5 things I wish I'd known about England before moving here **USA to UK**

After 3 years of living in England, I'm sharing things that other Americans or people from other countries should know before moving here. My experience will differ from others' experiences! Thank you for not taking this too seriously/taking it at face value, and for watching!!

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[baylessnow]

Darker skinned people can suffer vitamin D deficiancy, which can lower your mood, during our winter months. You can get suppliments in the supermarkets. Another reason for the smaller houses compared to American houses has nothing to do with insulation but is because you can fit England, Scotland and Wales (mainland Britain) in to the state of Texas. Space is a premium here.

[CasiaRoseTV]

Heads up: I love England and extended my time here for 2 more years. You may think I don’t like it here, but my list of “complaints” for America would be way longer. If it comes off as complaining, sorry! I genuinely thought it would just be a fun video for my viewers and maybe food for thought for Americans moving here 🥴🤗

[PaKuaKwon]

The food is "bad" because in America they use ingredients that are illegal in the UK. Essentially you get the artificial saltiest and sweetest shit possible.

[AprilMayx]

I’ve lived in the UK my entire life (I’m 27) & I get depressed every winter cos of the darkness :/ getting dark at 4pm is so unnecessary 😭

[BigTimeBecks]

I think a lot of Americans don’t realise how far North the UK is, which is why they get shocked by the dark days in winter.

[stevengrice]

Feeling depressed about not being in your home country, is not unusual. I hope the summer improves your feelings. You are not alone.

[bromleyareshite]

Have you been up north if you can’t understand londoners there is a 0 percent chance you can understand northeners

[Steeleperfect]

The problem most Americans have with our food is that they have never tasted actual food before. Salt, spices and chemicals cover everything they eat, so their tastebuds cannot handle subtle flavours. We have the opposite problem with US foods. Our tastebuds are so sensitive that eating even the mildest US food is like having your tongue burned out and the levels of salt in US food are just disgusting to us,

[emilyjoyce]

it’s hard watching other people live out your dreams

[michaels]

I love it that it’s dark by 4pm in the winter, but stays light until 10:30pm in summer... and light at 4am. I love the changes in light through the year, and ut changes so quickly! 💕

[sherlockrobin]

Jesus - where on earth is she living that it makes American food taste good???

[paulhill]

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a common reaction to UK winters, a type of Depression.

[davidbigley]

But are you enjoying your time here? I do hope so.

[amstreater]

Interesting perspective! I’m English, but have spent a fair amount of time in the US. A lot of people are surprised by how small our homes are, how narrow the roads are, how cramped the Tube (subway) is. Remember that England is a very old country. We still have a lot of roads built by the Romans. Yes, really! So it would take a lot of money and time and disruption to widen roads and subways, when in reality there’s no real need as it works just fine. Americans are typically used to larger cars but in England and the UK it’s mostly only rich people and farmers who have big cars (like 4x4s, Jeeps, SUVs/minivans etc).

A lot of our homes are laid out in the way that you showed not necessarily because of insulation, but because they used to be large homes for wealthy Victorians and Edwardians, and then more recently (relatively speaking - say 100 years ago) got split up into smaller flats for individuals or small households. this is the case particularly for cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham, after people moved in from country for industrial and professional jobs and it became less common for young people to live at home until they married.

Another thing people are often surprised about is how washing machines are in the kitchen or bathroom here in the UK. It’s rare that we have a separate room just for doing laundry – some larger family houses have a “utility room “which is sort of a hybrid between an internal room and a garage, and often has the washing machine and laundry staff, but also may act as a “mud room” for shoes and coats and dog walking stuff. Definitely not as polished and clean as American laundry rooms! Whenever I see any reference to American homes with laundry rooms and closets and pantries, I just wish we had that kind of space over here. We generally keep our clothes in a freestanding cupboard, and our food in cabinets on the wall.

On the weather, as others have said it just doesn’t get that hot or humid to need air-conditioning or screens on the windows. Recently we have been having more heat waves, and it has really become quite unpleasant in the summer. Again, the age of our infrastructure would make it very difficult and expensive to fit air-conditioning in the London Underground for example.

You might find it interesting to hear my contrasting experience about the US – when I first visited Miami I couldn’t believe how spreadout everything was, the fact that you can’t get anywhere without driving, nothing was older than about 60 years. It was bizarre! Also I love American supermarkets, they’re so big and open and everything is on display, and a lot of the products are more reasonably sized and more economically sized than in the UK. Yes, some of these “super-size “products seem a bit ridiculous to ask, but here in the UK to get a pot of sour cream for example it’s this tiny pot that costs more than a giant tub in the US, and things like baking soda are considered a bit of a special product rather than something you can get anywhere in abundance for super cheap.

[duncantaylor]

You are suffering from SAD! (Seasonal Affective Disorder). The only known cure for this is to find a nice cosy pub with a fire, and sit by the fireplace with a pint and have a pie. This is what pubs are for! You are the only person I know who thought rainy days are cool!

[WrvrUgoThrUR]

1. Darkness and being home is my thing ✅
2. Dialect: I've been watching British television programming since before I was 10 ✅
3. Recently came back from London, food taste was not an issue. ✅
4. Housing floor plans, meh...good to know. No AC - could be an issue.
5. Narrow roads...an adjustment for sure. good to know.

Thanks for the info.

[thdoctor]

People don't realise how much further north England is.

[dannypetty]

It does get dark early in winter but that shouldn't stop u doing anything after work.

[miketaverner]

I agree with pretty much all you say, on the subject of food is a question of taste . My personal view is that I do not consider MacDonald and company as food, I go no where near those places

[jillian.h]

i’m starting a journey to see if i would really like to move to england.