Anyone have anything positive to say about living in the U.K.?

Question

It often appears to be all 'doom and gloom' in the media these days - and you don't have to look too far on this site to find questions and answers focusing on the negative side of life in the U.K.

But I don't want hear about all that!

So, major or trivial, serious or light-hearted, tell me some good things about living here...c'mon, I know you can do it!

Answer 1

Castles, beaches, seasons, chips...

Canal boats, pasties, fashion victims, 'water rats'...

Peacocks on lawns, mountains full of heather, King Arthur, wild deer...   NHS staff who keep a sense of humour, 70's parties, we drive on the correct side of the road...  Ken Dodd, Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, tug-o-war on the village green after Morris Dancing, cucumber sandwiches, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon... mixtures of cultures, accents & freedom, wild bluebells that smell nice, British curry (now't like it in all of Asia), hedgehogs...  Mother's Union & Womens Institute produce & cake stalls, rainbows of hope on a rainy day, Glastonbury festival... Friends that know what you mean if you say "Flobberlobalob weeeeed!"....

Answer 2

Posh and becks don't live here anymore

Answer 3

Nando's! ;-)

Answer 4

as a a working class woman  this goverment have allowed me to buy my own home at a reduced price

i also have a degree and am doing a PGCE , this kind of education for working class people was unheard of only a couple of decades ago. education for women centuries ago  was thought to affect the reproductiive organs

i am lucky to be born in england and to benefit from the education system we have

Answer 5

I don't live in England now but I do fly home about 3 times a year and what do I see from the planes window.? The most beautiful country in the world. Its greener that anywhere in Europe with small hamlets and well kept villages. Yes I love coming HOME.

Answer 6

Hey goes.............this morning, my daughter, who is 28years old, and 31weeks pregnant, had a very painful leg, a large red patch on it, suspecting a blood clot, I phoned seadoc, who arranged a doc to call within 15minutes, who arranged for her to go to the hospital, who saw her at once, who gave her a prescription for anti biotics as it was an infected vien in her leg.....phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that is something great about this country! And we didnt have to pay a thing, so its not all bad here guys, truly its not.

Answer 7

I feel the government can do what they want with you and nobody is strong enough to do anything about it.

Would I move? No!

Answer 8

pubs.

Answer 9

You're surrounded by people with a lovely accent.

The grass is literally greener there. The irish countryside is beautiful (sorry I'm counting as part of the Kingdom) and the U.K. is home to what I find the most pleasing and uplifting hills in the world.

The Pubs and the drinking belonging to the greater U.K. area should make anyone swell up with pride. Beer tastes better in the U.K. because of the environment one finds himself in.

It's home to Oxford and Cambridge, two Universities that have contributed an esteemed amount of academia and intellectuals to the world.

Sport.

Answer 10

The countryside smells quite nice when its been raining. x

Answer 11

I live in Wales and I think its superb! The entire world comes to stay in Swansea. But if you are a positive thinker you will think positive and if yer a negative thinker, then contiune to read the news and have them brainwash you.

Answer 12

well I have friends all over the world and most say they would love to live here - and yes they do all work, have their own homes etc - they love the fact that our weather is unpredictable, not having to worry about medical insurance, our British accents, countryside, seaside towns etc etc

Answer 13

I don't want to go anywhere else. Three old churches within 5 minutes of each other, a castle, lots of the buildings go back up to 400 years. I walk to the local shops down a narrow street and pavement, if anyone is coming the other way we have to step aside for each other and we apologise for it, I call that civilised. That's some of the good bits, which outweigh the bad.

Answer 14

London, you know, bad teeth, worse weather, cup of tea, fish and chips, Mary ******** Poppins, London!!

I love it!

Answer 15

Wont get skin cancer from the sun, its never out!

Answer 16

the sun came out today...

anybody who doesn't like the UK.. can always emigrate..

Answer 17

this makes me proud to be british, innit ...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html...

Answer 18

Scotland!!!

Naughty!!!!

Answer 19

You could do a lot worse than living in the UK. I suggest everyone should have a 3 month stay in any third world country or 3 months living under a dictatorship. Then you should be asked the question again.

Answer 20

castles, countryside, fish and chips, Indian and Pakistani neighborhoods, asian stores, asian curry houses, nhs, london, intergration with people of other cultures races and religions, Halal stores, nhs medical system, beautiful churches and mosques, history, parliament, buckingham palace, art, theatre, etc. England is just nice place to live

Answer 21

old castles, warm weather and awesome accents!

Answer 22

One major draw we should NEVER EVER lose

N.H.S

Answer 23

I love living in the UK and specifically in Leeds. We have free speech, we have a safety net for vulnerable people, we have the NHS, we have great cultural talent - music, art, films drama etc, we have wonderful history and beautiful places to visit.  I wouldn't live anywhere else.

Answer 24

Life's good if you live a monotonous life and you like football, beer and a jolly good kind of other "ENGLISH" stuff. If your in America and plan to move to the UK I wont advise it for my cousin just returned from there last week.

Answer 25

The most beautiful countryside in the world. I just love it.

Answer 26

Positive no, unless one like rain.

Answer 27

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my mom makes good cakes......................................

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we have lots of sky............

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Answer 28

we don't have to pay for medical treatment and we get free prescriptions (well i know we do in wales not sure about the rest of the uk)

nice beaches

plenty of historic attractions

Answer 29

Its History, which to this day I find fascinating, and know one can beat that,but having spent nearly 4 decades of working like a dog for very little return, I have gone for the more peaceful relaxed way of life by the sea in.........................Eire.

Answer 30

Our country is beautiful thats why people from other countries want to come here to live.We have so much its impossible to list them all.

Answer 31

I've just returned from a holiday in India which was so humbling.  There are so many things two I can think of straight away are running drinking water and a constant supply of electricity.  But there's so much more our history, sense of humour, manners, seasons, landscapes. I'm grateful to live here and I'm English.