The Dark Sides of Living in Britain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- What are the dark sides of living in Britain? If you’re contemplating moving to the UK to escape poverty, for education, for career advancement, or to raise a family, think twice before you hop on the train. There are negative sides of Britain that you need to consider closely. When people arrive in Britain in search of a greener pasture, they’re rudely shocked by those dark sides of living in Britain and also to discover that there are worst places to live in Britain. Today, I’m going to show you some of them. They’re actually among the reasons why foreigners who intend to live in Britain don’t stay.
I need to quickly tell you this: The listing here represents just my personal opinion about living in the United Kingdom and some might consider it a plus and not a minus.
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I am a Nigerian living and working in the UK so I will give my perspective on some points:
1. Cost of Living: Try Switzerland or Scandinavia.
2. Unstable weather: It rains more in NY than London..Yes the UK has more grey days but that's no different to other oceanic regions (including Northern France, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, etc). Also the UK winter are not as cold and summers are not as unbearable.
3. Food: You do NOT have to eat British foods.
4. Make friends: It takes a bit of time but you can get one.
Overall I have loved my experience in the UK and would not trade it for anything else. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If you set your mind to make it by setting your sight in the UK, it's very possible and quite easy.
What is a absolute necessity, when coming to the UK and planning to live there for at least the next 15 years, then a job is essential!
With rent a room style in London, one can easily save £200 from each month of wages and continue saving with that plan for the next 10 years, then you can ens up with close to 10 tens of thousands of pounds.
Swiss cost of living is extremely high, but you get paid far better in Switzerland than in the UK.
@@gorillachilla what has this got to do with his comment? Stereotypes? How about you stay off terrorism?
My advice: Unless you want to wake up in Accident and Emergency room, don't go out on late saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
Don't look at an obviously drunk British person directly in the eye. You might end up in A&E as well.
Oh, and don't give change to the homeless people. Ever.
That's what food banks are for.
If you want to meet a genuinely friendly British person first ask them if they believe in Jesus. If they say 'yes' there's a pretty good chance there going to be the most hospitable type of person you'll met on this here island.
If they say no chances are you'll only ever be an amicable acquaintance. Or they might be stuck up snobs. Either way just don't bother carrying the relationship further than you have to.
@@originalunoriginal4055 This is not seth your mind. You guys need to travel to Canada or USA and see things differently. UK just got a name to convince people, Her citizens are suffering, phone bills, electricity bills, gasoline prices is just skyrocketing, tiny roads and rooms not mentioned low pay for her citizens.
I am a British citizen resident but I want to leave England 🏴 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 because I have had enough I feel I don’t belong in my own country anymore it’s time I found a brighter future
Go to Canada or Australia mate
Outsiders who work in the UK are always made to feel like they are not wanted racism affects everyone .
I have watched the entire video.....still would love to be there and stay for the remaining part of my life . I ha e some uncanny attraction for the country. Wish God listens to my prayers . I call it my dream destination.
Go to Dubai or Bahrain
I live in Oman. No tax, energy @ £5.0 a month. I can fill up my Porsche for about £25. No crime and the sun shines every day and the streets are safe 24/7. You can buy a huge villa here and get permanent residency for the average price of a three bed semi. Pool, beach, golf course, marina, restaurants at your door. Loads of my neighbours are Europeans, Canadians, Romanians, Chinese etc.
It's not too bad at all - Europe on the doorstep, food is quite cheap compared to other countries, interest rates have been low for years, most people are helpful and polite.
I suppose all countries have their problems but looking at the big picture I don't think British life is bad at all - think positive.
No country is perfect.
@@franceskronenwett3539 nobody said any particular country is.
Are you high?
UK is in pretty bad shape, people are rude,prices are crazy, weather is shit,food is bad quality,police is agressive.
Bro UK is pretty shitty country
@@VoyShtheP Make your own mind up, I love my life here, I love my country and the Royals.
Maybe loose some of that negativity out of your head and you would realise we have quite a good life here in the UK compared to other countries.
@@ep1929 you don't know too much about other countries then.
I have lived in the uk for 15 years…i went to uni to study medicine then stayed on and worked there for years. I mainly only have good memories. Maybe I was lucky? But uni experience was good…my training and work as a doctor went very well…my salary was at least good..yes I paid taxes but they were reasonable and you got something in return.
My work collègues and neighbours were super nice and helpful, I lived in a nice cul du sac in a posh area and had bought my house for a reasonable mortgage. I had enough disposable income to live comfortably and save! Again, I could be the exception to the rule but that’s my experience ! I didn’t mind the cost of living, the narrow roads or the small houses (mine was big!)..even food was great as you can easily find your favorite restaurants/food items..etc
There are only two points that I agree on; the terrible weather and the difficulty to make friends. What’s worse than the bad gloomy rainy days is the difficulty to plan your life around the ever changing weather conditions; one day is sunny and gorgeous so you assume the following days will be the same and that summer is here to stay; WRONG!!! It can be windy, rainy and even cold literally the next day!
As for making friends, I have made lots of good relationships but only four friendships, only two of whom were « white British ». Personally, I think the only reason is their personality and it has got nothing to do with racism or discrimination etc.
