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Also, the first class tickets for the train were totally worth it.
Congrats on getting out of here! Good luck on the future!
I hope y'all can relax soon. I don't regret having left the US years ago; the only hard parts are not being able to see some family much (though Skype and the like help) and certain foods that just don't exist here (less of an issue in the UK than Japan), but copycat recipes can get things close.
I remember seeing the post about you looking for a job there. Congrats on making it out!
Someone once said that emigrating is trading one set of societal issues for another. If you’re happy with the trade, awesome.
Good luck in your new homeland.
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The UK just gained several precious people. Good for them!
Lemmy will be okay if you don't keep posting as much as you've been. Do whatever you need to do to set your family up there.
Welcome to Europe! I moved to Germany almost 20 years ago, and holy batflaps am I happy about that choice.
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Welcome! Hopefully once you're settled you'll be able to find a local pub that does a good sunday roast
The closest pub here is called, I kid you not, The Spread Eagle. I haven't been yet but how can I not?
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I seriously think airlines are a sham after riding a bunch of trains.
On a train:
Seats are massive. First class wasn't like 5x the ticket price. No charge for luggage. No wack-ass TSA giving you conflicting rules about if you should keep your shoes/belts on or not. You want to rent a room so you can sleep, do it. You wanna jog from one end to another? Sure.
Unfortunately in America, trains don't fully connect to most places. And because of the price, attracts some real skeevos who leave the place a mess. In most other countries, my god. It's beautiful.
I don't disagree but it's really hard to find a train from New York to London.
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Ugh ... Transatlantic train?
Isn't the UK Distopian in other bad ways? Like insane government surveillance and monitoring
You know what it doesn't have? People in power wanting to put queer people in conversion therapy or oppress them in other ways. Which is the main reason we moved.
My daughter isn't trans, she's a lesbian, but they won't stop with trans people. They want to erase queerness in America.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
[Edit] Most countries have pretty bad surveillance. America is unique in projecting bad things on other countries without having any self reflection.
https://aithority.com/news/top-10-countries-and-cities-by-number-of-cctv-cameras/
https://archive.is/2wN7a (Archived copy)
The UK isn't great, but its not really an outlier compared to anywhere else.
China has at least 200 million cameras installed in the country. ... other countries such as the United States and Germany have 50 million and 5.2 million CCTV Cameras each. The list goes on with other countries with more than 1 million cameras. The United Kingdom has 5 million CCTV cameras installed
In fact
The United States has 15.28 CCTV cameras every 100 individuals, followed by China with 14.36 and the United Kingdom with 7.5.
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I wish you the best here across the pond. ;)
Welcome! Do you have a football team already or are you going to support Bastard Rovers?
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Welcome to our side of the pond, friend!
I wish you all the best. Be sure to stock up on tea when you're settled.
Good luck!
Ohh that's a rough ass flight for a teen :) good luck over there!
You did it!! Good on ya.
Ah awesome, I was only thinking about you both the other evening and wondered how you were doing.
I hope everything is going well so far.
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