California, New Jersey or New York.
He's never been to the U.K. either!
Scandanavia is very expensive and I think people will remain poor there because of the system.
@@TheIddieMorris that dude is talking about countries not state or province
@@TheIddieMorris that dude is talking about countries not state or province
I’m born and bread in England and can vouch for what he’s saying! It’s a absolute shit-hole here (although I don’t think Scotland and Wales are as bad)
I've never been to Manchester, but if you think it's a s... h... leave and go soutj to wonderful Bournemouth. Drink in the lovely coast, revel in the sun a
and peace and be positive.Most of all have God in your heart.
It's not that bad...paradise for someone 😁
@ONLINE INTELECTUAL UK just has a name, l will not live in such a difficult place like that UK come live in US. Anytime you decide to visit someone in UK they reject the visit because they can't afford to pay more bills that is why they love to be in USA
AQ Kan - some areas of England are beautiful while others are indeed as you describe. Best stick to the nice areas.
You're edible 'bread'?
The dark side of Britain's monarchy
Your segment on “pre drink” killed me… in America we call that a “pregame” and I do it all the time before the bar
the Dutch have the best word. Translates as foreplay
It's actually called preloading
Pre drink. Never heard that expression in my life. This fella narrating is talking bolloxks 😂
Grew up in the UK and have since moved to a warmer country. Whenever I go back the worst part for me is the short days during winter months. Really effects me mentally, especially if the weather is cold and rainy. Dark by 3.30pm, just awful.
And the excessive grey days make you feel like summer is short and winter is long. Vitamin D is in short supply here.
Ever been to Norway, Sweden, Canada, Alaska, Russia or Iceland?
@@robertlawson4127 why do you think if we put people from all these places in a pub they would get along
@@robertlawson4127 Look at a map with regard to latitude. Canada doesn't belong with those other countries because it is much further south. Cold winters yes but the real weather challenge is very hot and humid summers. The majority of Canadians live in a latitude nearer that of the south of France.
Thats why depression is a massive think in UK, we just don't get warm weather and sunlight.
Not to mention taxation through the roof and poor prospects these days.
Spot on! .. and not only is tax and car insurance steep - but public transport is ridiculously expensive. .!!
yes, but.... The video narrator sounded North American. And most of it has no public transport. IF comparing with other European countries, you'd be right
I'm British I live in the US. I was last there 5 years ago and my transportation cost was 56 pounds per week. There's no way transportation will cost me that much in NJ
I love visiting but everything costs more than the US.
Being an artist studying Theatre and musical comedy in Switzerland, having been raised by narcissists I think I couldn't be less good in Britain than Switzerland
Hi..how arae you doing today my friend, hope you're good and the family are okay too and how's the pandemic over there and the weather
Houses in the UK are smaller than in the USA because there is a lot less land to build on. It is pretty simple, really.
They have "high density" housing in America too. Yes I was surprised. They also have "trailer parks".
Most of what you mentioned are not "dark" sides. Its only the high rent and tv license that are annoying, everything else is not that bad. Im an arab who lived in the UK and now im back in my country to be close to my parents but if it werent for the money I would have stayed there forever, I love the UK ♥
🥰i am coming ❤
I have lived in the UK all my life and I would agree with most of your opinions. Regarding a TV licence, you only need one to watch live TV or stream BBC I player if you just watch netflix or any other streaming service its not required.And by the way I don't drink alcohol
Switching passports and nationality.
You don’t need a licence
Does it mean that you are not forced to pay a license for the BBC or the state's media if you don't want to?
You are so full of it. Have you even spent any time in Britain? You are cherry picking and generalizing
I agree with small houses and roads but that’s about it. Pretty much everything else I can relate to here in Atlantic Canada. It’s not that bad there. I found people very friendly and helpful and food in pubs especially excellent. If you stay out of London, prices are pretty comparable to major places in Canada. Weather is also not that bad. It rains more here where I live than there and also warm mild winters there where spring starts in February/March . Things don’t start growing here until May. Pros and cons to every place.
