18 Reasons Why Americans Will Love the UK
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- After living in England for a few years, and as a dual citizen who grew up in the US, I think these 18 reasons are what Americans will really appreciate about life here in the UK!
Why would you consider moving to the UK - or moving to England from the US? Here's some reasons you may not have heard before.
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From gov.uk
Use your right to roam
You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this land is known as ‘open access land’ or ‘access land’.
Access land includes mountains, moors, heaths and downs that are privately owned. It also includes common land registered with the local council and some land around the King Charles III England Coast Path.
Your right to access this land is called the ‘right to roam’, or ‘freedom to roam’.
I'm British and I've seen a good deal of the UK, but it's watching videos made by Americans who've visited or live in the UK that make me appreciate what we have. It's great to see your perspective. If you listen to the news, you'd think the UK is going up in flames! It really isn't. Most people are genuinely nice. It's easy to forget that.
Agreed! I read the news because I like to be informed but I take most if it with a grain of salt and use my rose colored glasses 🤓
I've been around the world and I must say, the UK is one of my favourite countries to live.
Yeah, it's brilliant for the rich. The most unequal country in Europe, except Bulgaria, crumbling public services due to lack of investment and a refusal for four decades to tax the rich properly so that they pay their fair share, rampant xenophobia against immigrants and asylum seekers fuelled by the right wing media and government, sewage in the rivers, low wages and precarious jobs, inflation higher than most other comparable countries, lack of workers' rights and more. Paradise on earth.
As you spelt favourite correctly, you’re more than welcome to our colourful country…see what I did there?
@@eightiesmusic1984 not in my country which created the language and mucked up the spelling
I've lived in 4 different countries & each one has it's own positive, negative & magic. The UK was fab like the other 3.
Well said! xx I love living in England. I feel like a local now (I still sound North American but no-one cares if I say "mate or love" to the locals...they do smile at me because I have an accent. They don't judge me, I think they like it!)
England has a steady pace, its something I love about living here. Meet friends for coffee, go to work, go to the pub for a chat, go to a bookshop or a gallery or museum...chill.
Lovely video x
Ah a fellow expat… yes the pace of life here is quite seductive! Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😌
It's something we as Brits should be relieved about , positive feedback , the realisation maybe we're doing something right , or part of our culture we may take for granted , is being appreciated by those who visit these shores . Hope you continue to have enjoyable experiences .
A lot of our media and political sectors talk down the country because it suits their purpose and narratives, yes there are problems but that is no different from any other developed country, but there are many positives that are getting buried by the negativity.
@@RushfanUK Yes , that's the problem , but the main stream media attack a lot of Britain's achievements as if we should be ashamed of the country , but i'm not .
Another perspective is always good to hear, but only when it’s positive 🙌
@@HipOverFifty Even if you made a video of the things about this country that you loath , as long as it's fair and constructive , nobody should get upset . Looking forward to more of your videos .
@@namesake-mx9nl wish everyone felt that way!
I moved from my native American Choctaw nation at 13 and came to live with my Welsh dad i love it in the uk great history culture made fantastic mates i go bsck every now and then and my native American family love it when i use Welsh and tell them about the uk
Very cool!
Thanks for the lovely praise 👍.I think quite a few Americans would appreciate the history and architecture too 💯.Have a wonderful week EVERYONE
Oh you’re very welcome … I’ve got to root for my land of birth haven’t I!
Agree with all of those. And there are many others from the weather (yes, I know it's usually criticised, but I love all the seasons, the cozy firesides in winter and the fact that we don't have crazy extremes of weather), the absence of dangerous wildlife, kettles (!) and the beautiful and very varied countryside with charming country lanes in abundance here in the UK. I feel blessed and grateful to live here.
Oh there are many more reasons to be true... plus when it wants to be it's the most beautiful country in the world imo.
@@HipOverFifty Indeed.
Britain looks best in Spring imo.
history is everywhere in the town i live we have a church or priory thats stll in use today that is a thousand years old
Had a university friend from Illinois, he said one one of the great things about living in the UK is having Holiday Pay with a set amount of days off you have to take and also not having to pay to see a GP when your not feeling well. He went to work sick and was surprised when they sent him home and paid him! Surprised these were not mentioned in the video.
Thanks for sharing!
The idea is we don't want you spreading what you have leaving the place short staffed. As well as adding to the NHS ques.
