I've always been looking to say Spain, but that's looking kind of grim over there. I'm 46 now, and I just realise they nothing here for me and 2 youngest children at home always said for years By the time I'm 50 i will be gone the search continues good luck I dont blame you moving really I get it ❤
I Lived in London for 27 years, but last year when my landlord hiked rent by 400£ I decided enough is enough .My 45K salary was just covering my bills and travelcard (I lived alone) so I packed up and left in October, but interesting thing is that the flat I was living still empty today....June 2024
@@MrXBuddie Tell me about it, Landlords are taking the advantage of the situation and it’s pathetic some of these properties are not even worth it especially when it is a room and sharing with others.
@@realitytube6290 he try to increase by 400£ rent totalling 1500£ Not to mention that I lived in that flat for 14 years and he never had any problems with me
I left in 1996 before Tony Blair. I went back 3 weeks ago after a break of 10 years since the last time I was there. After 2 weeks it was clear to me that it is no longer my home. Listening to my friends talk about life and seeing what their children have to go through despite having degrees was beyond depressing.
@@mlgfrog27yeah London has actually disappeared London was once one of the greatest cities in the world now look at it hardly a British person in sight
I left London after 15 years, went to the hospital emergency twice, at Royal Free Hospital- in Hamstead… They had hundreds of people waiting, in pain. There was a massive cardboard at the entrance saying: “Minimum waiting time 10hrs” “Please, be kind, be patient with our staff, they're trying their best to help everyone …. It was a horrible experience to see and hear the screaming patients at the emergency in pain. I was praying to God to take me out of there. And so it did.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
I broke my leg in the UK. Went to Worcester hospital where I was put in plaster for 6 months. Once out of the plaster I had a noticeable twist in my leg below the knee, where the break had healed. I travelled to the UAE later than anticipated because of the broken leg and it was causing me pain, so went to hospital within a few weeks of arriving. Within 2 hours I had been examined, had an x-ray and had a CAT scan. The surgeon, in nice language basically said, "What an absolute shite job". He basically said he could put it right. Within a few weeks my leg was re-broken and pinned straight. They had me walking with a crutch within a week. After a couple of months my leg was straight and pain free and still is 9 years later. I will do my very best to avoid UK hospitals from now on. The surgeon was from Lebanon, so was clearly good at battlefield damage. lol. He was also a man who knew his craft, so I am very fortunate.
Same thing here 🤚 London 2022 I waited 8 hours only to see the doctor, the waiting room was full of patients screaming and mostly BLEEDING! And still waiting!! It was fucking horrible
@jjhatch69 battle field damage😂😂 God, horror story but there you go, shows you how things are here in the UK, we've literally regressed to medieval times😢
I'm 28. Left for Eastern Europe 2 years ago and can confidently say it's been the best decision I've ever made. London and the UK more widely as a society has totally failed.
10yrs with polish lady. I thought i gave her good home, good life in wales. She take me to poland. Show me her home, her life..... I cry when home.....
@@thevalkyrie8When your ship is full of holes and the captain gives the enemy buckets to keep filling it up no matter what you say, it's time to abandon ship.
@seabreeze4559 I don't want to sound insensitive or like a p*ick but I'd consider changing careers... the less people they have, the more conditions they'll create to attract people.
@@BrunO-dy9ro You can't just cut the benefits, you also have to cut taxes and regulations to stimulate economic activity. The barriers to entry for starting a business in the UK are exceptionally high right now compared to most of history and most of the world. You can't just set up on a street corner and start selling stuff, it's illegal. If you want to buy and sell things via ebay, you need a lot of money down to get started and the fees are so high it suffocates any small players. Rents are high and taxes are another 50% again just on the rent, and that's before VAT and taxes on profits and wages, plus other key overheads such as bills. We are taxed to death and it's why so many businesses simply fail. The businesses that don't fail mostly run on exceptionally thin margins. There is no "moderate, easy success" in the UK when it comes to running a business. If you don't simply fail then you're either scraping by or very successful. Moderately sized family businesses bringing in healthy margins are rare.
@Hashterix ermmm sorry but i havent mentioned anything about businesses, to be completely honest I feel like you just went on a rant from an entrepreneur/small business owner perspective. Cutting on benefits is going to repel complacent and lazy people away and it will also force the people who cannot leave to do something for themselves and be productive in this country. I am an immigrant and I worked very hard, sleepless nights studying to get where I am. The gov is inciting laziness and complacency. It's annoying and disheartening.
@@BrunO-dy9ro lol who do you think actually employs people in unskilled jobs? There's no prodding people to be productive if you don't have productive things for them to do, hence you need to stimulate the economy properly at the same time. There are two sides to the coin.
The UK is not London. This is what irritates me about people commenting on life in the UK. I live in Scotland, have an ok job, my own house, and live fairly comfortably. There's no way I'm leaving this green grass land for a dustbowl in the Middle East to live from a laptop 🤣
sure other UK place are better than london, but when you check east europe 90% plus they own their flats houses by age 35, in UK or EU 80% they pay rent or mortgage age 55-60
@@u-two It's not like Eastern Europe doesn't have problems. Then there is the language. Different culture. There's a lot more to consider than just upping and leaving. I doubt OP is buying a house in Dubai. He is probably renting.
Yeah, London's basically the Eurocancer of the UK. Most of them voted remain, then voted Khan back in as Mayor after what he's done to the place. We should fence it off, then charge people who want to exit for a certain period.
UK is a punitively taxed, low pay culture, welfare state with terrible weather. If i were a young person I would definitely leave. The money is there to do anything we wanted, it's just that the politicians waste so much of it and the state is far too big and costly.
Yup. The state is now acting unlawfully. The DWP, and HMRC and Police can now do all sorts, seize assets, all sorts, no court order required. Basically it’s a criminal state acting unlawfully. I’m currently having issues with inheritance. I think their attitude is, they mortgaged your assets, that’s how they’re 1 trillion in debt, and they say you then gave them the money to spend, Thank you very much, but when you sell that asset they seem to think, you mortgaged it, gave them the money so it belongs to the Government not you. Seriously, trying to get hold of our money is a nightmare. Took six months to get our money from applying to cash in premium bonds. The Nazis did something similar….guns not butter translated into save, don’t spend. Savings accounts soared, mostly opened in Government owned post office savings accounts. Little did they realise their money was all converted into Government bonds and in effect stolen. The only way it could be honoured was by printing money.
..... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@@youtischia NHS is a shambles. Severely understaffed, Clueless DR's and "Specialists" Lack of specialists so you have to travel all around the UK to see a certain specialist. I've seen patients in beds out in the corridors on a freaking stroke ward because there's no rooms, while there was a whole ward shut down from being understaffed. You are tripping if you think the NHS is good. Health care is much better in other countries even those in EU. Sure you have to pay, But its better than getting taxed your whole life for terrible care system that is failing.
You missed the elephant in the room - I take it unintentionally - massive uncontrolled immigration from the Middle East and Africa, which is completely changing the fabric and soul of the country.
I grew up in London, born here. I love parts of the UK, the rich history, the humor, country side. But as a NHS Nurse of 10 years, struggling to get my own house i gave up. I was sick of the cost kf everything, the electric, the petrol, housing, renting it's just such a disgusting greedy country and the government never help. I gave up and got my Australia permanent residency last year. UK is is only good depending on how rich you are.
Have a partner who’s a bricklayer and son who’s just finished collage as a bricklayer, no I’m not a bricklayer ha. but do you think Australia would take us in hard working family will contribute till no end to there country and there people for excepting us?
I love my country, but we are all leaving. Not only abroad. No true Londoners can even afford to live in London anymore.The social contract here is BROKEN. And the weather is TERRIBLE. Fuck this place, my home, FUCK IT. Im off.
Trust me everywhere have their own problems. Very sad though. Go where you feel happier. Don’t allow created problems by failed leaders and politicians make you hate others. We all need each other. Love and peace to everyone.
@@joyce7131 yeah . The problems in other places aren't like here. So stop playing the "everywhere has pr0blems" card. It's very simplistic . Easy . And not intelligent or open minded
One thing I notice in England is a kind of blinkering going-on. There is an invisible cordon put around talking about the actual direction we are taking. I make a point of asking the simple question: 'In your estimation, will Britain be a better place or a worse place in five years?' No prizes for guessing what the 100% reply is.
I'm sick of this phoney rhectoric. The country has gone to shit because the populace kept on voting the Tories in. Maggie Thatcher introduced the Right to Buy which upended housing, they also privatised everything making utilities and transport more expensive. The Cameron introduced austerity cuts which destroyed public services such as the NHS, then just to add injury to insult they introduce Brexit which has made everyone poorer, and then to really take the piss Liz Truss tanked the economy with her head banging budget which raised everyone's rents smd mortgage. None of this real life events and political choices which Brits made has anything to do with immigrants living in the country.
I think it won't even make it 5 more years Thier is gonna be civil unrest and this country is already fooked 5 more years of Thai and it will look like a scene from mad max
yea because it's majority wh'te ;) we both know you are happy because of that. and you would be right to be happy. because a majority wh'te society is a UNIFIED society. come and live in london if you don't agree with me ;)
I saw the writing on the wall a long time ago. I left the UK 9 years back and have been living tax free, earning 5 times my UK take home pay. I am also in the UAE but in Abu Dhabi, living by the ocean. The summer is very hot, but for 6 months of the year, the weather is like a British summer. I did not leave the UK because I did not like it. I actually love my country. I left because progression is blocked in every aspect. There are so many talented people from the UK living and working across the world, helping other countries progress, because their own country is controlled by bell ends. In Abu Dhabi I have an English Dentist and an English Doctor and many of my work colleagues are British. They are all exceptionally good at what they do because they love their job and social life. People are allowed to progress. It is a free and fair society, despite the utter garbage written about it by the UK press. Sure, the UAE has its quirks, but every society has the same. The financial people in the UK run the show and they are all about stuffing their own pockets at the expense of everyone else. Until that culture is bought in line, the UK will always be going backwards, and talented people will continue to leave. That is the long and short of it. The brain drain is real and getting worse.
@@Ryoko007 My 2 kids were grown up. both were in university in the UK, so that kind of helped with the decision. I am a specialist in a very narrow field, so that also helped as I was head hunted to come out here. Having a job secured, all I had to do was get my professional documents attested in the UK and UAE before travelling. You have to obtain a UAE Visa, which lasts 3 years, so if you can secure a job in the UAE before travelling, the company PRO can do the leg work for you. If you want to come out and find a job, it can be difficult as most companies prefer to use people who already have an emirates Visa. Schools are very expensive over here. If you have kids, a company may or may not offer financial help for this. It is also important that the medical insurance is of a good level and covers all the family. Private medical over here is exceptional compared to the UK, even if the cover is at a lower level. The government/non-private hospitals are around the same level as the NHS in the UK. Companies have to provide medical insurance by law. Once you have your emirates Visa (Takes a few weeks) you are allowed to rent property. Property can be anything from a studio apartment to 8-bedroom villas, so it depends on budget. In Abu Dhabi, a 3 bedroomed Villa cost for annual rent can be anywhere from GBP 20k to GBP 50k, depending on location. Rent is usually charged annually upfront. propertyfinder.ae is a great website to assess rental costs. A company may also help in this area as well, by paying property rent directly. Salaries can be confusing as they have several categories. My wage slip has basic salary, housing, transport and a few other items. There is no income tax. There is a final salary scheme, so every year you work for a company, they will add either a week or a month of your basic salary to a pot. When you leave the company, all of the money will be paid as a final salary. An example being if you worked for a company for 5 years and they placed 1 month's basic salary in the pot for each year, your final salary will have 5 months basic pay plus what you earned for the last month. (Unless you are fired for gross misconduct). When I first came across, I travelled on my own and was out here for a couple of months until my wife travelled over. We have lived here ever since. I am now under a golden Visa, so I do not have to worry about visa renewal every 3 years. The golden Visa gives you 10 years without renewal. To get the golden Visa you either have to buy property, own a company or have professional experience to contribute to the UAE economy. I am fortunately in the latter category.
@@Ryoko007 It is better if you can secure a job before moving over. If you have a professional qualification, you need to get your documents attested in the UK and UAE. If all goes well and you get a job, it is better to travel on your own first as it takes a few weeks to get your Visa sorted. Once the Visa is in place you can open a bank account and rent a property before bringing the family over. Companies have to provide medical insurance by law. It can vary depending on the companies' practices. If you have kids, school fees are expensive, so ensure your salary can cover rent, day to day living and school fees. A 3 bed Villa can be anywhere from GBP 30k to 50K rent per year, depending on location. Apartments are usually cheaper. Rent is the equivalent of paying tax in the UK. Despite the eye watering cost compared to the UK, you have to remember that you don't pay income tax. I am not very careful and usually have more than 50% of my salary left over at the end of the month. Something that I could only dream about in the UK.
Brexzhit is wrong. The island became small and isolated like some prison so people go nuts it’s simple as that. Europeans used to go to the uk to live, work, visit, do business, etc. Now they all left and the island is completely irrelevant.
WHY IS OUR COUNTRY 'IN THE TOILET'???? EVER REALLY, TRULY THOUGHT ABOUT IT?????? WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNMENT GOT THE MONEY?????? WHO IS THE 'GOVERNMENT'?? CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE! (TAXES!!!!). HENCE IT IS NOT THE 'GOVERNMENT'S' MONEY!!!! TAKE A MOMENT TO CHECK OUT ALL THE, APPARENT, MASS FRAUD AND CORRUPTION UNCOVERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE UK, WITH ALL THE ILLEGALLY SET UP AND INCORPORATED LIMITED COMPANIES - WHICH INCLUDES MANY HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE, THOSE IN POSTIONS OF TRUST, POWER, AND AUTHORITY, TRUSTED AND RESPECTED ORGANISATIONS.... INCLUDING : LAW ENFORCEMENT, COURTS/JUCICIAL SYSTEM, BANKING, PROPERTY INVESTORS/MANAGEMENT, CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES..... THE WHOLE LOT!!! SEEMINGLY, LINKING THROUGH SOME KIND OF 'NETWORK' TO CHILD TRAFFICKING.... EPSTEIIN ISLAND, MONEY LAUNDERING.... AND MUCH, MUCH WORSE!!! SOMEONE PLEASE TELL US WHY OUR VERY OWN (BILLIONAIRE) PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK AND HIS LIMITED COMPANY 'INFOSY'S' ALSO APPEARS SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS UTTER VILE MESS??? AND...... HOW AND WHERE DID OUR 'MONARCHY' BECOME 'LINKED' TO THIS MESS????? SEE ALL DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE UNCOVERED BY EX UK POLICE OFFICERS, GARY WATERMAN, AT: GARY / GARYTHETRUTHSETSUSFREE (RUclips and RUMBLE). OR, GO DIRECT TO COMPANIES HOUSE UK TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS ONLINE. YOU ARE DEFINITELY RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE '1%'! THANK YOU FOR THE 'HEADS UP' ON WHERE THOSE NOW 'RUSHING' TO DISSOLVE THESE EXPOSED LIMITED COMPANIES ARE ESCAPING TO - TO SET UP AGAIN - IN PLACES LIKE: UEA/DUBAI, SWITZERLAND.....??????
