[MACDONALDO67]

Originally Posted by been there before

Hi,
Just read your thread and yeah could of written that myself to be honest.I was born in the UK and emigrated with my family to Oz in 1970,(I was 9)and returned to the UK 10 years ago.I don't know whether I will return to Oz to live,undecided at present but yeah I get the feeling most people who decide to emigrate don't look at the whole picture do they?For example a girl at work told me she wanted to live in Oz?I asked why?She replied "Its a better standard of life"She has never been there mind you.I spent my lunch break telling her the facts.For example recently my Mum who lives in Adelaide (she is elderly)got a brick thrown in her lounge window!500 young people commit suicide each year in Oz,crime is on the up,10,000 farmers have walked off their farms last week due to the drought,I could go on but I got the impression this girl did'nt really believe me?I spent nearly 30 years in Oz,and never went outside of it.Since I've lived here (10 yrs)I have been to Spain,Crete,Samos,Turkey,India,back to Oz,Paris,Cyprus,Malaysia,Ireland,Corfu and Ibiza!!!!! I think people watch shows on Oz and just go for the sunshine factor myself?You still have to work hard,you still have to pay bills (utility bills are also going up there)petrol is'nt far off what we pay here now and you have further to drive over there to get anywhere!!!If I did go back it would be for family reasons only not because I am deluded thinking its utopia because its far from it.It just makes me angry lately every time I hear someone say they are thinking of moving to Oz when they obviously don't know the facts,true facts not just the wish wash you see on tv.Unless you want skin cancer in summer in oz you are advised to stay out of the sun between 9am-4pm,so whats the point.Instead of being cooped up here by the fire,you are cooped up inside with the air conditioner beating away and most people can't afford to have that going 24/7!!! be proud to be british I say.Lots of great things here,life is what you make it.If you're not happy here then what makes you think you'll be happy in Oz.

Good post !