Why We Moved to the UK 

I'm an old, white male. I love your attitude. I wish you and your children health, happiness and wealth. We are all human. Skin colour is meaningless.

I’m an American and been living in the U.K. for almost two years now. The number one thing I like is Diversity especially here in South London. I lived in New York and then Atlanta for most my life and it still felt segregated in Atlanta. You had the black neighbourhoods, Spanish, and white neighbourhoods. Here in London you can see different cultures and race living in the same estate. I also met more Jamaicans here than I ever did in my life. I love the U.K. and will apply for citizenship in the next couple years.

You'll like the UK. Lived here for 25 years now and raised my kids here. We all became citizens. Our family have lived in many different countries but the UK is our ultimate home and we'll remain here. It has its quirks and strengths and, as you know, is in a huge state of transition, possibly going to break apart. Whatever happens I'll always be glad to have moved to the UK, glad to have a British identity, glad to have massively expanded our family's view of the world.

Welcome. One difference is that is if you take British citizenship, in the UK you are not an African American - you become British.

You have a very pleasant speaking voice. I don’t think you need the background music. My best wishes to you and your family.

Good luck to you and your family the American Dream is just that , then you wake up and realise you can have 28 days holidays (+ 8 Bank Holidays), universal health care and don’t need Guns…. Onwards and Upwards my friend..

I saw so much of the world through my service with the Royal Air Force and its great to see you and your family here in England, you are most welcome and I really hope you enjoy Britain. It truly is a special place.

i am an Englishman and would like to welcome you and your family to Great Britain, i hope that all Britons will welcome you here also, i hope you all enjoy your visit or stay here very much,, live long and prosper ,

I love my little island,makes my heart soar with pride,

Having spent time in the US, it's an amazing place to live. Unfortunately it's built on a fundamental fault. The American dream! The UK isn't built on the same dream. We aren't striving to be all that we can be. We just work hard at being what we already are. I love your soft tone voice, and it's probably what has captured my attention. I have a feeling you are now caught in our net. And if you and your family give yourself to our way of life, we won't let you go❤️.

welcome to your new home, i hope you have a lovely time here. your children are very lucky to have a dad like you.

Mate, you are giving your children wonderful memories they will treasure all their lives, and bringing them up as balanced, accepting and worldly wise, you and your wife have my upmost respect.

Enjoy your lives here .... and welcome to Blighty 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 PS . It’s not as racist as the media make out

You sir are a gentleman, and passing that down to your children is commendable, you will be an asset to any country you and your family visit, you, im sure will always most welcome here in the UK, good luck on your adventure.

Bless you for choosing to live for a while in the wonderful UK. We Brits are such a friendly and hospitable people, so proud of the our personal freedoms, our history and our culture. Please take as much time as you can to explore all our wonderful sites and learn about our rich and diverse history, and who knows, maybe you'll consider making the UK your new permanent home. I send the warmest welcome to you and your family. Be safe and be well (and one day, be Brits too)!

The world needs more parents like you! Expanding the minds and souls of your children is priceless x

Glad you all made the decision to explore the world. As a naturalized American from Africa, and having lived on and off in London, I can say that you and your family will love Britain. I take my kids to visit family there quite often and my daughter won a Fulbright scholarship to study in Bristol about 3 years ago. We will be back soon. Enjoy it.

Welcome to you and your family. Hope you love the uk as much as I do. Try and make sure you see as much as possible, Cornwall, Devon, Yorkshire, Lake District, Scottish Highlands, Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset ect. We’re only small but we are beautiful

As a Scott I hope you enjoy this country welcome to the United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

It’s my dream to get my family(my husband and 4 children) out of America and to live abroad. Bravo!

You come across as a level headed guy. Hope you enjoy the UK and experience the vast cultural nuances of our small islands.

Brilliant. I'm so glad you chose the UK to give your children a real education. Book learning is one thing but getting out and seeing stuff for themselves will really open their eyes and their hearts. The UK is a great place for a base to get around Europe and it's not too expensive or time consuming to travel to other countries and cultures. Your kids minds will be broad and open which is the best start you can give them in life. I'm very glad you got them out of the US - for obvious reasons too. Stay safe, wear your masks and enjoy everything the UK has to offer.