I left London England in 2006 , I could see this coming and thought it's time to get out now . I've moved to Cyprus which is far better if you're ready to retire , especially with the weather , very low crime rates , and no traffic jams whatsoever . In all my time living here I have never seen a single homeless person living on the streets .
Looking at the stats, Cyprus looks great except for low salaries, and the rent's and house prices have dramatically gone up. Plus I looked at the crime stats and over the last 30 year's they have had year's with a homicide rate of double the UKs. But there aren't the constant stabbings and muggings the UK has.
@@Pyrrhic537 population of Cyprus is miniscule compared with the UK so hard to compare homicide rates with a nation approaching 70 million. Its generally very safe in Cyprus
I want my country back. All the problems you speak of go with the immigrants. I know you will probably disagree as n immigrant but god didn’t create all immigrants the same and if you think he did 😅
UK pm pay less tax than average employees. What can you expect from such corrupt politicians and greedy rich elites of UK?? Taxes, taxes and more taxes for average joe on street. Greedy companies and extremely low salaries which doesn’t match with developed nations
@@gaia7240As that sucess can be replicated elsewhere, and sucess does not matter if you get stabbed or arrested for critising the police, or cant get a home because of extreme costs, why get taxed on for people that want to kill you?
I see more and more ppl are speaking about this. Living in London is terrible especially because this 50% tax after 50k (50k is just to cover basic needs in London, lol). There is no perspective to build your wealth unless you've inherited a House 🏠.
To be clear, there is no 50% income tax in the UK (check the government website on income tax). From £12,570 to £50,270, you pay 20%. From £50,271 to £125,140, you pay a further 40% on whatever you earn in this bracket. Anything that you earn above £125,141 is 45%. Correct as of 3rd June 2024. It's still a ridiculous amount to pay. Cost of living is so high and it's not easy to save.
@@Trepines real tax is 50%... 40 or 45% income tax plus national insurance. As you have no choice to not pay, this meets a tax definition. Plus for living in London you pay ridiculous ULEZ fees and public transport per day might reach 20 pounds. Quality, reliability of trains/tube might have been impressing 50 years ago but not now. Rubbish city believe me.
@@cebularz364 Thank you, Cebularz. Wow, I didn't realize it was that high in the UK. I got that those stats from the income tax website. London and the UK sounds awful.
And before people in the uk are going on like they millionaire's life's perfect no it's not even there own citizens don't know who they are where they belong crazy 😜 can't make it up 😂
I moved in the UK 8 years ago and I used to love this country! I had a very warm welcome in this country, never 100% settled down but this was due to not having my family around. In the last 2/3 years I can't stand this place anymore. The sanity is a joke, everything becomes so much expensive and I have a decent job...not talking about the crime rate
I am British and 55 years old , i can not believe how crap the place has become. Lot of the towns look run down and the crime levels especially knife crime unbelievable. Basically most things are not working properly 😢. Now i saw this coming a good few years ago , with my Romanian wife we are building a house in Transylvania . Most of my wealth has been sent there to finalise its complete. My paperwork is all in place GP etc settlement visa etc. Now this Government Labour have seen especially getting the rich whom are leaving the UK TO TAX money over a hundred k been sent abroad , they are considering
The UK has gone kaput and it is very sad to admit this. I am in my 40's and I am going to another country to start over. My age is not an issue because I am going to launch a business wherever I decide to go and I will do remote work to get by if need be. Things went south for the UK when that Goblin Blair came to power in 1997 and squandered the UK's emergency fund on things that the UK didn't need or want. The UK moved most of its production jobs overseas and that was the beginning of it all. 1992 onwards, the UK has gone to pot and there is no one willing or caring enough to turn it around. If the UK gets lucky enough to get business minded leaders in charge and the change from a negative attitude to the happy go lucky positive attitude then things can turnaround. But I am not holding my breath and I am going to live somewhere tropical to start over.
Grass is ALWAYS greener on other side of the fence...I saw most part of the World...everyone wanna to move abroad...so it's very common factor - pretty much complaing about how hard life has become...
The rich and poor divide keeps getting bigger year by year. I left the UK over 20 years ago because I saw all the curruption and injustice and the double standards. It is the capital of hypocricy. It use to be a traditional country but it's all gone now, so sad. Your spiting out facts brother👍
You make many very valid points - but be careful to separate London from the rest of the UK. There are some beautiful parts to it. London is not for me - nor any other city or town. Head for the country with a good remote role and there’s still a nice life to be had. Just don’t get sick. lol.
Well said. London is my least favourite city in the world. I live on the edge of the Peak District in West Yorkshire. I'm from here- lovely people here, but the economy in the North of England is more comparable to Eastern Europe. England has the worst regional wealth inequality in Europe. So, the rest of England might be nice and beautiful in parts, but it's far more poor than London and the South. Good video from Tuomas. Hits the main points without getting it wrong or being offensive.
Would have to argue that the weather still sucks enough to ruin the countryside. I was trying to go to Peak District since Jan but every holiday I've had it's been rainy and I didn't want to be walking through rain and mud all day, so I haven't gone at all. Plus, hotels (and I bet the food) are super overpriced for extremely dingy old hotels with no perks. It's very depressing unless you're already well used to British weather AND more provincial/traditional British people. I'm not from here and doubt I'd feel at home in some little country village.
@@lanceatone I live in the Midlands and we get a lot of this from students that come from London. It is a slower pace of life here but it is much better for families and better air quality. I'm mostly introverted myself so a place the size of Nottingham, or Solihull is enough for me.
It is always cold but some months are becoming slightly warmer by a few degrees. It’s June and it’s still cold most days 😅😂 I hope we don’t have another 40 degree summer though 🙂
@@malicahamilton climate shill, false statistics, go do some 'honest' research, they 'cherry pick' the numbers, other true studies by honest scientists show the Planet is COOLING when you take a long term analysis...fact. If you take the temperature of inner Cities and busy airports and the roofs of town buildings you are of course going to meme average up, this is not how the Met used to calculate, but when you take the average outside of those places then that equation changes dramatically downward? Go look at the Grand Solar Minimum currently happening, the biggest in over 2,000 years, we are cooling and that in it self is causing big swings in weather across the Planet, it has happened over thousands of years as the cycle of the Solar system going through its endless rotations.
Record breaking average temperatures by like fractions of a degree, but still crappy overcast weather all the time, and if anything warmer temps means more rain also.... I was thinking today how I was dressed in the same exact outfit that I wore on Christmas day 2023... The weather has barely changed since winter lol
@@klawlor3659 global warming is a global average . But the extremes of cold . Hot. Humid. Dry. And the interactions between them will be crazy. Why do you think last summer had a week that was literally unbareble
Without decent job prospects with even halfway decent pay, without affordable homes, there is literally no room anymore for the low paid. Yet the low paid are precisely the ones who are least able to leave the country to better their prospects, not while every single penny they have goes into merely existing.
The UK has many problems, I do not think anyone would disagree, however much of what you say is a global phenomenon. As much as what you say is correct, there are very few alternatives which are long-term. Yes you can go to certain places such as the UAE, but their rules can change, it is difficult to settle there and even attain a passport. If the UK has problems I am sure your country of birth has even more, however I am sure you do not critisize your country of origion. This is the exact reason you probably moved to the UK. Despite the issues, the UK is still a great place for people whos second language is English, provides good levels of economic stability (and political) and is a great place to initiate a career or education (as well as attaining a British passport, if you are not from the West or a developed nation). I think advising everyone to leave is a bit stupid, as it depends on the circumstance. NOTE, I am not a British native, and hence not a patriot, but there is still much the UK offers compared to other countries.
I lived in Bangkok as a teacher and eventually left for Hanoi Vietnam. On arrival Hanoi was cold wet, grey, cloudy a bit like UK in Autumn and I absolutely loved it. Bangkok eternally Sunny, Hot and Humid got to me and was glad I got away.
I'm 36 I've been trying desperately to leave the uk for 3 years now im finding it impossible. I'm left feeling like I live in an open prison or some kind of cattle in uk Livestock.
Born and raised in London, I’m in the process of leaving for Dubai atm. Thomas - can you do a video on the social life aspects of Dubai please. How you made new friends, if there are communities or even a “feeling” of community etc. I know it’s a very transient city as most people come for the money, but so is London so keen to hear your take on this element from both cities perspectives. Thanks
>can you do a video on the social life aspects of Dubai please. Born and raised in London but unaware that one can't "do" a video? One can "create", "make" or "film" it. Don't say thank you, darling. From Russia - with love.
Same! My flight is booked to leave Manchester in July. Moving to Arabian Ranches 1 as this had the best “feel” and didn’t feel artificial which most of Dubai can feel like if you head to the tourist areas
I currently live in Spain and I can assure you that the reputation Spain enjoys of having good food is not justified. Many years ago Spanish food was good, now it’s the same supermarket standard as the rest of the EU. It’s poor man’s Italy for food.
As a Catalan (some people think we are spaniards) I can tell you that I never saw a stabbing in my entire life (I'm 44 and was born and lived in Barcelona most of my life), so definitely London has more crime than Barcelona. I totally understand how you feel, specially regarding the weather, I cannot imagine living in a place where 7 months of the year the sky is grey and rainy weather. I didn't realise how lucky we are in Catalonia weather-wise until I lived in Germany... I never experienced snow or temperatures below zero in my home country, and the experience in Germany was a shock to me, as somebody born at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (we have 300 sunny days a year). I could never live in the UK although I love the country (I spend some months in Canterbury back in the 90s), I really like brittish people, the language, the architecture, its history, its people. I cannot live without blue skies and sunny weather. It's too important for me, even more important than having a job.
Try Living in asia or somewhere for 6 months (which I love by the way) but they only have 2 different weather conditions , at least in the UK there is slightly more diversity in the greyness 😂
I left 20 years ago. My last 7 years spent in London... I had a great job, excellent pay and lived at Canary Wharf. But London is like a zoo. Nice to visit but you wouldn't want to live in one. I saw the writing on the wall.....violent crime, no go areas, religious extremists, and a sense of claustrophobia.
You should come back and see it now 😂😂 it's no longer a zoo it's a neglected zoo we're the animals have been left to starve to death while the big cats get to zoom around on Thier Mustangs while the elephants throw them all turkey bones to fight over 😂😂😂
now every 🤡 is in Dubai. I went there and it doesn't seem good anymore. Way too crowded, heat, poor air quality. I guess it's better for people leaving the UK.
I'm currently watching this video. As a near 40 year old English bloke many points in this video are relevant (weather for example lol). The UK is a great place to be if ones attitude is one of greed. If your a wealthy landlord its great because you can ramp up your prices whether you need to or not because people need a place to live and ramp up your own bank account at the expense of others in the process. If your a greedy tradesman you can go and charge an old lady £200 for half hours work and brag about it to your mates. You can also indulge on junk food all day and no one will bat an eyelid. You can also work an incredibly important job, work loads of hours at minimum wage and the above people will be more than happy to exploit you lol!! That being said, I love the UK and in most cases its down to the individual to try and act in a relatively human way. Good regards to all.
@@peter-coates A lot of people care about the low levels of literacy throughout the internet. Question is, do we blame the declining IQ levels in general, or the quality of the so-called English teachers in our schools? You can go back to your Viz comics now, bud...
I was a landlord and heard that wealthy landlord comment made to me by tenants many times. Also that I was lucky. I started with nothing, and while my friends and acquaintances were partying and wasting their time and money I wasn't. I tolerated being called mean and tight. At 27 I owned a decent 3 bedroom bungalow ( no mortgage ) and entered semi- retirement. Fully retired at 35. I left the UK for good at age 25, in 1979. I've tried to teach some of my past 35 different tenant how to improve their lives, but they all proved to be losers. Unskilled or welfare bludgers, with zero self motivation.
The irony is that around 150k Hong Kong ppl have moved to UK so far since 2021. I heard many White British move away because there's too many Middle Eastern/ African ppl. But the irony is these White British ppl tend to move to Dubai which is mainly Middle Eastern ppl🤦♂️🫤🤷♂️
Middle Eastern countries, know the dangers of extremist Islam, and clamp down on it. The UK welcomes and encourages extremist Muslims as they haven‘t got a clue. They project Christian, tolerant and respectful values onto ‘everyone’, blind to the reality that they are welcoming in a sharia Trojan horse.
Some of the Hong Kong BNOs are actually flowing back to Hong Kong because they realised Democracy is not what it was made out to be. Like the price to pay in terms of taxation and the sheer dive in the quality-of-life is just not worth the freedom to talk trash about your government. Meanwhile, Hong Kong has topped a record number of visits into Mainland China. We are talking about 1 millions trips made by HKers during the Easter period out of a population of 7.5 millions people. A LOT of Hong Kongers are warming to China now. People like to think that politics and ideology matter... No... Not when your everyday live is fill with frustrations and you just can't see the end of the tunnel. And by the way, I grew up in UK. Graduated in 2010 with a Civil Engineering degree but couldn't find work in UK because of the 2008 Subprime. Moved to Hong Kong and landed in a job within a week and stayed here since. So I know UK, HK and China quite well. Eventually it came to a point when you realised that there is no point having a voice when the politicians don't listen. Wouldn't I be MORE of a slave if I still opted to live in a country where I am treated worse by a wide margin?
