Do I Regret Leaving London & The UK? (why I'm back...) 

I'm British and left the U.K for France 5 yrs ago , it has been the best thing We have ever done.

Who benefits from you being in London? CEOs and property investors. It’s a trap.

I'm about to move back to Australia after living in London for four years, loved it here! As a software engineer on a pretty good salary I have a great life here. Gonna miss the proximity to Europe compared to Australia, long summer days, public transport and the pub culture / park drinking. Won't miss the eternal winter darkness, grey skies, cost, inequality and touching 12 other people while standing on the tube going home from work.

Made the same decision 1 year ago and moved to Kuala Lumpur instead. Amazing weather, friendly people, 1/4 - 1/5 the living cost of London, first world infrastructure and public transport, very modern and tech forward, much safer than London (ahem knife crime and a general rising crime rate in London, even worse considering I used to live in Barking). I stay in essentially a place as fancy as One Hyde park (right in the middle of KL, next to the fanciest mall in the city) (residents in my building drive Rolls Royces and Bentleys), for less than what I used to pay for a studio flat in Barking.

I moved from England/bath to Austria/Graz after 7 years leaving there. Everything is better in Austria except social life and friendliness. But i prefer to be stable with some friends than be instable with loads of friends who are alcoholics and drug addicts like most of british people

Hi mate Just wanted to say i really enjoyed this video!.It's currently 02.29am and the idea of leaving the uk has been planted in my head for a few months now. Im actually try to emulate the lifestyle ur living right now so congratulations and keep it up🎉 P.S You going to do great at this digital nomad niche , i hope this second channel grows massively!

After living in the less affluent London Boroughs, you'll quickly realise what an expensive shithole it really is. Very nice for a visit though.

I only left at 51 and wished I'd hv started 3 decades earlier!!! Hv been on the road for 9 yrs, covered more than 30 countries mostly here in Europe where I get to work & enjoying literary every corner of the beautiful planet instead of paying up to my nose for nothing, tho I used to love the city to the moon... not to mention months of wet & miserable winter & how cold & edgy people are these days and don't even talk to me about the evil woke culture where the elites are secretly trying to imprison all as these blood suckers will drain u high & dry whereby they live in the cloud nine themselves! Since moving away I've decided to live only a few months in each country I visit and in spite of moving around once every few months yet I managed to save 2-3x more in comparison to when I was working just to pay all the bills where I could never earn enough to secure a decent property, ever! I still hope for massive turn around for the country I love yet I'll encourage anyone to get out of your comfort zone and u shall be surprised by all the experiences money can never buy u! Don't be afraid as life has much more to offer outside of our comfort zone really!!

location independence is freedom.

I agree everyone should periodically review whether where they are living suits the life they want. Everywhere has disadvantages so it's just working out what is the best balance for you. I'm 62 and if I were younger I wouldn't stay in London, because I wouldn't be able to afford to buy a house, because economic immigration, people using buy to let properties as pensions and international investment has caused huge strains on the housing market. I always thought I would leave London when I retired (I arrived to go to university) but now that is drawing close I am reluctant to give up the amazing cultural and other opportunities it offers.

Most jobs offered in London are in hospitaly, cosntruction, cleaning and warehouses. Those are basically the only opportunities for foreigners. At least construction is quite well paid, but it it not imune to the overall problems of UK job market (abuse, high taxes, no rights, no ladder).

I did this and moved to denver Colorado in the US after living 5 gears in new york because of the nature that exisit here. A year later I am moving out cuz I don't really connect with the people that live here.

You made the right decision. Leave the UK and do not return. Simple clever move. We don't need an 8 minute post about it.

The UK is such a dismal place to live so depressing

As I see it London is an amazing city, I am quite happy living here. It has it downsides, too. Ideally it would be great if I could live in London few months a year. I think the best time is between July to October.

The UK is finished

How are things like in Finland ? How does it compare to UK ?