What a great man you are willing to move thousands of miles for the sake of giving your children a better life welcome to the UK im welsh by the way and hope you and your family flourish here in the UK it must notbe easy to leave behind what you have ever known to move but I have a feeling you are going to embrace this new opportunity with both hands

Wishing you all the best, I’m on board brother for this journey. 65 year old Londoner, let’s do it...😀

This man is so calm and soft spoken it seems like he would make a good therapist

You Sir are an inspiration to people and an incredible father, all the best to you and your family.

Right now, with current attitudes in the world, it is so nice to see someone with a truly globalised mind and so much positivity. For what is a globalised world many people still live in the bubble of their post code and the echo chamber of their piers. You are giving your family something many cannot even comprehend but If more people had your attitude the world would be a much more tolerant place.

It's not acceptable nowadays for a white person to state that colour doesn't matter. I don't get that but it's out there. I'm a white male, I was born in Norfolk in 1956 and at 65 years+ of age I live and work only 5 miles from my birthplace. I am not racist. I watch your videos, amongst many others, and all I see is a great family. You obviously love your children and are doing all you can to raise them to be well educated, balanced members of society. I wish you all the best.

Welcome to Britain. I’ve travelled the world over too. But there’s no place like home. We’re so lucky. I hope you stay and flourish and enjoy our culture 🙏❤️

Welcome to the UK. You have a lovely family, I hope you are happy during your time here. There are many beautiful places to see in the UK. As well as those you mention in the video consider visits to the south west of England, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, and North Yorkshire. I think that where ever you go you will find interesting things.

I just discovered you all & am really blown away by the thought & action of wanting to enrich your childrens lives. You are all a pleasure to watch & I enjoy your zest, thirst & teachings of other cultures & lifestyles. I think you & your wife have a wonderful outlook & are teaching your children in the best way through experience. I hope you enjoy living here & get to see the best the uk has to offer. I look forward to seeing more of you all.

Good luck the Uk is the most friendliest of country’s anywhere in the world, no guns guys x

Welcome to the UK buddy, I hope the time you spend here with us is very pleasant. I served with black people in the army and two of my best friends are black. We have been friends for over 40 years and have never had a cross word. Me and my family have been to the U.S six times on holiday and we were treated very well, all the very best: Russ 👍🏼👍🏾🇬🇧🇺🇸

My goodness you've got a soothing voice, I hope you enjoy your adventures here in the UK my bruva. Manners and respect from the West Midlands.

Your children are so lucky to have a father like you. Enjoy Britain and don't judge us on the London centric image. See as much as possible.

Great video. I certainly share your thoughts on globalisation and culture. I spent time living in the US ten years ago for much the same reasons. If you ever come up to Scotland (Edinburgh) and need a tour guide you know who to ask. Scotland welcomes you and your family with open arms.

Welcome to the UK 🇬🇧 Great to have you here! Hope everyone is settling in & you can get to travel soon 😊

You are the very best kind of American; one who has rejected the, "Rah! Rah! U-S-A!" mentality. America has a lot of positives and a lot of negatives, just like EVERY other nation on the planet. There is no "best" country, simply different countries, but many Americans are not very worldly, knowing little outside their own state. The future of America depends on people like you. As a Brit (living in Canada for now), I hope you enjoy the UK. It's a great country :)

Something about your voice or demeanor is so kind as you explore your new home. You have a humble, yet very intelligent intellectual curiosity about you, and a fascination with how culture flows, influencing and being influenced. Enjoy your journey and thanks for taking us along. RIP your majesty from the USA

I love your philosophy - always a warm welcome to England x

I really admire you, I was fortunate to travel and live around in different cultures. You can't truly admire your own culture and it's weaknesses until you travel. Enjoy ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Hey Mac ! Like yourself I’ve worked and lived in other countries, South America and 18 years in West Africa, It’s great to have different experiences and learn about different cultures… We all welcome you and your family on this posting to the U.K… I hope you and your family have happy lives here, there plenty of nice family places for you to visit, don’t forget Wales and Scotland..take care …

Inshallah to everything you are saying! You are going to make your kids some of the best people in this world!! They are going to lead us into the future in some of the best ways possible. God willing and By the Grace of God.

