English problems

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LibertineNorth

Anyway, I do prefer Scotland generally. That said though, I will undoubtedly live in London for a few years for the experience. No Scottish city can even come close to the nature of London.

That's true but that's good imo. I would much rather live in Glasgow or Edinburgh than London personally. They're the right kind of size, and have more charm too. Oh, and cheaper :smile:

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Junkie

I think London is brilliant, I love this place! :biggrin:

When I was in Cumbria, someone said hello to me on a field and I ran for my life thinking i was gonna get hung, drawn and quartered... then I remembered this wasn't London where it would actually happen, and that the granny on the field was just being nice and freindly as they are further up north :redface:

Conclusion: don't talk to strangers in London cos they're mean, and those up north are friendlier :biggrin:

Reply 23

Tractor-girlie

London wins anyday.
Its brilliant there are loads of people so you feel like a community but also very much on your own.

Reply 24

naivesincerity

What actual locals? I found them friendly

the locals are noway near as nice as in england. I must admit many are nice, particularly the older ones, a minority are not...i guess snobbyish. Plus being in scotland theres always the anti-english folk too.

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~Kirsty~

the locals are noway near as nice as in england. I must admit many are nice, particularly the older ones, a minority are not...i guess snobbyish. Plus being in scotland theres always the anti-english folk too.

That's true. I found more extremes up there, some anti-English but some really nice too. Again, I reckon your area of England is freindlier than mine though.

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yorkshire is extremely friendly! :smile:

I've never being to cambridge...surely it can't be that bad?

Reply 27

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~Kirsty~

yorkshire is extremely friendly! :smile:

I've never being to cambridge...surely it can't be that bad?

A smidgeon friendlier than London maybe....but not friendly, no.

Reply 28

notts

born in edinburgh, love it.
live in nottingham, love it too. although do feel a tad less safe.

my GF lives in a town in devon and i really like that too... maybe i am just easy to please!

Reply 29

foxo

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~Kirsty~

the locals are noway near as nice as in england. I must admit many are nice, particularly the older ones, a minority are not...i guess snobbyish.

I completely disagree with you. Having also lived and gone to school in Edinburgh for eight years, I really cannot think of anything to justify your claims. On the other hand, I found Nottingham to be a somewhat unpleasant place to live. The vast majority of friendly people belonged to the Asian, Jewish and Eastern European communities, whereas the English people who surrounded us in our conservative middle class area, and the small independent school I went to, were often disinclined towards anyone possessing a Scottish accent.

~Kirsty~

Plus being in scotland theres always the anti-english folk too.

Living in England you find plenty of anti-Scottish folk too. What's your point?

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i've never heard anyone say a bad word against anyone else at home.

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Acaila

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LibertineNorth

Go up to the Highlands and tell them you're a socialist...

Prepare to be shot. :biggrin:

I'm a Highland socialist!
Socialists in the Highlands are really nice actually, especially considering it's a bit devoid of any decent politicians. Certainly, I got very involved in the last election and from that the SSP were the only ones that I didn't hate by the time it finished.

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~Kirsty~

i've never heard anyone say a bad word against anyone else at home.

Different here. There are some real small minded bastards....

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L i b

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I worry about the general TSR belief that people in Scotland are anti-English to any significant degree. Yes, I'll admit there's some bigots out there, but I wouldn't have thought it's the sort of thing you'd come across in every-day life. How a Scottish person can be anti-English is beyond me - there are huge numbers of people who are English to different degrees living up here.

Anyway, one of the bad points about Scotland that I'd point out is that we're probably the most violent white people in the world. Highest murder rate in Europe, very high comparative violent crime rate. And of course it's the fault of the police, who don't seem all that bothered by it. And luckily it's concentrated to only certain parts of the nation.

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in terms of crime, scotland (or rather edinburgh) has certainly a lot less than at home.

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LibertineNorth

I worry about the general TSR belief that people in Scotland are anti-English to any significant degree. Yes, I'll admit there's some bigots out there, but I wouldn't have thought it's the sort of thing you'd come across in every-day life. How a Scottish person can be anti-English is beyond me - there are huge numbers of people who are English to different degrees living up here.

Anyway, one of the bad points about Scotland that I'd point out is that we're probably the most violent white people in the world. Highest murder rate in Europe, very high comparative violent crime rate. And of course it's the fault of the police, who don't seem all that bothered by it. And luckily it's concentrated to only certain parts of the nation.

Really? I knew that Glasgow has the worst murder rate of any western-European city. didn't know it applied to all of Scotland.

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arpeggio

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Admittedly I've never been to Scotland, but I find where I live (Essex) to be quite nice, although misunderstood by people who've never been here and so automatically assume we're all the same :p:

The weather's just right, the people are generally nice - friendlyish but still respectful of people's privacy (I get the impression that people further north are extremely nosey!) There's lots to do and it's near London, and yet there's still the countryside and the coast if you like that kind of thing. It's got everything! I definitely wouldn't say that people here are snobbish...

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