Kettles! Boils water in minutes for a cup of HOT tea 😉….Fresh bread that tastes of bread not cake… chocolate….clotted cream teas….seeing sheep in a field….cheese - lots of it….salad cream/Branston pickle/chutnies…..being able to drink a glass of wine in the park when having a picnic …. Pork pies …..crisps that are actually crispy and taste of what they are meant to! ….dunking biscuits in a cup of tea….eating an afternoon tea of little sandwiches and dinky sized cakes …. Eating fish n chips from a paper container, whilst sitting on a bench on a seaside promenade and watching the waves (and trying to fight off killer seagulls that are trying to nick a chip 😳😆)……that in every town or village in all parts of the Country, there will be a historic place of interest, church or building to visit…
(You see, I have been watching fellow USA reactor videos on RUclips and these are the things that they have said, loved and enjoyed! Sorry for cheating a bit by just repeating it all! 🥺😁)
That all sounds very lyrical and I agree 100%
Wait, you didn't mention Marmite!
@@user-zu6ir6kj5g ah, well, that would be a secret surprise as most Americans are frightened of it! ….. now, if a Marmite lover (like me) could show them how to apply this yeasty treat to a slice of hot and thickly buttered (proper stuff, not out of a spray can 😲🤢) fresh crusty bread toast, it would be a deep joy 😃
Indeed, as a bread baker that's precisely how I like it. I'm endlessly frustrated by watching US "reactors" slather it on like Nutella, only to discover it's inedible in such quantities. Americans just don't seem to understand words like "sparse, moderate, or sparingly"!
I once tried it on my Thai girlfriend. Upon describing it, she used a Thai adjective I wasn't familiar with - looking in the dictionary it said, "Putrid, something dead"!! I won't say it was the end of our relationship, but it was a contributing factor!@@weedle30
Hi. Just a generalisation but it appears that many in the US don’t understand that a pub and a bar are not the same thing (we have both here in the UK). Pub is short for public house, and that tells you what its purpose is. It’s a place to gather with family, friends, neighbours to socialise (and that can include children). As you said, it’s not just about alcohol.
In summer ,country pubs often have outdoor seating ,so you can have your meal at tables outside in the fresh air .
Until relatively recently, children were not particularly welcome in pubs. In fact they were banned in a lot of them, except on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I remember always wondering what the inside of a pub was like when I was growing up in the 1980s. That situation carried on until the mid/late 90s.
@@ajs41 true, but that was a personal decision by each individual pub landlord/landlady.
@@ajs41 I remember sitting on the steps of the pub with other kids, sipping on a bottle of pop and eating crisps while Mum and Dad were inside. The smell of the beer and cigarettes wafting over us every time the door opened.
In the US I was taken to a pub by Americans, it turned out to be a Bar in a hotel.
Don't forget the wildlife ,and I don't mean chucking out time from the pubs on Friday night.
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We don't have bears etc
I use to own a pub mentioned in the doomsday book!
Can I add the theatre... from the annual pantomime for all the family to classic Shakespeare to musicals and comedy the Brits really do it best. I thought you might mention it during the Village Hall piece or the Christmas one... but I didn't want you to miss it.
Thank you for letting us know… I’m not a massive theater fan but I’m sure it’s excellent!
Check out Britain's canals. You will be amazed by their tranquility and probably want to live on a narrow boat from that moment on. The Kennet and Avon is a particularly nice one but they are all beautiful in one way or another.
Agreed. I was walking along the Kennet Avon yesterday 👍🏻
The canals are unbeaten when it comes to dredging them for bicycles and supermarket trolleys.
Nice to get another perspective - thank you.
My pleasure!
No. 10 Right to Roam. No, you cannot just cross anywhere. There are footpaths that you must adhere to. If a path crosses over a farmer's field, that farmer cannot close it. Although, in certain circumstances they can close it, but they have to re-route that walk. You cannot just walk onto someone's property if there's no official trackway. You buy an ordnance survey map, and you will see walks/trackways galore. Also, leaflets at, say, The Rambling Association. They'll have lots of walks.
Unless you live in Scotland
There is a right to roam off track on privately owned open moorland, national parks and local authority registered common land and there is a lot of all three.
Every local authority holds what is called a definitive map of the land it administers with all public rights of way on privately or publicly owned land clearly marked including Bridleways along which you are allowed to ride horses and bicycles.
Yes no 10 is complete;y wrong, there is no right to roam in England. In Scotland you may be able to do it but in England you cannot you must stick to footpaths !
Bravo on another superb video 👏👌🙏👋
Thank you! Cheers!
