5 Reasons Why it’s Better to Live in England than Australia

We discuss Metro's article about the reasons why it's better to live in the UK than Australia! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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[Simbecile]

Number one reason it's better to live in Australia than anywhere in the world: Their animals have pockets.

[elizabethcozma]

I’m Australian.im 53 years old and still alive.it is a beautful place to live, I wouldn’t live anywhere else

[kelly]

One thing I'd think would be top of the list is that it's easier to visit other countries/cultures from the UK than from AU or the US.

[jamesanderson]

Lia gets more beautiful by the day. Just like Joel.

[supergran]

I was born a Brummie. Lived here in Aus since I was 5. I can legit answer this.
Oh come on. We get the house sprayed. No spiders in my place. Keep your place clean and garden uncluttered, and no drama with spiders or snakes. All the killer stuff is not everywhere. Crocs are only in the far north, be smart in snake areas, by wearing appropriate clothing.
Yes, Australia is big. We drive 5 hours to see specialists.
Cash withdrawals are charged only when third party ATMs are used.
We do great takeaway. You just need to find the proper ones.
Summer is summer - when it is hot. Exactly the opposite to UK. Winter is winter - when it’s cold. How hard is that? Crikey Mate! We have proper summer when 30°C is a nice day, not a heat wave.
I’ve been back to the Uk to visit family, but so glad I don’t live there.

[CakesByChoppA]

LOL- When you guys get here, i'll give you a crash course on being Aussie. (Also.. Metro is doing y'all dirty...)

[jeffreyhamilton]

I found a tarantula on my door step in Southern California one day - he didn't bother me and I didn't bother him. I occasionally encounter rattle snakes while hiking in my local park.

[TheNous]

UK for:
Universities
Culture
History
Globalisation.

Aus for:
Salaries
Quality of life
Housing
Weather

[rjdavid]

Every country south of the equator has opposite seasons. Although not always extreme.

[phillipsindel]

Australia is the only country with FOUR codes of "football": Association Football ("soccer"); Rugby ("Rugby Union"); Rugby League - created in Sydney; Australian Rules - a completely different game created in Melbourne. We also play Ireland under International Rules, so that makes FIVE.

[seandesmond]

Great video Joel and Lia!!! 👍 As an Australian I thought I would refute these reasons.
1. Killer Animals- While there poisonous snakes and spiders the actual number of deaths is only around 2 per year, you are more likely to be killed by a horse than a snake.
2. Spaced out - True Australia is a big country plenty of places to explore.
3. Football - I don't care about football so this doesn't affect me. However in Australia Football (soccer) is one of four main winter sports along with AFL, Rugby Union and Rugby League we have more variety.
4. Cash Withdrawals- I think he was with the wrong bank as there is no fee for me if I withdraw cash, only if I use other bank.
5. Takeaways- We have takeaway places in Australia however they are small and local.

[introgeek]

We get bushfires every year at Christmas and the best parking spots are determined by shade, nit how close it is to the doors

[johnbowers]

Australia's Outback is empty of water, electricity, shade. Everything. America's Outback is full of steaks, alcohol, air con. Everything but people these days.

[alandunstan]

Look at a calendar. Which comes first?: The name of the month or a particular date?

[krisz]

I lived in Australia and England for a period of time separately; Australia is very dry, the summer is very hot and the ultraviolet rays are strong. England often rains and is very humid, I prefer England’s humid climate, and will not let ultraviolet rays harm the skin

[perthrockskinda]

I am British lived in Aus for 20 years:
1) never seen killer animals, most of us live along the coast where you don't get much snakes and spiders, I live in Melbourne, the weather is temperate, the most animals I see are birds and possums. I have never checked my shoes in my life, never seen spiders in my shoes (I am a ecologist by the way).
2) yes, it is like the US for distance but most of the action/population is in the east coast, I have never been in the outback, there is nothing there but dessert, Sydney is only 1.5 hours on a plane from Melbourne. You get use of the distance, your perception of time and distance changes, and it is great when you travel, nothing phases you.
3) Not into sport but there's ton of international sport in Melbourne, the cricket, the tennis, UFC, we even get the premiere league teams on the off season, we had WWE last year
4) they only charge you on withdrawals if it is from a different bank from your own, otherwise, it is free
5) You can get every cultural food you can think of in Australia because we are close to Asia; thai, indian, Italian, everything, we have delivery services, and even fish and chips

[utkarshsharma]

I love the video. December to February is summer, March to may is autumn, June to August is winter and September-ish to November is spring here in the summer hemisphereHope u could include new zealand somewhere in your videos as well. Thanks

[davidlebarron]

Americans use mm/dd/yyyy because we say the date like July 4th 2020. Or Christmas is December 25th 2020.

[jadelynelle]

According to a guy named Rick Scheff on the internet :

mm/dd is categorically better for sorting data. In spreadsheet software and many programming languages it's not terribly relevant if and only if every date is correctly formatted and the software recognizes it as a date.

What happens when you import something and they're just numeric or character values though? The data set containing the following values (given in words): Jan 5th, Mar 28th, Feb 1st, Sep 15th, Feb 8th can be represented in two ways:

mm/dd: 01/05, 03/28, 02/01, 09/15, 02/08

OR

dd/mm: 05/01, 28/03, 01/02, 15/09, 08/02

Now, pretend you perform a sloppy import process, and the software doesn't know that they're dates. It only knows that these are character values. You want to put the dates in order so you do an alphabetic sort.

Here is the mm/dd (USA system) result:
01/05 - 02/01 - 02/08 - 03/28 - 09/15
OR
Jan 5th, Feb 1st, Feb 8th, Mar 28th, Sep 15th.

Here is the dd/mm (Europe system) result:
01/02 - 05/01 - 08/02 - 15/09 - 28/03
OR
1st Feb, 5th Jan, 8th Feb, 15th Sep, 28th Mar


The superior system is the system that allowed you to get the result you wanted with the least amount of data manipulation effort."
I suspect the digital age has just reinforced our usage, but also because contextually, the month is the most needed info, at least to us. Saying "it's the 20th!" gives a very narrow contextual view (at least for me), and saying "it's 2020!" is even more ambiguous. At least that's my opinion. And just the way we speak. Outside of saying "Fourth of July" to refer to a holiday, we say "It's July 4th."

[lynneparsons]

I'm Australian and most of that article is rubbish! I never look in my shoes for spiders, rarely see one inside and then it's something harmless (still spray or squash it though - it's on my territory); sharks are a rarity and lifeguards are watching on public beaches anyway ; we love football, but it's Aussie rules, and DON'T cheat (we do have your football - soccer - here too, but not as big), never seen any killer animal. Most of us live lives similar to the average Brit, in urban areas. I've also lived in UK, USA, and Turkey...people have same hopes and dreams, love for family etc. And much of life is fundamentally the same. So I suggest a bit more research, and perhaps a visit here!
Btw, enjoy watching you and your warm personalities, including Joel (my son's name too 😀) talking very naturally about being a Christian. It's so easy to hide that if you're in the public eye as so many mock Christians without having much/any knowledge of church or the Bible. Anyway, have carried on a bit as this is my first comment. Keep enjoying life, growing in your understanding if the world, and making us smile 😀