Taking my talents to South England

[mook]

Packing up the wife and kids and we are moving to England in a few months. Specifically to a rural area near London in the south of England.

Keeping my business (a relative will continue to run the US location) and my house (going to rent it out--my brother will be a paid property manager).

I've sold my car, about half my family's worldly possessions, notified my employer.....shit's getting real. Still have to figure out what to do with my dog and cat.

Going to be hard on the boys--ages 5 and 7 and in school right now. But I think it'll be best for them in the long-term.

Not sure if I'll be there 8 months, a year or 20 years. Exciting and scary times. I'll keep you guys updated on the Death Panel situation.

I'll keep lurking and occasionally posting here, but so long Boise. So long live broadcasts of Blazers games (unless I wake up at 3am). Thanks for all the fish.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What are you going to do there?

 

[DaLincolnJones]

That is a fantastic adventure for you and your family..the education system is far more advanced than ours. enjoy!

 

[magnifier661]

Packing up the wife and kids and we are moving to England in a few months. Specifically to a rural area near London in the south of England.

Keeping my business (a relative will continue to run the US location) and my house (going to rent it out--my brother will be a paid property manager).

I've sold my car, about half my family's worldly possessions, notified my employer.....shit's getting real. Still have to figure out what to do with my dog and cat.

Going to be hard on the boys--ages 5 and 7 and in school right now. But I think it'll be best for them in the long-term.

Not sure if I'll be there 8 months, a year or 20 years. Exciting and scary times. I'll keep you guys updated on the Death Panel situation.

I'll keep lurking and occasionally posting here, but so long Boise. So long live broadcasts of Blazers games (unless I wake up at 3am). Thanks for all the fish.

Got any Filipinos in your area?

Joking aside; sounds like fun! Wish you the best man!

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm jealous man. I would love to live in Europe for a while.

 

[MarAzul]

Packing up the wife and kids and we are moving to England in a few months. Specifically to a rural area near London in the south of England.

Keeping my business (a relative will continue to run the US location) and my house (going to rent it out--my brother will be a paid property manager).

I've sold my car, about half my family's worldly possessions, notified my employer.....shit's getting real. Still have to figure out what to do with my dog and cat.

Going to be hard on the boys--ages 5 and 7 and in school right now. But I think it'll be best for them in the long-term.

Not sure if I'll be there 8 months, a year or 20 years. Exciting and scary times. I'll keep you guys updated on the Death Panel situation.

I'll keep lurking and occasionally posting here, but so long Boise. So long live broadcasts of Blazers games (unless I wake up at 3am). Thanks for all the fish.

Go for it! I worked in Hursley near Winchester. I loved the place.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I visited Lewes back in 2007 and it was awesome.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE TO PALMA DE MALLORCA AND BANG SUPERMODELS.

 

[Paxil]

I work with a lot of people in Aylesbury. Good people.

Cheers as they would say.

 

[mook]

I'm planning on telecommuting for a little while with my current employer, as well as probably starting another business (maybe more down the road) in England.

DaLincoln--Well, given that Idaho has one of the worst education systems in the US, I'm pretty sure it'll be an upgrade. This is a pretty fancy pants part of England (even if we are living in one of the cheaper towns). Still, though, where you live in England doesn't have such a ridiculous correlation with education system that it does here in the US. They fund primary and secondary ed nationally rather than through local taxes, so if you are unlucky enough to be born in the English equivalent of Detroit you aren't immediately fucked from the get go.

It's going to be interesting to go from being one of the most liberal of people among my current network of friends to one of the most conservative over there.

 

[BrianFromWA]

working with a lot of Brits here in Afghanistan, it's something that sounds like a good time waiting to happen. Cheers!

 

[mook]

I visited Lewes back in 2007 and it was awesome.

It looks smaller than I would have guessed.

 

[BrianFromWA]

It looks like the Land of MakeBelieve from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

 

[MARIS61]

Sorry to hear of your decision to abandon your country rather than work to improve it. At least you're moving somewhere that makes the US look like Utopia in comparison.

Prepare to feel stifled.

 

[Denny Crane]

Learn to use the word "bugger" a lot.

Good luck, my friend.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

And bollocks.

hoop fam

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Sorry to hear of your decision to abandon your country rather than work to improve it. At least you're moving somewhere that makes the US look like Utopia in comparison.

Prepare to feel stifled.

