London, UK is not cool anymore - I'm leaving
- Thread starter Brendan R
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Quote from cabletrader:
It's Eastern European migrants who are one of the main causes for resentment in London and other cities in the UK, they've formed ghettos and aren't particularly interested in British culture or even learning how to speak English let alone integrate into our society. They come to UK because of the welfare available, they get a home and money as soon as they arrive! They supplement their welfare checks by committing crime.
The average British citizen is hacked off by their tax pounds being spent to support these people while our 'own' go without.
As far as London goes, it always used to be cosmopolitan which added to it's vibrancy, but it was still London and there was no mistaking where you were. That's been replaced with an overun of foreigners, Londoners have pretty much given up and left them to it.
Here are some statistics from 2007:
Around a third of all sex offences and a half of all frauds in the capital are carried out by non-British citizens.
Poles, who have entered Britain in record numbers since they joined the European Union in 2004, committed 2,310 crimes in the first six months of this year to become the most prolific offenders.
Romanians, whose country became part of the EU in January, committed more than 1,000 offences â an eightfold rise on the same period in 2006, according to Metropolitan Police figures for solved crimes.
Last year, a leaked memo from the then Home Office minister Joan Ryan warned that an estimated 45,000 potential criminals from Romania and Bulgaria â which joined the EU in January this year â would travel to Britain.
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Orwellian U.K. Angers People With Tree Cameras, Snooping Kids
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a42059fKpkSM&refer=exclusive
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a42059fKpkSM&refer=exclusive
Yep, they got too smart for plod to catch
We have been considering a move for some time now, but haven't decided where to, yet. Main problem with making that decision is that we don't live in the UK all the time, we spend about half the time in Spain
And just to remind you future expats that grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the fence. There are so many places to live, but nothing like home. OK, so home is what you make it, but whenever I stay 2-3 months over in Spain I do develop nostalgic feelings for our shitty weather...............fish & chips wraped in the Sun newspaper LOL
And just to remind you future expats that grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the fence. There are so many places to live, but nothing like home. OK, so home is what you make it, but whenever I stay 2-3 months over in Spain I do develop nostalgic feelings for our shitty weather...............fish & chips wraped in the Sun newspaper LOL
damn, recession is getting worse and worse and the pound is getting a beating...
people are anxious, the outlook is bleak, there is no escape.
This is an island and the cheap pound will not allow people to escape.
I have a thought for the Russians, the Arabs and all these Euro expats that heavily invested in the UK.
They feel double pain, asset depreciation and currency meltdown.
Imagine you are a dollar based investor and you bought property in London in 2006/2007.
If you were to sell now, you would make a 40% loss on the asset (cost of selling + costs incurred when you bought like estate agent and stamp duty) and you would lose another 20% from GBP depreciation for a total cumulative loss of roughly 50%!
Scary. It's only the beginning.
people are anxious, the outlook is bleak, there is no escape.
This is an island and the cheap pound will not allow people to escape.
I have a thought for the Russians, the Arabs and all these Euro expats that heavily invested in the UK.
They feel double pain, asset depreciation and currency meltdown.
Imagine you are a dollar based investor and you bought property in London in 2006/2007.
If you were to sell now, you would make a 40% loss on the asset (cost of selling + costs incurred when you bought like estate agent and stamp duty) and you would lose another 20% from GBP depreciation for a total cumulative loss of roughly 50%!
Scary. It's only the beginning.
London is a Police State.
Millions of CCTV cameras, enviro-cops, DNA database, legalized state-spying, Government regulates parenting, 55%+ Tax.
Nuts over there. Scary thing, London is the Canary in the Coalmine.
Millions of CCTV cameras, enviro-cops, DNA database, legalized state-spying, Government regulates parenting, 55%+ Tax.
Nuts over there. Scary thing, London is the Canary in the Coalmine.
You guys in London better watch out man as recession turns to depression , with amount of non English there who don't give 2 shits about anything , things are going to get much worse.
how's this for a taster ? A french woman of African origin is a dealer for a SB company and you know what ?
She gave me 3 bogus trades , and when confronted she virtually admitted it and showed not 1 sign of remorse , like this was the most natural behaviour on earth.
Unreal , at least I got my $ back , when I complained to the Director.
This is mild , be sure episodes of such cheating will get MUCH worse , there will be literally daylight robbery.
NB: 1 question - why the cost of living always so high in London , whatever the situation whether boom or recession ?
how's this for a taster ? A french woman of African origin is a dealer for a SB company and you know what ?
She gave me 3 bogus trades , and when confronted she virtually admitted it and showed not 1 sign of remorse , like this was the most natural behaviour on earth.
Unreal , at least I got my $ back , when I complained to the Director.
This is mild , be sure episodes of such cheating will get MUCH worse , there will be literally daylight robbery.
NB: 1 question - why the cost of living always so high in London , whatever the situation whether boom or recession ?