Lived in Uk for 6 year and i can confirm - it’s all true.
I have been in a few other European countries and survival in UK was the hardest…or…let’s rephrase it…UK Is the only country in Europe where I had to SURVIVE instead of living.
As much as I love the culture (including binge drinking and food) it’s turning into an economic clusterfuck. And it’s a big shame.
I'm British, born and raised, and couldn't agree more. I feel guilty to say this, but I'd leave the UK if I could.
@@jbcentral1545 same.
Same here cannot understand why so many people want to come to work here
@@princessbella3592 leave then .
@@princessbella3592 leave then .
One very incorrect comment on this (although there are others) is no equal access to healthcare. We in the UK ALL have equal access to healthcare regardless of income, which is free at the point of use and includes; hospital, physician, specialist and mental health care. Not to mention free or heavily subsidised prescription costs which are around £9 ($12) regardless of the cost of the medication! It's paid for by taxation (which is cheaper than health insurance and is without co-pays and exclusions). Unlike in the US where there is no universal healthcare and the most common reason for bankruptcy is the cost of healthcare! The US also has some of the worst healthcare outcomes even though the cost of healthcare in the US is so expensive, and shorter life expectancies compared to the UK.
As in so many UA-cam reports when he says "Britain" he actually means "London".
Born and bred there but after 55 yrs of living there and working hard for nothing i have left for more sunny climate and better life , i don't miss that place one bit , UK ? were the hell is that ? 😂😂😂😂😂
Probably is Australia ?
Hence why I left the UK decades ago and will never return.
Barely any of it is correct though.
then you never came here mate most of this video is bollocks
Very disappointed now 😞 I love Britain, never visited though,. the culture, scenery.... like reading a children's fairy tale book, I'm was probably delusional 😅. I'm Egyptian, the British have a reputation of being cold blooded with blunt emotions and unsociable, well the German too Lol , well , of course when Egyptians could tell you their whole life story in the first 15 minutes . Modern life is hard anywhere I guess.
There is a lot of rubbish in this video. The usual cliche of bad food and weather. The thing about British being drunk esp is dated. Rates of drinking alcohol have been dropping in the UK for years particularly among the young. Worse things about the UK is the cost of living. It is hard for people to live here esp in the current economic climate.
Please come visit! I would be happy to show you around :)
Im learning masri, i cant expect you to like my country. Its soo depressing you walk around all day and its cold and you see wet leaves on the floor and hear drug dealers coughing in the background and smell weed every other street. I hate england lol i wish i could move away sooner
I’m not sure I agree with everyone being reserved and polite. I live in West Yorkshire- people are not polite!!!
It’s a bad idea to even make eye contact with other blokes if you’re out of your area. It’s not great but it’s how it is 🤷♂️
Lets face it, most of Britain is rough as f##k except for those posh select areas. Like Tonbridge Wells or Bath. The rest of us fight and squabble together, trying to live against the odds.
@chrisrobson hmmm hmmm & hmmm lol 😂 hope your staying safe 🙏 ❤️ up north is so grimey .West.Y. 😆
Another American who equates Britain/UK/England to London. There are trains going to many parts of the UK - take one to experience a wider knowledge. No we are not perfect by a long stretch but how about: "The number of killings in the U.S. soared in 2020, jumping nearly 30% since 2019 for the largest single-year increase on record, according to the FBI." 42.01 Homicides per million - UK is 11.68 per million.
We who live here call it `Rip-Off Britain` for a reason.
It rains and the food is unseasoned? Hardly "dark side" stuff. And cars in UK are pretty much the same as anywhere else in Europe
.....and in the world.... the real existing world !