Nowhere in the world will you find so much within such a relatively small geographical area as the UK. Mountains, lakes, islands, rolling hills, flat lands, moors, forests, beaches, canals, waterways [Norfolk Broads] and so many good beaches [we are an island]. We are four nations welded into one with 56 dialects and several languages. We have glorious cathedrals over 1,000 years old, ancient castles, Roman ruins, ancient monuments and medieval villages and churches. Despite the British inclination to moan about the weather, it doesn't actually rain all the time or indeed a lot. Paris, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, and Mexico City all have more rainy days on average in any given year than London. We are green 365 days a year. We have a temperate maritime climate not prone to extremes. We get four seasons and there used to be something beautiful in all four, but in recent years we haven't had the snow in winter that I grew up with. Winter here now is a horrible grey cold dampness albeit mild and cosy. We don't get earthquakes or tornadoes worth talking about. No water shortages. No wildlife here will kill you and we are in Europe - the very epicentre of fine culture and beauty. We don't have guns. We have the history, we have the architecture, we have the location, we have the scenery, we have the shopping, leisure, sport, entertainment and culture. We have all that can be desired, yes, even sun. We also have a lot of terrorists, crime and way too many people all living on top of each other in what are some of the ugliest and most depressing cities in the Western world.
I agreed with your post except for your final sentence.
I am sorry to say this, but the primary reason Americans enjoy the U.K. is because it is not full of Americans.
Even Oxford - the typical American tourist’s favourite tramping ground has more Japanese and European tourists than American.
When I studied at Oxford I lost count of the number of American tourists who stopped me in the street to ask “where is the University?” Most of them seemed totally of incapable of understanding that Oxford University is uniquely part of the central city itself and has been since the 14th. Century. Americans expect there should be a specific “campus” - which is does have - Oxford Brooke’s University which is at Headington, Oxford. (Yes, Oxford has TWO universities - both of very high standard!)
Cool information love
Glad you enjoyed it
Can't knock a Marks and Sparks ready meal .. proper pucker
i lik you talked about the ready meals, and to be honest you can deals, and they can be cheaper than making yourself, by the time you buy the ingredients, the time to cook it, the washing up, great for busy people, or just to grab on the way home
again the sunday roast can be just as cheap, buy the time you buy everything for two people cooking the meat didhes and the likes, average price for sunday roast here in north is around 10.00 pouns, even at a carlvary, we having it tomorrow at our local, 9.99 for 3 meats and all the veg you can eat, with yorkshire pudding as well
Have you joined the library? There are so many different things that go on in local libraries these days, as well as borrowing books.
Of course I have! All the British authors I can find? Divine 😀
The right to roam is true in Scotland but not in England. In England you can walk on all open land, such as moorland and coastline but you don’t have the right to walk across farm fields unless you use public rights of way and footpaths. You don’t have an automatic right to walk on private property unless it contains a public right of way.
Public rights of way are more or less everywhere in England though so you can basically go where you want. And let's be honest, public rights of way tracks are usually better than struggling across a muddy field.
Just to clarify, Right to roam, you cannot just walk on any land, especially privately owned land, yes you do have the right to roam on land that is designated right to roam, there is a path through it for you to enjoy, there are maps available to show you where you can walk. :)
Many countries in Europe do not allow speed cameras to be enabled on navigation aids, something to be aware of if going over to Europe for a weekend or longer.
Thank you that was very interesting ,being British q,it’s a way of life I really treasure.😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi,i was in a little pub in yorkshire today,emty but for one man,i was with my daughter,looking on the wall i see a photo of the queen 2010,standing at the bar right in front of me,blacksmith cloughton,i never new she had ever been in a pub,but to think the queen had popped in for a drink was great.
What a great story!
I think its amazing that the 2 greatest countries on earth us and uk are so close as allies with common language its great i have been to vancouver also seattle next i am off to boston as the start of my 2 week road yrip around central us cant wait
I grew up outside Boston, I think New England is my favorite bit in the US… enjoy your visit!
And there are always loads of books in Charity Shops as well as masses of clothes, toys --- Everything!
The charity shops are a treasure trove!
Yes, the plethora of charity shops that have grown like a cancer cell over the past two decades as town centres become miserable wastelands of crime through the ongoing closure of shops. Never mind! The charity shops fill all those empty spaces. So that's a blessing.😂 As this lady says in reference to 'cafe culture', the onslaught of the charity shop boom 'also bears repeating.' Lot of sugar coating going on here, folks. Countryside etc, yes, all very nice, however this lady seems to be fortunate enough to live in some kind of pricey Cotswolds bubble? It's rather like how the UK's ignorant 'Countryfile' MPs are blissfully unaware of failing Britain due to their privileged positions. Still waiting for this well-meaning lady to step into reality...
