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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only way to do London is via an expat package where your salary is grandfathered and you additionally receive a cost of living adjustment. Moving there on a local package and being paid local labor market wages is a dumb move. UK pays about 2/3 of the wage for a similar role in USA, it’s just how it is there. Healthcare is free. But specialists are difficult to find and poorly trained. Train system is built out but strikes that shut down the metro are common. Housing is just as expensive and the homes are smaller. Cars cost the same. Nearly all cars are diesel and it’s expensive. You’ll never ski again unless you can afford trips to the alps. Groceries cost the same once you factor in foreign currency xchange. You will never have a good steak, Mexican food or hamburger again. If you’re serious about moving prepare yourself and do the research. Most US immigrants to London give up US Citizenship in their 5th year or so - meaning you give up your US passport and the protections of US Embassies [/quote]

Fantastically ill-informed nonsense from a genuine idiot. Thanks for playing.[/quote]

Oh Really? Which part because I actually lived there for 5 years and we knew many in the international community who experienced and or would agree with everything I wrote. Did I touch a nerve lol.😂 Perhaps you’re a Brit with bad teeth living in denial about the reality of living the UK in comparison to here. [/quote]

This always pisses me off so much. Do you know why the Brits have a reputation for having bad teeth? It’s because they spent most of the 20th century being [b]poor as shite[/b]. When my nan started having dental issues stemming from malnutrition as a young woman in the 1950s, the standard of care was to just take everything out and issue a set of free dentures. And you wonder why people preferred to limp along with an imperfect smile instead. [b]There was no money for braces [/b]or private dentistry. And it was so common to have crowding or enamel issues  that people could still have a public career without getting shamed or cut off because of it. Just because Americans had more money than they knew what to do with during the 20th century doesn’t mean that applied to the rest of the English speaking world.  [/quote]

Because you are paid low(er) wages, and also accept the 40% tax rate. We've come full circle to the OPs topic.

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