To summarize, I loved everything about the UK apart from weather. And even though I am an Arab with olive Mediterranean skin, I tan almost everyday now back home in the sun, and this is due to years of sun deprivation 😭😭
Well your case is not at least the 50% most of people living in London from another countries are not that living well like you. Personally I would not like to live in London, too big city to live in. I much prefer small village as I am currently living in
Sounds like this was some years ago. Housing has become extortionate. I went to uni in London in the late 90s. It was affordable. I left London in 2016 as I was worse off as a professional in 2016 than I had been as a student in 97. That's insane. Thank G for WFH.
I find that much of the UK is quite expensive to rent compared with other European countries outside of the capital/s. Buying seems to be expensive everywhere since the bank and credit industry bailouts/£££ printing. But rent is high in the UK compared with most
@@mango4ttwo635 I agree with you, all my friends who returned from London looked frail due to the economic situation
Well you have been lucky then because you have not had the life I had.
That the best you can come up with? Travelled to numerous countries around the world and really it's hard to beat. My favourite is the "unstable" weather - would that be the lack of hurricanes, monsoons, snowstorms and droughts that make it unstable? By the way the cars are small because the roads are small. Just like the rest of Europe where the roads were built when we had horses and carriages. Think I'll stay here thanks.
hah, completely agree! I feel fortunate to live in a place that doesn't have extreme weather. I lived in florida for a brief moment and compared to that, the uk's weather is just fine!
We can get destructive weather in the UK (European windstorms are one of the most costly insured losses historically), but it is never on the same level as the devestation in some other countries which often don't have the infrastructure and money to recover properly.
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Yes i totally agree with your points .i personally have experienced them .
"The weather is unstable!" People who've come here from places which are vulnerable to tropical cyclones must be laughing out loud at this statement.
You are right about the dark sides of living in Britain but having migrated and lived here for the last 42 years I have no regrets. To be fair, there are pros and cons in every country, whether developed or underdeveloped. I say this because previously I lived in India and Tanzania.
In Switzerland it's the same but even more expensive, non social at all, and without creativity. It's a country where it is normal to ignore everyone
@@dezlinglife how are people of colour perceived by the natives of Switzerland ?
@@originalunoriginal4055 Switzerland has one of the highest migration rates among its citizens... it's as Deborah has mentioned... they are being ignored.
Small houses, small doors, small roads and small cars are nice and cozy Politeness too. No dark side in much of what the vídeos says.
Hi..how arae you doing today my friend, hope you're good and the family are okay too and how's the pandemic over there and the weather
You are totally deluded my friend!!!
Britain is only a small country around 900 miles long, with lots of history and town and cities dating back centuries consider this when yo speak of small homes ! Also we do not have big heads like the Americans who think their country is the only country in the world or the best !
damn right
Why so angry?! The people from the US aren't saying they're better than you. I can tell though you believe you think you are though. You've taken this too personally. Hahaha.
@@jessicamartin787 Uhh, pretty sure they do, they are still so proud of the American revolution, the Boston massacre was accidental since a fire was happening down the road, someone shouts fire, soldiers shoot, arguably this is what caused the revolution. The world would be a completely different place if that house wasn’t on fire. Europeans would still have an empire Germany would probably rule over France etc etc etc
We are better,our nurses and workers in generally better paid. We live in nice spacious homes. People here don't live by the millions on benefits. Sorry we are. I love London though
Most shops , cafes etc close at 5. 30 . You finish a working day and nowhere to go . The streets are dead . Its so boring.
Just a few points from an Indian -- when you land in Heathrow you can breath freedom/ there is so much talk about racism, but during my short stay in London there was not even an unsavoury incident/ roads in London are narrow, yet at many places the pavements from both sides of a road would narrow the road further to help pedestrians. That tells how the priorities are perfect in the UK/ many would say London is the best place on earth. They are not far wrong. Guess, the Brits have a habit of complaining too much. :)
Yes some of them. Because they haven't seen life on other sides
This will not convince me to live in UK,with their huge taxes and lower payrolls
London is not racist because is a mix city but if you go to smaller towns where is more retire people they're more racist . But like you say England is a nice place to live but the English will complain about anything. I have live here for 14 years and I really like
@@sidonio123 ok, how diverse is any big city in India,Pakistan,Iran,Iraq, Japan, China,Mexico,Paraguay, Uruguay, any country that has a strong ethnicity so why can’t people from England have identity?
@@johnamoako6806 stay away then 😂😂😂😂😂
English reserve only applies to England. This man is classing the whole of the UK as England. I wonder if he has ever been outside of London.
He forgot to mention that it is so bad that we are over-run with immigrants desperate to live here. They are actually queuing up in Calais.
Every country has its drawbacks and this is a very narrow not very informed commentary.
Stop defending it the culture and social norms here are abusive and antiquated. It's full of twats and low low intelligence.
We are not overrun with immigrants, non-British born people made up about 14% of the population in 2019. That is just right wing tabloid bullshit. If you look at how many refugees are coming in, you will see that the UK takes less (much less) than several other European countries.
@@adamlea6339 - depends on where you live.
The English reserve was actually on the nail. It's almost impossible to be accepted into English culture. It takes decades.
@@jsemplefelton5348 I live in Manchester and the English reserve is absolutely true.