This narrator really got up my nose........I travel to the U.K. annually and have done so since 1976 and have travelled the length and breadth of it. The U.K. is a varied and multi cultural place filled with history galore, beautiful towns and villages, varied and breathtaking scenery, excellent transport system, good food........I could go on and on.....as for the people....kind, welcoming, friendly, obliging, generous, funny ........again I could go on and on........the weather...varied........we here in Australia could have four seasons in one day........I would give "my right arm" so to speak, to live there. As for this person...........look in your own backyard with open eyes..........America has a lot to answer for and it is not the safest place to live..........again, here I could go on and on...........but I will not.
The cities usually have good transport but many rural areas are very poorly served.
The TV license is £150 for the year, and it’s what pays for the BBC, it’s more than worth it, it ensures we have the most unbiased media possible.
Im from macedonia, its south europe, here we have 300 sunny days every year, the sky is blue, but in the North its depresing.
VISITED BRITIAN A FEW TIMES SALARIES ARE VERY SMALL AND THIS VIDEO IS VERY VERY VERY TRUE ✌🤚🤚👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Of course the houses and roads are small, it’s a island with a high population compared to Europe and especially America. This also effects accommodation. The drinking culture is totally wrong as a generality. Not sure what time you spent here, not so sure you travelled very much by your general ideas. Saw more poverty when living in US.
The roads are small because they date from hundreds of years ago when people got about by horse and cart. The houses are small because developers make the most money by cramming as many onto a plot of land as possible without violating building regulations.
okay living in Britain . has a student its fun and you do meet lot of students and get a room that shared not expensive. Moving to Britain from any other country is quite challenging. always make sure you find a accommodation before entering the uk. never trust you family iif they in uk already. they don't have time for or a accommodation.
unless you have it in writing. England is a beautiful place to live . London is a multicultural city where you find all sort of people and can make friends quickly. you will find all nationality food mostly Indian and Turkish. doted every where.. British people believe in humanity and government is always supporting the people not like other countries.
like any other country there is problems but not that bad otherwise the police will carry a gun which they don't. I lived here nearly all my life London. I love it .
Don't listen to much to videos . best places is more up south of England and wales. I love Ireland and wales great places to visit and live
London is ok but the rest of the UK cities and towns are very racist and segregated.
Very disappointing video.
Sorry to say that this is a very shallow perspective
Maybe the American commentator would like to highlight the " darker " side of life in the US..... such as gun crime or widespread homelessness .
The dark side of living in Britain is when your a foreigner or black you face daily hostility and racism in the UK go outside of multicultural London and see the real racism in other UK cities like Birmingham, Manchester Liverpool and towns .
Don't forget the countryside, that's supposed to be racist too!!
Small houses for mostly small minded people, although there's only a small chance of owning one on a small salary.
A load of sweeping generalisations. This person knows nothing about British people. I do, cos I am a Brit (and Welsh). I am tired of these Americans trying to lecture us all about everything. If Britain is so bad, why is everyone trying to get here?
Agreed ! I would also say the same about America !
they are not
They're not :-D :-D But the UK governmetn is paranoid about migrants and reinforcing racist attitudes about migrants every day!
I'd say he's Russian
Asylum seeker numbers are far higher in france, germany etc, despite the impression you might get from the Mail/Express/Telegraph/
Moved to Brittany 10 years ago and never looked back. England is an expensive and crime ridden place to live in these days.
Lose weight so you can fit in the tiny houses. Excellent advice.
Tom Nicholson
This chap was definitely speaking from an African point of view when it came to obesity. He seems to think it's normal to be large but to say large people can not fit into our houses is ridiculous.
I myself, to use correct English, am a fat bastard and I seem to be able to fit into most houses !!
Granted there are a lot of things wrong wiyh living in Britain, but on the other hand there us a lot things right with living in Britain, you just have to look for that balance etween the 2
Toooòoooo many cars on the roads and public transport in the North is unreliable since Thatcher privatised it in the 1990s. London's public transport is much cheaper and more reliable by comparison.