Lived her forever & agree but you did not mention the biggest problem with the UK - uncontrolled immigration. Immigration of massive numbers with no corresponding increase in general infrastructure is BY FAR the biggest problem in the UK
I think you'll find the biggest issues along with the uncontrolled immigration are the demographic death spiral (huge mass of elderly people v decreasing pool of young people) and the regime's corruption and mismanagement of the UK economy.
Whilst immigration is a huge problem, what is also a huge problem is the lack of reproduction amongst the indigenous population. The birth rates have fallen off a cliff. So now we have an ageing indigenous population and a severe skills shortage amongst the young population.......so hence we have to go and get immigrants from other countries to fill the gaps in employment. So even though Farage says he will bring down the immigration numbers if he becomes PM, he will ultimately fail because the elephant in the room is a skills shortage and lack of young people.
Sad reality UK left with all those bad reputation from Africa while skilled european employers just quit UK each day.Many companies leave UK because of short skilled employers and very expensive .When those companies pays now 50% from their profit and they don't have enough skilled labour and they have shortage in goods ,they will delays and with a big hole in your pocket.This way those with money they try to quit UK.
@@deluxecapprian983 Already seeing this on action with both the international company I work for, and a multinational company down the road. The productivity issues are numerous (brilliant salary but crap work). Not enough engineers with the right skill set. Expensive logistics. Expensive energy costs. When you view costs v profit, it makes much more sense to relocate elsewhere to somewhere that welcomes manufacturing rather than the UK which hinders it.
4:16 "They have to raise taxes otherwise they will go bankrupt". I had to switch off at this point, because it shows you don't know what you're talking about. A country with a sovereign currency can never go bankrupt, because all its debts are denominated in its own currency, which it controls the supply of.
I worded it slightly wrong but you can read about it online, Bank of England had to step in to stop the UK exonomy from collapsing bevause of the gov’s proposed policies
Also, heavy taxation is very much a communist trope. It appears however that the UK is going down the dangerous road of institutional Communism for decades now.
Depends how much of the country's currency is being "sent back home" by a rapidly-growing portion of the population. Also funny how "home" is not actually the UK. Telling, really. The phrase is even used on a TV advert for a money-transfer service: "For when you want to send money "back home" ".
If you live in a decent affluent area in the UK you are fine. In that case the weather barely affects you because your surroundings are clean and pleasant.. walking down a clean neat pavement where residents keep the houses and gardens beautiful is nice regardless of overcast or rainy weather. However living in an opposite area which is full of immigrants and littered pavements and seeing spit and dog faeces on the road while it’s raining and overcast is definitely NOT GOOD. That’s when you start hating the weather for sure. This is why Britain in the 70’s to 90’s was a happier place. People looked after their areas. Excess immigration has been the downfall. However I always say, if you know you can’t escape the UK, at least move to an area in the UK that is even 30% more decent than your current area, as that will make a great difference. And if you can’t do that, instead of complaining start taking action and work toward making your area and your house nicer.
Yeppp your right because I've lived both ends 😂 I met a posh bird while working away so eventually I moved from Nottingham to east Sussex found work every day I felt good lovely houses clean tidy streets everybody happy smiling beach 25 mins away then I split with her last year and moved back to Nottingham 😢 migrants everywhere and I mean everywhere rubbish all over streets all gardens overgrown public spaces neglected overflowing bins everyone looks angry sad and depressed this is hell
@@Hfgh564Yup. But different system and laws. Being close to mainland China is beneficial for me because of business and investment opportunities. Until you have been there you don't realise how insanely technologically advanced they are.
The uk wouldn’t be soo bad if it wasnt for the terrible weather most the time especially where it’s dark by 3pm in winter and either cloudy or raining and when it’s isn’t night - it just sooo depressing and gets me down a lot and really puts a damper on doing anything else here . I mean there are a lot of activities nice places and events but when the weather is crap it’s very hard to get the motivation to do anything . Am 55 and single and fit and healthy and live off savings and own my own house outright and this video has inspired me more to make the move which I was thinking about for a long time - I have very little family keeping me here so I might as well take the plunge - only real issue keeping me back Is trying to sell my house in an area where theres low demand or where am going to get very little for it if I want a quick sale .
I agree with some of what you said here but I think there's something that you missed (which is the main reason I'm leaving): the erosion of personal freedom. The UK is slowly building one of the most totalitarian countries in the entire world. Already we have a "do as your told" culture that I despise with a passion. CCTV tracks you everywhere. Restrictions on freedom are slowly creeping forward. It's sad. It's why I want to leave. This weather and culture stuff is just barking up the wrong tree for me.
What culture I've lived in the uk 46 years all I've ever seen is spiteful up there own arse people keeping up with mr&Mrs Jones can keep it mate I've been looking over the past few months how to leave the uk it's a sinking ship 🚢 😳
Sorry but as regards the first point that’s completely irrelevant. If the average income was as high as in the richest countries the cost of housing would be even higher than it is. So as long as you’re talented or intelligent or have a marketable skill everyone else being not doing so great is fine.
After the Russo - Ukraine War, The state of the UK has deteriorated further financially especially due to the war related global energy shortage & Consequent inflation 🤔 !!!
True but it didn’t need to be that way, we could go back to buying Russian oil and things we improve, Unfortunately America a has other plans which have been on the cards for years to force us to buy American oil.
@@landzw так и есть. Смешное видео, в Дубай люди едут 😂. Пустыня с пылью. Умные в Россию едут. Можно земли у озера купить 100 гектар по цене квартиры в Бирмингеме и зарабатывать на молоке и мясе. Вот это и есть свобода. А не сидеть с ноутбуком в стеклянном доме посреди пустыни 😂.
the global energy shortage is not because of the war, it was created artificially through sanctions. Why would you sanction one of the major suppliers knowing you cannot replace it with something cheaper/better. This is done to make you to fall for propaganda and pay for it to make elites richer and you poorer. Remember it were western leaders shouting so loudly that they don't want gas and othe commodities from Russia. Yet they are buying from Russia now through 3rd countries at a tripple price that you are paying.
I can tell you that working in London as a contractor in 1995, the daily late then was the same as in 2024 for example £250 in 1995 the rate is still £250 in 2024. During the mid-nineties till around 2007, London was an amazing place to live, with high wages, high growth, high investment, and relatively cheap food, rent has always been high in London but was much less if you compare the salaries back then. In fact I remember a job advertised for £100K in 2001 that would only pay £60-70K now. Then in 2008 when the financial crisis hit, the city went into a huge downturn, with low wage growth, and higher inflation, things were increasing even when rates were low. When Brexit hit in 2016, it was a huge burn to the economy. The UK is getting worse with no repair in sight. It now leaves the UK with very high individual debt on average, no growth, high inflation, and a negative attitude. People are grumpy especially after Brexit if they were for or against Brexit, it has made a huge dent in the economy. I am much older now and soon retiring but not in the UK thankfully. There were 2 massive explosions in the UK over the last 20 years 1st 2008 and then Brexit in 2016. There is simply no way the UK can recover without going back into to EU, but even then it would take probably another 25 years to recover fully at least. I'd be dead by then most likely! House prices in London were cheap back in the 1990's for example the person who sold their property to me in 1999 was a Nurse! How could a nurse afford a house in London in the year 1988 and live in London till 1999? Well in 2024 there is no way possible, so you understand the trend over the last 30 years. You could have a part-time pub or waiter job in London, be able to travel in the summer, save money in the mid 1990's as my wife did! Hardly anyone was in debt only with mortgages. And shops were all independent back then, much more friendly, really cool things you would never find now and nice to enter, now all very clean, chain shops, owned by hedge funds who buy and sell, then sell the chain has destroyed the industry. It's basically greed and super-rich have taken over us, but the fundamental problem in the UK I can tell you who has lived in London since 1990 was the 2008 Crisis. And I haven't even mentioned Covid! It was 2008 the nail in the coffin!
When i am getting the data from the OECD (2022) /Net income after taxes - US dollars PPP exchange rates / Great Britain is on the 9th place. The wikipedia statistic is also not normed on one specific year. I am on your side on many points, I have also emigrated, albeit from Germany, but yes, I see the trend across Europe. "The American dream" is more real in Dubai or Batumi than in London or Berlin. And I can only advise everyone to give it a try.
Left 30 years ago and on contemplation it’s best decision I ever made .You should though mention moving after Brexit into the EU is no automatic process. It’s a catch 22 situation for most as you can’t move there without significant means or proper employment and you can’t get employment if you don’t have residency and work permit, which takes if you tick all the boxes a minimum of 6 months .
I spent 4 years living in Thailand and SEA. Now im back home for 4 years in have been building my business. It does seem to be going to shit here, but im glad im building my control through my business. Family are important and i struggle to ubderstand why anyone would be away from them for a long time. Its good to be mobile but home is home.
Hey Thomas! I'm from Ukraine and for some last time lived in Moscow and Saint Petersburg(right near Finland). And I don't know where to go. I can use only russian passport(my spouse has only that). Right now I'm considering european digital nomad visas. For Dubai, I visited in late september and it was hot as hell. The main issue with places like south asia or latin america - startup/tech networking is close to zero, there's just frugal freelancers and guys who went there for cheap s*x. London at least in top 10 startup cities. So as I approach this dynamics it makes me confused, idk where to go
I don't know your issues but i'd suggest choosing a base (like Dubai in the winter), and a secondary place to stay when it's getting too hot in the UAE for about 5 month. Malaysia could be option. Good luck!
Go to southeast Asia until you figure it out, Luckily ukrainian passport is still a very good passport. You dont have to stay there, but countries like Philippines you can stay for up to 3 years, I think malaysia you can stay 3 months, Thailand is an option also but the immigration is a bit of a pain in the ass. Take a look at Asia, you can stay there for the time being until you figure something out, it at least gives you time and space to breathe.
I am UK born, and was brought up 'Middle Class'. I became a trained professional with an international qualification. I moved to Australia. I became an Australian Citizen and got the passport. After returning to Europe, I later got Portuguese residency while the UK was still in the EU. In the past year I have been the victim of crime three times in the UK within 1 mile of my home. The Police have done nothing. In one case they had all the witnesses and evidence they needed, but they still messed it up. I am only still in the UK as I have to look after my parents.. and why? Because the social care system is almost inhumane. It may be best if they just execute old people. Sounds harsh, but the reality is not much better. When my parents pass, I am off forever. If you have money, and you can avoid crime, and don't mind poor weather, fine, otherwise forget it. How such a great country could become so unattractive is amazing.
I live in Wimbledon SW19, I have a spare prosthetic leg somewhere in the loft if you ever need one, I could always get Uber to drop it over, what leg size are you?
An absolute lie. The UK is set up for the rich and the elites. If you're neither. You're going to struggle. The rich and elites love middle and working classes blaming immigrants. You should research in to how the UK Government and Middle/Working classes are losing assets at levels not seen since the Victorians. And here's a hint: the assets and capital aren't going to the immigrants.
The UK is actually in an economic and demographic death spiral. Not enough Brits having children, combined with a huge needy elderly population and humongous government economic mismanagement. Brexit wasn't going to change that (the EU has similar issues) and the UK isn't going to change for the better anytime soon.
@@klawlor3659 hence why it's a sinking ship. even if the migrants were conquered and deported. the country is really in a spot of bother. hence why people are jumping ship. I jumped ship to europe from africa and even im heading off again. THATS how bad it's gotten in the last 10 years.
How can someone leave if they don't have the money to leave? Most jobs have crap pay and you still end up in debt as the money is not enough to pay the bills. why aren't there any charities to help people to move? The UK is the Titanic!
When immigrants go somewhere and build wealth with all determination and hard work, they usually start with nothing but a suit case a wallet with enough cash to get by for a couple of weeks. Basically nothing. This has been the case for generations now in pretty much every country that has taken immigrants over the last hundred years, from Buenos Aires to Bremen.
Get rid of all your stuff, live in a room or couch surf while you save up money. Then jump ship. Or travel by freighter. The southern border of the US us wide open. Walk right in. Get free everything.
Last year nearly 60.000, building companies left UK.The prices on food going crazy.Maybe i will move in eastern europe in the future.I heard many rich left UK and now they invest in EU. One indian guy quite rich in UK with over 60 employers in the office left with 6-7 after Brexit hit UK.
Yep and they wonder why the prisons are full who would want to work for a standard wage anymore it has no rewards or end goals it's just work to pay bills and be depressed
When Indians and Pakistanis start talking about leaving the U.K. or not coming here you know things have changed for the worse. Privatisation, interest based capitalism, high taxes and inflation along with Conservative Government have created the cost of living crisis. Mass illegal immigration and rising levels of crime are going impact on the U.K. economy too. Government incompetence is to blame. Rent is high and houses are unaffordable. There are still pockets of the U.K. that are still prosperous, but they are not accessible to everyone. Yes, live and work abroad if you can, as you can save more towards your retirement.
You have a short memory if you think what's happening now it's down to just the last 15yrs of Tories.. Everything was neatly setup by globalist Blair & his Bol-Shevik Fabian party. (still in shadow power today) Pakistanis have been flooding the UK since 1960's.
Erm. Just move to the countryside. ……… focus on assets not ‘income’ Grow your own food get in touch with nature who wants to live in a concrete jungle like Dubai?.. I do agree though, with you, that the bureaucrats in the government are Removing the hope for a better life from the citizens, people are becoming pessimistic (but not those who live on smallholdings)
Wow. I live in Chester, UK .Sounds like it couldn't be more different from your shitty life in London. I've got friends from Portugal who work in jobs they love, which they studied for, as in Portugal there's nothing. On one salary (slightly more than minimum wage) they can pay the rent and bills, while the second salary allows them to enjoy life and get home a couple of times a year. Another couple i know (a Syrian and a Slovak) decided to move to Australia, couldn't stand it and moved back here, then tried Dubai, hated it and have now settled back in the UK. I'm wondering, what is this "London" place you speak of. Could this be the problem?