Moved to the UK 7 years ago. Worked hard, living below my means, and yet I still live paycheck to paycheck. I am a nurse, and I seek to move to the US soon. There are so many things in the UK that I am starting to hate. 1) People's attitudes. People in the UK are very negative and miserable. Whenever I am trying to do something, people here in the UK are always "No, it's too difficult. No, it's impossible. You are wasting your time." But my American friends (who moved to the UK for church missionary reasons) are like "Yes, why not? Go for it!" and they give words of encouragement. British people on the other hand... Where I am from, it's called crab mentality. They don't want to see you succeed. 2) People here are so fake. Americans are honest and straightforward. British people on the other hand... are proud of their "polite" culture, which means they are fake and two faced. I can't stand it. Especially in the NHS, they will say "yes it's okay" then they go behind your back and bad mouth you to everyone. 3) Fake wealth. Many people who live in the UK and flex on social media are fake. I know someone who wears tons of designer, goes on a holiday many times a year, yet had the audacity to borrow £200 from me, then got mad that I did not lend any money. I remember someone who just arrived in the UK saying "Land of the royals? What happened? There is nothing royal about it." 4) The NHS. I work for the NHS. One day, a man high on cocaine from a party was brought in by ambulance. He has been in the ICU 5x. Meaning, his life was saved 5x. Yet he still chose to party and use cocaine. 5x. And he stayed in the ICU for a long time. And who paid for all that? The taxpayers. Meanwhile poor old Dorothy does not get attended to! Why? Because everyone was busy trying to save a man's life, who, after a week, will come back in, again high on cocaine! I feel sorry for the elderly who have worked all their life, paid their dues and taxes, only to be scr3wed over! Don't try to lecture me. "BuT whAt aboUT thE heALth carE sysTem in AmEricA"? You are just proving point number 1 is right. To hell with all of your "oH hoW aboUt the gUn cRime?" You people watch too much CNN. The grass may not be greener on the other side, but I don't care. At least I tried, and have done something to try to better my life. If you want to stay in the UK and glorify it, then so be it. But don't hate on people who move to the US or elsewhere. I guess misery loves company. If you want to stay in the UK, then do. But don't try to discourage people from leaving. The UK is done. It's f0cked, and this is the beginning of the end. Goodbye.

You should have stayed a sufficient amount of time to get “settled status “.. then you could be legally outside the U.K. for up to 5 years .. per the Withdrawal Agreement. I don’t blame you for wanting to move … I’m a U.K. national in the EU but I’ll make sure I get my permanent residency ( equivalent of settled status ) to maximise my flexibility and allow me to be legally .. never mind in practice , for up to or either over 5 years.

Almost feels like it's collapsing by design

You left the amazing rural Finland for London

Wow having visited both dubai would be one of the last places on earth I would live in 😲

I appreciate how clever you are to get out faster

Your generalisation about Brits just being interested in going to the pub and getting drunk is unfair on the rest of us and kind of ignorant to be honest. Did you conveniently forget all the artistic outputs from the UK over the decades (especially in music)? The city is packed with interesting cultural stuff (concerts, galleries, museums and other events). I know we have a problem with football hooligan types and drunkards, but they are not the majority. So, please don't generalise Brits as crass and uneducated. Second, if I am not mistaken you judged living conditions in London on living in King's Cross, which is basically a rough area (transport hub). Why not comment on nice districts like Hampstead, Belsize Park, Notting Hill, Holland Park, Richmond and Greenwich? Pretty sure even Paris doesn't have as many nice neighbourhoods as London does. And yes, I am not forgetting London has some very bad neighbourhoods as well, like Lewisham etc. Don't forget the UK is an ex-super power. Standards *used* to be high. The city is built around Victorian infrastructure. Since manufacturing has gone to Asian countries, what do you expect? Most of Western Europe suffers from the same problem, and mass migration just puts pressure on an impoverished/weakened system that can't keep up. Blame politicians.

I escaped from the dictatorship in Hungary in 2016. As an option it's still better to live in London in comparison to a more and more authoritarian and Putinesque Hungary. But I have noticed that the UK is getting worse and worse.

My Prediction is eventually as you get older you'll long for the beautiful Forest of Finland and want to return home. Until then travel enjoy London and Dubai.

If you don’t want to pay your taxes, which pay for police, healthcare, old age pensions, and all the other emergency services and essential things then please do live elsewhere. You shouldn’t call upon a system if you aren’t willing to contribute to it properly.

not a british city anymore thats the real problem

Where are you now

Some cities in the world are becoming like

who cares, the world is your oyster if you don't like it GO!

Iam living in Australia now uk is crap and London is a 💩hole

Hello Finn, I stumbled upon your video and I think that you would probably like and make it in San Diego California? Your multi lingual and in IT so that would likely give you the edge. LA is interesting to visit but a Rat circus. And stay away from Orange County where I'm from "But do visit there of course" Good Luck.

Kavin Suomessa vuonna 1979 ja rakastin sita.

Bye.

England is a hell whole.. Best thing they did for Europe they left the beautiful EU and let Paris become the Destination for skilled tech