Fellow American here, been thinking about moving to the UK from California to give myself a chance to explore a different culture & way of living. I know the experience will be challenging, but I think it’ll be a very worthwhile one. I had a chance to date some British men and I was blown away by the general respect & integrity I’ve been treated with. Funny thing was, that opened my eyes to the possibility of exploring the UK. I’m so happy I stumbled upon your channel! Will be watching the rest of your videos and live vicariously through you and your beautiful family!

This made me smile so hard! Welcome we’re happy to have you xx

Welcome to you and your family. When you come up to Scotland please visit Fife, the coastal towns are beautiful. Anstruther, Crail, Pittenweem, Elie, St Andrews, St monans dripping with history as well as scenery, Also the stunning Culross (where outlander is filmed) and Dunfermline palace where ancient kings and queens lived and Dunfermline abbey where Robert the Bruce is buried. I hope you enjoy this wee island of ours.

Welcome to the UK In particular England 🙂I hope you will find good friends here and enjoy meeting new people. I think you will find that as a nation of like minded people, we are loyal, honest and trustworthy and you will get support and help when you come across things you are unsure of or not used to (like the weather! Always take a coat and a brolly even on the hottest of days in the Summer! 😁) I look forward to seeing more of your videos and seeing how you getting in and settling down on our funny little island, our green and pleasant land. 🙂🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Whilst here, you absolutely have to try Indian food. That is part of the british experience. Hope you have a lovely time here(lots of lovely memories to look back on)😊

Bravo Mac! I applaud your sensibility and desire to broaden your understanding of other cultures, overall were not a bad lot, we have our share of not so nice but thats life. Drink deeply from our history and culture and enjoy wherever you go.. we do have some magnificent sights, some hidden, but enjoy exploring them yourself. Welcome!

With parents like yourselves, your children are going to thrive here. I'm glad some people are here to witness we are NOT a racist Nation.

Your doing the right thing. Your kids can say yes I know the Brits very well and would feel comfortable if they wanted to work here or live here and I hope we gave you a positive influence. I’m Looking forward to watching you all this summer since nature is already showing signs of spring it will start to get warmer every month now. Don’t forget the clocks go forward an hour on the 26th of this month into British summer time setting.

Welcome to England, Mac. Lived here all my life and still nowhere close to exploring all the points of interest. There is *so* much more to us than London. We're *all* much friendlier and interesting, and none of us like London or Londoners :). A _friendly_ rivalry I'm sure you are soon to encounter. Basically, stick a pin in a map and you're pretty much going to find something beautiful or interesting, and *our* history goes back thousands of years, not hundreds. That can kind of get addictive, too. Anyway, all the best to you and yours. We apologise in advance for the weather.

What a lovely perspective to have, and how amazing that you can give your family these experiences. I hate it when people go abroad and complain that things aren't the same as where they're from, then why go there if all you want is more of the same. Best wishes and keep exploring the world.

You have a great philosophy mate. 👌

HI, I have only just found your channel and like your presenting style. I thought I'd jot a note to say a very belated "Welcome to the UK; hope you'll all be very happy." Good luck.

Lived in the UK from 1982 to 1985. My son was born there. It was a wonderful experience that I have never forgotten.

Hope you and your lovely family enjoy your time here buddy, take care

Great ethos you have. I’ve lived and/or worked in the Far East. USA Australia and Europe. My children were born in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and number four England. I feel it gave my family the Opportunity to experience different cultures, cuisines and religions. I thank goodness for working for a company that gave me these opportunities. Do as much as you can, your children will grow up more rounded and with respect for others. Part of my work was in the cocoa industry and Africa is both beautiful and concerning. The problems with despotic regimes are well documented but beneath that it’s a beautiful continent. Good luck in you future adventures.

Every time I watch one of your videos, I am more and more impressed with what a fine man you are. This one has impressed upon me how intentional you have been about raising your family. I have no idea why any black person would want to stay in America but as an old white guy I probably lack the perspective. Racism is ugly from any perspective but it's direct affect on me is not that great. It hurts deep down inside, not in my pocket book or in my opportunities. I just root for you to be able to raise your family with love and kindness. It's people like you who give me hope for humanity. Something we are losing in America.