:MARIS61:

 

[mook]

I work with a lot of people in Aylesbury. Good people.

Cheers as they would say.

Going to take a long time to get used to the pronunciations. We'd say "Ales-bur-y," and they say "Ales-bree." So many letters they just don't pronounce.

Edinburgh is the one that really pisses me off. It's like calling Pittsburgh "Pits-ber-uh." I don't get it and never will.

 

[mook]

Sorry to hear of your decision to abandon your country rather than work to improve it. At least you're moving somewhere that makes the US look like Utopia in comparison.

Prepare to feel stifled.

My wife abandoned England for 13 years. Our kids are half-English. Either way we're abandoning one country or the other. The US will have to suffer without my support. Luckily, they still have you.

As for being stifled, well, there's some truth to that. On the other hand, there's also some pretty interesting freedoms I'll gain there that I don't have here. You are far more free to walk wherever you want there than you are here, for example. The land is almost entirely private, but there are public walkways through everything. I mean everything. I took a walk through a private country club golf course one time just to do it, and it was fucking awesome.

It is nice talking politics over there. People tend to be much less polarized.

 

[santeesioux]

My wife abandoned England for 13 years. Our kids are half-English. Either way we're abandoning one country or the other. The US will have to suffer without my support. Luckily, they still have you.

As for being stifled, well, there's some truth to that. On the other hand, there's also some pretty interesting freedoms I'll gain there that I don't have here. You are far more free to walk wherever you want there than you are here, for example. The land is almost entirely private, but there are public walkways through everything. I mean everything. I took a walk through a private country club golf course one time just to do it, and it was fucking awesome.

It is nice talking politics over there. People tend to be much less polarized.

Admit it bro, you're just a socialist-nazi that hates freedom!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Admit it bro, you're just a socialist-nazi that hates freedom!

To be fair, after 2001, "freedom" hasn't done much for us lately.

 

[mook]

Here are some shots I found of the town I'm moving to (Edenbridge):

My wife and I were married in this church. Built in 1300's.

This is the high street (main street).


Pretty typical view:

Every time I stepped outside I felt like saying, "It's a fucking fairy tale town."

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[Wheels]

so much history in those buildings! love love LOVE those pics... Hope it all works out for you Mook!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

England is so fucking expensive with the exchange rate. Maybe its different in the smaller towns but fuck, london is cray cray. :MARIS61:

 

[MARIS61]

My wife abandoned England for 13 years. Our kids are half-English. Either way we're abandoning one country or the other. The US will have to suffer without my support. Luckily, they still have you.

As for being stifled, well, there's some truth to that. On the other hand, there's also some pretty interesting freedoms I'll gain there that I don't have here. You are far more free to walk wherever you want there than you are here, for example. The land is almost entirely private, but there are public walkways through everything. I mean everything. I took a walk through a private country club golf course one time just to do it, and it was fucking awesome.

It is nice talking politics over there. People tend to be much less polarized.

I was only half-serious. One magical life of indeterminate length is ours. Grab all the adventure and experiences you can.

 

[mook]

England is so fucking expensive with the exchange rate. Maybe its different in the smaller towns but fuck, london is cray cray. :MARIS61:

Man, you don't even know. I'm moving from a 2400sq ft house in Idaho that costs me $680/mo (yeah, even I laugh at how cheap that is) to 1200sq ft at $1800. Half the house/yard for nearly 3x the money. It's less culture shock than sticker shock for me.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

My mom moved my sister and I to Mexico for two years when I was a kid. Friggin hated it at first but I got used to it and it has greatly paid off for me in the long run. I hope your kids will understand. Looks awesome!

 

[Masbee]

Idaho is cheap. England, even the small towns, are expensive. You mentioned housing already, which is insanely expensive compared to Idaho, but virtually everything costs more, sometimes a lot more.

The only thing that is less is medical care, but you pay in your time and in sophistication.

I like the feel of the small towns in some parts of England. Like all small towns it will get boring. Cricket matches for entertainment? At least the ale is good.

The climate wont be as good imo. Boise has a decent four seasons climate, with a lot of winter sun even if cold and great summers. England has blah weather with long stretches of no sun. The sawtooths I would miss.

 

[THE HCP]

I can get your kids into Hogwarts..... I know some people there. In fact they frequent this forum regularly.


Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5...FAMS!

 

[jlprk]

Can you get Paul and Ringo's autographs for me?