Chester is one of the best places in the UK to live. It even has the oldest racecourse in Britain, Roman walls, the river dee, cafes, bars and restaurants galore and friendly people. It is the gateway to North Wales, 45 minutes from Manchester, 25 minutes from Liverpool and just 2 hours 30 minutes to London by train.
Yeah I'm from Italy and people here just dream to work in the UK, I've heard some people who now live there that yeah people are more rude but more real, and the job is legal and well paid
Lived in the south east for my whole life. 30 now, carpenter since i was 18, saved for a house when i started working got a house with my wife and 2 dogs. We are happy, yeah its a fucking struggle sometimes. But family and friends make it worth it. And you know what i actually like the rain. Hope everyone can get what they want out of life be it here or elsewhere. The grass isnt always greener, sure as shit isnt in abu dhabi.
Leave and go where exactly? The problems in the UK are the same all over the Western world, especially the mass immigration of low paid third worlders. I love Britain and the cool cloudy weather is better than over hot countries.
Not quire > There are places, where life is much less expensive and safer, that can still be considered Western. Poland, Czhech republic, the Baltics. Heck > Greece, Croatia, Montenegro too. If you're more adventurous > Bulgaria, Romania. You have the same you got in UK, (faster and cheaper ) internet, shopping malls, access to ( better and cheaper ) healtcare and ( better and cheaper ) food and education. Property is cheaper. Weather is better in some of these places. Crime rate is lower than UK for most of them. I think people are somewhat biased towards 'The underdevelopped Easterlings' but reality is different.
@@НиколайТодоров-и9т These countries are going to get flooded with immigrants. I already saw plenty of them in Poland and in Bucharest. Hostels are full of foreigners. Give it 20 years and they will be in the same spot as we are in the UK.
Great video. I have lived in the UK all my life but we are leaving for the US in Jan 25, especially with an impending Labour government. I am in the top 1% of earners also and I can see my tax going through the roof so cannot allow this to happen.
Living in America I plan on buying a second detached home in the UK. Money won't be an issue. As an American I love the UK. We have rough areas in America too but not all areas are like that in both countries.
i have been to places where UK's GDP is 4-5x larger, but those people can afford many more things and having good life style, clean, educated, healthcare etc. some numbers do not match.
I was with you until you suggested moving to the middle east. No thanks. Everywhere is in trouble and each place comes with different merits and flaws. I like the british countriside. Cities here are awful but aren't they like that everywhere? My experiences in ireland, france and the usa were all worse than in the uk.
Hi, I think you are spot on with what you are saying. I was born in the UK and lived here till my late 20's. I moved to Norway for 12 years and found that living abroad was so much better. The UK in my opinion, has nothing to offer. As a tradesman, I could do better for myself as a foreigner in another country, rather than a tradesman in the UK. Sad to say that, but very true. Luckily, I am in the position to get out of it in the next few weeks. I have no intentions of coming back, and wish the UK the best of luck. (by god you will need it)
It's more a critique of the current state of England and from my experience, he's spot on. It's overcrowded, balkanized and has high taxes (and some half-assed freedom of speech which keeps people from speaking their minds).
Well I totally disagree. I’m an American, living in the beautiful English countryside, and I love it here. Can I just point out first of all that London, and large cities in general, are *completely* different to the rest of England; the rest of England I would consider the *real* England. There are thousands of beautiful, historic and traditional villages, hamlets, market towns and small cities across the English countryside, that are not only fantastic places to live (unless you’re a big city person of course) and explore, but are filled with fantastic people that are; once again, totally different to London/ many large cities. The people I know and associate with here do not possess the culture that you describe in this video. Pub culture in the countryside is very different to the big population centers such as London. I will say, however, that most Europeans in general can be more negative/ slightly cold (especially compared to Americans), but most in my day-to-day life in Suffolk that I come across are kind, friendly, talkative and overall positive (that’s European positive - so much more understated compared to the US). I do not know a single person that is leaving the United Kingdom. I feel this should have perhaps been directed towards London? I mean I personally would never wish to live in London, as I am definitely *not* someone that likes big cities, although I do still like visiting as a tourist a couple of times a year because it obviously has a lot to offer (and is the second most visited city in the world). If anyone is interested in why I love living here then I’d be happy to share in more detail (e.g. much safer, much better work life balance, food produce is to a much higher standard, everywhere is walkable, not having to rely on a car, the rich history and historic sights at every corner - my passion etc). I also want to address something else you said in this video about crime (which I disagree with), but I’ll leave it in a comment directly below this.
Let’s do a comparison with western countries: 1. Homicides (per 100,000 people): - Australia 0.9 - Germany 1.0 - U.K. 1.1 - Sweden 1.1 - France 1.3 - Belgium 1.7 - Canada 2.25 - USA 6.3 You can see the big jump with the US, whereas the U.K. is the same as other similar western nations, and does extremely well when you compare it to the rest of the world. 2. Firearm related homicides (per 100,000 people): - U.K. 0.02 - Germany 0.06 - France 0.12 - Australia 0.15 - Belgium 0.25 - Sweden 0.5 - Canada 0.52 - USA 4.46 Again, you see this difference, and the U.K. has the lowest of this crime in the world (alongside Japan), so it’s almost non-existent there. 3. Knife related homicides (per 100,000 people): - Germany 0.23 - France 0.33 - U.K. 0.34 - Sweden 0.35 - Belgium 0.36 - Australia 0.48 - Canada 0.49 - USA 0.60 The difference isn’t as stark here, but that’s because this type of crime isn’t as common as others in the US, and the U.K. favors similarly to its neighbors. 4. The USA has over 65 cities with a homicide rate of between 11 to 87 per 100,000 people, London is one of England’s most dangerous cities and yet only has a rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people (that’s 10-80 times smaller by comparison). There are hundreds of cities in the US with a rate over double London’s. For example, Look at the highest homicide rate cities within each country (per 100,000 people): - Germany 1.5 Frankfurt - England 2.0 Manchester - Belgium 2.9 Brussels - Scotland 3.1 Glasgow - Sweden 3.4 Malmo - Canada 3.4 Toronto (13.78 for Thunder Bay if you include cities less than 1 million) - France 3.5 Marseille - USA 87.3 St Louis You see the difference here?
Also, just thought I’d add that literally a couple of videos before seeing this, I watched a video of a Swedish RUclipsr talking about how much she adores London and living in London. She had some criticisms too, but overall said that she could never live anywhere else. That just shows that we all have our own views/ taste/ perspectives. Even though London is not somewhere I, or you, would want to live full time; she is the opposite. Of course many people love London too, and I have seen many similar RUclips videos on how much they like living in the city (another girl I follow is from Norway and did a similar video). Just like I am subscribed here on RUclips to many Germans, Japanese, Russians, Polish, Americans etc that live in, and love, the English countryside.
It is so beautiful, I’m from wales. I moved to devon as there were no jobs in wales. Now we live in a beautiful village in devon but houses are to expensive. Family’s I know who have lived here all there lives are being made homeless because there’s no rental properties and they can’t afford houses. Everyone I know is talking about leaving the uk and some of our friends have 😢 we have no hope here.
You are correct about a number of your points about the UK, however, your in Dubai, which has many positives, I'm sure, mainly to do with lower taxes, but for at least 4 months of the year, Dubai is unliveable, way too hot, Westerners just jump from one air conditioned place to the next, not my idea of a great place to live. In fact, I'm as I'm writing this, sunny outside, 22 degrees, perfect for a stroll along the Canals, in Dubai it's 37 degrees, too hot to spend more than 30 minutes outside. I would agree that the UK, has not benefitted from Brexit, but it may have done had the Government actually initiated the policies to become truly independent, but had no will to. I have been to many major Cities, throughout the World and London is still top 5 for many reasons.
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The wheels have been coming off fur 20 year in the uk and the west , 2008 financial crash basically showed how bankrupt we are . They have kicked the can down the road since then.
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Great video and well presented. I agree with you but I'm stuck in London.
@@muichirotokitotokito6819 why
Everyone that i know thats left the UK, never returned and says it’s the best decision they’ve made. I’m leaving in October.
@@jaseperi good luck man!!! UK is done.
Lucky you UK is definitely done I hate it here now!
I left at the age of 67 in 2015, nine years so far in bliss, not coming back................
Lol@@moonraker124
I've always been looking to say Spain, but that's looking kind of grim over there. I'm 46 now, and I just realise they nothing here for me and 2 youngest children at home always said for years By the time I'm 50 i will be gone the search continues good luck I dont blame you moving really I get it ❤
I Lived in London for 27 years, but last year when my landlord hiked rent by 400£ I decided enough is enough .My 45K salary was just covering my bills and travelcard (I lived alone) so I packed up and left in October, but interesting thing is that the flat I was living still empty today....June 2024
£400 pound rent a month that nothing that is cheap.
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Increased by £400. Not £400 in total.
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Tell me about it, Landlords are taking the advantage of the situation and it’s pathetic some of these properties are not even worth it especially when it is a room and sharing with others.
@@realitytube6290 he try to increase by 400£ rent totalling 1500£ Not to mention that I lived in that flat for 14 years and he never had any problems with me
I left in 1996 before Tony Blair. I went back 3 weeks ago after a break of 10 years since the last time I was there. After 2 weeks it was clear to me that it is no longer my home. Listening to my friends talk about life and seeing what their children have to go through despite having degrees was beyond depressing.
London is unrecognisable.
@@miamitten1123 The US.
So, where are you staying now?
@@missophelie3781 The US, far, from any large city.
@@mlgfrog27yeah London has actually disappeared London was once one of the greatest cities in the world now look at it hardly a British person in sight
I left London after 15 years, went to the hospital emergency twice, at Royal Free Hospital- in Hamstead… They had hundreds of people waiting, in pain. There was a massive cardboard at the entrance saying: “Minimum waiting time 10hrs”
“Please, be kind, be patient with our staff, they're trying their best to help everyone …. It was a horrible experience to see and hear the screaming patients at the emergency in pain. I was praying to God to take me out of there.
And so it did.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Uk now is like the third world ….
I broke my leg in the UK. Went to Worcester hospital where I was put in plaster for 6 months. Once out of the plaster I had a noticeable twist in my leg below the knee, where the break had healed. I travelled to the UAE later than anticipated because of the broken leg and it was causing me pain, so went to hospital within a few weeks of arriving. Within 2 hours I had been examined, had an x-ray and had a CAT scan. The surgeon, in nice language basically said, "What an absolute shite job". He basically said he could put it right. Within a few weeks my leg was re-broken and pinned straight. They had me walking with a crutch within a week. After a couple of months my leg was straight and pain free and still is 9 years later. I will do my very best to avoid UK hospitals from now on. The surgeon was from Lebanon, so was clearly good at battlefield damage. lol. He was also a man who knew his craft, so I am very fortunate.
Same thing here 🤚
London 2022 I waited 8 hours only to see the doctor, the waiting room was full of patients screaming and mostly BLEEDING! And still waiting!!
It was fucking horrible
@jjhatch69 battle field damage😂😂 God, horror story but there you go, shows you how things are here in the UK, we've literally regressed to medieval times😢
I'm 28. Left for Eastern Europe 2 years ago and can confidently say it's been the best decision I've ever made. London and the UK more widely as a society has totally failed.
I hope you visit Hungary! ❤
So when times get tough you jump ship?
@@thevalkyrie8 What else are you supposed to do when there seems no national will for improvement?
10yrs with polish lady. I thought i gave her good home, good life in wales. She take me to poland. Show me her home, her life..... I cry when home.....
@@thevalkyrie8When your ship is full of holes and the captain gives the enemy buckets to keep filling it up no matter what you say, it's time to abandon ship.
When it is possible to receive more than 1K in benefits instead of companies raising the salaries, then we have a problem…
This is the problem, cut the benefits force people to develop.
@seabreeze4559 I don't want to sound insensitive or like a p*ick but I'd consider changing careers... the less people they have, the more conditions they'll create to attract people.
@@BrunO-dy9ro You can't just cut the benefits, you also have to cut taxes and regulations to stimulate economic activity. The barriers to entry for starting a business in the UK are exceptionally high right now compared to most of history and most of the world. You can't just set up on a street corner and start selling stuff, it's illegal. If you want to buy and sell things via ebay, you need a lot of money down to get started and the fees are so high it suffocates any small players. Rents are high and taxes are another 50% again just on the rent, and that's before VAT and taxes on profits and wages, plus other key overheads such as bills. We are taxed to death and it's why so many businesses simply fail. The businesses that don't fail mostly run on exceptionally thin margins. There is no "moderate, easy success" in the UK when it comes to running a business. If you don't simply fail then you're either scraping by or very successful. Moderately sized family businesses bringing in healthy margins are rare.
@Hashterix ermmm sorry but i havent mentioned anything about businesses, to be completely honest I feel like you just went on a rant from an entrepreneur/small business owner perspective. Cutting on benefits is going to repel complacent and lazy people away and it will also force the people who cannot leave to do something for themselves and be productive in this country. I am an immigrant and I worked very hard, sleepless nights studying to get where I am. The gov is inciting laziness and complacency. It's annoying and disheartening.
@@BrunO-dy9ro lol who do you think actually employs people in unskilled jobs? There's no prodding people to be productive if you don't have productive things for them to do, hence you need to stimulate the economy properly at the same time. There are two sides to the coin.
The UK is not London. This is what irritates me about people commenting on life in the UK. I live in Scotland, have an ok job, my own house, and live fairly comfortably. There's no way I'm leaving this green grass land for a dustbowl in the Middle East to live from a laptop 🤣
Yeah the UK is not just about London and England. Scotland is a beautiful country with good people.
sure other UK place are better than london, but when you check east europe 90% plus they own their flats houses by age 35, in UK or EU 80% they pay rent or mortgage age 55-60
@@u-two It's not like Eastern Europe doesn't have problems. Then there is the language. Different culture. There's a lot more to consider than just upping and leaving. I doubt OP is buying a house in Dubai. He is probably renting.
Yeah, London's basically the Eurocancer of the UK. Most of them voted remain, then voted Khan back in as Mayor after what he's done to the place. We should fence it off, then charge people who want to exit for a certain period.
lol and shit hole weather 8-0 percent of the year.