It's good to hear such a vote of confidence in our country, as you will have noticed on RU-vid there are other Americans who have come to the same decision. One of the reasons that we don't categorise people here on the basis of their genetic background is that most of us come from very mixed heritages, there having been immigration here for over 2000 years. (I am half Lithuanian, quarter Irish and quarter English, my wife is half Afro-Caribbean, quarter Scottish and quarter English, and that's just going back a 100 years or so! And we view ourselves as English.) If you and your family are good decent people that means that America's loss is our gain.

Young man you are a credit to your family a credit to yourself and a credit to the human race.i can only wish you and your family well in your travels and adventure.my highest regards to you.

Welcome to the UK my friend, hope you and your family like living here, wishing you all the best for the future.

Welcome to the UK, I hope you have a great experience here.

The world needs more parents like you my friend and regardless of your colour or nationality I am happy to call you a friend ,good luck to you and your beautiful family .

Best wishes to you and your family, I hope you get to see the many wonderful sights and sound of this lovely country😊❤

You made all the right choices for all the right reasons and followed them through , that takes courage. Welcome to Britain my friend , if we meet the coffees are on me.

Welcome to the UK 🇬🇧 What a fantastic and brave decision you’ve made for you and your family. My father was in the British Army so we moved around a lot from posting to posting. In fact, I was born in Germany and have lived in Cyprus, England, Germany again, Belize and back to the UK. After the Army he had a job that took us to Hong Kong. My dad made sure we embraced the culture of wherever we were living and I feel extremely lucky to have travelled to so many countries before I was 20. I’m quite a bit older now (54) but I still love to travel and immerse myself in the local culture, food, etc. Your children will thank you for this wonderful opportunity you have given them. I know I’m grateful to my dad for giving our family experiences that were extraordinary. I hope you and your family enjoy your stay here and good luck with your future adventures xxx

What a great honour you pay us by moving here

Have fun with your exploring. UK is only small, but the is loads to see. 👍

Welcome to the UK 🇬🇧 No guns necessary, health care at your fingertips, and the best thing is, it doesn’t matter if you are white, black, brown, purple, green, red or striped, in most parts of this country if you are polite and nice to people you will receive the same treatment in return, enjoy the freedom, the culture, the relaxed behaviour of the UK. Scotland has some amazing scenery and the history is amazing to hear. Ireland is one of my favourite places to visit, I’ve never seen a leprechaun though. Welcome and have the time of your life in our beautiful country 😊😊😊😊

God your voice is so soothing brother. I feel so relaxed just listening to you! And you sound like a great father and human being. As an african american myself, a woman, I will look into the UK as a possible location. I can't stay in America, I just can't.

Welcome and how lucky your children are to have such an open upbringing. I hope you and your family enjoy living here.

I am glad you are willing to try something differently we wish you well I came here 1955 and at first it was a bit difficult but we have helped to built it better and now we are enjoying life with our children.

You are very welcome. I hope you and your family enjoy your stay in the UK.

We love that you came here, and explain what makes this country is special. We see our homeland through your eyes!

Welcome to the UK I hope you and your family will be very happy here.

I’ve always considered that I have been extremely lucky in my life: good health, educational opportunities ( mostly funded by the government), a stable home environment, etc. Listening to you, however, I realise that I was in some ways deprived: as a child I saw seamen of Middle Eastern origin around the dock area of the port where my grandmother lived, but I didn’t see a Black person my age until I was about 13, and I didn’t personally know a Black person until I went to university in 1962. Even now, because my social contacts are mainly with others of my own generation, there are relatively few non-whites among them. You have arrived in a UK which is vastly more diverse than it was in those days ( though certainly not entirely free of racism and ignorance), and your children, with your guidance, will grow up much more open-minded than we were. I hope you will also encourage them, among other pursuits, to become fluent in another language - it scarcely matters which one, because that ability makes the next language easier to learn. We who were born into anglophone communities have a very rich linguistic heritage, but there is so much more out there. I realise I’m preaching to the choir here, but I wish there were more people like you and I applaud your willingness to share your wisdom. Every little helps!

I really hope you and your family have a wonderful time in the UK and if you get the chance, Ireland

This is so beautiful. This is what I want for my future. Your children are so exceptionally lucky. ♥️

When your country is truly blessed and enriched by new arrivals...

