What is like to live in the Uk or Ireland cuz I'm from the US?

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mjc1027

I am from england, if you dont live in a big u.s. city then chances are you will not like the united kingdom or ireland, unless of course you have family or friends here to make you feel more at 'home'. I came to america and liked it here, but i moved here more for my wife then my own personal reasons.

my wife and i moved to ireland last year and she didnt like it, you are lost without a car, so i would suggest getting an international drivers license even just for a vacation just incase you cant use public transportation, the americans think we are lost without a car, but in the big cities and even moderately small towns the public transportation is superior to any major u.s. city.

you will have to have an open mind on everything from the food to the drink and the people, if you go over with the attitude that everything in america is better, then you wont like it as you will find yourself constantly comparing life to your life in the states, which is what my wife did, now we are divorced!....so beware!

Orla C

Upping and moving to either one of these countries would be something of a culture shock to someone from the US.

These countries are different from each other. The UK is larger and has a much bigger population, in the greater London area alone there are 25 million people (or thereabouts), in the Republic of Ireland (which doesn't count Northern Ireland) there are just over 4 million - which means that it is still largely countryside. This also means that mentalities are different between the two countries, and people have a slightly different way of looking things, reacting, etc.

In the UK you mght meet someone with an Irish name, who consider themselves through and through British because their families have been living in the UK for generations. Same with Ireland - there are people with English names living all over the island (not just N.I.) whose ancestors moved over 500 years ago and who consider themselves Irish. You can't assume anything just because of the name.

bucky7ie

depends what your after if you like the sun forget it i live in ireland so like england we have a good medical system and you can get to europe next to nothing with the budget airlines if the rain gets to much for you, i did a bit of maths on petrol(gas)prices here its 1.20 euro a litre 4 and a half litres to the gallon thats 5.40 euro a gallon thats 8.10 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!

Ewood Eddie

Football, Rain, warm beer absolute heaven. Lancashire is god's own country it has everything from Liverpool with the Beatles; Manchester for the football, although personally I'd travel the 30 miles north to Blackburn for that; Blackpool, The Las Vegas of the north, only with sea and donkey rides, The ribble valley, The Lake district, and best of all its not in the south.

robynbiker

Erm.. you get used to it. living anywhere new is exciting as your basically a tourist, once you live their for more than 2 years you take things for granted and you cant see what tourist find so amazing about the weather,building etc....
As for the people, what can you say... alot of people are nice but your always gona get a few bad apples lol

I like living in UK, simply because even though im not happy with the way our country is running, heading to etc... the country as in an island has some really great places of interest, that alot of British people tend to overlook and focus on rising costs , depressing news, rising social problems and bleak politics.

If i could choose to live somewhere, then i would like Devon, Cornwall or perhaps bordering Scotland. But thats because ive had holidays there and it seems nice lol.

If you wanted to come as a tourist and see our country, you should, even if only once. For a tourist it has some interesting places all around the country. London is great , but it is very expensive. I live here and i would take a pack lunch and my own drinks to London if i went as the cost of everything is probably about double of other parts of the country.

I dont know Ireland- in that ive never been so i can not comment but it does look very nice. But some areas i think are no go areas for british people.

Sysy

Scotland: not good, no more comment

xhunnizx

I live in northern ireland

its a diffrent country than ireland its part of the UK. They weather is crap dull and rainy. I have watched too much of the O.C I wish i lived there it looks amazing . what part are you from i would really like to hear about your life over there.

I am in my teens and there is nothing to do here it is so boring in the winter everyone just stays in the house because its soo cold. other than that clubs and drinking alot of drinking lol. That about sums it up boring we NEED sun lol x mandy

door.uk

Its Gods own country and the health service your looked after from conception to burial and everything in between

Dream like

I'm from northern Ireland.

let me say something, i hate you. ha jks but yeah i envy you
i hate it :(

weather is so bad.....
schools are crap, everyone looks like clones.
you cant express who you really are as you get killed for wearing make up, dyeing your hair, wearing nail polish.
guys aren't allowed hair longer than there shoulders.
you have to have your top bottom down up , and your skirt cant be above your knee.
oh its a right blast :)

Joe C

pretty crap thats why i moved to spain 5 years ago

loopy_lisa_liverpool

miserable bad weather on a regular basis aint had a proper summer in years its expensive too we pay too many taxes on everything and the nhs aint free really and the parts that are free are full of infections

d3r3k67

sh*t

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