Canada vs UK

Joffer
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Joined: 19 Jul 2004
Posts: 1
Location: Swindon, UK

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:37 am

 

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Does anyone else living in the UK feel like they're suffocating sometimes with EVERYTHING in close proximity to everything? Or is it just me...a Canadian country girl stuck in Swindon of all places!

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republican
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Joined: 14 May 2003
Posts: 193
Location: England

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:14 pm

 

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Joffer,
growing up in the rural South of Ontario I know what you mean! I really dislike London and the other cities. The countryside is nicer but even there sometimes I feel suffocated. I miss the wide open fields of Canada. I miss red barns and dusty dirt roads.
As for can the UK compare to Canada. Well, I hold both citizenships and have lived here for half my life but in my opinion -nope! I am not ragging on the UK but Canada is Canada end of story. Soon, I will return to my beautiful homeland...
How long have you been in the UK for?

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Brenda
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Joined: 21 Feb 2004
Posts: 178
Location: Stirling

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:43 pm

 

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Like both of you, I felt a bit claustrophic during what I intended to be a leisurely visit to London. I also left the city more stressed than what I had been before arriving.

If I hadn't moved to Scotland, I doubt I would still be in the UK. There are bits of country up here that remind me of BC and that helps.

-Brenda

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Canada1972
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Joined: 10 Mar 2004
Posts: 54
Location: All over the UK

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:55 am

 

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I grew up on the atlantic coast of Canada, and I hate London - there is no comparison city vs wide open spaces. Luckily I'm currently based in the New Forest, so I've got a little piece of paradise here! Still not like Canada, though

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slwebb
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Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 14
Location: London, England

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:25 pm

 

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Yes, must agree with you all. This time of year I espically miss camping in Muskoka. There is nothing in the UK that is anywere like the clear lakes and forests of Canada.
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Shelley

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CamMoose
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Joined: 23 Jul 2004
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Location: Cambridge, UK

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:58 pm

 

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I've been here almost 17 years.....you do get used to it...after a while. But trips to Wales and Scotland DEFINITELY help.

Look on the bright side......you don't need to shovel your driveway every winter morning!

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Canada1972
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Joined: 10 Mar 2004
Posts: 54
Location: All over the UK

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:34 am

 

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But I miss shovelling the driveway! I miss snow - Fullstop (to sound British for a second). I was in Scotland all winter last year and still barely managed to see snow! I've been here 4 years, and it's not bad, but it'll never be home. That'll always be Canada.

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Two Pints
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Joined: 04 Aug 2004
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:26 am

 

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No, it's not just you Joffer! I can totally relate! For me that suffocating feeling has been one of the more difficult things I've had to deal with living here. I miss being able to 'get away from everything' with relate ease.

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