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room101 · 51-55, M
I recently met an American family that has been living in the UK for the last two years. They went there because the husbands employers (Glaxo Smith Kline) sent him to the UK head office of the company.
They are due to go back to the US in October of this year. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DREADING IT!
Their dilemma is that, if they elect to stay in the UK (the husband would keep his job), he would suffer a significant pay cut and, they would lose the free housing (paid for by GSK) that they've been enjoying thus far.
Sorry, no amount of money (in this case the lose of) would entice me to live in the US.
They are due to go back to the US in October of this year. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DREADING IT!
Their dilemma is that, if they elect to stay in the UK (the husband would keep his job), he would suffer a significant pay cut and, they would lose the free housing (paid for by GSK) that they've been enjoying thus far.
Sorry, no amount of money (in this case the lose of) would entice me to live in the US.
SatyrService · M
@room101 I am interested in your perspective. have you been to the US?
if so often and or when?
what did you learn
I am yet, ( it is is getting late) to come to the UK myself, and see with my won eyes what is often ill communicated.
if so often and or when?
what did you learn
I am yet, ( it is is getting late) to come to the UK myself, and see with my won eyes what is often ill communicated.
room101 · 51-55, M
@SatyrService I've only been to the US a few times. Short visits to New York, New Jersey and the Boston area. Quite a long time ago. On every occasion, my visits were marred by confrontations with guns.
No matter how much I enjoyed those visits, it's the gun experiences that have stayed with me. There are still a lot of things and places in the USA that I would like to see and experience. However, I don't see myself ever going back. Guess I'll just have to forgo all of it.
As for the UK, it's no paradise. But it doesn't portray itself as such. Like everywhere, it has its problems. I grew up there...........as a first-generation immigrant from a former colony. Overall, I think that my parents made a wise choice in relocating us there.
No matter how much I enjoyed those visits, it's the gun experiences that have stayed with me. There are still a lot of things and places in the USA that I would like to see and experience. However, I don't see myself ever going back. Guess I'll just have to forgo all of it.
As for the UK, it's no paradise. But it doesn't portray itself as such. Like everywhere, it has its problems. I grew up there...........as a first-generation immigrant from a former colony. Overall, I think that my parents made a wise choice in relocating us there.