Has anyone moved abroad and hated it?

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snugglebunny_in_denmark

I wouldn't say I regret it, exactly. It's a lot different than I had imagined. Harder, and I feel a little more lonely than I would have thought. I moved from the USA to Denmark, and even though everyone here speaks english for the most part, i live in a small town far away from Copenhagen where most of my university collegues live. I miss home, but I'm also glad I came here to get away and have an adventure. I've only been here 5 months though =).

Carousel

I have moved to Spain and love the place. I'm so pleased to have escaped living in England. I am learning the language and I love my new community. I've been here three years now.

alyson.earle

Yeah I moved to France and I loathe it! I think I'd sell my soul to go home but its not possible at the moment unfortunately, so I'm pretty miserable.

J-J Adams

I'm in Germany, working. I lived in a rough part of London before coming here and it was like being in heaven at first. 2 years later it's just boring. The Germans take ages to get to know, they don't like foreigners much and the tax rates are too high. The only German city which seems geninely tolerant towards foreigners is Berlin. I'm trying to move there at the moment and if I don't find a job then I'm going back to the UK. Don't live in Austria it's boring.

jed slade

You only regret the move if you did it for the wrong reason and did,nt do any research or learn the language.The usual failures to settle are women who miss their families and relatives,but that is never a reason to go back,it is just an excuse to do so.Everything worth having takes time,effort and some hard work.I can never go back,you cannot regain the past,it is gone,nothing is ever the same when you go back.I have talked to many who have done so,they always seem to be moaning about how things have gone wrong ,or deteriorated.Moving on is the cure.

Nikki

Thanks for asking this question, I dream of moving to another country as well. First, I plan to visit before I move to Europe. Did you visit before you move?

Lenio

I often ask myself why the hell did I move to England. It's always cold and raining, people are stuck up and life here is so expensive.

I was born in Africa, grew up in an english speaking country, went to an english school and immigrated to my fathers homeland Greece. Then I came here, thinking I know English better than Greek.

I should have stayed where the sun shines.

mack

Moved to Germany and hated it.
Then to Holland, loved it
Then to Canada and have returned, need I say more!

Babolat

The company I work for moved us to Brazil. It was very hard at first as there are a lot of different things you need to get used to. The people there are great and they do everything they can to make you feel at home. After a while you start feeling more comfortable and enjoying the good things it has to offer: Great weather, beaches, magnificent food, active social life, etc.

We ended up living 7 years there and 2 of my kids were actually born there. Nobody wanted to leave and it was really sad when I got transferred again..

I think the important thing is to be open minded and absorb some of the local culture. No place (even home) is perfect so you have to learn to live an coap with the bad stuff. There are always great positives in an international experience.

Good luck

Orhan K

hi am living in Spain where no one speaks English except my English teacher lol and i am English from Essex romford and at first i hated t so much but now its fine not being in England i miss it but its better here

toxotis91

There are always pluses and minuses when considering a move abroad. It's essential to have visited the country and the area you want to move to. I have lived in Southern Greece on an island for the past 17 years. Everything I have (home, children, business) is here and I have learned the language which helped enormously although everyone speaks some English in Greece and it's easy to get by. I have, over the years though, seen people come to stay "forever" only to return to the UK after a couple of years. Here we all have to work very hard and long hours for 6 months to be able to survive for 12 months. The winters are quite cold and many people are very surprised by that.

My best recommendation is if you plan on going somewhere which relies on tourism, go out of season for a month or two to feel the real way of life which you would experience if living there.

Lastly only go for the right reasons, you would be leaving behind a lot of familiar people and things.

Good luck!

Nickynackynoo

I don't hate it but the grass isn't always greener. I moved to be with my husband, but I wouldn't live where I do through choice! I would move back to the UK tomorrow. I know many ex pats who have moved here (Greece) and are so disappointed when it turns out not to be a 12 month holiday, we have winter here too!! My advice is to come and test it, stay for a few months in the winter and then see if you still want to move permanently.

elliott

Moved to France last year and I love it!! So much better than living in the UK.

her351

I moved from NZ to the UK and whilst I loved the cities and touring around europe. I found myself wanting silly small familiar home comforts like chip and dip.
Also christmas was strange in another country because it was a different season.
I also moved to vancouver and it was just so difficult to find basic necesities like a room to rent, a job and so forth. Just because I didn't know where to look.

Xbox X

I don't know

Angel

Most people who go abroad miss their family, Friends, & good old England, they always think the grass is greener, but it's not,
Trouble is with house prices so high in England, once you leave it's hard to get back on the housing ladder.

Yes. I loved London but after a few months the weather turned my spirits dismally dreary. I grew up in the warmth and sunshine and just do not do well without either. I will visit, but I can't live there anymore.

I did love asking people who talk like your second statement what bloody language it was they were speaking. Or, as I like to say, "I'm American, speak English dammit!"

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