Just a warning about speed cameras. The video implies that the cameras are on main roads, but there are vast numbers in towns and suburbs on ordinary roads. There are warning signs but don't assume that if there is no sign there is no camera. Also, unlike generally in France, thee are frequently signs but no camears as these are potential sited for camera vans.
I definitely don't see any ageism I can think of. I'm 39 and most of my neighbours, and therefore several friends are in their 60s and 70s. I help them out if they need it, and they help me out if I need it. I've lived other places where there was less neighbours friendliness, but it's nice here
I agree, I think there's a lot more tolerance here.
you dont have to go far to see something of great intrest or historic things like the peake district or sherwood forest the vale of york ancient cathedralls and castles
You didn't mention the Charity Shops! -
You cannot buy alcohol every where. To sell alcohol the premises must be licensed as an off-licence. A licensed premises would be a pub or hotel. An off-licence can be granted by the local authorities licensing authority with police guidance if required. These days it is usually granted unless the area is known as an alcohol troubled area. There should be a small sign above the door with the licensee holder’s name. Today all supermarkets usually sell the full range of alcoholic drinks from ciders, beers, wines, spirits along with the trimmings of nuts and crisps (chips in the US).
I think you should consider visiting Hay-On-Wye on the English Welsh border. A very pretty place but it is a town with dozens of second hand book shops, so many it has an annual festival.
You can buy alcohol 'everywhere' from supermarkets to the small high street spin-offs e.g. Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Extra, M&S Simply Food and independent wine shops on many village and town high streets.
The gist of it is it compared to the US you can buy alcohol nearly everywhere here… but 🙏 for elucidating the finer details
We don't have dry counties, so you can buy alcohol anywhere.
@@crowbar9566 In the 60's Wales had dry, could only alcohol in a club as long as you were a member .If you were a bona fide traveller you were also able to get a drink. When driving from Carmarthenshire into Glamorgan you coild see the Glamorgan pubs empty and propke move into Carmarten.
You have given the impression there a places that you cannot buy alcohol. That is not true. You can buy it virtually everywhere.
You didn't mention talking about the Weather 😆.
The good old British Pub aka the Boozer where many people get together for a good night out and meet their future wives and husbands ☺️. 🇬🇧
I’ve done a whole ‘nother video on the weather 😅
@@HipOverFifty The British weather is always a good conversation opener as it's so unpredictable from one day or week to another. It's a nice bright day today but by gum it's a cold one lass 🤣😆
The day after Christmas the holiday adverts start
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Thanks for using a script and not winging it, inflicting a disjointed, devoid of focus delivery that blights so many RUclipsrs. Thanks also for not presumptuously asking to like and subscribe at the beginning of the video. Good content will achieve that without pleading, which comes across as a bit desperate. 🙂
Always appreciate the input... and I agree. If you like it you don't have to be asked!
I used to work as a barmaid when I moved to the UK there'd be the regulars that would come in daily to socialise and have a Sunday roast with their misses. Unfortunately lots of them have been closing down recently.
I bet you could tell some stories!
right to roam is onl yin scotland, in england we have public footpaths. not the same
They're also called "Public Right of Ways".
England yeah !!!!
The Goodshed in Canterbury Farmers Market great bistros and amazing fresh foods
Thanks for the tip!
@@HipOverFifty i think is at Canterbury EAST train station there's two. It an old victorian warehouse that's renovated... highly recommend if you ever visit Canterbury which is a lovely little city with Englands head of chruch Cathederal. A really good day out be sure to also visit near by Higham, Whitstable and Broadstairs, very close, especially if you enjoy oysters by the seaside in Charles Dickens country. Kent has some lovely places for weekend exploring.
ah I have been to Canterbury during a stay to Whitstable! But not long enough to explore fully. @@StuartwasDrinkell
The walking, we all walk a lot here.
Try Waitrose food as well, delicious.
I do love Waitrose but M&S knocks their socks off when it comes to ready meals 😋
@@HipOverFifty I quite agree. I think M & S is top. I am English and I really love it.
Square over 70 here. Live in the north west on a largish housing estate.
There used to be 2 pubs local and one just up the road, over the past 10 years or so, all 3 have closed. As you suggest, you can get booze easily, and much cheaper to drink at home, thankfully because the price of drinking in a pub is beyond many people’s means.
In my younger days I used to venture into Manchester City centre for the pubs and night life. After many years absence I returned recently and was a bit shocked that the city had been taken over by ‘cafe culture’ types - not my city at all!
Regarding ‘cosyness’, yeah winters can be snuggly if you can afford to pay for your heating, many struggle.
Fish and chips used to be a staple of English life - a cheap nourishing meal - whereas it used to cost pennies, it now costs pounds, making it a luxury for most around here.