UK is a punitively taxed, low pay culture, welfare state with terrible weather. If i were a young person I would definitely leave. The money is there to do anything we wanted, it's just that the politicians waste so much of it and the state is far too big and costly.
Yup. The state is now acting unlawfully. The DWP, and HMRC and Police can now do all sorts, seize assets, all sorts, no court order required. Basically it’s a criminal state acting unlawfully. I’m currently having issues with inheritance. I think their attitude is, they mortgaged your assets, that’s how they’re 1 trillion in debt, and they say you then gave them the money to spend, Thank you very much, but when you sell that asset they seem to think, you mortgaged it, gave them the money so it belongs to the Government not you. Seriously, trying to get hold of our money is a nightmare. Took six months to get our money from applying to cash in premium bonds. The Nazis did something similar….guns not butter translated into save, don’t spend. Savings accounts soared, mostly opened in Government owned post office savings accounts. Little did they realise their money was all converted into Government bonds and in effect stolen. The only way it could be honoured was by printing money.
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Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
@@youtischia NHS is a shambles. Severely understaffed, Clueless DR's and "Specialists" Lack of specialists so you have to travel all around the UK to see a certain specialist. I've seen patients in beds out in the corridors on a freaking stroke ward because there's no rooms, while there was a whole ward shut down from being understaffed.
You are tripping if you think the NHS is good. Health care is much better in other countries even those in EU. Sure you have to pay, But its better than getting taxed your whole life for terrible care system that is failing.
And yet you left your own country? You are not British are you? Ahh I see,so your whole diatribe is exactly a sales job for yourself? Cynical
@angleisthebestOur tax rates are lies we pay way more tax than stated, through national insurance and council tax.
You missed the elephant in the room - I take it unintentionally - massive uncontrolled immigration from the Middle East and Africa, which is completely changing the fabric and soul of the country.
Yes, this is a big big problem
Love the honesty 👍
yea that's centuries of colonialism biting you in the ass.
Immigration plays a big role in capitalism. The irony is a lot of brits are now also migrating for a better way of life.
This is centuries of colonialism biting you in the ass.
I grew up in London, born here. I love parts of the UK, the rich history, the humor, country side. But as a NHS Nurse of 10 years, struggling to get my own house i gave up. I was sick of the cost kf everything, the electric, the petrol, housing, renting it's just such a disgusting greedy country and the government never help.
I gave up and got my Australia permanent residency last year. UK is is only good depending on how rich you are.
Have a partner who’s a bricklayer and son who’s just finished collage as a bricklayer, no I’m not a bricklayer ha. but do you think Australia would take us in hard working family will contribute till no end to there country and there people for excepting us?
I love my country, but we are all leaving. Not only abroad. No true Londoners can even afford to live in London anymore.The social contract here is BROKEN. And the weather is TERRIBLE. Fuck this place, my home, FUCK IT. Im off.
Where to?
What's gets me is how can all these immigrants afford to live in London, as many look to be coming in from poor third world country's!
Trust me everywhere have their own problems. Very sad though. Go where you feel happier. Don’t allow created problems by failed leaders and politicians make you hate others. We all need each other. Love and peace to everyone.
@@joyce7131 yeah . The problems in other places aren't like here. So stop playing the "everywhere has pr0blems" card. It's very simplistic . Easy . And not intelligent or open minded
"And the weather is TERRIBLE" 🤣
One thing I notice in England is a kind of blinkering going-on. There is an invisible cordon put around talking about the actual direction we are taking. I make a point of asking the simple question: 'In your estimation, will Britain be a better place or a worse place in five years?' No prizes for guessing what the 100% reply is.
Obviously because discussing the causes of the problem is officially "hate speech".
If Farage was PM I would say the former.
I'm sick of this phoney rhectoric. The country has gone to shit because the populace kept on voting the Tories in. Maggie Thatcher introduced the Right to Buy which upended housing, they also privatised everything making utilities and transport more expensive. The Cameron introduced austerity cuts which destroyed public services such as the NHS, then just to add injury to insult they introduce Brexit which has made everyone poorer, and then to really take the piss Liz Truss tanked the economy with her head banging budget which raised everyone's rents smd mortgage. None of this real life events and political choices which Brits made has anything to do with immigrants living in the country.
I think it won't even make it 5 more years Thier is gonna be civil unrest and this country is already fooked 5 more years of Thai and it will look like a scene from mad max
I don’t live in London, I live between coastal North Yorkshire and rural Scotland. Life is good. I’ve worked all over the World, happy to live here.
yea because it's majority wh'te ;)
we both know you are happy because of that.
and you would be right to be happy.
because a majority wh'te society is a UNIFIED society. come and live in london if you don't agree with me ;)
Haha the Gov has told us everywhere will be diversified for your own good
Seek and ye shall find!
Good for you
Your tax pays the invasion...
I saw the writing on the wall a long time ago. I left the UK 9 years back and have been living tax free, earning 5 times my UK take home pay. I am also in the UAE but in Abu Dhabi, living by the ocean. The summer is very hot, but for 6 months of the year, the weather is like a British summer. I did not leave the UK because I did not like it. I actually love my country. I left because progression is blocked in every aspect. There are so many talented people from the UK living and working across the world, helping other countries progress, because their own country is controlled by bell ends. In Abu Dhabi I have an English Dentist and an English Doctor and many of my work colleagues are British. They are all exceptionally good at what they do because they love their job and social life. People are allowed to progress. It is a free and fair society, despite the utter garbage written about it by the UK press. Sure, the UAE has its quirks, but every society has the same. The financial people in the UK run the show and they are all about stuffing their own pockets at the expense of everyone else. Until that culture is bought in line, the UK will always be going backwards, and talented people will continue to leave. That is the long and short of it. The brain drain is real and getting worse.
I 100% agree. can you give more information on moving to Abu Dhabi with family?
@@Ryoko007 My 2 kids were grown up. both were in university in the UK, so that kind of helped with the decision. I am a specialist in a very narrow field, so that also helped as I was head hunted to come out here. Having a job secured, all I had to do was get my professional documents attested in the UK and UAE before travelling. You have to obtain a UAE Visa, which lasts 3 years, so if you can secure a job in the UAE before travelling, the company PRO can do the leg work for you. If you want to come out and find a job, it can be difficult as most companies prefer to use people who already have an emirates Visa. Schools are very expensive over here. If you have kids, a company may or may not offer financial help for this. It is also important that the medical insurance is of a good level and covers all the family. Private medical over here is exceptional compared to the UK, even if the cover is at a lower level. The government/non-private hospitals are around the same level as the NHS in the UK. Companies have to provide medical insurance by law. Once you have your emirates Visa (Takes a few weeks) you are allowed to rent property. Property can be anything from a studio apartment to 8-bedroom villas, so it depends on budget. In Abu Dhabi, a 3 bedroomed Villa cost for annual rent can be anywhere from GBP 20k to GBP 50k, depending on location. Rent is usually charged annually upfront. propertyfinder.ae is a great website to assess rental costs. A company may also help in this area as well, by paying property rent directly. Salaries can be confusing as they have several categories. My wage slip has basic salary, housing, transport and a few other items. There is no income tax. There is a final salary scheme, so every year you work for a company, they will add either a week or a month of your basic salary to a pot. When you leave the company, all of the money will be paid as a final salary. An example being if you worked for a company for 5 years and they placed 1 month's basic salary in the pot for each year, your final salary will have 5 months basic pay plus what you earned for the last month. (Unless you are fired for gross misconduct). When I first came across, I travelled on my own and was out here for a couple of months until my wife travelled over. We have lived here ever since. I am now under a golden Visa, so I do not have to worry about visa renewal every 3 years. The golden Visa gives you 10 years without renewal. To get the golden Visa you either have to buy property, own a company or have professional experience to contribute to the UAE economy. I am fortunately in the latter category.
Started in 1694 after Cromwell let them in.
Well done.
You got there in the end...😅
i used to live in Abu Dhabi. its lovely there
@@Ryoko007 It is better if you can secure a job before moving over. If you have a professional qualification, you need to get your documents attested in the UK and UAE. If all goes well and you get a job, it is better to travel on your own first as it takes a few weeks to get your Visa sorted. Once the Visa is in place you can open a bank account and rent a property before bringing the family over. Companies have to provide medical insurance by law. It can vary depending on the companies' practices. If you have kids, school fees are expensive, so ensure your salary can cover rent, day to day living and school fees. A 3 bed Villa can be anywhere from GBP 30k to 50K rent per year, depending on location. Apartments are usually cheaper. Rent is the equivalent of paying tax in the UK. Despite the eye watering cost compared to the UK, you have to remember that you don't pay income tax. I am not very careful and usually have more than 50% of my salary left over at the end of the month. Something that I could only dream about in the UK.
UK is in deep shit. Gotta blind to not see something is very very wrong there.
Hope things will change for the better soon.
Brexzhit is wrong. The island became small and isolated like some prison so people go nuts it’s simple as that. Europeans used to go to the uk to live, work, visit, do business, etc. Now they all left and the island is completely irrelevant.
It will just get better by itself 😅
Vote Reform UK and it will
@@stevenhull5025 More isolation is gonna help UK? What an idiut hahahaha
WHY IS OUR COUNTRY 'IN THE TOILET'????
EVER REALLY, TRULY THOUGHT ABOUT IT??????
WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNMENT GOT THE MONEY??????
WHO IS THE 'GOVERNMENT'??
CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE!
(TAXES!!!!).
HENCE IT IS NOT THE 'GOVERNMENT'S' MONEY!!!!
TAKE A MOMENT TO CHECK OUT ALL THE, APPARENT, MASS FRAUD AND CORRUPTION UNCOVERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE UK, WITH ALL THE ILLEGALLY SET UP AND INCORPORATED LIMITED COMPANIES - WHICH INCLUDES MANY HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE, THOSE IN POSTIONS OF TRUST, POWER, AND AUTHORITY, TRUSTED AND RESPECTED ORGANISATIONS.... INCLUDING : LAW ENFORCEMENT, COURTS/JUCICIAL SYSTEM, BANKING, PROPERTY INVESTORS/MANAGEMENT, CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES..... THE WHOLE LOT!!!
SEEMINGLY, LINKING THROUGH SOME KIND OF 'NETWORK' TO CHILD TRAFFICKING.... EPSTEIIN ISLAND, MONEY LAUNDERING.... AND MUCH, MUCH WORSE!!!
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL US WHY OUR VERY OWN (BILLIONAIRE) PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK AND HIS LIMITED COMPANY 'INFOSY'S' ALSO APPEARS SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS UTTER VILE MESS???
AND...... HOW AND WHERE DID OUR 'MONARCHY' BECOME 'LINKED' TO THIS MESS?????
SEE ALL DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE UNCOVERED BY EX UK POLICE OFFICERS, GARY WATERMAN, AT: GARY / GARYTHETRUTHSETSUSFREE (RUclips and RUMBLE).
OR, GO DIRECT TO COMPANIES HOUSE UK TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS ONLINE.
YOU ARE DEFINITELY RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE '1%'!
THANK YOU FOR THE 'HEADS UP' ON WHERE THOSE NOW 'RUSHING' TO DISSOLVE THESE EXPOSED LIMITED COMPANIES ARE ESCAPING TO - TO SET UP AGAIN - IN PLACES LIKE: UEA/DUBAI, SWITZERLAND.....??????
I left London England in 2006 , I could see this coming and thought it's time to get out now .
I've moved to Cyprus which is far better if you're ready to retire , especially with the weather , very low crime rates , and no traffic jams whatsoever .
In all my time living here I have never seen a single homeless person living on the streets .
Looking at the stats, Cyprus looks great except for low salaries, and the rent's and house prices have dramatically gone up. Plus I looked at the crime stats and over the last 30 year's they have had year's with a homicide rate of double the UKs. But there aren't the constant stabbings and muggings the UK has.
@@Pyrrhic537 population of Cyprus is miniscule compared with the UK so hard to compare homicide rates with a nation approaching 70 million. Its generally very safe in Cyprus
I went Cyprus 15 years ago and pollution from cars was worst I have ever seen
Ready to retire and have the money to completely relocate
I want my country back. All the problems you speak of go with the immigrants. I know you will probably disagree as n immigrant but god didn’t create all immigrants the same and if you think he did 😅
UK pm pay less tax than average employees. What can you expect from such corrupt politicians and greedy rich elites of UK?? Taxes, taxes and more taxes for average joe on street. Greedy companies and extremely low salaries which doesn’t match with developed nations
Not less tax, but a power percentage
That's exactly the problem. The UK has become a kleptocracy.
I'm close to leaving. As a young person with a great job and a business, I struggle to see a happy future here.
Where are you thinking of going
I'm sorry but if you are successful why on earth would you leave?
@@gaia7240As that sucess can be replicated elsewhere, and sucess does not matter if you get stabbed or arrested for critising the police, or cant get a home because of extreme costs, why get taxed on for people that want to kill you?
@@JamesBurdon-gu5yu I don't think that success can be replicated
@@gaia7240 It is. If you own a sucessfull business particularly in ecomerce it can even be managed in another region, the skills also remain
I see more and more ppl are speaking about this. Living in London is terrible especially because this 50% tax after 50k (50k is just to cover basic needs in London, lol). There is no perspective to build your wealth unless you've inherited a House 🏠.
Precisely
50%! I don't know why I thought it was 30%. 50% is disgusting 😅
To be clear, there is no 50% income tax in the UK (check the government website on income tax).
From £12,570 to £50,270, you pay 20%. From £50,271 to £125,140, you pay a further 40% on whatever you earn in this bracket. Anything that you earn above £125,141 is 45%. Correct as of 3rd June 2024.
It's still a ridiculous amount to pay. Cost of living is so high and it's not easy to save.
@@Trepines real tax is 50%... 40 or 45% income tax plus national insurance. As you have no choice to not pay, this meets a tax definition. Plus for living in London you pay ridiculous ULEZ fees and public transport per day might reach 20 pounds. Quality, reliability of trains/tube might have been impressing 50 years ago but not now. Rubbish city believe me.
@@cebularz364 Thank you, Cebularz. Wow, I didn't realize it was that high in the UK. I got that those stats from the income tax website. London and the UK sounds awful.