A lot of sweeping generalisations and a lot of stereotypes used. However, I agree a lot of our social life revolves around alcohol but there are many who find other things to do. Uk is expensive, rent and mortgages a rip off, insurance a rip off. Health care is free and universal so much cheaper than the USA. Weather is varied and a lot of people enjoy the change in seasons. I personally would prefer a warmer climate. The food is now very cosmopolitan and is not bland at all. Most brits are not painfully reserved, quite the opposite. The houses are small generally and so are some of the roads.The creators of the video should visit the uk.
I think he made some of these statements to provoke a debate
All what he mentioned are true, it is the most difficult place to live.He forgot to mention phone which is also expensive, Even if you have a friend living in UK, they hate to receive visitors. When living in Toronto, I had a conversation with a lady who was visiting from UK.she looked so frail in appearance. When asked why she said life in UK is so tough. I will never visit there. I enjoy living in US.
@@johnamoako6806 haha thats just stupidness 😂😂😂🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
@@MD_ENTERTAINMENT You better believe me probably you are raised in that expensive UK with tiny roads, expensive electricity bills, tiny rooms.How long can you spend in taking to someone in your own basic phone in your home in UK without receiving high bills, compare it with Canada or USA. How much does it cost to pump a gasoline in that your tiny vehicles .How many people are working two jobs in UK to survive.? How much does it cost to use your transit system? I am telling UK is very difficult to live there. Why don't you come to USA to compare?
@@johnamoako6806 I moved to England as an adult so I know that you talking foolishness. You can also find a lot of video on here From Americans that are now in the UK that will go against your argument. How can you without any experience try to convince people that actually know what is or isn't correct?
I lived abroad for 10 years. I returned to the small town I was from and was treated like a complete outsider. Bearing in mind my friends had moved on and when I spoke to people they would say 'youre not from around here'. It felt rather frosty. I had lost my local accent so I stuck out like a sore thumb.
I'm welcomed when I return to my old town
I feel your pain. I am treated the same way. They look at me as an outsider even though I know everything about the place I was born. The accent throws them off
"Imagine your neighbor not caring how your doing, and not being able to help in an emergency" ...... Every city in the US as well as suburban areas.
There is a lot of poverty in the UK The weather is depressing. Making friends here isn’t easy at all. It’s towns are overcrowded and the road network is inadequate. Energy costs are very high. The job market is very competitive. Housing at the lower end is bad.
Your segment on “pre drink” killed me… in America we call that a “pregame” and I do it all the time before the bar
the Dutch have the best word. Translates as foreplay
It's actually called preloading
Pre drink. Never heard that expression in my life. This fella narrating is talking bolloxks 😂
Our houses are small but they are made of brick and don’t generally fly off during a tornado
"Ppl are usually very reserved." *laughs in Swiss-German*
I agree with small houses and roads but that’s about it. Pretty much everything else I can relate to here in Atlantic Canada. It’s not that bad there. I found people very friendly and helpful and food in pubs especially excellent. If you stay out of London, prices are pretty comparable to major places in Canada. Weather is also not that bad. It rains more here where I live than there and also warm mild winters there where spring starts in February/March . Things don’t start growing here until May. Pros and cons to every place.
The narrow roads are very often due to the fact that they were built for horse and cart many centuries ago and cannot be widened.
I bet the TV license is a shock for many people coming to live here from other countries.
Around two-thirds of European countries use television licences to fund public service broadcasting others take it from general taxation.
Exectly. The roads were built for horse carts before the invention of cars
Same in Italy, sometimes
Well the tv licence is literally BBC's only way of income...i was and still totally against it since i do not watch any BBC shows
Good. The narrow roads are what make euopean cities so people friendly and charming. The US is horrible.
After living in Japan the language barrier can be tough being a newer foreigner as most locals don't speak English and are much more reserved than the people in the UK. When you ride the train or bus there is no talking loudly or even on a cell phone. The homes are much much smaller in Japan than UK some with only one room (some places have public showers/baths that your home may not have) so no I would actually have it easier living in the UK by comparison as it adopts more of the western culture standard I'm more familiar with. Now there are many more positives I do miss about Japan like the food, the futuristic high tech stuff, and actually made some friends there. I actually plan on buying a 2nd home in the UK because my wife is from there so it would be like having the best of both worlds (US and UK). I absolutely love the UK. Any major city you go to you'll find the dark rough parts in my case Chicago's Southside were cross fire shootings are common without warning. Regardless of location I only look at the person as a human being and their character. I try to make an effort to assimilate the best I can even though it's not perfect. I've learned a lot after traveling. What I've learned after visiting the UK for the first is that all dialect is not the same through out the UK and the local culture just like in the states the difference between NYC and Mississippi is day and night. There is no one size fits all when traveling to most countries. Every area may be more different than the other good or bad.
I have lived in the UK all my life and I would agree with most of your opinions. Regarding a TV licence, you only need one to watch live TV or stream BBC I player if you just watch netflix or any other streaming service its not required.And by the way I don't drink alcohol
Switching passports and nationality.
You don’t need a licence
Does it mean that you are not forced to pay a license for the BBC or the state's media if you don't want to?
I am true English and I have seen the changes in this country and for the worse no jobs hard to see doctor everything has gone up and the mane thing theres to many people comeing to this country and it's over populated now
Ever heard about punctuation? Also, check your spelling. Main, not mane. Coming, not comeing.
By a person "coming" to this Country.