Not all English people will turn away from people to end a conversation, this was a wrong judgement to make. However, I have had complete strangers tell me their life stories whilst waiting for buses as some people will just talk none stop. English people seem to be kind and generous and friendly in the North, especially in Yorkshire.
I Agree to all the 10 points said here,as I have experienced it first hand.especially hard to find a true friend when life is so lonely.
Wanna connect me on Instagram 🙏 please
Near impossible to find a find here in Manchester, most people could care less on what u gave to say if it personal. I'm American been here near 2 years. I want New York back.
*friend
Mmmm, let's make a clip trashing life in Britain, and as a comparison let's use one of the most expensive cities in the world, London. Throw in the American fixation with everything having to be 'big' and viola, you have 8 minutes of drivel no use to man or beast. Oh, and the narrator has the most annoying delivery possible.
Well the cost is high because that’s the price you pay to live in a great big city like London. Why would you want to live in the middle of nowhere? People also get paid more in London than other cities in the uk so it justifies it
This might be the most preposterous video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam
These are the early pioneering days of Artificial "Intelligence".
When I returned to the UK 10 years ago, only have a few friends left. Couldn’t find my best childhood mate, he was awesome.
Almost all the “information” in this video is just silly, and in some cases points to poor research.
The TV license fee is how the UK government funds public broadcasters (and this includes tv, radio and online). In 2019 this accounted for 76% of BBC’s operating revenue. I live in Canada where instead of paying a license fee for the public CBC broadcaster, we all pay towards CBC funding on our federal income taxes. The license fee isn’t a “dark side” of living in Britain, it’s just the funding model being used. If it wasn’t funded via the tv license fee, and was instead part of the general public’s income tax would that make you feel better?
And on food, I went to England and Scotland in 2019 for over two weeks and couldn’t find bad food if I tried. From the restaurants to the supermarket everything was great. I think the “Britain has bad food” stereotype is long overdue for being laid to rest.
Small homes? That’s pure opinion, and shouldn’t be in this video. I think North American homes are too large, encouraging wasted money, wasted utilities and hoarding.
100% agreed.
Calling some these traits 'dark sides' seems a bit dramatic to me...
I agree, how ignorant to assume that bland food, and small homes and roads are small. Some are thousands of years old! Common ignorance of an American
When people eat junk foods and become obese they have all kinds of health problems and they struggle to walk and breath, they die young to me that is a dark side, because all they need to do is eat healthy foods. When people think going out and getting drunk to have fun when some don't even know what they are doing apart for vomiting and damaging their health. Is the dark side to me. Living in cold houses when the weather is nice outside getting vitamin D deficiency which affects your health and doesn't go away by sitting in the sun , having to take medication for the rest of your life because it's affected your bones is the dark side to me. I could go on, and on.
@@AnnaMaria-po5mk I mean yes but most of these issues are not exclusive to here
@@tiredgremlin6315 why are we not talking about the dark sides to Britain?
@@AnnaMaria-po5mk No we're not really to be honest. Those things you mentioned would be be described as dark sides of many places in europe. Besides, my inital comment was mostly based on parts where they mentioned the small roads and houses which are hardly dramatic enough to be called dark sides. They're more of an inconvenience to people visiting. I wasn't thinking on the grand scale of what you seemed to bring up. Saying stuff like 'the weather is unstable' then talking about just the rain? When there are places that have much less stable weather conditions?? A bit underwhelming. Thats all I meant.
Very rarely do I comment on videos on UA-cam. However, I have never heard such inconsequential drivel, misleading, and pointless information contained in one video, I use the word information in its loosest context. I’m surprised anyone would subscribe to this none senses Perhaps the next video could be the dark side of living in a swamp!!!!!
Absolutely agree!!
Maybe this idiot should do a video on the dark side of living in Syria or Iraq or Afghanistan before slating our country!
What a load of crap !! Lol
@@BarbaraJV1 Afghanistan and Syria are probably more democratic with less corrupt governments.
