Real feelings about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK

Real feelings about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK. Immigration was a very popular choice at a certain time. Many people chose to immigrate to other countries, but this The process and procedures are very complicated. Let me share my true feelings about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK. Real feelings about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK 1

1. Pragmatism

The people and systems of local institutions in the UK are pragmatic and usually deal with problems in a realistic way. The administration is scientific, taxes are paid directly from your salary, most things can be done online and the relevant websites are actually both clear and useful.

2. Job opportunities

Generally speaking, there are many job opportunities, and young and talented people usually have the opportunity to use their talents and make something as. And the salary level of most people is also quite good.

3. Diversity

The UK is very open to diversity and new ideas. You can see police officers with tattoos and employees with blue hair. This can be explained to a certain extent. Their fashion sense. Don't worry about things being different in the UK. They drive on the left, use different units of measurement, and have different power sockets than other countries.

4. Cars

Despite the traffic jams, the UK is still a great country to travel by car. Everything is so close and the highway is virtually free. For example:

A two-hour drive can take you from London to the coastal city of Brighton;

A 90-minute drive can take you from Bristol to charming Devon The countryside and even deep into Wales;

Kendal in the Lake District is only 2.5 hours from the gates of Scotland;

Just 2 hours from London to Paris or Brussels on the Eurostar 15 minutes.

5. Safety

Crime and insecurity are rare, the city is safe, the police play a big role, and people are very polite and respectful most of the time.

6. Pub culture

Very good tea and beer (local craft beer) at very reasonable prices (￡3.50-4 where I live). The bar culture is unparalleled. They do some decent cheese like Stilton blue and it's hard to beat a proper English breakfast. They also serve proper pints (0.56L) rather than European pints (0.5L).

2. What are the disadvantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK?

1. Catering

Britain is underdeveloped in terms of food. Apart from beer and breakfast, it mainly consists of fish and chips, burgers and chips. Many people call British food the most painful thing in the world, especially some formal occasions. Not only is the process cumbersome, but the taste may not be suitable for Chinese people.

2. Small cities are too boring

Medium-sized cities are poorly planned, causing traffic congestion, and the building structures can be ugly. A mid-sized city center usually includes a pawn shop, a bar, a grocery store, a moped shop, and a KFC next to a McDonald's (Prince).

3. Higher education is very expensive

Although the quality of higher education in the UK is very good, it is also very expensive. Unless you can get a scholarship, it will be a huge burden for the average family.

4. Rent and housing prices

The housing market is expensive, and the small size of the housing stock cannot make up for this. It can also be very difficult for single people to buy a home, especially in London and the south of the country.

It can be seen that although the UK is generally a very attractive country, there are also disadvantages and disadvantages that need to be overcome in the past life of immigrants. It is best to balance the pros and cons before making a decision. Real experience of the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK 2

A rich and welfare-rich Britain

Although the UK no longer has the style of the empire on which the sun never sets, its economy still ranks among the best in the world. .

As an important trading entity, economic power and financial center, the United Kingdom is the fifth largest economic system in the world and one of the richest, most economically developed and highest living standards countries in the world.

Probably because the economy is developed and relatively wealthy. The welfare of the United Kingdom is simply frightening. Even in Europe, which is famous for its comprehensive welfare system, the welfare of the United Kingdom is enviable.

Universal free medical care that international students can also enjoy

British education comparable to American education

In addition, buying a house in the UK is different from that in China:

First, there is no public sharing, and the actual area used is directly calculated;

Second, property rights are different. In the UK, generally from 250 to 999, the property rights are different. etc.;

Third, taxes and fees are different. The UK also involves land rent, municipal tax, etc. If you add in TV fees and water and electricity fees (which are more expensive than in China), the holding cost will be higher than in China. .

Finally, I would like to add two words about price levels. From my personal feeling, the cost of living in London can be compared to Beijing and slightly higher, and the cost of living in Manchester can be compared to Guangzhou and slightly higher.

The prices of various meats, eggs, Western vegetables, and most daily necessities are not much different from those in China. For example, beef costs about 7 pounds per kilogram, and you can buy it in ordinary supermarkets. True feelings about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to the UK 3

The UK is an English-speaking country. For most young people or people with a little knowledge of English, the language barrier to immigrating to the UK is not that strong. Many older people have some basic knowledge of English.

Today’s young people have a better foundation in English and can start speaking and communicating when they come to the UK. Therefore, language barriers are not a problem when immigrating to the UK.

British racial discrimination is not that strong. Although it is not a country of immigrants and does not have such a large immigrant population, racial discrimination in the UK is relatively not that obvious. There are no demonstrations against racial discrimination like France or the United States. The UK is relatively tolerant. .

Although some Chinese people behave inappropriately when traveling to the UK, most of the British people they meet are relatively friendly to the Chinese. For example, my friend's neighbors, an old couple who live opposite my friend, often help my friend look after the house and put the trash cans back into their original places. My friend is very grateful.

