Why No One Wants to Live in the UK

Once one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world the UK is in a state of Decline. And more than ever people want to leave. With dwindling public services and poor wages, young, talented people are leaving the country at the fastest rate in history.

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00:00 - Why No One Wants to Live in the UK
05:37 - Why People Love the 90's
08:00 Housing
10:50 Homelessness
14:10 NHS

[woyttaz]

I am from Poland, I lived and worked in the UK since 2005. In April this year, however, I decided to return to my homeland. In recent years, I have seen how the UK is sinking into its own stupidity and irresponsible policy, both social and immigration. Now I live in Poland and I earn more than I earned in the UK in a similar position.

[krzysztofjaworski]

Britain is a financier and money launderer, little of it goes to ordinary people

[bikermaniac]

The problem is that you live in a oligarchy. Politicians works for the big corporations that screw the general population. Laws are made to benefit them not you.

[QuickTipsTV-hkxt]

I am Czech. I used to live in the UK for 3 years total till 2012. UK was going downhill. Overpriced services, overpriced homes. Eastern Europe started gaining steam. I always had a feeling that Polish, Czechs, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians are being frown upon. In my opinion Brexit was about immigration from Eastern Europe. I used to live in immigrant district of major town and I was shopping in local market. Even then, there was animosity between some Muslims and White Europeans. I was even being pushed by some old angry Pakistani when waiting in the queue to pay for groceries.

[EnhancedNightmare]

I'm from eastern europe and I visited UK as a kid in late 90s and again around 2007. I was amazed by buildings, museums and all the splendor. I visited again in 2017 and my perspective changed. Housing that my friends lived in was disgusting, damp and dark. Costed way too much and commutes were a nightmare. Streets of London outside tourist zones are nasty and don't feel safe at all. I'd rather live in a commie block than those shitty houses. UK became a really undesirable location to live in. Some of my work colleagues transferred to UK and say that while earning more on paper their quality of life has fallen compared to Poland.

[riteshkumar]

Canadian want to leave canada, french want to leave France, american want to leave u.s, brits wants to leave britain, Indians want to leave india. Tell me a single country which is good in every aspect and still giving their citizenship.
We have to make our country great by ourselves. No outsider is going to fix your own country. Period.

[juicymelodic]

Brits, not all is lost. You can migrate to Poland and start working as a plumber.

[morocotopo]

I lived in the UK for ten years, did two masters and a PhD there, and my wife is from there. Last year we moved to Germany and our decision was beyond housing and wages tbh. The UK has serious social problems as well. We both make less money here and are much happier with the quality of life.

[SUSSYMEMES]

"no one wants to live in the UK" about a million new arrivals last year. Its disproportionately native British people that want to leave

[David-wpiw]

After a 12 years of living in uk, this spring I moved to my home land Lithuania. Now I realise that I got used to accepting humiliation in uk and wrongly assumed that I can achieve more in london that here. My age people who stayed, they live relatively modestly, but they all have a houses, wife's, already grown kids. And I am kind of behind, in some areas.

[HuwColes]

I left UK coming up to 10 years now, I moved to Slovakia, everyone asks me why I would leave uk. Well I earn less when you compare the wages in UK for the type of job I have. But I bought a flat here bigger than the house I lived in, in uk, I just finished paying off my mortgage here so my flat is my flat. I have money in my pocket and I use no credit cards or Loans. So even though wages are lower so is the cost of living. Why would I stay in UK and still have debts up to my eye balls. I say to anyone Don't hold yourself to UK there is always something better over the water. Just need to try

[davidgreen]

I have lived and worked in England and I have family there, but I now live in New Zealand. I thank my lucky stars I moved out here. I returned to England two years ago to visit family and friends in Newcastle, Leeds and Norwich. The quality of life has deteriorated so badly, it was depressing. Everything is run down. Hotel rooms are expensive and the quality is poor. Car rental is exorbitant and it is impossible to avoid getting a parking ticket or a speeding ticket. Restaurants and bars are half-empty most of the time and the supermarkets are filled with produce that is of a very basic quality. The Health Service is crumbling and I wasn't even able to get to a dentist after one of my fillings fell out. The High Street is filled with poundsaver and thrift shops and the once good-natured and fair-minded English people seem to have been replaced by a more dour and mean-spirited community. Sadly, I couldn't wait to get back to New Zealand after a week in England. This was not the country I once loved.

[l.j.turner]

I'd be doing my wife and kids a huge favour by asking them to pack and all of us move abroad.

As a long term British resident the best word I could use to summarise the state of the country is deterioration. Everything has gotten worse, absolutely everything.

Businesses are constantly closing down, services and goods are getting more and more expensive, crime is rising, homelessness is rising, the NHS is on the verge of collapse, property is extortionate and appaling quality, the list goes on. All the while our politicians sing their praises and act like everything is great.

[tomp]

I live in the rural southern United States, and my boss is from the UK. He told me he makes 3 times as much as he would in the UK. He's got a house on the lake with a boat, nice car etc

[CameronFussner]

Since Rishi took office, there seem to have been more unfavorable results in UK. These results include effects on the markets, such as price declines and sharp increases in inflation, as well as bank failuresMy greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in UK.

[paczusmatt]

I was living in the UK for over 8 years. In UK I could bearly afford anything and just a room in London on 2k gross monthly wage. Now I earn over four time as much in Poland working from home and almost paid off my house in 3 years in Warsaw. I don't know why I've stayed so long in the UK maybe it's just you don't realised how bad the UK is unless you move out from it for a couple of months.

[Martin-ozlr]

What's even worse than having no housing is the government clamping down on people finding their own alternatives like living in cars and vans, or even static caravans. What are people supposed to do when even homelessness is being outlawed.

[iivana]

Left family and friends behind to escape the poverty in Bulgaria only to move here, work my ass off, with 3 higher education degrees, and be underpaid to the point i can't even rent a place on my own... I am now regretting wasting my youth.

[tangaz]

An Australian nurse told me she was going back, she said she was tired of being 'working poorly. She moved here because her partner was from here but even he is convinced that their situation would be better for them as a young family in her country.

[amorosogombe]

Life just felt lonely, cold, hard, hostile and expensive in the UK.