@@Anto_81😂
Other dark sides include
moterways and bad drivers
No air con in our houses so in summer it gets really hot at night
Speak for yourself, I had air con fitted to my house in summer 2019, best thing I did as I think we are getting warmer and more humid summers.
summer is horrific in the uk especally in London, most houses are built to keep heat in.
@@DJDark_Angel Luckily, summer only lasts a week!
Been in Britain 20 yrs now from Africa, life is too short to be concerned about things I cannot change such as inequality, racism and even the stigma of just being foreign,
Over the years I have realised that many Britons have now accepted the reality of living with foreigners whilst others are still struggling with it.
You have no reason to complain about racism or inequality. Immigrants like yourself get every benefit and privilege going. Stop complaining 👎🏻
@@carrie4558 Everyone has a reason to complain about racism and inequality, it is one of the scourges of modern civilisation.
Others are programmed by the Daily Mail to hate people from overseas, because, well it's tribalism isn't it? Got to pit subsections of the population against each other, that way they can't unite and fight against those really responsible for societal problems.
I've lived in the North West of England all my life, we're all a friendly bunch. Saying you won't make friends here is bullshit , the person dishing out all this information is totally wrong
Yes. Perhaps he meant London. It is often said that the people there are more reserved compared to the rest of the country.
True enough. I worked in Belfast for a year when I was younger, and I had no issues finding friends. Some say that people are racist in the UK, but being mixed race myself, I've had no more weird experiences there than other places I've lived or visited.
I was in a pub in Manchester the day my dad died. I've never been hugged that much from total strangers. A great memory.
The north may be a friendly area; but I think the criticism here was based on trying to make friends in London, it’s so much harder than up north
@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO the antisocial desease has spread to the north,believe me I know both areas.
Binge drinking can happen anywhere. It does not take much effort to season your foods. Brits are very friendly. You clearly have not researched many areas of the UK to come up with your “dark” sides.
They are more friendly up north and in rural and small town Wales. Not so much in the south east and in big cities.
@@lemsip207 Like most counties e.g. Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam
@@robertlawson4127 I heard that Paris is very cold for engaging with people. Even more so than London.
In Britain we have the best availability of foreign foods in the world. Indian, Chinese, African, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and more are widely available and of high quality in restaurants and takeaways.
this guy has likely only researched london
As in so many TH-cam reports when he says "Britain" he actually means "London".
Being a UK resident all of my life I can fully confirm the information in this video to be absolutely laughable at best!
Yes, we have a small minority who like to binge drink, we even have a totally random weather system…But the other 80% of the ‘views’ mentioned in this ‘informative production’ are clearly based on none-factual research conducted by someone who doesn’t even reside in the United Kingdom!
Came here to write something similar. This guy has obviously never stepped foot on British soil. Most of what was said was laughable and not factual.
I call bullshit.
I’m born and bred in the U.K. and would agree with a lot: inequality, unseasoned food, shit roads, small houses. And compared to the majority of the global population, we are pretty aloof… yeh, it’s shit here!!!
Hmmm, rose-coloured glasses, much? It's completely accurate! I'm a migrant, and I can confirm the difficulty of coping with all this grows after the first few years of focusing on the positives. Houses, roads are tiny and it is super-difficult to make real friends, even if you're a white-arse English speaking person with a 'nice' middleclass job where you meet lots of people IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
Insulting . Typical American attitude that big is better
@@quixotiq -
Why do you think it’s so difficult to make real friends in England (or the U.K.)? Do you think it’s because people in the U.K. are shallow and lack depth? That’s what I think, and also because the constant politeness pushed or encouraged means it’s harder to be honest, vulnerable, deep etc, and I find you need those emotions to make good and real friends.
not the britain i know
Nor me. Fifty years in the UK. I've lived in America, and they're nice people, but I found the people of the UK to be friendly, balance and all-round good eggs. 😁😁
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Before Covid, I was in London twice a year to work. I've always found Brits to be quite friendly but, say, in a pub it's best if you start a conversation with them. They can seemingly act cold but they all open up and act friendly.
Thank you. We try to be hospitable!
@@MTknitter22 Indeed- I've got a lot of friends over there. I was over there in July when it was HOT! As a Canadian, I don't do well in the heat, but the beer was good in all the pubs I visited.
I love England it is best country ever. There is no perfect country compered to others England is best. Most of English people are fair and just.
@@Maggie-zr2ow I really could not say, I've never been west of Kenora but I will say there are swesome pubs in the suburbs of London. The Antelope in Surbiton is a favourite. Great beer, great people. I don't know how they would act toward Americans, not being one myself.
@@zeljkodebeljko8767 There are a lot of great countries and while I have to give Canada the edge, England is a very close second! I could live there.
Spot on! .. and not only is tax and car insurance steep - but public transport is ridiculously expensive. .!!
yes, but.... The video narrator sounded North American. And most of it has no public transport. IF comparing with other European countries, you'd be right
I'm British I live in the US. I was last there 5 years ago and my transportation cost was 56 pounds per week. There's no way transportation will cost me that much in NJ
I love visiting but everything costs more than the US.
I am here in the UK since 2008,i did not regret the move at all . I have rebuilt my life. What is the best for me is that you can be in a fairly good position without diplome and on good salary. I got used to the weather. Yes house are tiny but relatively cheap to run/affordable(i live in Coventry). Roads are not wide enough but never you mind. Summers are not that hot but come on you can always go to Spain for a week or two.
