Poll: Britons would prefer to live in the U.S.

Media and Policy Review ^ | 8/26/02 | Kevin Kelley

[Kevin Kelley]

Poll: Britons would prefer to live in the U.S.

Remember the utopian socialist model? The free health care, the great education? Almost all of the European countries have moved markedly to the left over the last 30 years. Not surprisingly, quality of life and individual happiness have fallen.

LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of Britons would like to emigrate from their homeland, fed up with the price of living and terrible weather, and would prefer to live in the United States or Spain, a survey published Monday said.

Did you get that!? More than half? That is a huge number of dissatisfied people. Yes the world hates us......and would move here in a New York minute if given the chance.

I like the little part about the weather. I lived in England for 12 months, and the weather is indeed a shortcoming, but that's not what's driving this poll. The Brits have had (many) hundreds of years to get used to the weather. No, the problem is that expanding government programs have led to huge levels of taxation--with little or no benefit to the average taxpayer. Liberal income redistribution schemes have removed incentives for success, while high per capita immigration have eroded the British culture. Liberalism has destroyed the British way of life. Now the people want out.

[Kevin Kelley]

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[Mr. Lucky]

...fed up with the price of living and the terrible weather...

Well, how much ARE they willing to pay for the terrible weather?

[mardler]

Many of us are already here!

[Desdemona]

What makes the Brits think the weather is any better here?

[Far Right Of Left]

And in another recent poll, 100% of Moslem extremists want to move to Britain.

[Always Right]

Not to mention there little gun control laws which makes it illegal for Brits to defend themselves against thugs.

[Billthedrill]

Well, they ought to emigrate from their cloudy, depressing Scepter'd Isle, where it rains 50% of the time, to our glorious, green Seattle, where it rains 85% of the time.

That'd larn 'em.

[jjm2111]

Not to mention their screwy self-defense laws where even if you grabbed the perp's gun and shot him, you would be charge with a crime. (manslaugher if the mope died.)

[MacDorcha]

i hope this makes the brits realize that they need to back outta EU... i would hate to see my proud bloodlines and ancestral grounds lost in a whirlwind of marxist foolishness. im a Macleod of the Clan Macleod(Scottish, in case you want to know), the only two things i hold above that are that im American, and most importantly my belief in God.

[uncbob]

Well if they do then they will be essentially back in Britain in about 10 years

[weikel]

Good we need them to offset 3rd world immigration give a free pass to all non muslim Britons except those guys at the Guardian.

[RooRoobird14]

I heard Great Britain was really something in the 15th century. LOL.

[Kenton]

That would be fine, as long as you can prove your British heritage goes back at least four hundred years. We already got enough "teaming refuse of foriegn shores", you can keep your recently-immigrated "Subjects of Former Colonial Powers". That would include American expatriates who left here because they disdain America as well...

[finnman69]

EuroHypocrite BUMP

[Consort]

I give England two years at best before it applies for U.S. statehood.

[MadIvan]

What makes the Brits think the weather is any better here?

There are those of us who know better.

Regards, Ivan (still in England)

[Caipirabob]

If they want to come here we should let them. Hell, at least they can speak English.

*grin*

[jpl]

What makes the Brits think the weather is any better here?

Some of them have probably been to San Diego.

[Paulus Invictus]

I hate to tell you, but our weather is terrific! Today it is clear, sunny and warm at 90 degrees. It averages 72 degrees year round. I can't tell you where we live as we don't need any more northeasterners or Brits. We have a our share of illegal Mexicans, however and you will soon have them too in ever-increasing numbers.

[crystalk]

I have spent a year in Britain, and while the weather lacked sunshine compared to eastern and southern USA, it was less cold than the northeast to say nothing of the north central USA-- and no cloudier or drizzlier, if as bad, as the northWEST Pacific USA, from the Canada border at Vancouver all the way down to San Francisco, west of Cascades/Sierra line.

From what I learned of the British mindset, almost all of them kinda would have gone to the USA if they had a little job or retirement set up there somewhat like they had or soon would have, in Britain.

As to where they would go, of course, some well-to-do had seen Miami or LA, or NY DC or SF, and had friends there etc.

But the rank and file wanted to get lots of sun, and see Indians and the Grand Canyon, without getting too hot and humid about it. Myself, I've never seen the Canyon, nor the Navajo nor Taos, nor ever could want to. But I think Mr and Mrs Average Briton would like to retire at Winslow or Cameron or Williams or Flagstaff, Arizona, lots of sun, no rain, not very hot, lots of Indians, and you can scoot out to the Grand Canyon every week or two if you want.

Winters of course sunny and dry, but perhaps as cold as in England, so maybe they could pop down to Phoenix to shop in the winter a time or two. Maybe this idea should be promoted, we need somebody out there to teach English to the Indians and Mexicans.