1. The cost of living is high, like everywhere. 2. It rains. No shit. 3. We call it pre-loading...a quick whiskey before popping out somewhere expensive. 4. I was going to take the piss out of every example shown but this is getting ridiculous. 5. Just realised the video moves from three to five in its numbering. 6. Why show me seasoned food to demonstrate that the food is unseasoned? (hell I don't add salt to rice/noodles, I leave that on the table for my guests to determine. 7. Bollocks. 8. Also bollocks. 9. 10. 11. this is gettng strange. 12. You don't need a license to watch a television. {The U.K. still has licenses . . .that's very peculiar. I've not much experience with this subject, I mean what are the chances of being arrested, prosecuted and doing 'time' ??}
At a wild guess this guy has stringed together a heap of videos from the late nineties/early two thousands and had a good winge all beacause of a bad over-seas experience at a cheap hotel.
@@SiliconBong Absolutely…wonder if his subscribers are a little challenged in the, erm, coherent thinking department?!
I have to say half of this I really can’t agree with, being British born and bred. I’ve also lived in the north and south. I think he doesn’t fully understand.
Also, ONLY THE BBC channel requires a TV license and that got cancelled like a month or so right?
3:08 if you don’t like British food don’t come to the UK
Im loving the fact that many of the images are from Edinburgh,instead of just London
I spent most of my life in Britain before moving to Spain. Cost of living is bad, but it's not as bad as other countries, true. The issue is that - in most cases - rent and public transport costs are not proportionate to the average salary.
The weather is objectively grim but personally, I didn't have much of a problem with it. What I did have a major problem with, was dirt: most British towns are not clean at all, especially in certain areas. That adds up with the size of your standard house, which is tiny and (often) the materials used are not up to the standards of a first world country. Dirt, exposed wheelie bins and small houses do not create a nice environment to live in.
Another thing that used to bug me quite a bit: roads. The quality of motorways is shocking, both in terms of asphalt and in terms of road sings and safety. They are free though, that needs to be taken into account. Also, patchy roadworks do not help create nice looking streets in the town centres. The NHS is OK, but nowhere near the quality of the health care systems in Italy and Spain, for example, where hospitals and clinics are actually clean and more often than not, well taken care of. Lastly: British people should remember that while everyone is welcome, Britain belongs to the British. It does not belong to external people who - with all due respect - are used to much lower standard of cleanness, infrastructures, health care and so on. Having said this, I will never feel teh cultural affinity I feel with the UK with any other country. So, Hail Britain 🇬🇧 But please make an effort to better yourself in the years to come
Britain is far better that crap America, everything in America is big.I was asked bu an American what is that in that wagon,I said potatoes,he replied why back in America we grow them the size of soccer balls,I replied yes but we don’t grow them to fit our mouths.
Immediately I disagree with your first one (cost of living). I lived in a few countries and cost of living compared to average wages in the UK is lower than all the countries I've been to
I want to move from America to England 😂 Definitely lower cost per living, but I agree with the low salaries. From my perspective it seems like most careers start out at £22,000-£25,000 whereas in the United States most jobs careers automatically start you at at around ~$50,000/year
@@revamp8835 Do not move to UK it is most difficult place to reside,not mentioned of their expensive electricity bills, phone bills. You can't even buy a favorite home compare it with USA. You got to get two jobs to survive.
@@johnamoako6806 and do you live in the UK, have you lived in both countries before? Just wondering
@@johnamoako6806 in the US you need $1,400 just for rent 😂 Now you need food, pay for healthcare, car, car insurance and more
@@revamp8835 Brother I have never been to UK or lived there before but an evidence proves right. Most returnees from UK look frail. When ask why they explain the condition over there is not as easy as we think compare it with other countries. Here in US I bought a 4 bedroom home for $140,000 with a payment of $740 a month and it is 2200sqft.My friend my friend mentioned to survive in UK, you need get up from your ass and have to jobs .Most people don't want to receive visitors because of electricity bills, that is why the residents don't take shower often. Gasoline prices, phone bills are skyrocketing. Any country British colonized are facing similar economic problems because they are the complete stigma. They have adopted lower payrolls and hard work. No wonder most of them move to USA or Canada. Tiny roads, homes, and tiny vehicles. Please don't move over there.