You can’t really walk ‘wherever you like here’, there are public rights of way across private land, but they have to be stuck to!
The police can be helpful, though it can depend on who you are. In my local town two thirds of the high street shops have closed down.
One thing I will say is that travelling on buses (and local trains and trams at a small initial cost) is free for person of pensionable age.
I suspect it’s something of a north/south, comfortable/skint divide?
The South has council estates and grotty flats too you know.
@@kevinengland7444 Get away!🙄
The High Street is in decline most towns & cities across the country shopppping centres, out of town reail parks where you don't to pay for parking have killed it along home delivery . It's pot luck with the police & how good good your local contstabulary is it's not a status thing . Smoking ban and cheap drink in supermarkets are killing pubs. One of my colleagues is a fromer police office and talks about the how the standards have changed in order to have sufficient number of officers. Most town & cities . I suspect free or discounted travel for OAP's will end because of aging population and won't be viable for transport operators and become means tested.
There is no right to roam in England. You can cross farmers land by public footpath which by law the farmer must maintain, but you cannot just walk anywhere on the farmers land...
But there are designated areas of right to roam, usually uplands and mountains. Scotland, of course, is a different matter, you can go mostly wherever you want.
Don't omit Wales
@@jennyk488 Yes but there is a walking speed limit in Wales. Joking, but it may come soon.
True, but provided you cause no damage and walk along the edge of the field (not across the middle as shown in the video) and always close gates behind you, there is little repercussion and the worst that can happen is a grumpy farmer telling you to vacate his land (which of course you do) or finding you are sharing the field with a ram, or a bull!
I always laughed when I saw signs saying trespassers will be prosecuted. Trespass is a civil offence and they can only sue you for damages requiring them to prove quantifiable damage.
@@shaunfarrell3834 Yes, but some of those farmers can be very grumpy, and sometimes carry a shotgun.
We have some thoroughly bad police, but there are very few of them, and they are being rooted out.
There’s usually a few bad apples unfortunately.
@@HipOverFifty Indeed. What is really shocking is when you watch videos by African-Americans about how they do not feel threatened by the police in the UK and Europe. That really puts US policing into perspective.
British police have become ineffectual and seem to be afraid of policing muslims.
The police have become a laughing stock. It's incredible.@@crowbar9566
We don't actually have Right to Roam - what we do have is a good network of Public Rights of Way (PRoW). Some of these tracks have existed for thousands of years (the Ridgeway is a prime example).
Here is directly from the gov.uk site
" Use your right to roam
You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this land is known as ‘open access land’ or ‘access land’.
Access land includes mountains, moors, heaths and downs that are privately owned. It also includes common land registered with the local council and some land around the King Charles III England Coast Path.
Your right to access this land is called the ‘right to roam’, or ‘freedom to roam’."
In Scotland they have true Right to Roam - you are allowed to walk pretty much anywhere, regardless of whether there is a footpath crossing the land.
"people in Scotland have the right of responsible access to almost anywhere in Scotland provided they follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code".
In England and Wales, you should stick to designated PRoWs.@@HipOverFifty
@@HipOverFifty Mostly land om hills and mountains where you can roam freely. In the low lands there is a very extensive network of footpaths over private land, but you have to keep to the path. If the footpath runs along the bottom of a farmers field you can not walk up to the top.
@@HipOverFiftythink you should re-read the Government advice on public access. It does state that you have a right to roam over SOME land, not all land.
You can tell Christmas is coming they are getting the Easter eggs in shops
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Have you tried a North Staffordshire Oatcake yet?
Yeah, don't. 😮
Try one with British bacon and melted cheese, or sausage & cheese . Two and you'll be full!
We have pubs in Ireland, too; they are similar to British pubs, but - usually - better!!
They might be better with no fiddle music ( tin whistle & bodhran are alright). At least they're not bagpipes..( the noise searching for a sound).Cheers.
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You're obviously English. Well so am I, but I think you're being unfair to Irish pubs. Live music is one of the greatest things about Irish pubs. Folk music used to be more common in English pubs, but the cost of the music licence went up and live music went down. Without fiddles, how would anyone dance? Nothing wrong with bagpipes, but they do sound better outside.
@@AnneDowson-vp8lg rest assured that @jaysterling26 is not only English, but also ignorant of the finer points of bagpipes (both Scottish and Irish). Indeed, @AnneDowson-vp8lg you are also guilty of the latter.