Great video,I was an international student in uk a decade back,wish there was a video like this before I left to uk and I saw it and had brains to understand it
Im from macedonia, its south europe, here we have 300 sunny days every year, the sky is blue, but in the North its depresing.
Grew up in the UK and have since moved to a warmer country. Whenever I go back the worst part for me is the short days during winter months. Really effects me mentally, especially if the weather is cold and rainy. Dark by 3.30pm, just awful.
And the excessive grey days make you feel like summer is short and winter is long. Vitamin D is in short supply here.
Ever been to Norway, Sweden, Canada, Alaska, Russia or Iceland?
@@robertlawson4127 why do you think if we put people from all these places in a pub they would get along
@@robertlawson4127 Look at a map with regard to latitude. Canada doesn't belong with those other countries because it is much further south. Cold winters yes but the real weather challenge is very hot and humid summers. The majority of Canadians live in a latitude nearer that of the south of France.
Thats why depression is a massive think in UK, we just don't get warm weather and sunlight.
Not to mention taxation through the roof and poor prospects these days.
Im loving the fact that many of the images are from Edinburgh,instead of just London
It rains and the food is unseasoned? Hardly "dark side" stuff. And cars in UK are pretty much the same as anywhere else in Europe
.....and in the world.... the real existing world !
The word unstable is ridiculous that suggests significant and serious weather, which you would just actually use the word changeable. As in the sun may come and later on it rains. The weather is actually relatively stable as there virtually no hurricanes, let alone tornados or cyclones. As to some of the others they all seem to apply to any developed country students drink shock horror, rent can be expensive especially in a huge world city like London.
Culture is almost same as here in NZ specially drinking and unreliable weather. You mentioned houses are small but i’ve been looking at listings around UK and houses there are way bigger than houses here specially outside London.
Having lived in the US and the UK I find the UK much more preferred. What about the positives such as multiculturalism, low racism, healthcare, welfare state, etc which are all better than the US. To say the dark side makes it sound like hell on earth!
Also lack of guns, low murder rate, low rate of police murdering people, low rate of incarcerate innocent people, lack of fat people, no TV adverts every 5mins, etc
All of these you've mentions are true in certain areas in the UK. In cities like London is very expensive and probably harder to make friends especially if you are a foreigner, but british people are very approachable, nice people and very open minded and when you are close to them they will help you like a family. Remember London is very multicultural city unless you are a regular in that area then it's easy to make friends, because you see the same people all the time and the same if you live in towns its even easier to get to know people and make friends. Some areas in UK will have very narrow roads, because they preserve the old towns and buildings and makes it quaint and historic and the nicer the town the more expensive it is, especially the housing just like any other countries. Roads here may vary from every areas, but UK roads are very well connected and easy to get to anywhere. If you want wide roads go to motorways and its everywhere. UK has four weather, when it's summer here, it's just perfect temperature and when it's winter it's not that cold. There's no perfect country in the world but certainly UK is by far better than many countries in Europe and even in the world.
Born and bred there but after 55 yrs of living there and working hard for nothing i have left for more sunny climate and better life , i don't miss that place one bit , UK ? were the hell is that ? 😂😂😂😂😂
Probably is Australia ?
I Agree to all the 10 points said here,as I have experienced it first hand.especially hard to find a true friend when life is so lonely.
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Near impossible to find a find here in Manchester, most people could care less on what u gave to say if it personal. I'm American been here near 2 years. I want New York back.
*friend
Reference TV License, your information is incorrect. Only if your TV (or any other device) can access the BBC then you'll need a TV license. Many people in the UK refuse to buy the TV license because they don't want/need to access the BBC.
So without BBC don't need license ?
@@bjaygurung562 As long as you don't have access to any BBC media Chanels, then you do not need the TV license. Example..You can not receive BBC 1-2 etc or podcast. I would suggest you check online on the BBC own website, then you'll know what are the requirements. I hope this helps.
@@lee0001thank you so much for this clarification 🙏
I have to say half of this I really can’t agree with, being British born and bred. I’ve also lived in the north and south. I think he doesn’t fully understand.
Also, ONLY THE BBC channel requires a TV license and that got cancelled like a month or so right?
Most of what you mentioned are not "dark" sides. Its only the high rent and tv license that are annoying, everything else is not that bad. Im an arab who lived in the UK and now im back in my country to be close to my parents but if it werent for the money I would have stayed there forever, I love the UK ♥
🥰i am coming ❤
this guy has obviously never been to Scandanavia, try the cost of living there.
Lol. Try living in California, New Jersey or New York.
He's never been to the U.K. either!
Scandanavia is very expensive and I think people will remain poor there because of the system.
@@TheIddieMorris that dude is talking about countries not state or province
@@TheIddieMorris that dude is talking about countries not state or province
We complain a bit about the weather but life is pretty good otherwise.
Its a really insightful observational video
Watching it from Russia and I can’t stop smiling, looking at these “problems”.
i don't see them as problems and i'm english
They are not really problems as long as you are ready to put up with them
People in the west stand with you 🇷🇺 .