UK had fallen after 2008, no one admitted it
Very true. The 2008 crisis left the UK in a very poor state
And before people in the uk are going on like they millionaire's life's perfect no it's not even there own citizens don't know who they are where they belong crazy 😜 can't make it up 😂
I moved in the UK 8 years ago and I used to love this country! I had a very warm welcome in this country, never 100% settled down but this was due to not having my family around. In the last 2/3 years I can't stand this place anymore. The sanity is a joke, everything becomes so much expensive and I have a decent job...not talking about the crime rate
I am British and 55 years old , i can not believe how crap the place has become.
Lot of the towns look run down and the crime levels especially knife crime unbelievable.
Basically most things are not working properly 😢.
Now i saw this coming a good few years ago , with my Romanian wife we are building a house in Transylvania . Most of my wealth has been sent there to finalise its complete.
My paperwork is all in place GP etc settlement visa etc.
Now this Government Labour have seen especially getting the rich whom are leaving the UK TO TAX money over a hundred k been sent abroad , they are considering
I'm a British born 51 year old and if i could persuade my wife to move out of the UK i would. Where to though is a different matter!
Australia or Canada
@@kego581 after they way they dealt with convid and treated their citizens, no, never!
@@kego581nah Australia is cooked
@@kego581neither one of those
@@pipkins1972Australia/Canada was just has bad during covid decades ago Australia was the place to be can't buy a ecig there now 😂😂
The UK has gone kaput and it is very sad to admit this. I am in my 40's and I am going to another country to start over. My age is not an issue because I am going to launch a business wherever I decide to go and I will do remote work to get by if need be. Things went south for the UK when that Goblin Blair came to power in 1997 and squandered the UK's emergency fund on things that the UK didn't need or want. The UK moved most of its production jobs overseas and that was the beginning of it all. 1992 onwards, the UK has gone to pot and there is no one willing or caring enough to turn it around. If the UK gets lucky enough to get business minded leaders in charge and the change from a negative attitude to the happy go lucky positive attitude then things can turnaround. But I am not holding my breath and I am going to live somewhere tropical to start over.
Bonjour. The very same is happening in my poor old France and I guess the same is happening in many western countries. Good luck everyone.
Yah, happening in most western countries is right!
Grass is ALWAYS greener on other side of the fence...I saw most part of the World...everyone wanna to move abroad...so it's very common factor - pretty much complaing about how hard life has become...
Thanks Jean
Its the fall of Western Europe undoubtably, France was absolutely fantastic in the 70s 80s 90s
Yes, and you know what the root cause is...
Born and raised in London. Left fot Vietnam 6 years ago. No regrets.
It's so fucking cool great man
I retired to Bulgaria. It's great and the weather is ten times better.
We all know why/who responsible for the crime elevation in UK right? Same as in Sweden...
Only government!!
@@Universal963 Yes, it is Rishi Sunak going round stabbing people...
Yes so many native whites want to live on benefits and so the jobs need to be filled with immigrants
Small hats
thatcher, david cameron, nigel farage, boris, rishi, truss, not blair not gordon, they made our country great
Exactly why im off to the canaries - 18-26c and sunny all year round, less crime, reasonable infrastructure, and no stupid “bangy” cars driving around
The rich and poor divide keeps getting bigger year by year. I left the UK over 20 years ago because I saw all the curruption and injustice and the double standards. It is the capital of hypocricy. It use to be a traditional country but it's all gone now, so sad.
Your spiting out facts brother👍
You make many very valid points - but be careful to separate London from the rest of the UK. There are some beautiful parts to it. London is not for me - nor any other city or town. Head for the country with a good remote role and there’s still a nice life to be had. Just don’t get sick. lol.
Well said. London is my least favourite city in the world. I live on the edge of the Peak District in West Yorkshire.
I'm from here- lovely people here, but the economy in the North of England is more comparable to Eastern Europe. England has the worst regional wealth inequality in Europe. So, the rest of England might be nice and beautiful in parts, but it's far more poor than London and the South.
Good video from Tuomas. Hits the main points without getting it wrong or being offensive.
The thing is if you’re young, living outside of London is so boring. There’s nothing for you to do.
Would have to argue that the weather still sucks enough to ruin the countryside. I was trying to go to Peak District since Jan but every holiday I've had it's been rainy and I didn't want to be walking through rain and mud all day, so I haven't gone at all. Plus, hotels (and I bet the food) are super overpriced for extremely dingy old hotels with no perks. It's very depressing unless you're already well used to British weather AND more provincial/traditional British people. I'm not from here and doubt I'd feel at home in some little country village.
@@dieu5041 I get your point, but if you are more introverted and do not need constant external stimulation, it might be the right choice.
@@lanceatone I live in the Midlands and we get a lot of this from students that come from London. It is a slower pace of life here but it is much better for families and better air quality. I'm mostly introverted myself so a place the size of Nottingham, or Solihull is enough for me.
Funny you say it’s always cold , our met office seem to believe we’re having record breaking temperatures every month lol 😂
It is always cold but some months are becoming slightly warmer by a few degrees. It’s June and it’s still cold most days 😅😂 I hope we don’t have another 40 degree summer though 🙂
@@malicahamilton climate shill, false statistics, go do some 'honest' research, they 'cherry pick' the numbers, other true studies by honest scientists show the Planet is COOLING when you take a long term analysis...fact.
If you take the temperature of inner Cities and busy airports and the roofs of town buildings you are of course going to meme average up, this is not how the Met used to calculate, but when you take the average outside of those places then that equation changes dramatically downward?
Go look at the Grand Solar Minimum currently happening, the biggest in over 2,000 years, we are cooling and that in it self is causing big swings in weather across the Planet, it has happened over thousands of years as the cycle of the Solar system going through its endless rotations.
Record breaking average temperatures by like fractions of a degree, but still crappy overcast weather all the time, and if anything warmer temps means more rain also.... I was thinking today how I was dressed in the same exact outfit that I wore on Christmas day 2023... The weather has barely changed since winter lol
Definately global cooling. Got the bloody fire on here and it's nearly the middle of June!
@@klawlor3659 global warming is a global average . But the extremes of cold . Hot. Humid. Dry. And the interactions between them will be crazy. Why do you think last summer had a week that was literally unbareble
5 million people have been added to the population since 2021…
Infrastructure cannot keep pace with these levels of immigration.
That's a stupid comment. Immigrants are working while people like you are on benefits, riding the hospital ambulances and living on hospital beds.
@@shoka2111think you need to look at the actual figures. Around 15%of immigrants who've come here between 2019 and 2024 are working. Fifteen percent!
They need to fund pensions lol.
Need immigrants to pay the pensions for the old folk.
Without decent job prospects with even halfway decent pay, without affordable homes, there is literally no room anymore for the low paid. Yet the low paid are precisely the ones who are least able to leave the country to better their prospects, not while every single penny they have goes into merely existing.
Just because one is low paid does not mean it is impossible to learn new skills which would enable them to leave.
Leaving the UK is one thing, but leaving the UK for Dubai? Never! Eastern Europe for me
that's because you've never been to Dubai
@@ehsankhorasani_ Been multiple times. Humans should not be living like that.
Dubai is disgusting @@ehsankhorasani_
@@ehsankhorasani_ It's not a good place...
@@ehsankhorasani_ Yes I have been to Dubai. It's like a fake paradise. They don't even pay employees well especially the labourers.
The UK has many problems, I do not think anyone would disagree, however much of what you say is a global phenomenon. As much as what you say is correct, there are very few alternatives which are long-term. Yes you can go to certain places such as the UAE, but their rules can change, it is difficult to settle there and even attain a passport. If the UK has problems I am sure your country of birth has even more, however I am sure you do not critisize your country of origion. This is the exact reason you probably moved to the UK. Despite the issues, the UK is still a great place for people whos second language is English, provides good levels of economic stability (and political) and is a great place to initiate a career or education (as well as attaining a British passport, if you are not from the West or a developed nation). I think advising everyone to leave is a bit stupid, as it depends on the circumstance. NOTE, I am not a British native, and hence not a patriot, but there is still much the UK offers compared to other countries.
Ever hear of "crabs in a bucket syndrome"? Google it, it fits your comment soo well! X
Please stop calling the UK a toilet; it is a lavatory.
and if covid strikes again the country will run out of loo paper.
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Wonderfully British answer
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That's what I miss about the UK, the the sense of humour!
I lived in Bangkok as a teacher and eventually left for Hanoi Vietnam. On arrival Hanoi was cold wet, grey, cloudy a bit like UK in Autumn and I absolutely loved it. Bangkok eternally Sunny, Hot and Humid got to me and was glad I got away.
I'm 36 I've been trying desperately to leave the uk for 3 years now im finding it impossible. I'm left feeling like I live in an open prison or some kind of cattle in uk Livestock.
many places are crying out for english teachers, even if you do it as a stopgap measure, it's a route.
@elishevabarenbaum5319 if you have any info I'd be very interested in taking a look.
What goes wrong when you try to leave. I got on a plane.
Yeppp and it's getting worse every single day UK is now a dystopian totallaterian prison
Born and raised in London, I’m in the process of leaving for Dubai atm.
Thomas - can you do a video on the social life aspects of Dubai please. How you made new friends, if there are communities or even a “feeling” of community etc.
I know it’s a very transient city as most people come for the money, but so is London so keen to hear your take on this element from both cities perspectives. Thanks
This is a great topic I'd be interested in too!
Great idea!
>can you do a video on the social life aspects of Dubai please.
Born and raised in London but unaware that one can't "do" a video? One can "create", "make" or "film" it.
Don't say thank you, darling. From Russia - with love.
@@tuomaskivyes, great topic
Same! My flight is booked to leave Manchester in July. Moving to Arabian Ranches 1 as this had the best “feel” and didn’t feel artificial which most of Dubai can feel like if you head to the tourist areas
I currently live in Spain and I can assure you that the reputation Spain enjoys of having good food is not justified.
Many years ago Spanish food was good, now it’s the same supermarket standard as the rest of the EU. It’s poor man’s Italy for food.
I left 20 years ago best thing I ever did and I would never go back
Where do u live now?
As a Catalan (some people think we are spaniards) I can tell you that I never saw a stabbing in my entire life (I'm 44 and was born and lived in Barcelona most of my life), so definitely London has more crime than Barcelona.
I totally understand how you feel, specially regarding the weather, I cannot imagine living in a place where 7 months of the year the sky is grey and rainy weather.
I didn't realise how lucky we are in Catalonia weather-wise until I lived in Germany... I never experienced snow or temperatures below zero in my home country, and the experience in Germany was a shock to me, as somebody born at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (we have 300 sunny days a year). I could never live in the UK although I love the country (I spend some months in Canterbury back in the 90s), I really like brittish people, the language, the architecture, its history, its people.
I cannot live without blue skies and sunny weather. It's too important for me, even more important than having a job.
Blue skies is the BEST thing
The architecture is Catholic.
Try Living in asia or somewhere for 6 months (which I love by the way) but they only have 2 different weather conditions , at least in the UK there is slightly more diversity in the greyness 😂
soy catalan, algunos piensan que somo españoles, el mejor chiste que he oido!!!!!!!!
@@martinten5236 Siempre tiene que salir el típico españolito dando la nota. Los de Españistán Banana Republic siempre dando la nota en todo.
I left 20 years ago. My last 7 years spent in London...
I had a great job, excellent pay and lived at Canary Wharf.
But London is like a zoo. Nice to visit but you wouldn't want to live in one.
I saw the writing on the wall.....violent crime, no go areas, religious extremists, and a sense of claustrophobia.
What is excellent pay in London?
You should come back and see it now 😂😂 it's no longer a zoo it's a neglected zoo we're the animals have been left to starve to death while the big cats get to zoom around on Thier Mustangs while the elephants throw them all turkey bones to fight over 😂😂😂
now every 🤡 is in Dubai. I went there and it doesn't seem good anymore. Way too crowded, heat, poor air quality. I guess it's better for people leaving the UK.
Qatar is one for me
Was thinking the same. Dubai is worse, unless you don't mind having all your freedoms stripped away.
It’s kinda a ticking time bomb, plus it’s oversaturated by foreigners going there. The time for Dubai was 10+ years ago
Arab states are soulless
I agree, these rich arab countries are flooded by foreigners now. The competition for jobs is super high. Prices are super high.
I'm currently watching this video. As a near 40 year old English bloke many points in this video are relevant (weather for example lol). The UK is a great place to be if ones attitude is one of greed. If your a wealthy landlord its great because you can ramp up your prices whether you need to or not because people need a place to live and ramp up your own bank account at the expense of others in the process. If your a greedy tradesman you can go and charge an old lady £200 for half hours work and brag about it to your mates. You can also indulge on junk food all day and no one will bat an eyelid. You can also work an incredibly important job, work loads of hours at minimum wage and the above people will be more than happy to exploit you lol!!
That being said, I love the UK and in most cases its down to the individual to try and act in a relatively human way. Good regards to all.
You don't know the difference between 'You're' and 'Your'. You use the same word throughout...
@@paradisekohchangstyle2150no one cares
The landlords you speak highly of are land locked. Something I do not want to be.
@@peter-coates A lot of people care about the low levels of literacy throughout the internet. Question is, do we blame the declining IQ levels in general, or the quality of the so-called English teachers in our schools? You can go back to your Viz comics now, bud...
I was a landlord and heard that wealthy landlord comment made to me by tenants many times. Also that I was lucky. I started with nothing, and while my friends and acquaintances were partying and wasting their time and money I wasn't. I tolerated being called mean and tight. At 27 I owned a decent 3 bedroom bungalow ( no mortgage ) and entered semi- retirement. Fully retired at 35. I left the UK for good at age 25, in 1979. I've tried to teach some of my past 35 different tenant how to improve their lives, but they all proved to be losers. Unskilled or welfare bludgers, with zero self motivation.
The irony is that around 150k Hong Kong ppl have moved to UK so far since 2021.