Whenever my friend travels back to China, he will help my friend take care of her house and water her flowers. My friend and they didn't know each other before. After my friend moved here, she often helped her and was very friendly to my friend. Sometimes they say hello and greet each other very friendly, so this makes my friend feel good, and there is no such strong racial discrimination. My friend has met many local British people before, and they are also very friendly. Although not all British people are very friendly, most of them are OK.

The UK is relatively safe. Although crime occurs everywhere in the world, the UK has not yet reached the point of panic. A country will definitely have some security problems, and the security in the UK is not bad. The area where my friend lives is not a good area, but the overall security environment is not bad. Of course, public security cannot be compared with that in China.

The overall pace of life in the UK is relatively slow. It is not as crowded or as busy or as stressful as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Once you get used to life in the UK, your entire rhythm will slow down, or you will start to become a little lazy or tired, so the pace and pressure of life will not be so great. If people's awareness of leisure and work is slightly stronger, they will not go out to work desperately, or their awareness of enjoying life will be greater.

Britain is a relatively free or respectful country. If you are urged by your parents or friends at home to "do you want to get married?" "do you want to have a daughter or a boy?" Isn’t it a matter of sexual orientation?” This is not a problem in the UK. No one cares whether you are married or not, or whether you are gay. In the UK, people are very respectful. Even your parents will not urge you to get married or have children when you are 30 or 35 years old.

And now my thinking is, if one day my son says "Mom, I don't want a son in the future" or "I don't want this", I can accept it. I feel that it is his life and I have no right to interfere. So in the UK, people are relatively more respectful and free, and you can have whatever you say.

Elementary school to high school (college) are all free; the state will provide you with loans for university and postgraduate studies

British education starts from the first grade of primary school and continues until High schools are free. Some will also receive child growth allowance from the company, which means you can get part of the money every month until the child turns 18, so there is no pressure for British children to go to school.

Furthermore, if you enter university education, the university can borrow money from the state. There are many wealthy parents who don’t give their children any money, and the children have to take out loans themselves. But how you repay the money from the state loan depends on your future income.

Therefore, going to university is not a problem for poor British families. For wealthy families, it only gives them more opportunities to improve themselves. Therefore, having no money to study is not a problem in the UK. The country will provide some assistance and so on. As for how much money you can make in the future and when you will pay it back, that is another matter. All in all, the British government still supports college students, so British education is not bad.

In addition, comparing the education in the UK and China, I think Chinese children, such as children who cannot read, do not give gifts to teachers, or do not like the teacher, will be very miserable. Nowadays in China, it is common for children who are suppressed, or who do not participate in training or make up after-school classes to be squeezed out or given bad seats, which will cause great harm to the child's physical and mental health.

But in the UK, you should never think of a teacher excluding a student. The student can sue you. Therefore, British education protects students who are not particularly good at studying and those whose academic performance is particularly good. It is also advantageous to have good students, so you will have more opportunities to apply to one of the world's top high-quality schools in the UK.

Food safety in the UK is relatively good. For example, the feeding, slaughtering and migration of sheep and cattle in the UK are tracked, so food safety issues must be ensured. All expired food is discarded and labels will not be removed and re-attached for sale.

In the UK you will never feel that you are in a strange country. Why? Because there are so many Chinese Super Leagues in the UK, and 80% of cities have Chinese supermarkets, Chinese restaurants, and Chinese takeaways, you won’t feel like you have to drive three hours to buy chili sauce and Lao Gan Ma in the United States, which is not the case in the UK. There are a lot of Chinese supermarkets in the UK, ranging from Sichuan peppercorns and cinnamon bark to milk ingredients and starch. All the ingredients we commonly use in China, such as buns and dumplings, are available in the UK. I basically no longer bring food from China. The cooking ingredients come over, so it's very convenient.

There are many Chinese people in the UK, such as London, Manchester City, Birmingham, and Liverpool. If you don’t have such good English and want to find some friends, you will soon be able to make friends in this circle in the UK. You can find friends to drink tea with, chat with, and go for a walk with.

The transportation in the UK is relatively convenient. There are cars when you want to drive, and buses when you don’t know how to drive. It is very convenient. Regardless of whether the village is large or small, some villages may have fewer cars, but most Chinese people will live in popular cities where food is generally available, so there will be no traffic problems.

If you are used to living in the UK, you will quickly find a way to work, make money or support your family. If you own a property in the UK, the cost of living in the UK is not high. So if you want to support a family, or several people to support a family, and have a high-quality life, it is quite easy in the UK.

The above are the good aspects of immigrating to the UK. Let’s talk about the bad aspects and what places are not suitable for everyone to immigrate to the UK.

