I still have the UK to fall back on....a house and family there...and I have the chance to live the American dream......when you move you go though a lot of things.....the first few years are just great that is if you've done your homework....then things that you thought you'd left behind in the UK catches up with you....and you start to think have I done the right thing......then for most people it all falls back into place and you know that you were right....until you have lived here for 3-4 years plus knowing that the USA could be your home always.....you can't really judge what living here is like......not by holidaying here....not by working here for a few years.....it just gives you a tiny look at a bigger picture.....the USA and England both have different faults.....and a lot of the same ones......I think both Julie and I like to warn people of the downside of moving so that they can make the move with their eyes wide open....America is a beauiful place ......I live in a part of it that has no crime to speak of....that is clean....and full of people that help each other out....I'm not sure I can say the same for FL.......but its the next place on my list to live....so I feel lucky that I can just pack up and go there......there is no really difference in everyday living in both countries when you came down to it.....my mum nearly died because healthcare was to slow in coming in the UK..after paying into it for years she had to payout herself to get a chance to live.......and people die here because they have no healthcare...its all swings and roundabouts......and down to where you live in any given country at the time.......I go to a lot of ex pet groups.....so I know a lot of people have gone through the same feelings I have....but its worth taking the chance too be able to choose where you live....and with all my ups and downs and fears and if I was very honest..I would not go back to the UK if you paid me a million pounds a year......I keep saying I will when I'm old but I can't see it happening.....I really love the USA.....I feel so lucky to be here.....knowning that thousands and thousands of Brits would love to be in my shoes...I don't see the USA through rose coloured glasses.......and I don't see the UK as a place that was so bad that I just had to leave it...you only live once so if you can do something different do it.....thats my 2 cents....[msnsmile2]
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