So enjoy the last days of TH-cam 😂
No problems here bro
You could put a series together on this subject in London alone. In the run up to Christmas there was a murder in Peckham. I turned on the TV Boxing Day and a murder in Newham followed by another in Croydon the following day.
South London is notorious for murders. I was south of the river in 2008 and you could cut the tension like a knife and we were only near the Tate Modern and London Eye.
I lived in South Africa, similar population size. There are around 65 murders EVERY DAY in South Africa.
@Tim Pullen A friend of mine who is South African told me many terrible statistics about SA but when the chips were down in the pandemic he said he didn’t want to die in the UK and returned to SA yet when we first met many years ago one the reasons he moved out was because Joburg was getting too crazy. A different friend was carjacked in Joburg.
Lived in Uk for 6 year and i can confirm - it’s all true.
I have been in a few other European countries and survival in UK was the hardest…or…let’s rephrase it…UK Is the only country in Europe where I had to SURVIVE instead of living.
As much as I love the culture (including binge drinking and food) it’s turning into an economic clusterfuck. And it’s a big shame.
I'm British, born and raised, and couldn't agree more. I feel guilty to say this, but I'd leave the UK if I could.
@@jbcentral1545 same.
Same here cannot understand why so many people want to come to work here
@@princessbella3592 leave then .
@@princessbella3592 leave then .
Being an artist studying Theatre and musical comedy in Switzerland, having been raised by narcissists I think I couldn't be less good in Britain than Switzerland
Hi..how arae you doing today my friend, hope you're good and the family are okay too and how's the pandemic over there and the weather
I’m not sure I agree with everyone being reserved and polite. I live in West Yorkshire- people are not polite!!!
It’s a bad idea to even make eye contact with other blokes if you’re out of your area. It’s not great but it’s how it is 🤷♂️
Lets face it, most of Britain is rough as f##k except for those posh select areas. Like Tonbridge Wells or Bath. The rest of us fight and squabble together, trying to live against the odds.
@chrisrobson hmmm hmmm & hmmm lol 😂 hope your staying safe 🙏 ❤️ up north is so grimey .West.Y. 😆
Granted there are a lot of things wrong wiyh living in Britain, but on the other hand there us a lot things right with living in Britain, you just have to look for that balance etween the 2
One thing the guy didn't mention was the completely nuts expensive price of rail travel. I can fly to Italy or Ireland and back 4 times for the price that a return train ticket costs from Manchester to London.
The TV license 😊 something ridiculous , there's nothing we can do🙃 Merry Christmas 🎄, GOD bless
The dark side of Britain's monarchy
Lose weight so you can fit in the tiny houses. Excellent advice.
Tom Nicholson
This chap was definitely speaking from an African point of view when it came to obesity. He seems to think it's normal to be large but to say large people can not fit into our houses is ridiculous.
I myself, to use correct English, am a fat bastard and I seem to be able to fit into most houses !!
I’m born and bread in England and can vouch for what he’s saying! It’s a absolute shit-hole here (although I don’t think Scotland and Wales are as bad)
I've never been to Manchester, but if you think it's a s... h... leave and go soutj to wonderful Bournemouth. Drink in the lovely coast, revel in the sun a
and peace and be positive.Most of all have God in your heart.
It's not that bad...paradise for someone 😁
@ONLINE INTELECTUAL UK just has a name, l will not live in such a difficult place like that UK come live in US. Anytime you decide to visit someone in UK they reject the visit because they can't afford to pay more bills that is why they love to be in USA
AQ Kan - some areas of England are beautiful while others are indeed as you describe. Best stick to the nice areas.
You're edible 'bread'?
Yes, difficult to strike up a conversation, but in the 60s 70s and 80s, even the 90s. Things were very different. I think the food has been adulterated??
You cant make friends in the uk that's like saying all Americans mums are they sisters you cant comment on what you dont understand
This narrator really got up my nose........I travel to the U.K. annually and have done so since 1976 and have travelled the length and breadth of it. The U.K. is a varied and multi cultural place filled with history galore, beautiful towns and villages, varied and breathtaking scenery, excellent transport system, good food........I could go on and on.....as for the people....kind, welcoming, friendly, obliging, generous, funny ........again I could go on and on........the weather...varied........we here in Australia could have four seasons in one day........I would give "my right arm" so to speak, to live there. As for this person...........look in your own backyard with open eyes..........America has a lot to answer for and it is not the safest place to live..........again, here I could go on and on...........but I will not.
The cities usually have good transport but many rural areas are very poorly served.
No one sleeps in a 12 inch by 12 inch bed.
I have a hamster than does. He doesn't use all of it, mind.
Question: is the TV license the same thing as cable subscription in the US?
@@AlexanderJonathan886 ty
I think you did your research only in London .
Kenneth Green
I don't think he did any research that didn't start from a biased point of.
I say this because he uses the word dark when I would have said different from and if this isn't bias I don't know what is.
Well the cost is high because that’s the price you pay to live in a great big city like London. Why would you want to live in the middle of nowhere? People also get paid more in London than other cities in the uk so it justifies it
When I use to live there, I found that they thrived on Drama, if there was non they would make it, they would spread lies about you and tell all their friends and you would be on your own, UNTIL they found someone else and you would be allowed back into the circle. It was exhausting.
Could say the same about a number of Northern European countries regarding the weather, struggling to pay rent on an average salary in large cities. But tell me where on earth or at least in a developed country do you not need car insurance to drive a car?