I agree with the British not making friends with foreigners, I've lived in the UK for many years and I experienced British people being very cliquey and not befriending people from abroad, they are polite but not trying to be friends with foreigners, very often looking down on us.
Exactly my experience 👍living in uk now since 5years and found no friends at all!!!!
@@claudiaweber4564 I'm not surprised at all, English don't make friends with foreigners, they will be polite but not include you in their circle.
@@jobalak9761 As you said,..... they are all very polite and friendly, but as soon, you want to get a step further, you won't hear anything from them. I gave it up. Even, not too keen on this country , their culture, their way of life. I prefer S-America.
As a Brit there is the Island mentality with a distorted sense of nationalism that yearns back to its Empire through rose tinted spectacles. Culminating in it giving up the benefits of being a member of the largest trading block in the world with all the benefit of freedom of goods and movement across Europe. Short sighted lunacy that conjures up anti European sentiment and makes it the pariah of Europe.A one great country now reduced to insignificance in world affairs.
That is certainly one way to look at it, if you are a self hating leftist. I am an American, but I would suggest that perhaps a sensible majority of British people wished to keep their sovereignty and democracy, rather than be ruled by unelected technocrats in Brussels. A wise choice, and certainly Britain's glorious history and world dominating culture gave it the confidence to be the first European country to escape from the undemocratic clutches of the EU. Cheers.
@@igottheshaft You have no idea what my background is but you clearly speak with the ignorance of a Trump supporter.
@@runwiththerunners8152 Whilst you bellyache and disparage your own culture online, I take solace in the fact that your worldview was democratically defeated. It was such a resounding, irrevocable defeat too, a sort of modern day Waterloo.
Whoever does your research needs to be fired, talk about misinformation. Rents in London and the South East are indeed high, but rents outside of those areas are much less and generally more affordable. More expensive than some countries sure, but less expensive than others that's for sure. Some things such as fresh organic food are very cheap compared to say the US where the price of some everyday items shocked me a bit when I first visited. Staples such as sliced bread are also better quality and contain far less additives and sugar. Of course it rains, but it rains far more in NYC than London and winters are 1000% less harsh in the UK than Canada, the Northern and Eastern US and most of the European continent. The myth of poor or awful British food has been shown to be myth many times, don't want British staples don't eat them. In pretty much any city and town you'll find great takeaways, restaurants and pubs serving good food. Anywhere North of Watford is generally pretty friendly, but even people down South will be helpful and friendly given a chance but the UK dislike that Continental or US abruptness and loudness, it's seen as rude. Tone down the voice a bit and don't be as "in your face" and you'll find people respond much better to you.
No one sleeps in a 12 inch by 12 inch bed.
I have a hamster than does. He doesn't use all of it, mind.
To the person who is reading this, don't give up on your UA-cam channel. Keep going it's going to get better. ❤️❤️❤️
I grew up in Britain and then moved to another country 40 years ago. Yes the roads are smaller than those in America, which judging from your accent that is where you come from. One must not forget that many British towns and cities are centuries old with many old houses which are still inhabited. The weather is not as hot and sunny as many other countries, but I have memories of beautiful summers. British people are not so reserved as you think and I found it easy to get to talk to them and make friends with them. I still have contact with old friends. A British friend is a friend for life. A friend of mine lived for many years in Britain and was homesick for a long time after returning to her native country. Compared to a lot of countries in the world Britain is a good place to live.
This country is become a joke and more expensive as hell.
I lived in England 6 years it was the worst time of my life
What did you experience? I am interested in your story.
@@thinkingallowed7042 I'm not. Sounds like a loser.
