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water0808

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American looking for information about England

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Lives in Bath, England

Registration: 23 August 2020

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4 years ago
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Low salaries in the UK vs U.S: How do people make it work? by water0808

So, my husband (who was born and raised in Scotland but left at 18) and I (I am an American) are toying wit the idea of moving back to the UK (well, back for him, first time for me) with our 12 year old in a year or so. But we always look at ...

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Ok. I just compared average salary in UK and Britain and they don’t seem so diff. Some sites put similar jobs as vastly different in pay and others do not. But yeah with free healthcare that seems to even out. And I agree. Same language but ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Low salaries in the UK vs U.S: How do people make it work? by water0808

So, my husband (who was born and raised in Scotland but left at 18) and I (I am an American) are toying wit the idea of moving back to the UK (well, back for him, first time for me) with our 12 year old in a year or so. But we always look at ...

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haha. Yes there are some that eat steaks and have guns. We don't do either. Cars are definitely smaller there it is true. Hopefully anyone who's moved between the two countries can give some advice here too :D Read More

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4 years ago

Low salaries in the UK vs U.S: How do people make it work?

So, my husband (who was born and raised in Scotland but left at 18) and I (I am an American) are toying wit the idea of moving back to the UK (well, back for him, first time for me) with our 12 year old in a year or so. But we always look at ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England? by water0808

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ...

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Thanks so much for your reply. Yeah, so I always wonder how much worse the weather is there. So my husband is more north of Edinburgh and he said it rained a lot. He said they would look across the river and see sun in Edinburgh all the time. A ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England? by water0808

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ...

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Thanks so much again for your reply! I sorry for my late one. Thanks so much for all your wonderful info. So appreciated. So as my husband is from Scotland we have thought about Edinburgh. And that Uni seems great and has programs that would fit ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England? by water0808

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ...

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Thank you SO much for your reply! You gave me so much food for thought and some awesome suggestions. When you mentioned about Bath not having a good uni that made me pause. I want to go into academia and do research at a uni. And so I would like to ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England? by water0808

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ...

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So for us it will depend mostly on my husband's job but we will be able to afford up to 400,000-500,000 for a place. As for uni that will depend on his job primarily. We are hoping for him to get a job in bath or somewhere nice around there. The ... Read More

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4 years ago
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Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England? by water0808

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ...

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Hi Cynic, Thank you for your reply. We would even be happy living in Bath if we could find a neighborhood that matched our criteria. Any you think might fit? Thanks again! Read More

water0808 created a thread
4 years ago

Help this family of three decide where to live around Bath, England?

We are looking to live in or near Bath About us: A little about us: we like art, science, philosophy, natural living, hiking, travel. I am American, husband from Scotland, we lived in Japan for years. We are very internationally focused. I will be ... Read More