Not me my high street not too bad. Only few empty shops in the highbdtreet itself off the high street it is bad empty spaces but some spaces never been taken up from the time thevshopping centre was open but the council are going to change it soon cinema etc. I agree people are lazy not going shopping and usung internet for shopping of course some people cant go shopping cant walk well etc but for the others go shopping. Im old but i hope i can go shopping for some time yet
The shops in the village where I live are ok but parking is a problem . Nothing with wrong with home delivery because the roads / traffic to nearest major town/ city don't encourage people to go to high streasts besides the expensive car parking prices don't help along with county lines crime where trouble makers from outside the area who visit and cause mayhem. For people who have mobility issues and don't wn cars inteerent shopping is is a good option the shop themselves are their worst enemies I can rarely buy any clothes in a well known shop and I'm a size medium so I have had to order online from them many times.
Good for you. I'm the same, but since my mobility became worse, I've been shocked at how many shops and other places are inaccessible, due to high steps etc.
Why dont you try St, Andrews.
No. 13 Speed cameras: the cops can and do 'ambush' you, especially on A roads and motorways; they don't just rely on cameras.
I prefer the UK and Europe than America. There the people are more down to earth and mature and it's easier to make friends and connect with strangers, whereas Americans are more closed off and cliquish and less social. There are also more old souls in Europe to connect with. As an old soul that's an issue for me. Americans tend to be airheadish and the women are impossible to connect with. I also never feel social anxiety in crowds in Europe, but I do in America. So social anxiety is a location thing, not a problem with me like US psychologists falsely assume. The US is also socially isolating and alienating whereas in Europe I feel more social connection and comfortable in my own skin and I can date and connect with women there too. White women in Europe are also more social and friendly and easier to connect with whereas white women in the US are impossible to connect with and unfriendly too.
Quite a few generalizations there but I get your point!
The right to roam is true to a certain extent. That word 'some' is very important in your statement as you can't freely walk on all land. A lot of land is not accessible if it hasn't got a right of way crossing it. If it has a right of way, this must be kept to as you are trespassing elsewhere on that land. There is a lot more access in Scotland than in England and access in Wales is restricted in many places.
Speed cameras and CCTV are everywhere, especially in urban areas. It is now possible to see how many people are travelling in each vehicle. Never use a mobile phone while driving as you will be prosecuted.
Public transport is good again in urban areas and to and from urban areas. Rural areas don't always have public transport even if there is a timetable. Our village has a bus timetable saying that there are five buses a day passing through. A bus has not been seen here in 30 years. Our nearest shop is 18 miles away and the only way to town is by car. You can have a taxi but when a journey of 18 miles costs £32 per person, it's not at all a cheap way to travel.
Queue's? What do people do in other countries fight for first place?
I took a photo at the Dallas airport nobody knows how to get into a queue in the US they were just spread out all over the place 😉
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The right to roam applies in Scotland but we can't walk just anywhere in England & Wales. However we have 150,000 miles of Public Footpaths in Great Britain many of which criss cross the countryside
yeh sunday roast is different level tbf
The best!
We often seem to be ripped off but it feels far worse in the US, part of which is the mad tipping culture. We tip but bssed on service. It's expected in the US and acts more like an extra tax.
You can always get mince pies in England.
Love our chippy and I always have a batteted sausage as well.
One thing I missed in the US was small local shops such as newsagents. Many of these also have a Post Office.
Speed cameras are a scourge, I hate them. I wouldn't mind if it was just a fine bur you get points on your license. Twelve points and you face disqualification.
We have Private Eye if you want satire.
The other things I missed in the US were good curry's. Virtually every small town will have at least one Indian, ine Chinese, a pizza and a kebab/burger take-away
Thinking about retiring to UK - Wife is citizen and I am US. Is it true that the UK does NOT tax Social Security or Pensions ? After reading some of the replies I did a deep dive and have found out that my Military Pension and our SS payments are only taxed by the U.S. and will not be taxed by UK under the Double Taxation Treaty. We would pay taxes to the U.S. only on income derived from the US (Pension and Social Security).
Sorry but once a person has gone beyond their personal tax allowance of £12,570, they are liable to tax. Regardless of where it comes from. I know from completing my tax return a week ago.
@@johnnyuk3365 I know because I retired 4 yrs ago and had to pay INCOME TAX almost immediately because I also had a works pension. Aarrgghh.
Check out the USA/UK double taxation agreement.
And don't forget just because you have left the USA you still are filing those US Income Tax returns with listing of any UK income. After 15 years I will give you one piece of advise, make that 2 pieces. One, don't let this romanticized story sway you. Two, don't cut all your ties and roots to move to the UK. Keep that escape route available for a few yezrs.