I heard many White British move away because there's too many Middle Eastern/ African ppl. But the irony is these White British ppl tend to move to Dubai which is mainly Middle Eastern ppl🤦♂️🫤🤷♂️
It's not skin colour, it's culture and standards of behaviour
Loads of English people are leaving the UK to Australia 🦘 for the longest
Middle Eastern countries, know the dangers of extremist Islam, and clamp down on it. The UK welcomes and encourages extremist Muslims as they haven‘t got a clue. They project Christian, tolerant and respectful values onto ‘everyone’, blind to the reality that they are welcoming in a sharia Trojan horse.
Some of the Hong Kong BNOs are actually flowing back to Hong Kong because they realised Democracy is not what it was made out to be. Like the price to pay in terms of taxation and the sheer dive in the quality-of-life is just not worth the freedom to talk trash about your government.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong has topped a record number of visits into Mainland China. We are talking about 1 millions trips made by HKers during the Easter period out of a population of 7.5 millions people. A LOT of Hong Kongers are warming to China now.
People like to think that politics and ideology matter... No... Not when your everyday live is fill with frustrations and you just can't see the end of the tunnel.
And by the way, I grew up in UK. Graduated in 2010 with a Civil Engineering degree but couldn't find work in UK because of the 2008 Subprime. Moved to Hong Kong and landed in a job within a week and stayed here since. So I know UK, HK and China quite well.
Eventually it came to a point when you realised that there is no point having a voice when the politicians don't listen. Wouldn't I be MORE of a slave if I still opted to live in a country where I am treated worse by a wide margin?
Dubai is heavy-handed when it comes to crime and kicks criminals back to their home countries, not like UK
Lived her forever & agree but you did not mention the biggest problem with the UK - uncontrolled immigration. Immigration of massive numbers with no corresponding increase in general infrastructure is BY FAR the biggest problem in the UK
I think you'll find the biggest issues along with the uncontrolled immigration are the demographic death spiral (huge mass of elderly people v decreasing pool of young people) and the regime's corruption and mismanagement of the UK economy.
Whilst immigration is a huge problem, what is also a huge problem is the lack of reproduction amongst the indigenous population. The birth rates have fallen off a cliff. So now we have an ageing indigenous population and a severe skills shortage amongst the young population.......so hence we have to go and get immigrants from other countries to fill the gaps in employment.
So even though Farage says he will bring down the immigration numbers if he becomes PM, he will ultimately fail because the elephant in the room is a skills shortage and lack of young people.
Sad reality UK left with all those bad reputation from Africa while skilled european employers just quit UK each day.Many companies leave UK because of short skilled employers and very expensive .When those companies pays now 50% from their profit and they don't have enough skilled labour and they have shortage in goods ,they will delays and with a big hole in your pocket.This way those with money they try to quit UK.
@@deluxecapprian983 Already seeing this on action with both the international company I work for, and a multinational company down the road. The productivity issues are numerous (brilliant salary but crap work). Not enough engineers with the right skill set. Expensive logistics. Expensive energy costs. When you view costs v profit, it makes much more sense to relocate elsewhere to somewhere that welcomes manufacturing rather than the UK which hinders it.
4:16 "They have to raise taxes otherwise they will go bankrupt". I had to switch off at this point, because it shows you don't know what you're talking about. A country with a sovereign currency can never go bankrupt, because all its debts are denominated in its own currency, which it controls the supply of.
I worded it slightly wrong but you can read about it online, Bank of England had to step in to stop the UK exonomy from collapsing bevause of the gov’s proposed policies
Also, heavy taxation is very much a communist trope.
It appears however that the UK is going down the dangerous road of institutional Communism for decades now.
@@tuomaskiv Which time are you referring to, specifically?
Depends how much of the country's currency is being "sent back home" by a rapidly-growing portion of the population. Also funny how "home" is not actually the UK. Telling, really.
The phrase is even used on a TV advert for a money-transfer service: "For when you want to send money "back home" ".
Liz truss' policies @@cryptoniteclark
Left in 2008.. I miss the Pub and the countryside. Nothing else.
And the pubs and countryside are still gradually disappearing
I will miss the pubs in UK you feel like home when you're enter first time .But the govern sucks in UK since 2005.
I agree with a lot of what you said but I do want to ask, how much of your change in opinion was a change in you rather than a change in London?
If you live in a decent affluent area in the UK you are fine. In that case the weather barely affects you because your surroundings are clean and pleasant.. walking down a clean neat pavement where residents keep the houses and gardens beautiful is nice regardless of overcast or rainy weather. However living in an opposite area which is full of immigrants and littered pavements and seeing spit and dog faeces on the road while it’s raining and overcast is definitely NOT GOOD. That’s when you start hating the weather for sure. This is why Britain in the 70’s to 90’s was a happier place. People looked after their areas. Excess immigration has been the downfall. However I always say, if you know you can’t escape the UK, at least move to an area in the UK that is even 30% more decent than your current area, as that will make a great difference. And if you can’t do that, instead of complaining start taking action and work toward making your area and your house nicer.
It does not matter if you live in a decent affluent area or not. Crime is a major problem.
Oh please. What is this drivel? As if brits dont contribute to this plenty?
Yeppp your right because I've lived both ends 😂 I met a posh bird while working away so eventually I moved from Nottingham to east Sussex found work every day I felt good lovely houses clean tidy streets everybody happy smiling beach 25 mins away then I split with her last year and moved back to Nottingham 😢 migrants everywhere and I mean everywhere rubbish all over streets all gardens overgrown public spaces neglected overflowing bins everyone looks angry sad and depressed this is hell
Left the UK for Hong Kong. Best decision ever. Much higher quality of life. 7% tax amd is at the very least miles safer than the UK.
@@scan4332 Welcome to China I guess?
@@Hfgh564Yup. But different system and laws. Being close to mainland China is beneficial for me because of business and investment opportunities. Until you have been there you don't realise how insanely technologically advanced they are.
The uk wouldn’t be soo bad if it wasnt for the terrible weather most the time especially where it’s dark by 3pm in winter and either cloudy or raining and when it’s isn’t night - it just sooo depressing and gets me down a lot and really puts a damper on doing anything else here . I mean there are a lot of activities nice places and events but when the weather is crap it’s very hard to get the motivation to do anything .
Am 55 and single and fit and healthy and live off savings and own my own house outright and this video has inspired me more to make the move which I was thinking about for a long time - I have very little family keeping me here so I might as well take the plunge - only real issue keeping me back Is trying to sell my house in an area where theres low demand or where am going to get very little for it if I want a quick sale .
I agree with some of what you said here but I think there's something that you missed (which is the main reason I'm leaving): the erosion of personal freedom.
The UK is slowly building one of the most totalitarian countries in the entire world. Already we have a "do as your told" culture that I despise with a passion. CCTV tracks you everywhere. Restrictions on freedom are slowly creeping forward. It's sad. It's why I want to leave. This weather and culture stuff is just barking up the wrong tree for me.
totally agree. Real nanny state.
@@DameNelson That's the word I was looking for.
You need that to prevent a diverse country from descending into chaos.
Im thinking of leaving bc of that and shit salaries for engineers and to top it off high taxes
@@peter-coates Yeah. I'd understand that.
Where you going, America? I'm headed for the continent.
Londoner here. School, Army, Cambridge. Exited in 2015 for central Europe.
Best decision ever. QoL increased x10. Nothing to add.
I agree with most of this but don’t slag off English culture or humour, the Brits are the funniest and most creative people in the world
Most creative, absolutely not
@@decrox13 Humour me.
What culture I've lived in the uk 46 years all I've ever seen is spiteful up there own arse people keeping up with mr&Mrs Jones can keep it mate I've been looking over the past few months how to leave the uk it's a sinking ship 🚢 😳
😂😂😂😂😂 Funny
Sorry but as regards the first point that’s completely irrelevant.
If the average income was as high as in the richest countries the cost of housing would be even higher than it is. So as long as you’re talented or intelligent or have a marketable skill everyone else being not doing so great is fine.
poor english
Leaving uk is good for old people who have money.What can young people who have nothing can do with
The young used to immigrate to the new world. Difficult today.
Increasingly the smart ones live as digital nomads, travelling, renting with online businesses they can operate from anywhere in the world.
The young could live to the developing world where the pound is powerful and goes far
Prostitution?
@@MikeHunt-rh1rpcome on mate, it's onlyfans these days 😉
I’ve been saying this for years, if you are ready and able… Get The **** Out!!
I went 2015..................
I do not understand why all these attacks on the U.K. Any way most countries, including developped one are experiencing severe economic conditions.
Yes, the entire western world is in decline
After the Russo - Ukraine War, The state of the UK has deteriorated further financially especially due to the war related global energy shortage & Consequent inflation 🤔 !!!
Totally true,that was the Tipping point I think
True but it didn’t need to be that way, we could go back to buying Russian oil and things we improve,
Unfortunately America a has other plans which have been on the cards for years to force us to buy American oil.
@@landzw так и есть. Смешное видео, в Дубай люди едут 😂. Пустыня с пылью. Умные в Россию едут. Можно земли у озера купить 100 гектар по цене квартиры в Бирмингеме и зарабатывать на молоке и мясе. Вот это и есть свобода. А не сидеть с ноутбуком в стеклянном доме посреди пустыни 😂.
the global energy shortage is not because of the war, it was created artificially through sanctions. Why would you sanction one of the major suppliers knowing you cannot replace it with something cheaper/better. This is done to make you to fall for propaganda and pay for it to make elites richer and you poorer. Remember it were western leaders shouting so loudly that they don't want gas and othe commodities from Russia. Yet they are buying from Russia now through 3rd countries at a tripple price that you are paying.
I can tell you that working in London as a contractor in 1995, the daily late then was the same as in 2024 for example £250 in 1995 the rate is still £250 in 2024. During the mid-nineties till around 2007, London was an amazing place to live, with high wages, high growth, high investment, and relatively cheap food, rent has always been high in London but was much less if you compare the salaries back then. In fact I remember a job advertised for £100K in 2001 that would only pay £60-70K now. Then in 2008 when the financial crisis hit, the city went into a huge downturn, with low wage growth, and higher inflation, things were increasing even when rates were low. When Brexit hit in 2016, it was a huge burn to the economy. The UK is getting worse with no repair in sight. It now leaves the UK with very high individual debt on average, no growth, high inflation, and a negative attitude. People are grumpy especially after Brexit if they were for or against Brexit, it has made a huge dent in the economy. I am much older now and soon retiring but not in the UK thankfully. There were 2 massive explosions in the UK over the last 20 years 1st 2008 and then Brexit in 2016. There is simply no way the UK can recover without going back into to EU, but even then it would take probably another 25 years to recover fully at least. I'd be dead by then most likely! House prices in London were cheap back in the 1990's for example the person who sold their property to me in 1999 was a Nurse! How could a nurse afford a house in London in the year 1988 and live in London till 1999? Well in 2024 there is no way possible, so you understand the trend over the last 30 years. You could have a part-time pub or waiter job in London, be able to travel in the summer, save money in the mid 1990's as my wife did! Hardly anyone was in debt only with mortgages. And shops were all independent back then, much more friendly, really cool things you would never find now and nice to enter, now all very clean, chain shops, owned by hedge funds who buy and sell, then sell the chain has destroyed the industry. It's basically greed and super-rich have taken over us, but the fundamental problem in the UK I can tell you who has lived in London since 1990 was the 2008 Crisis. And I haven't even mentioned Covid! It was 2008 the nail in the coffin!
When i am getting the data from the OECD (2022) /Net income after taxes - US dollars PPP exchange rates / Great Britain is on the 9th place. The wikipedia statistic is also not normed on one specific year.
I am on your side on many points, I have also emigrated, albeit from Germany, but yes, I see the trend across Europe. "The American dream" is more real in Dubai or Batumi than in London or Berlin. And I can only advise everyone to give it a try.
Net income would take a dive the moment we are forced to stop borrowing and live within our means
Left 30 years ago and on contemplation it’s best decision I ever made .You should though mention moving after Brexit into the EU is no automatic process. It’s a catch 22 situation for most as you can’t move there without significant means or proper employment and you can’t get employment if you don’t have residency and work permit, which takes if you tick all the boxes a minimum of 6 months .
I spent 4 years living in Thailand and SEA.
Now im back home for 4 years in have been building my business.
It does seem to be going to shit here, but im glad im building my control through my business.
Family are important and i struggle to ubderstand why anyone would be away from them for a long time.
Its good to be mobile but home is home.
um...ok?
why would you move back here haha crime is far lower in sea. and the people are friendly.
Hey Thomas!
I'm from Ukraine and for some last time lived in Moscow and Saint Petersburg(right near Finland). And I don't know where to go. I can use only russian passport(my spouse has only that). Right now I'm considering european digital nomad visas.
For Dubai, I visited in late september and it was hot as hell.
The main issue with places like south asia or latin america - startup/tech networking is close to zero, there's just frugal freelancers and guys who went there for cheap s*x.
London at least in top 10 startup cities. So as I approach this dynamics it makes me confused, idk where to go
I don't know your issues but i'd suggest choosing a base (like Dubai in the winter), and a secondary place to stay when it's getting too hot in the UAE for about 5 month. Malaysia could be option. Good luck!
Go to Estonia or Vietnam
Go to southeast Asia until you figure it out, Luckily ukrainian passport is still a very good passport. You dont have to stay there, but countries like Philippines you can stay for up to 3 years, I think malaysia you can stay 3 months, Thailand is an option also but the immigration is a bit of a pain in the ass. Take a look at Asia, you can stay there for the time being until you figure something out, it at least gives you time and space to breathe.
Stay in Russia in the summers and in Dubai in the winters.
STAY AND FIGHT....FOR AMERICAN OWNED UKRAINIAN LAND........
LONDON NOT ENGLAND...phiss
I am UK born, and was brought up 'Middle Class'. I became a trained professional with an international qualification. I moved to Australia. I became an Australian Citizen and got the passport. After returning to Europe, I later got Portuguese residency while the UK was still in the EU. In the past year I have been the victim of crime three times in the UK within 1 mile of my home. The Police have done nothing. In one case they had all the witnesses and evidence they needed, but they still messed it up. I am only still in the UK as I have to look after my parents.. and why? Because the social care system is almost inhumane. It may be best if they just execute old people. Sounds harsh, but the reality is not much better. When my parents pass, I am off forever. If you have money, and you can avoid crime, and don't mind poor weather, fine, otherwise forget it. How such a great country could become so unattractive is amazing.
