pride - you posted on a public forum, I replied with my thoughts. That's how these things work. You're welcome to disagree with me and start a discussion, but don't tell me to keep my thoughts to myself, be they intelligent or not.
In hind sight I take back my generalisation about your opinion. I worded it badly. My point was that I know many people here who could easily go back at a moments notice; singles, couples and families. But they choose not to because they've made a nice life for themselves here.
I came here from a very enjoyable life in London, which I left behind along with my friends, family and job. I came for the money, but that alone is not enough to compensate for the sacrifices I made. I always said that if my life out here wasn't good then I'd leave.
Apart from people unfortunate enough to actually be kept here by their company (through passport retention, denial of exit VISA etc) or through lack of funds to buy a flight out, anyone who finds life here that bad could leave whenever they wanted to, regardless of the obstacles in the way. If your company sacked or demobilised you then you'd be out of here pretty sharpish regardless of your personal situation!
Don't get me wrong, I'm all to aware that this country is far from perfect and can be infuriating. But most of the time it isn't. And I found the UK to be bloody infuriating at times as well!
Finally I'd like to reiterate that I am truly sorry you have not found life here good. It must be hard to live somewhere that you hate so much. The money must be very, very good to make it worth sticking around!
pride - you posted on a public forum, I replied with my thoughts. That's how these things work. You're welcome to disagree with me and start a discussion, but don't tell me to keep my thoughts to myself, be they intelligent or not.
In hind sight I take back my generalisation about your opinion. I worded it badly. My point was that I know many people here who could easily go back at a moments notice; singles, couples and families. But they choose not to because they've made a nice life for themselves here.
I came here from a very enjoyable life in London, which I left behind along with my friends, family and job. I came for the money, but that alone is not enough to compensate for the sacrifices I made. I always said that if my life out here wasn't good then I'd leave.
Apart from people unfortunate enough to actually be kept here by their company (through passport retention, denial of exit VISA etc) or through lack of funds to buy a flight out, anyone who finds life here that bad could leave whenever they wanted to, regardless of the obstacles in the way. If your company sacked or demobilised you then you'd be out of here pretty sharpish regardless of your personal situation!
Don't get me wrong, I'm all to aware that this country is far from perfect and can be infuriating. But most of the time it isn't. And I found the UK to be bloody infuriating at times as well!
Finally I'd like to reiterate that I am truly sorry you have not found life here good. It must be hard to live somewhere that you hate so much. The money must be very, very good to make it worth sticking around!