Living in the UK - The Pros and Cons

What are the pros and cons of living in the UK? There are always two sides to anything called coins. For that token, we can’t realistically expect everything about living in the UK to be cool. There must be some dark side. That’s why I want to discuss the pros and cons of living in the UK in this video. Americans or anyone moving to London will not have a hard time noticing some of these pros and cons of living in the UK compared to the US or other countries. Yes, those differences manifest themselves in way of life, driving, transportation system, security, economy, and wealth management.
However, you don’t have to be an American before you notice these differences. Some of them are positive and remarkable while some others are not so positive. Those negative differences are enough to scare people away from the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, some expats who are more objective only see these as mere differences in cultures and locality.
Don’t forget, though, the United Kingdom is made up of 4 big countries with remarkable differences in certain features. Therefore, living in London will be different from living in Belfast, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. Yet, these pros and cons of living in the United Kingdom are compiled broadly with common factors in all the countries making up the Kingdom. Some of them may not apply in certain areas.

Now let’s start with the pros

Pros of Living in the UK
1. Free and great healthcare
The most precious possession you could pay anything for is health. Did you know that caring for this is free in the United Kingdom? This is the first pro of living in the UK. If you want to have an idea of how great the UK healthcare service is, consider what obtains in London. It’s a token of how health is being managed in the Kingdom. The NHS is there to ensure that no one dies because of a lack of access to medical care.
The system compulsorily takes care of your health by making it mandatory for everyone with the capacity to earn to be enrolled in the country’s health program. Therefore, whenever there’s a medical issue, there’s always something in the system to care for it. It’s an aberration for a legal resident in the UK to be denied the needed medical services. This is because healthcare is actually free.
2. Job opportunities
Another pro of living in the UK is the job opportunities available in the country. There's plenty of jobs in the UK, not only in London. According to recent data from the Office for National Statistics, the employment rate in the country is 75.3% with a constant decrease of 0.4% every quarter.
The United Kingdom is not among the countries where you’ll cry about unemployment. That’s why people are moving to the UK from all parts of the world to find work. Those who are seemingly jobless in the country have issues with their employability or mental attitude. The English language is a very good reason why employment opportunities are abundant there. Another reason is that the UK is highly industrialized and this always creates the need for skilled and semi-skilled workers.
3. Good education
Education in the UK is enviably good because of devolution. Each of the countries has different supervisory bodies for its school systems. While the UK Government is in direct charge of education in England, the Scottish and Welsh governments are responsible for education in those schools.

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[lailaalfaddil]

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[totosk]

Some of the cons are actually pros for me, i would give anything to have weather like in UK😊

[SSChewbacca]

You realise that there is more to the UK than London don't you? I lived in London for almost 10 years and leaving was the best thing I ever did! Moving back to the countryside where I grew up has made my happier than London ever did!

[SuperMissblueeyes]

Not all the people in the UK can be considered "cold". It really depends where you are. Northerners are much more friendly & much more likely to look out for their neighbours. And the further out of cities you get, the less "cold" people are. In most villages, everyone knows everyone & look out for each other.

[elliptical]

This description fits London very well. It is unfortunately very difficult for expats to settle there now with such competitive housing, high costs of living and very strict requirements just to open up a bank account! However, I have found locations further away from London, to be much better and more friendly than London. My friend from the UK once told me: "there is London, and then there is England" as they can seem very different to each other at times.

[staciamj]

I wouldn't say its free, its paid thru taxes, right??

[hughfranklin]

This is more about London, than the UK.

[dagmaraelfman]

I disgree about people in the UK being cold and unfriendly. I know it's probably the case in some places, but I live in a small town in the north east where people are friendly and ready to help each other, and my partner and I have stayed on short breaks in many places in this country, and generally people are sociable everywhere we have been.

[darrellleverkuhn]

You should retitle this to be about London and not the UK. Several of my trips to England and Scotland I was able to find apartments and BnBs to rent that were very reasonably priced. Also the people were incredibly friendly. By the way I’ve often found the same in London, but can often see some of the items you mentioned taking place in London. Don’t generalize the entire UK just for the cons of London.

[leonleon]

I had Great English neighbors,
And now, I'm back to my country and i really missed my English friends ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤

[old.not.too.grumpy.]

Errrm I am 63 years old I d always lived in the I don't recognise where I live from this I think they are talking about living in London. London is completely different to the rest of England let alone the rest of the UK. London is noisy, over croweded and very expensive. London has it own smell mixture of diesel, junk food and in many places particularly in summer you can smell the drains

[jbasasa]

In the future I'm actually going to UK and even this pros and cons helped alot

[keithsanders]

Very London centric. Outside of London, prices are cheaper, queueing minimal and neighbours friendly.

[stephenbright]

Healthcare is not free, workers have National Insurance deducted from their monthly gross pay every month, over and above tax also being deducted, and this deduction is generally higher than the average worker's tax deductions. So no, it's not free!

[beaujamo]

Customer service here in the UK is the worst in the world. I’ve lived in 5 different countries before but only in the UK that you will be drop from a customer service call and when you call again, everything goes back to zero.

[Awarebynature]

healthcare isn't free, it comes off our salary every month like a tax

[johnstone]

There is a lot of anti immigrant tension in the UK at this time focused mainly on Muslims, don't know if that would influence anyones decision but the situation has been getting worse lately.

[roops]

Note. Professional workers are emigrating abroad in huge numbers

[XpertGamerBD]

Con no 6 is actually a blessing for me as I am a heart failure patient! :D

[robertfickes]

I love the VAT on things you buy in store. That the price you pay for at the cashier no added taxes like in the US!