As others have said pensions are taxed but payments in to a pension are untaxed income so they tax it on the way out!
No. 10 the Right to Roam: this exists *only* in Scotland. In England and Wales, you are required to follow dedicated footpaths and bridleways (consult OS maps).
Public rights of way are more or less everywhere in England though so you can basically go where you want. And let's be honest, public rights of way tracks are usually better than struggling across a muddy field. The public rights of way in England are generally more than enough to get you from a to z.
Well pretty lady I am not so sure about sneeky speed traps and we do have unmarked police cars who will follow you and pull you over if you are 5mph over the speed limit.
I must be very fortunate then 😅
Yes there are speed cameras and signs telling you but sometimes they don't work anymore. Also some motorways have stretches where the speed limit can be changed and the new limit is indicated usually on overhead gantries. Some of these gantries will have cameras on them and you'll get a fine through the post which can arrive long after the offence happened. I try not to speed but have occasionally gone over the limit although in my head I have a mantra 'drive carefully, arrive safely"
You cannot buy alcohol in Scotland before 10am or after 10pm. In Scotland you have the right to roam and wild camp (excepting some National park Camping) as long as you follow the Outdoor Access Code. Also please don't equate the UK with England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all currently part of UK.
Don't forget roast duck
Left Florida for Scotland in 86, most things are better here. Less crime, NHS despite the Conservatives is still a lot better than the US healthcare system. My taxes are almost identical but both nations have sneaky stealth taxes, green, local government etc. Weather is garbage a lot of the time but coats and hats are available.
ah yes the weather 🤣
In England and Wales there is no universal "right to roam" and you cannot "walk where ever you like" There are thousands of Public Footpaths which allow you to cross private land but deviating from the footpath is technically trespass. There are areas in England and Wales where you can walk anywhere such as National Parks, e.g. The Peak District, The Lake District, etc. Additionally there are areas designated as Open Access by the landowners. Scotland is different but you will need to research that. Please correct that mis-information to avoid your fellow countrymen from coming into conflict with land owners.
Public rights of way are more or less everywhere in England though so you can basically go where you want. That's the point she's making. And let's be honest, public rights of way tracks are usually better than struggling across a muddy field that leads nowhere.
Americans and British holding out in the world for Imperial measurements -Miles are romantic, Kilometers dull and boring. Metric is turning people into automatons, Imperial is organic (feet and inches)and human.
I’m afraid I’m still stuck on Imperial- it’s a visual thing! 😜
@@HipOverFifty Good for you if you want to measure say a room, you just walk one end to the other with your feet -too many zombies walking about these days stuck to their phone Metric has removed their soul and passion😀
As a scientist, but not a young one, I don't get why the UK still uses Imperial at all- it just makes no sense at all. I think in metric and then have to mentally convert. The drive for imperial seems to be in a way that has a xenophobic undercurrent.
@@charlesunderwood6334 Imperial is retained for entirely financial reasons. It would cause too much disruption to convert road signs to metric. Liquid measure is only now used for beer because it's our tradition. If you want a soft drink in a pint glass you have to buy 568 millilitres. It's not a drive for imperial, it's retaining what we've always had. That you see something unhealthy in it indicates an aacademic level of indoctrination.
British imperial and US imperial are different on some measures. Miles and feet are the same but liquid measures are different.
CUS WE'RE GOING BROKE SAME TIME AS YOU!!
Is it just me - or is the video/audio skipping weirdly?
I’m still on a learning curve video editing?
Well you would have to mention Fish and Chips at "Cape Cod" Never mind..... Lol
they call it New England for a reason ;)
Calm down dear..... you have your independence. It may be "New England" - but is it an improvement.? @@HipOverFifty
I'm British so I don't need independence 😄@@davidcross8028
Being British...... well.... ? I'm English.!!@@HipOverFifty
Not strictly true... Right to roam doesn't necessarily include private land! Beware 😂
There's usually a public right of way through much private land. That's the point she's making. There's very few parts of England that are off limits to the public.
As an Englishman, I tried the fish n chips at Cheers in Boston, terrible, really terrible. Fish like cardboard. Beer with so much gas in it. Yuck.🤮
Yeah unfortunately that’s true of most fish and chips in the US unless you’re right on the coast… east coast!
As a leeds man tried the fish and chips in London proper sheeeite
Yes it’s not a bad place , plenty of worse places to live 🙂 , nice reaction 👍
Thanks! 😃
You are not exactly right about the right to roam, you have to stick to paths that are signed clearly, and there are hundreds of thousands of them, but you can't just walk anywhere you like.
