Is there anything positive about the future direction of England?

I can appreciate that we have different experiences with the Chinese community in the UK, and Im sure there are some communities in parts of the uk that do integrate very well, as well as those that I have experienced who dont.

I would add though, that I think a large reason that the heavy immigration critics ignore Chinese and most east Asian immigration, is due to its lack of connection to the EU, or Islam, two topics which always invoke scrutiny towards a minority group.

It's mainly because comparatively there's so few of them compared to Brown, Black and Eastern European people.

Actually one of the highest groups of immigrants are Chinese at the moment.
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They are the reason why property prices in many parts of the UK are sky high. There are property conventions in China almost every other day. So the Chinese merely turn up and purchase these property - all this without having to enter the UK.

http://www.enviroestates.co.uk/china-desk/the-stats
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/china-watch/business/11965722/chinese-companies-investing-in-uk-real-estate.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34542147

I am also looking to purchase a property in London in the coming months, with the help of my parents.

They aren't the reason prices are so high they are a symptom of those ever higher prices. The only cause of rising house prices is not building enough houses to satisfy demand. The extra demand comes from migrants each year and this has been going on for decades it has just continually speed up over the last two decades
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I'm starting to believe that England isn't a good place to settle and have a family. I just don't see anything positive about the direction England seems to be heading in. We've got a buckling NHS, nurses leaving the NHS, doctors leaving the country, teacher recruitment crisis, problems with end-of-life care, an increasingly socially fragmented growing population and a lack of affordable housing.
We're constantly being told that we're a secular country yet no one ever talks about the growth of Islam which comes with its own issues in terms cultural changes and integration. And then there's Europe's migrant crisis which will likely worsen as conflicts unfold and the effects of global warming become more apparent. It is inevitable that Europe will cop the side effects of these emerging problems in a big way.

All of this stuff concerns me and in recent months, I've really started to think that England won't be the place to be if you plan on settling down, having a family and leading a good life. I think the ordinary citizen of the future will be living in a very fragmented society with low levels of social cohesion and will face a far poorer quality of life than they would today. I think Islam will also have a far greater presence than what we're used to now and that will create further division and friction in society. They'll be more non-diverse enclaves established with places like Newham / Tower Hamlets existing in far greater numbers. We'll see greater pressure placed on services and resources, but we'll accept it as a consequence of diversity because of our infamous tolerance.

The future doesn't look bright from where I'm sitting. Maybe I'm just overblowing it or perhaps you can relate.

How do you feel about the future of England?

Please don't blame the migrants. Let them come in. They want a better life for themselves and their families.

Nonsense.

There are plenty of people, particularly the elderly, who love spouting rubbish about how this country is going 'downhill'.

Every country has its problems. Taking everything into consideration this is still a great country to live in.

I've come across Chinese people that don't feel a need to learn English despite living in London for decades. They rely on their English speaking children or goverment provided translators to translate as required. They live in such a way because their social circle only consists of other Chinese people. Not bothering to learn English is a prime example of poor integration.

Vietnamese gangs dominate the UK's £1bn cannabis trade. And almost all trafficked people linked to the UK cannabis industry are of Vietnamese ethnicity. These immigrants were given residency in this country and decide to repay the favour by flooding the UK with drugs and trafficking people for their own financial gain. Does that really make them better integrated than a radical Islamic hate preacher shouting "death to Great Britain" in Finsbury Park?
People from (Chinese and Vietnamese) communities are very closed-off and tend to keep a low profile. That's why you assume they're all well integrated and aren't doing anything harmful to the wider society.

No, they wern't first gen immigrants. They came here in the late 80s and early 90s.
And none of this means there everything is above board. A lot of east Asian communities are very good at concealing illicit activities behind legitimate businesses. The Chinese (and Vietnamese) communities are silent and closed-off. The points listed doesn't mean they're culturally well integrated. Most still prefer to stick with their own people when it comes to socialising and relationships.

Apart from cuisine and Chinatowns, I can't think of any other significant cultural contributions from these groups. I can't even think of any prominent British Chinese figures in TV, radio or politics - despite decades of immigration. Even on this board, the Chinese contributors are predicatably non-existent or keep an incredibly low profile. Is that good integration? They are an insular community. And that's why the spotlight is never cast on them and they're made out to be the model immigrant success story with no apparent faults.

He's partially right about Vietnamese. Their nationals (probably) have the highest crime rate in the UK. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2963368/Romanians-EIGHT-times-likely-jailed-Britons.html

You think the Chinese money tied up in London's property market is 100% clean?
China leads the world in illicit cross-border money flows 2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)
And China consistently fails to cooperate with other countries in resolving cross-border money laundering.

The insularity is cultural.

But in your world every Chinese success story is an honest rags-to-riches tale.

Lol, yeah I forgot as soon as dishonest Chinese immigrants settle in Britain they become honest. Damn, you're naive as fvck.

Yeah and that has worked amazingly well hasn't it? It's been so strict - only the BEST immigrants are allowed into Great Britain.

What do these statistics have to do with cultural integration?

You suggested that the Chinese were well integrated because they are educated, pay their taxes, have fewer health problems and don't claim benefits i.e. you were trying to paint them as a wholly honest ethnic group simply because of the reasons listed. I showed you that they are not.

You suggested that the British Chinese were not well integrated because of something going on thousands of miles away in China. The only thing you showed me is your stupidity, really, nothing else. There are a few British Chinese celebrities I can think off without even googling, and that is given the fact that they are such a tiny population.

Gemma Chan, Alexa Chung, that girl in harry potter, and Gok Wan.

You should read more books and watch more TV, and go out and mix around with more people.