Tell me some reasons not to come to to live in the UK. . .?

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CLIVE H

London has a big Italian community, going way back to the 17th Century. You should not worry about buying a house in London. House prices are set to fall slowly over the next year or so. This will be your chance to buy something affordable.

Here are Italians enjoying their World Cup Victory of 2006 here in London's Soho : -

YouTube - Italians in London Soho after winning the World Cup 2006
Jul 10, 2006 ... Sunday Night 08 July 2006: Italy win the World Cup 2006 and a massive number of
fans paint the town blue. Absolutely incredible!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEL6MLfJdf4

Here's how to make a Pizza : -

YouTube - How to Make Easy Homemade Pizza : Preparing the Dough ...
In this free instructional video clip, learn how to prepare delicious pizza for
your family at home. In this clip learn how to prepare the dough for the ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72oe_j-0gwE

Here are a couple of links for Italians who want to live and work in London : -

Italians in London: Entry Page
Italians in London is a web site aimed at helping Italians living in London or
getting to London, either to settle there or to stay for a while.
http://www.italiansinlondon.co.uk/ - Cached

BBC - London - Faith - Italian London
Italian people have been living and working in London for hundreds of years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/26/italian_community_feature.shtml - Cached

The very first Italian to set foot ashore in Britain was a guy called Julius Caesar, expect you've heard of him. As he steps ashore he stumbles and touching the ground says the imortal line, "I came, I saw, I conquered".

The most famous Italian ever to visit us here in London, was without doubt Mister Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Giuseppe Garibaldi: Italian patriot
and soldier of the Risorgimento, a republican who, through his conquest of ...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9036080/Giuseppe-Garibaldi

Garibaldi was not merely liked by the people, he was loved. So madly in love with Garibaldi were the people of Britain, they even named one of their most popular tea biscuits after him - The Garibaldi Biscuit.

Biscuit of the Week
A complete one off, the Garibaldi biscuit is unlike any other, and as such commands a unique position in the biscuit world. ...
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=10 - Cached

Crawfords Garibaldi Biscuits - Crawfords Garibaldi Biscuits,. The Garibaldi
biscuit consists of currants in a plain biscuit, best enjoyed with tea or coffee ...
http://www.englishteastore.com/garibaldi-biscuits.html

Here's our most loved Italian of all time : -

YouTube - Luciano Pavarotti Nessun Dorma (turandot) Torino 2006
La Ãºltima actuaciÃ³n de luciano, en la apertura de los juegos olimpicos de invierno
de Torino.Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) RIP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwlE_qNSWLw

What is the secret of London? It was once a Roman City. Much of what you see in London today is in the Classical Greek style.

Try this link whenever you feel lonely for London :-

Trafalgar Square Webcam, London - The Strand, The Mall, Whitehall ...
Trafalgar Square webcam, London. Shows views including The Mall, The Strand and
Nelson's Column.
http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3

Wind the page up a bit when you want to see the webcam at the above site .....

Haste ye back...........

tibbs the cat

It's dirty, public transport is so expensive and unsafe, people are very rude, prices of food, gas, electricity off the scale, hospitals dirty, hospital waiting lists long, it's crowded and getting worse by the day!! I'm just talking about London BTW!

Everyday's the same again...

it's vile, we are a bunch of xenophobes. well, not all - but quite a lot, added to which are quite a lot of people who actually believe the anti-foreigner trash they read/see in the media.

It depends what you want from your visit. I'm english, but if i could speak another language as well as people who move here can speak english - i'd be gone.

good luck.

beautiful geek

It's a giant industrial estate, the parts of countryside that are left cost more than any normal person can afford. So you can either settle for a semi with nosey neighbours (Which you have to work until you're 98 for) or move abroad. X

cymry3jones

They couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery or a baggage handling system in an airport terminal.
I'm a Brit, but the idea of going to live in the UK fills me with HORROR.

alan m

Its so dangerous because of the young hoodies, lager louts etc wandering around in their gangs attacking the innocent.
Expensive and going quickly up
Rudeness especially on public transport
Of course there aree great pluses but these are negatives you wanted.