Malta... not that you are allowed to have no insurance... just nobody does. Nobody cares over there.
Car pools are a cheap way to drive. You don't pay to buy a car, insure it, MOT it, pay taxes on it or maintenance costs. You just pay to use the car on days when to want to use it and pay the price of those days. The other costs would just be part of the overheads that determine the daily cost of the car.
Yes I love this country I live in manchester UK OK its rains most of the time but at least there are no cockroches or other creepy crorlys its great OK the car insurance is a rip off but what can u do the people are friendly it's better than u s a ❤️❤️❤️
I'm a Brit. Yes it's expensive but at least you're paying for quality. I do agree with most of the video but the food is great, so much variety, accessability and it's delicious. I live in South America but miss English food so much. When can you get the incomparable Fish and Chips
...... contiue, Beef Wellington and so many delicious sweets like pure Apple Pie with clotted Devon cream. Nowhere!
I guess you have to love it if you can't escape the country. Lived in Manchester, it was a dreary shit hole and appears to still be the same. Brits are not living, but existing. Huge difference.
@@larry7268 Birmingham is a shithole too problematic city full of racism segregation and crime and divisions its dump like Manchester.
@@laurenceking8045 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I lived in England 6 years it was the worst time of my life
What did you experience? I am interested in your story.
@@thinkingallowed7042 I'm not. Sounds like a loser.
The only things that are really a downside are the small houses, and well, the small houses. Maybe if you are from the EU the perspective may be different. But coming from just about anywhere else you won't get in cheap, and it won't be easy. So the cost of living should not be a problem if you could qualify and afford to move to the UK. One thing, I had to look it up now. Here is the list of countries that do have an exchange agreement with the UK allowing you to just exchange your driver's license in the UK if you live in the UK for more than 185 days a year. Andorra, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Republic of North Macedonia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and Zimbabwe.
When I returned to the UK 10 years ago, only have a few friends left. Couldn’t find my best childhood mate, he was awesome.
Hence why I left the UK decades ago and will never return.
Barely any of it is correct though.
then you never came here mate most of this video is bollocks
I will agree with some of your observations however it looks like you have based them on what happens in and around London, if you move further North, then you will find it very different and encounter more friendlier people. Yes, you can watch tv without a licence, just don’t watch BBC/ITV or i player. Netflix, Amazon or You Tube are fine. But compared to many other countries that I have visited, it’s great here, just ask those desperate to get here by arriving in dinghies.
It's illegal to watch any 'live' TV without a licence, not just BBC/iPlayer/ITV.
Every British colonies are also facing lowest pay checks and difficult to live in. This is a complete stigma. Look at how UK is difficult to live there without having two jobs. Tiny homes, tiny roads, low pay jobs. Old houses. They can't even take shower daily to avoid electricity bills.
Houses can be small but it depends where you live, but they are not too small to live in, and the doors are a standard size everywhere.
cool work !))
Very disappointed now 😞 I love Britain, never visited though,. the culture, scenery.... like reading a children's fairy tale book, I'm was probably delusional 😅. I'm Egyptian, the British have a reputation of being cold blooded with blunt emotions and unsociable, well the German too Lol , well , of course when Egyptians could tell you their whole life story in the first 15 minutes . Modern life is hard anywhere I guess.
There is a lot of rubbish in this video. The usual cliche of bad food and weather. The thing about British being drunk esp is dated. Rates of drinking alcohol have been dropping in the UK for years particularly among the young. Worse things about the UK is the cost of living. It is hard for people to live here esp in the current economic climate.
Please come visit! I would be happy to show you around :)
Im learning masri, i cant expect you to like my country. Its soo depressing you walk around all day and its cold and you see wet leaves on the floor and hear drug dealers coughing in the background and smell weed every other street. I hate england lol i wish i could move away sooner
Spot on!
Moving soon to london so checking vids like this to ready myself
I agree with all your points but the reason why its great living here is the sense of humour and the banter. The amount of different cultures and backgrounds all poured into together and although there is disproportional wealth here you are just expected to get on with your life and get stuck in. But I doubt you can ever get mega rich entrepreneurs like Musk or Gates which you get in the States... But that's what I like about the UK that we can produce some of the best art, music and literature in the world mainly because of our graft culture. But if you want to live here then a sense of humour is a must.
So true!
I spent most of my life in Britain before moving to Spain. Cost of living is bad, but it's not as bad as other countries, true. The issue is that - in most cases - rent and public transport costs are not proportionate to the average salary.
The weather is objectively grim but personally, I didn't have much of a problem with it. What I did have a major problem with, was dirt: most British towns are not clean at all, especially in certain areas. That adds up with the size of your standard house, which is tiny and (often) the materials used are not up to the standards of a first world country. Dirt, exposed wheelie bins and small houses do not create a nice environment to live in.
Another thing that used to bug me quite a bit: roads. The quality of motorways is shocking, both in terms of asphalt and in terms of road sings and safety. They are free though, that needs to be taken into account. Also, patchy roadworks do not help create nice looking streets in the town centres. The NHS is OK, but nowhere near the quality of the health care systems in Italy and Spain, for example, where hospitals and clinics are actually clean and more often than not, well taken care of. Lastly: British people should remember that while everyone is welcome, Britain belongs to the British. It does not belong to external people who - with all due respect - are used to much lower standard of cleanness, infrastructures, health care and so on. Having said this, I will never feel teh cultural affinity I feel with the UK with any other country. So, Hail Britain 🇬🇧 But please make an effort to better yourself in the years to come
The TV license is £150 for the year, and it’s what pays for the BBC, it’s more than worth it, it ensures we have the most unbiased media possible.