Vegetarian roast, now that should be very interesting to have a slab of Veg protein and dress it up as a chicken, beef, pork, or lamb joint? Why do you have steal our carnivore terminology?
Feel free to eat what you want but please leave our terminology alone, thanks.
As there is nothing more exciting than a toasted slice of Veggiam c/w rich thick marmite gravy with onions.
Regards motoring penalties, there is a war on motorists C40 cities, mainly income for councils, mobile camera ambush vans are used with no signage, also fines for bus lanes/yellow box junctions /speed awareness course £90/ congestion charge/20 mph limit/LTN flower planters/ residents parking permits/expensive car parks including stations /potholes/tolls/timed parking and fines in supermarkets and retail parks/ price of fuel/ annual road tax/ annual safety inspection/insurance premiums/
I have to disagree on fish and chips, although good ones can be found there's far too many that just aren't good. I come from New Zealand and was quite shocked at the general standard of fish and chips over here, i had never in my life seen chips served from a warmer, in NZ they are always cooked to order, and a much wider range of very fresh fish.
Depend on the variety of fish native to the country and the area you live and fishing quotas that fisherman have to abide by . Some of it is down preperation at the estabishment some are better than others I noticed this serval years ago when one near where I used to work changed owner.
I've been to both New Zealand and Australia. While I agree the fish is superb, I'm sorry but neither country can do chips like the best of those in Britain.
There is the language barrier, unfortunately.
England was a great country pre 2000. Since then its been ruined by millennials and mass immigration. I miss England 😢😢
Why don’t you like the letter S changing the spelling of words using a Z most annoying
You didn't mention guns 😮.
Im Sorry to say that the great british high street is slowly dying, that is all because of the rise of the internet, and the surge in internet shopping, people are becoming so lazy these day, most now do most of their shopping on line ? 🤮
Just look around your local city, most of the big stores have or are closing down, they certainly are in my town ! the high street has changed, it's not like it was anymore, like when i was a kid.
It may not be the way it used to be but I wouldn’t say it’s dying there’s signs of life yet!
I met my Ex wife in a pub. we were both smashed at the time.
18 reasons ? I can't think of one good one !
Well emigrate
@@tenniskinsella7768 I already did !
@@tomkent4656Hard luck!
You obviously still care though, or you wouldn't be watching this!@@tomkent4656
There's always one and you're it.I hope you've burned your British passport or maybe an Irish one ?
There's no freedom to walk anywhere, there are ancient rights of way which are marked, do not walk through the middle of a field of crops unless marked.
First time watching one of your videos, I thought Americans did Christmas better and bigger than we do in the UK . so I was wrong there ..I knew public transport was better here it’s all about the car in the US. Your drink laws are stricter than here . Which seems pretty nuts when you think about your gun laws . Interesting comment about newspapers. Most of them are owned by a handful of overseas right wing billionaires. Why is it American pubs are so different compared to the UK, it’s just a big room with people drinking. ?
Americans don’t know how to do a proper pub and everything else is just a bar which has a very different vibe!
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You need only a few more reasons why Americans will love the UK, how about no guns and police who care and no tRump.
i’d have to do a political one then 😉
@@HipOverFifty Yes sorry, maybe "no, in your face politics". I do enjoy your posts very much, they remind me how good we have it, though far from perfect. Thank you.
I wouldn't live in England for a gold clock.
Anywhere in the UK, other than England.
18 things I take for granted.. Shame.
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Sped cameras? You like speed cameras. Well that’s great because we sure have plenty of them!! But don’t forget the mobile camera vans that lurk around every corner waiting to screw money out of you and take your licence away. Driving in the U.K. has been made absolute misery by these things. You are no longer looking at the road and traffic, you are looking everywhere for cameras, especially the ones they hide on motorway gantries.
Glad you like the U.K. but driving here nowadays SUCKS apart from the massive and ever present traffic jams (and huge potholes that destroy your wheels). I’d swap this miserable country for Texas in a heartbeat - except of course that’s what stops us - the cost of healthcare !!!
Given the state of the US economy I'm surprised the UK is not being invaded by US citizen.
Of course we make fun of politicians in the U.K. - how can we possibly take them seriously when we have a new Prime Minister every other Thursday - and usually some non-entity that nobody voted for?
The native British are being re placed,
Shush
This strikes me as a distinctly off kilter view of the UK.
Alcohol is involved in 70% of deaths and direct in30%. I have lost friends in their 50’s due to ‘middle class drinking.’ Partly due to relaxation of WW1 rules removed in 2005..
Poverty is widespread. To the point of destitution.
£1000 a week would allow this type of visit. Many live on £90.