Francoise

You miss the U.K , you can go for a short holiday but don't go to live there. I can tell you 100 reasons but what's the point ? You are so envious of Londoners but may be the Londoners are so envious of you either. After all, who doesn't want to get out of that smelly, dirty, crowded, cold, dark and aggressive city?

uncurablechocoholic

Its cold and wet. Come to Australia instead. Where the sun always shines.

I should be doing something else

Ok well I will start off by saying I am actually quite happy with where I live and love my country (Northern Ireland is the part of the UK that I'm from)
But things I dislike are;

The crap weather.
Near impossible for first time buyers to get on the property market.
The state of the NHS
Chavs and general anti social behaviour.
Tax and cost of living.
Absolute rubbish transport (We have only just got new trains, the trains that they have just taken out of service had been running since the 1970's!)

Edge Rules!

there is to much tax! damn you gordon brown

goatboy

The British National Party and our crappy weather.
tbh though I like the country; just trying to make you feel better

â™¥Sophieâ™¥

It is overcroaded, full of immigrants and chavs, over priced, horrible weathher and useless transport
I would love to live in Italy

disgusted with councils

Other than the cold weather I cant think of any. Glasgow , Scotland has a large Italian community so am sure you would find work & friends easily.

Artemis

Loudmouthed drunken teenagers kicking the s**t out of anyone they don't like the look of. People carrying knives for 'protection'. I used to live in London but fortunately for me I left in the 80s.

pink_pisces87

You can do it! I have faith in you. Are you good with computers? my friend is looking for some new workers, i believe with the computers?

DavinaOpines

There's a lot that's wonderful about living here, you've read a lot of negative stuff, but if it was that bad we wouldn't have so many people risking their lives for a chance to live here. The weather is variable and interesting. If you just want heat and sun, you have a lot of that in Italy. I think to get the best of the UK you need to not live in a city. But you asked for reasons not to come here, so I'll tell you a few.

It's expensive. It's hard to get an NHS dentist. We are very overcrowded, especially in our cities. The traffic is way too heavy.

sizeyv

its cold

â™¥ ÉÄ±É¥dos â™¥

All I can think of is the weather is really awful.
I want more sunshine and less rain. :(

emily

i used to live in london i think its good but thats my opinion i now live in the alps

Smiling Is My Favourite Hobby :)

its always rainin these days

mo_baller

U can come to Scotland but its like THE WROST WEATHER

but easy to meet ppl and u can get income support and things like that which will help you with your money problems??

U can come to university and maybe get a good job

Angel

denoycan,

English cuisine does not exist, eh?
You may not like it, but it does exist.

English Roast Dinner,
English Breakfast,
Steak & Kidney Pie,
Cottage Pie,
Lancashire Hotpot,
Sausage & Mash,
Shepards Pie,
Fish & Chips,
Gammon Steak with Egg,
Plougmans Lunch,
Roast Leg of Lamb,
Roast Pork,
Roast Beef,
Roast Chicken,
Brasied Liver & Onions,
Meat & Potatoe Hotpot,
Bubble & Squeak,
Califlower Cheese,
Toad in the Hole,
Steak & Kidney pudding,
Mince & Dumplings,
Black puddings,
Kegergree,
Lamb Chops,
Pork Chops,
Cornish Pastie,
Cumberland Sausage,
Chicken Salad

Sweets,

Bread & butter Pudding,
Apple Pie
Apple Crumble,
Parkin,
Treacle Tart,
Egg Custard,
Steamed Puddings,
Rice Pudding,

denyocan

English cuisine (which doesn`t exist anyways)

indigogirl1976

Property is expensive...trains are overcrowded and if you have to rent somewhere you'll pay a fortune for anything decent. The grass is always greener on the other side but rarely is it better!

Mohammad

OK I move to Italy, you move to London, we find somebody who can take my place in Saudi Arabia.

Alan M

Trust me, do not bother.

MnM

fish and chips with mushy peas. eww

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