In Hertfordshire Herefordshire and Huntingdonshire hurricanes hardly ever happen
- Professor Higgins
-My Fair Lady
okay living in Britain . has a student its fun and you do meet lot of students and get a room that shared not expensive. Moving to Britain from any other country is quite challenging. always make sure you find a accommodation before entering the uk. never trust you family iif they in uk already. they don't have time for or a accommodation.
unless you have it in writing. England is a beautiful place to live . London is a multicultural city where you find all sort of people and can make friends quickly. you will find all nationality food mostly Indian and Turkish. doted every where.. British people believe in humanity and government is always supporting the people not like other countries.
like any other country there is problems but not that bad otherwise the police will carry a gun which they don't. I lived here nearly all my life London. I love it .
Don't listen to much to videos . best places is more up south of England and wales. I love Ireland and wales great places to visit and live
London is ok but the rest of the UK cities and towns are very racist and segregated.
Very disappointing video.
Sorry to say that this is a very shallow perspective
Maybe the American commentator would like to highlight the " darker " side of life in the US..... such as gun crime or widespread homelessness .
Of course the houses and roads are small, it’s a island with a high population compared to Europe and especially America. This also effects accommodation. The drinking culture is totally wrong as a generality. Not sure what time you spent here, not so sure you travelled very much by your general ideas. Saw more poverty when living in US.
The roads are small because they date from hundreds of years ago when people got about by horse and cart. The houses are small because developers make the most money by cramming as many onto a plot of land as possible without violating building regulations.
Moved to Brittany 10 years ago and never looked back. England is an expensive and crime ridden place to live in these days.
I dont think anything except a TV license is exclusive to Britain. In Toronto here, people are reserved as you'd expect in a big city. The weather? It can go upto +40 in summers and -40 in winters. I can go on and on but this space is not enough.
Toooòoooo many cars on the roads and public transport in the North is unreliable since Thatcher privatised it in the 1990s. London's public transport is much cheaper and more reliable by comparison.
Not all English people will turn away from people to end a conversation, this was a wrong judgement to make. However, I have had complete strangers tell me their life stories whilst waiting for buses as some people will just talk none stop. English people seem to be kind and generous and friendly in the North, especially in Yorkshire.
Calling some these traits 'dark sides' seems a bit dramatic to me...
I agree, how ignorant to assume that bland food, and small homes and roads are small. Some are thousands of years old! Common ignorance of an American
When people eat junk foods and become obese they have all kinds of health problems and they struggle to walk and breath, they die young to me that is a dark side, because all they need to do is eat healthy foods. When people think going out and getting drunk to have fun when some don't even know what they are doing apart for vomiting and damaging their health. Is the dark side to me. Living in cold houses when the weather is nice outside getting vitamin D deficiency which affects your health and doesn't go away by sitting in the sun , having to take medication for the rest of your life because it's affected your bones is the dark side to me. I could go on, and on.
@@AnnaMaria-po5mk I mean yes but most of these issues are not exclusive to here
@@tiredgremlin6315 why are we not talking about the dark sides to Britain?
@@AnnaMaria-po5mk No we're not really to be honest. Those things you mentioned would be be described as dark sides of many places in europe. Besides, my inital comment was mostly based on parts where they mentioned the small roads and houses which are hardly dramatic enough to be called dark sides. They're more of an inconvenience to people visiting. I wasn't thinking on the grand scale of what you seemed to bring up. Saying stuff like 'the weather is unstable' then talking about just the rain? When there are places that have much less stable weather conditions?? A bit underwhelming. Thats all I meant.
I m from Germany and studied in Ireland. So Britain was on my Job search list(e.g. for postgraduate study), but the rents are astronomically. I moved back to East Germany.
Inequality is rife in every country, except in the UK where even if you are earning below the poverty line and if you are willing to seek out help, you can have a roof over your head and enough money to pay the bills and have food on the table. Also We have this thing called the national living wage which is a minimum wage that companies have to pay their staff by law. This means the staff don’t need to rely on tips because they earn enough to live on.
Not only in the UK...they are a lot of country in Europe where people can live decently and they are helped by the state...
3:08 if you don’t like British food don’t come to the UK
This might be the most preposterous video I’ve ever seen on TH-cam
These are the early pioneering days of Artificial "Intelligence".
I agree with the British not making friends with foreigners, I've lived in the UK for many years and I experienced British people being very cliquey and not befriending people from abroad, they are polite but not trying to be friends with foreigners, very often looking down on us.
Exactly my experience 👍living in uk now since 5years and found no friends at all!!!!
@@claudiaweber4564 I'm not surprised at all, English don't make friends with foreigners, they will be polite but not include you in their circle.
@@jobalak9761 As you said,..... they are all very polite and friendly, but as soon, you want to get a step further, you won't hear anything from them. I gave it up. Even, not too keen on this country , their culture, their way of life. I prefer S-America.
Great information