I don't think binge drinking should be on there. It makes us Brits sound like we are all alcoholics. This is definitely not the case. There are loads of us which prefer a cup of tea or a coffee instead of a stiff drink and the majority certainly are not getting legless every night - especially people over 30. Regarding the food - we have some really fine restaurants especially in the countryside where quality produce is used and chefs take pride in their work. The majority of us are reserved and polite but will do almost anything to help someone in need. We are also a nation of animal lovers and most of us have animal welfare close to our hearts. I have travelled widely over my 50 years of life and I wouldn't live in any other country.
Yes,..you are right....having also,..lived in other countries...you make a sensible observation....
Yes I love this country I live in manchester UK OK its rains most of the time but at least there are no cockroches or other creepy crorlys its great OK the car insurance is a rip off but what can u do the people are friendly it's better than u s a ❤️❤️❤️
I'm a Brit. Yes it's expensive but at least you're paying for quality. I do agree with most of the video but the food is great, so much variety, accessability and it's delicious. I live in South America but miss English food so much. When can you get the incomparable Fish and Chips
...... contiue, Beef Wellington and so many delicious sweets like pure Apple Pie with clotted Devon cream. Nowhere!
I guess you have to love it if you can't escape the country. Lived in Manchester, it was a dreary shit hole and appears to still be the same. Brits are not living, but existing. Huge difference.
@@larry7268 Birmingham is a shithole too problematic city full of racism segregation and crime and divisions its dump like Manchester.
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I’ve been living in the UK for 7 years and the only point I find true is the unstable weather. Not necessarily bad one. But very unstable. I don’t find all the rest true and relatable.
I don't find the weather anything to complain about. I lived in Africa for decades and the colder weather suits me fine.
Could say the same about a number of Northern European countries regarding the weather, struggling to pay rent on an average salary in large cities. But tell me where on earth or at least in a developed country do you not need car insurance to drive a car?
Malta... not that you are allowed to have no insurance... just nobody does. Nobody cares over there.
Car pools are a cheap way to drive. You don't pay to buy a car, insure it, MOT it, pay taxes on it or maintenance costs. You just pay to use the car on days when to want to use it and pay the price of those days. The other costs would just be part of the overheads that determine the daily cost of the car.
GB has a serious problem.That’s why most states don’t like GB
•Pollution and the environment
•Inequality, low pay and poverty
•Inflation/ cost of living/ especially housing
•unemployment and underemployment
•Race relations
•The Ageing population
•Crime, law and order
•Mental health - depression/ anxiety (/suicide)
•Sexual inequalities
•Drug and alcohol abuse
•Lack of faith (trust) in government
Immigration/ overpopulation
I'm a Brit. And although I was going to be wary of an American perspective on the UK, I pretty much agree with you. we way overestimate our own country. I've been to a lot of European countries, and even though I think they seem stark and clinical compared to Britain, they do a lot of things better in the way of public services and culture. We've seen a lot of changes in Britain over the last 50 or so years. Biggest problem I see is overcrowding. Our open borders policy has not, ultimately benefited this country...
What open borders policy? I am a permanent resident in the UK, I would like my South African daughter to move to the UK. There is no way to get her into the UK. She is older than 21 and can't come in as my dependent. How is this open border policy. Most of the British public have no fricking clue how difficult it is to move to the UK. Even an acesteral Visa will cost around £5 000. Plus full NHS advance payments for 5 years which is another couple of grand.
Then what if you marry someone from Japan or South Africa? They have to apply for spousal Visa and it takes thousands and years to get citizenship. What open borders?
You are just a typical entitled white man.. check facts and the apeak
@@timpullen4941 the open border that allowed you to get in there
I don't find this accurate. I have VERY close friends from England. There very nice people and they do care how your doing. The weather?? Being from NY. England is a nothing in terms of weather. The rent? All depends where you live. Clearly London is very expensive but there's so many places that are affordable. This video sucks