Lol what crime? Either you are the unluvkiest bloks going or lying?
I'm an amputee my wife is paralysed. We live in East London Newham, we don't have any medical or social help, not even a half incontinence pant...
I live in Wimbledon SW19, I have a spare prosthetic leg somewhere in the loft if you ever need one, I could always get Uber to drop it over, what leg size are you?
If our "guests" leave then things will improve overnight.
An absolute lie. The UK is set up for the rich and the elites. If you're neither. You're going to struggle. The rich and elites love middle and working classes blaming immigrants.
You should research in to how the UK Government and Middle/Working classes are losing assets at levels not seen since the Victorians.
And here's a hint: the assets and capital aren't going to the immigrants.
Not really, the UK is mainly in trouble from an economic standpoint. Getting rid of all of the Arab and Black people isn't going to fix that.
The UK is actually in an economic and demographic death spiral. Not enough Brits having children, combined with a huge needy elderly population and humongous government economic mismanagement. Brexit wasn't going to change that (the EU has similar issues) and the UK isn't going to change for the better anytime soon.
@@klawlor3659 hence why it's a sinking ship.
even if the migrants were conquered and deported.
the country is really in a spot of bother.
hence why people are jumping ship.
I jumped ship to europe from africa and even im heading off again.
THATS how bad it's gotten in the last 10 years.
@@charlieleedham5265 That's good to know. So what's the statistics of Muslims having kids v people over 55?
How can someone leave if they don't have the money to leave? Most jobs have crap pay and you still end up in debt as the money is not enough to pay the bills. why aren't there any charities to help people to move? The UK is the Titanic!
When immigrants go somewhere and build wealth with all determination and hard work, they usually start with nothing but a suit case a wallet with enough cash to get by for a couple of weeks. Basically nothing. This has been the case for generations now in pretty much every country that has taken immigrants over the last hundred years, from Buenos Aires to Bremen.
Improve your credit score,have at least 5-6 credit cards £5000 each,take a loan of £15000 and done!
Save like every emigrant does😂 why would the uk want you to live 😂delusional
Also this channel is apparently targeting “the rich”
Get rid of all your stuff, live in a room or couch surf while you save up money. Then jump ship. Or travel by freighter. The southern border of the US us wide open. Walk right in. Get free everything.
Last year nearly 60.000, building companies left UK.The prices on food going crazy.Maybe i will move in eastern europe in the future.I heard many rich left UK and now they invest in EU. One indian guy quite rich in UK with over 60 employers in the office left with 6-7 after Brexit hit UK.
Wish I had left years ago, the standard of living in the UK is now pathetic. Taxed to the hilt for very very poor non existent services!
Yep and they wonder why the prisons are full who would want to work for a standard wage anymore it has no rewards or end goals it's just work to pay bills and be depressed
Good but last place I'd go is Dubai, followed by Switzerland.
Exactly... Dubai is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Woe betide you if you ever speak out against anyone who is in a position of power.. Even your boss.
Switzerland
Expensive
But First Class health Care
10percent taxes.
And good Pension.
So you Safe wen you
Pension
I’d definitely leave. But unfortunately I live 30 metres from a pub and 80 metres from a bookies. What to do?
Leave
Indeed, I don’t need much to be happy and won’t find a decent boozer and bookies in Dubai.
Why would you want to temporarily escape your reality in a pub setting down the road from you?
This is the culture that is the problem.
Boomer
what a sad degenerate comment, as well as the ones parroting it in the reply section
Absolutely agree! I left the UK last year and I am a much better person as a result!
When Indians and Pakistanis start talking about leaving the U.K. or not coming here you know things have changed for the worse. Privatisation, interest based capitalism, high taxes and inflation along with Conservative Government have created the cost of living crisis. Mass illegal immigration and rising levels of crime are going impact on the U.K. economy too. Government incompetence is to blame. Rent is high and houses are unaffordable. There are still pockets of the U.K. that are still prosperous, but they are not accessible to everyone. Yes, live and work abroad if you can, as you can save more towards your retirement.
You have a short memory if you think what's happening now it's down to just the last 15yrs of Tories.. Everything was neatly setup by globalist Blair & his Bol-Shevik Fabian party. (still in shadow power today)
Pakistanis have been flooding the UK since 1960's.
I use to back year’s ago wanted to LIVE in the UK but not NO MORE… seems like NOW EASTERN EUROPE LOOKS BETTER…
Erm. Just move to the countryside. ……… focus on assets not ‘income’ Grow your own food get in touch with nature who wants to live in a concrete jungle like Dubai?.. I do agree though, with you, that the bureaucrats in the government are Removing the hope for a better life from the citizens, people are becoming pessimistic (but not those who live on smallholdings)
Wow. I live in Chester, UK .Sounds like it couldn't be more different from your shitty life in London. I've got friends from Portugal who work in jobs they love, which they studied for, as in Portugal there's nothing. On one salary (slightly more than minimum wage) they can pay the rent and bills, while the second salary allows them to enjoy life and get home a couple of times a year. Another couple i know (a Syrian and a Slovak) decided to move to Australia, couldn't stand it and moved back here, then tried Dubai, hated it and have now settled back in the UK. I'm wondering, what is this "London" place you speak of. Could this be the problem?
Chester is one of the best places in the UK to live. It even has the oldest racecourse in Britain, Roman walls, the river dee, cafes, bars and restaurants galore and friendly people. It is the gateway to North Wales, 45 minutes from Manchester, 25 minutes from Liverpool and just 2 hours 30 minutes to London by train.
You should visit London.
Yeah I'm from Italy and people here just dream to work in the UK, I've heard some people who now live there that yeah people are more rude but more real, and the job is legal and well paid
I moved to Isle of Man best thing I ever did
Lived in the south east for my whole life. 30 now, carpenter since i was 18, saved for a house when i started working got a house with my wife and 2 dogs. We are happy, yeah its a fucking struggle sometimes. But family and friends make it worth it.
And you know what i actually like the rain. Hope everyone can get what they want out of life be it here or elsewhere.
The grass isnt always greener, sure as shit isnt in abu dhabi.
Leave and go where exactly? The problems in the UK are the same all over the Western world, especially the mass immigration of low paid third worlders.
I love Britain and the cool cloudy weather is better than over hot countries.
Leave the Western world
I'm walking in the rain>>>
Not quire > There are places, where life is much less expensive and safer, that can still be considered Western. Poland, Czhech republic, the Baltics. Heck > Greece, Croatia, Montenegro too. If you're more adventurous > Bulgaria, Romania. You have the same you got in UK, (faster and cheaper ) internet, shopping malls, access to ( better and cheaper ) healtcare and ( better and cheaper ) food and education. Property is cheaper. Weather is better in some of these places. Crime rate is lower than UK for most of them. I think people are somewhat biased towards 'The underdevelopped Easterlings' but reality is different.
@@НиколайТодоров-и9т These countries are going to get flooded with immigrants. I already saw plenty of them in Poland and in Bucharest. Hostels are full of foreigners. Give it 20 years and they will be in the same spot as we are in the UK.
Great video. I have lived in the UK all my life but we are leaving for the US in Jan 25, especially with an impending Labour government. I am in the top 1% of earners also and I can see my tax going through the roof so cannot allow this to happen.
Living in America I plan on buying a second detached home in the UK. Money won't be an issue. As an American I love the UK. We have rough areas in America too but not all areas are like that in both countries.
The UK is nowhere near as bad as this guy makes it out to be. It's still one of the best countries to live in. If only the weather were better.
Great, another foreigner buying up UK property so it's even more unaffordable. We've got fucking Blackstone doing it now as well.
Devon is a beautiful county. ❤
i have been to places where UK's GDP is 4-5x larger, but those people can afford many more things and having good life style, clean, educated, healthcare etc. some numbers do not match.
I was with you until you suggested moving to the middle east. No thanks. Everywhere is in trouble and each place comes with different merits and flaws. I like the british countriside. Cities here are awful but aren't they like that everywhere? My experiences in ireland, france and the usa were all worse than in the uk.
Hi, I think you are spot on with what you are saying. I was born in the UK and lived here till my late 20's. I moved to Norway for 12 years and found that living abroad was so much better. The UK in my opinion, has nothing to offer. As a tradesman, I could do better for myself as a foreigner in another country, rather than a tradesman in the UK. Sad to say that, but very true. Luckily, I am in the position to get out of it in the next few weeks. I have no intentions of coming back, and wish the UK the best of luck. (by god you will need it)
The thing im noticing more and more is how dirty the streets are getting. Even the good areas are getting filthy
England bashing. Doe's he realise that UK is great before mass immigration
It's more a critique of the current state of England and from my experience, he's spot on. It's overcrowded, balkanized and has high taxes (and some half-assed freedom of speech which keeps people from speaking their minds).
@@lanceatone overcrowded, MIGRATION.
The UK is anti Russia which is wrong
England is in the past
I agree….but as you said….before! Was! Past tense.
So sad, just 40 years ago, the UK was a place where prosperity was almost everywhere. Got to restart the British rock'n'roll industry.
Well I totally disagree. I’m an American, living in the beautiful English countryside, and I love it here. Can I just point out first of all that London, and large cities in general, are *completely* different to the rest of England; the rest of England I would consider the *real* England. There are thousands of beautiful, historic and traditional villages, hamlets, market towns and small cities across the English countryside, that are not only fantastic places to live (unless you’re a big city person of course) and explore, but are filled with fantastic people that are; once again, totally different to London/ many large cities. The people I know and associate with here do not possess the culture that you describe in this video. Pub culture in the countryside is very different to the big population centers such as London. I will say, however, that most Europeans in general can be more negative/ slightly cold (especially compared to Americans), but most in my day-to-day life in Suffolk that I come across are kind, friendly, talkative and overall positive (that’s European positive - so much more understated compared to the US). I do not know a single person that is leaving the United Kingdom. I feel this should have perhaps been directed towards London? I mean I personally would never wish to live in London, as I am definitely *not* someone that likes big cities, although I do still like visiting as a tourist a couple of times a year because it obviously has a lot to offer (and is the second most visited city in the world). If anyone is interested in why I love living here then I’d be happy to share in more detail (e.g. much safer, much better work life balance, food produce is to a much higher standard, everywhere is walkable, not having to rely on a car, the rich history and historic sights at every corner - my passion etc). I also want to address something else you said in this video about crime (which I disagree with), but I’ll leave it in a comment directly below this.
Let’s do a comparison with western countries:
1. Homicides (per 100,000 people):
- Australia 0.9
- Germany 1.0
- U.K. 1.1
- Sweden 1.1
- France 1.3
- Belgium 1.7
- Canada 2.25
- USA 6.3
You can see the big jump with the US, whereas the U.K. is the same as other similar western nations, and does extremely well when you compare it to the rest of the world.
2. Firearm related homicides (per 100,000 people):
- U.K. 0.02
- Germany 0.06
- France 0.12
- Australia 0.15
- Belgium 0.25
- Sweden 0.5
- Canada 0.52
- USA 4.46
Again, you see this difference, and the U.K. has the lowest of this crime in the world (alongside Japan), so it’s almost non-existent there.
3. Knife related homicides (per 100,000 people):
- Germany 0.23
- France 0.33
- U.K. 0.34
- Sweden 0.35
- Belgium 0.36
- Australia 0.48
- Canada 0.49
- USA 0.60
The difference isn’t as stark here, but that’s because this type of crime isn’t as common as others in the US, and the U.K. favors similarly to its neighbors.
4. The USA has over 65 cities with a homicide rate of between 11 to 87 per 100,000 people, London is one of England’s most dangerous cities and yet only has a rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people (that’s 10-80 times smaller by comparison). There are hundreds of cities in the US with a rate over double London’s.
For example, Look at the highest homicide rate cities within each country (per 100,000 people):
- Germany 1.5 Frankfurt
- England 2.0 Manchester
- Belgium 2.9 Brussels
- Scotland 3.1 Glasgow
- Sweden 3.4 Malmo
- Canada 3.4 Toronto (13.78 for Thunder Bay if you include cities less than 1 million)
- France 3.5 Marseille
- USA 87.3 St Louis
You see the difference here?
Also, just thought I’d add that literally a couple of videos before seeing this, I watched a video of a Swedish RUclipsr talking about how much she adores London and living in London. She had some criticisms too, but overall said that she could never live anywhere else. That just shows that we all have our own views/ taste/ perspectives. Even though London is not somewhere I, or you, would want to live full time; she is the opposite. Of course many people love London too, and I have seen many similar RUclips videos on how much they like living in the city (another girl I follow is from Norway and did a similar video). Just like I am subscribed here on RUclips to many Germans, Japanese, Russians, Polish, Americans etc that live in, and love, the English countryside.
It's no fun anymore
It is so beautiful, I’m from wales. I moved to devon as there were no jobs in wales. Now we live in a beautiful village in devon but houses are to expensive. Family’s I know who have lived here all there lives are being made homeless because there’s no rental properties and they can’t afford houses. Everyone I know is talking about leaving the uk and some of our friends have 😢 we have no hope here.
Thank you for making this video.💖✨️
You are correct about a number of your points about the UK, however, your in Dubai, which has many positives, I'm sure, mainly to do with lower taxes, but for at least 4 months of the year, Dubai is unliveable, way too hot, Westerners just jump from one air conditioned place to the next, not my idea of a great place to live. In fact, I'm as I'm writing this, sunny outside, 22 degrees, perfect for a stroll along the Canals, in Dubai it's 37 degrees, too hot to spend more than 30 minutes outside. I would agree that the UK, has not benefitted from Brexit, but it may have done had the Government actually initiated the policies to become truly independent, but had no will to. I have been to many major Cities, throughout the World and London is still top 5 for many reasons.
"Rome became a desert. The few who still held power in the West took their rods and scepters and transferred them to the new capital, leaving Rome to the plebs and slaves." --Procopius
Yep. The coin clippers with their debt and usury
Sounds like Canada now too
Great video content spewing out truths about the UK.
The wheels have been coming off fur 20 year in the uk and the west , 2008 financial crash basically showed how bankrupt we are . They have kicked the can down the road since then.