Brilliant, fella. Welsh cakes, Black Bomber cheddar cheese, Wensleydale cheese eaten with a slice of Walkers heavy fruit cake, Stilton cheese with crackers, oak smoked Wiltshire bacon, real apple cider like Thatchers, Scottish breakfast bread rolls from Lidl, and you have the cities of Bath, Bristol and Cardiff not too far away. Good luck and all best.

To learn the ways of other countries is wonderful it will have a tremendous impact on your children even more than you can imagine. Good luck to you and the family .

Enjoy our wee island! Stay as long as you like, you're clearly 'our kind' of family!! Open, smart, willing to learn, as well as teach, loving parents, happy kids! Just what 'team GB,' needs!! 😀

I am serial watching your Vlogs, the natural way you all “behave” is Priceless, I super enjoy your commentary and especially the Food experiences. Your worldly view is a rare thing these days, what a gift to your kids, that they will thank you both for (eventually). Cheers from San Diego

I wish you and your family every blessing and that you and your children enjoy a healthy and happy life here.

Welcome to the UK! You will receive a warm welcome, friendly chats, lots of tea offered and (unfortunately) changeable weather that everyone will talk about 😆 I hope you learn to love our beautiful islands. Wishing you the very best of British (luck.) 🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️

Welcome! I hope you and your beautiful family have a wonderful time here in the UK 🇬🇧

I like the reasoning behind your decision to move. I left the UK nearly 30 years ago, initially to go travelling, but after a few years backpacking I settled down, established a business and am now lucky enough to have been able to retire in the Philippines with my family. I go back to the UK intermittently, primarily now as a tourist, but I doubt if I will be returning permanently. I respect your desire to see all aspects of the UK as it can be a wonderful experience travelling around the country.

It's nice to hear you saying positive things about the UK because most of our politicians spend their time constantly telling us how awful everything is, and a lot of people are totally fed up with hearing that negative message from those politicians.

When you can, come on down to Cornwall! Good luck here in the UK and for your travels in the future. Welcome! :)

How lovely to her such an open, broad-minded outlook on the world. Welcome to our humble little island. I hope you're being looked after.

Hi McArthur. I'm just checking out your videos. It's great to see people like me living in this country. The British are so less stressed about race.

I hope your children grow up well in the country. My sisters 3 children did and went to posh schools. Amazingly they have come out very well, and I adore them as much as adults as I did when they were adorable children. They have always been so brave.

Welcome to the UK. I hope you manage to fit in a trip to the Yorkshire Dales soon. Best wishes to you and your family and good luck for the future.

You are always Welcome to visit Scotland . Happy to show the fantastic place this is . Welcome . Great Music food and People ☀️

Just want to add my voice to those welcoming you to the UK. Hope you have a great time here!

Hope you enjoy your time here and experience only great things!

The best of luck to you Mac, and your beautiful family. I am wishing you all the very best from life. :)

This will be a big adventure for you and all the family. There will be times when you all get homesick (especially the kids), but there will also be times when you really love the adventure and challenge and your new home. Welcome here :). The UK may be tiny compared to the US, but it is packed, so there are so many things to see and explore. England alone is vastly different from north to south, let alone adding Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. And of course, Europe is on our doorstep. So, it sounds much like you came during COVID. Well, all I can say is that it is a better place outside of that. We have lost so many shops, restaurants, cafes and businesses, but hopefully these will come back. Oh, and your kids will develop a British accent of sorts ;) Probably a mixed one. It will most likely sound American to those here, but when they go back to the US, people will notice the difference. That is a good thing of course. My accent is all over the place from all the countries I've lived in. Anyway, I've started watching your videos and subscribed to your channel, so looking forward to more. They're wonderful. Oh, you say you're in the Midlands... is that the Birmingham area or the other side around Nottingam?

As a Londoner, all I can say is, "please visit Wales, the people are lovely, I felt very safe on the beach at Caswell Bay at 3am, with my cousins, watching bioluminescent plankton turn the waves a beautiful shade of electric blue. A lovely group of locals left us the fire they built and we walked ankle deep only into the sea and threw stones in, just to watch the glow of the water it was mesmerising. We went mackerel fishing the next day and indoor crazy golf on our last day there. I'm sure your family will love Wales, it's a very special place, the Welsh are awesome 💞