The disadvantages of living in the UK

< p> The first is the weather in the UK. If you are used to living in southern China, such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, and you come to the UK, you will find that summer is particularly cool. The weather in summer is very cool, just over 20 degrees, with a maximum of 30 degrees. There are very few 30-degree weather, and there are no mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats or snakes. Relatively speaking, summer is a particularly good climate with long days.

But in winter, you will feel that the days in the UK are extremely short and the nights are extremely long. The weather is relatively cold, not as cold as Beijing, but it is still not suitable for southerners. If you like the heat then the UK may not be for you, it's just for a holiday.

Life is boring: people who cannot bear loneliness should not come to the UK. Because we live in China, we can play music, play in KTV, or dance in the square every night, and have a few friends together to have a good time. Or you can make an appointment with three or five people to go to a restaurant for a meal of hot pot or crayfish with just one phone call. You can also sit at the door with a few people and chat, talk about the mountains and brag, or even go for a walk by the river or in the park, but these may not be applicable in the UK.

Because in the UK, you usually make an appointment with your friends once a week, or meet once a week or two, because others don’t have that much time to have fun with you. And there is no square dancing in the UK. I don’t do square dancing now, and I don’t have the opportunity to play cards, so I have to endure loneliness in the UK.

As for supermarkets, supermarkets in small towns usually close at around five o'clock, and if they are in large cities, they are open until seven or eight o'clock at most. It won’t be like in China when it’s past eleven o’clock and you still have so much time to go out. You have to know that in the UK, if you are looking for good things at night, it is sometimes very embarrassing after ten o'clock, so you have to learn to enjoy life at home.

The third aspect is that the timeliness of medical treatment in the UK is slow. If it is an emergency, it means a broken leg or arm, bleeding, bleeding, heart bypass, etc., the doctor will be treated very quickly. But if you have chronic diseases such as headache, brain fever, toothache, etc., it will be very uncomfortable to deal with one, two, and three. So it is best not to get sick in the UK. Medical care is free in the UK, but you have to pay for medicines yourself.

And many times if you have a headache or a fever, the doctor will tell you to go home, drink more boiled water and rest, so it may not be suitable for the mentality of us Chinese people who want to take medicine when they are sick. Or if you want to queue up and get an intravenous drip, it will be done today. In the UK, you may not be given an intravenous drip! Seeing a doctor is completely different from that in China.

The fourth aspect is British food. As mentioned before, it is easy to buy all kinds of food in the UK. You can buy British food, and Chinese food is not a problem. But you can’t eat authentic Chinese food like in China. Although there are many restaurants, they are all made by second-hand chefs, or they are localized and Westernized Chinese food in the UK, and some dishes are made according to Western tastes.

In all aspects, the ingredients in the UK may not be as authentic as those in China, so the taste is a little different. So to eat authentic food in the UK, you have to do it yourself and be able to cook it yourself.

The fifth aspect is that relatively speaking, making money in the UK may not be as fast as in China. Even if you have a lot of money, you may not be able to put it in the bank, so this is different from that in China. For example, if you have relevant resources and cooperation in China, you can make money quickly. Everyone depends on their ability. For example, someone I met in the UK earned more than RMB 6 million a year in net profit. So whether you have the ability to make money depends on your ability. Of course, relatively speaking, China has a large population base. It will be easier for you to speak Chinese, but it will be more difficult for you to speak Chinese in the UK.

The sixth aspect is that in the UK, pornography, gambling and drugs in the UK are sometimes not necessarily conducive to the growth of children. For example, in the UK, sex work (prostitution) is not illegal and can be done.

Gambling is also possible. As long as you enter a regular gambling establishment and have a license, you can start experiencing it.

As for poison, if you take medicine or marijuana, it is okay to eat a few pills or a small amount. It is not illegal even to plant a few plants, but it cannot be traded. This means that some students and schools may also have it, so children are easily affected. This aspect is relatively a risk.

Immigration to any country depends on your personal needs. For example, you may have some reasons for wanting to immigrate, or you may feel that your life in the country is too stressful, or you may have family, Career or even if you have achieved financial freedom in your country, if you want to enjoy life in a different place, then you can consider it. Regardless of whether you immigrate or not, if you want to immigrate overseas, you must first have great courage, because you will definitely feel as comfortable as you did at home.

Second, you must have endurance. You must be able to endure loneliness at the beginning and have the ability to do things. The third aspect is that you have to continue to learn. In this learning process, you will continue to discover your own abilities and practical abilities. If you are a rich person, you will be fine wherever you live, because money can solve problems. But for those who don’t have particularly large funds and are looking for a direction, then you can consider immigrating to the UK.

My point of view is: Now that the country is so developed, it is okay to go abroad occasionally, but living there for a long time is not necessarily the best choice. From the map, China’s territory is gradually increasing. It does not mean that one day the Eurasian plate will be able to travel unimpeded. Don’t forget that Eurasia is one continent and there is no sea in the middle.