poormansporsche

So I've lived my whole life in California. Currently living in Los Angeles. It's ok here I guess but I'm kind of getting over it. My job is alright but pretty stressful right now. My company did recently make a deal with Aardman where I could POSSIBLY move to Bristol for a year or two. It got me thinking. Well the missus is gone. I don't have a lot of family in LA to speak of. If not now when? So then I started thinking I don't really need to wait for my company to set me off overseas. I could just go and start fresh.

So I'm curious. What's it like in England? Can I import my Scooby from the States? How do most Yanks like it there? Should I look at a particular city?

I've been a computer administrator for about 10+ years. I work in computer effects and animation right now. I like the business but I'm open to anything. I think I'm pretty alright at my job. I'm good with computers and people. Is there much need for that? What would my yearly income be like? How much is rent? Will I ever stop asking questions? Probably not!

Anyway I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Opinions?

cheers

poorman

spireite

its not too good at the minute mate , we seem to have an influx of bloody foriegners (just kidding) . If you dont mind giving 75% of your salary away in taxes you should be ok . Oh the weathers **** as well .Oh the public transport systems not up to much either .But if you are bringing your kids with you at least their not gonna get shot at school , theyll wait till after and stab them .

poormansporsche

hahaha Sounds fantastic! No kiddies actually. I was shot and stabbed growing up. I know better than to have kids and subject them to public school

cheers

poorman

Paul3446

Just wait til you see the petrol prices!

I reckon it's about $9.60 a gallon at the moment.

There are good and bad parts to Bristol, you really want to be around Clifton, for some nice old architecture and a pleasant cafe style culture (although some of the people there are painfully trendy)!

dpb

I should visit first - my feeling is your mad for he above reasons


But as long as youve something to focus on (ie career) then a change is always as good as a rest

poormansporsche

No I was mad over a year ago. I'm just bored now.

cheers

poorman

zip106

Tell you what, I'll do you a swap.
You can live in my house and I'll live in yours.

And I'll throw the missus in, too

The sooner I can get outa this hell-hole the better.

SJ_Skyline

England in 2008 - it's not too far from the truth

Cynisim aside, there is some lovely countryside around Bristol with The Mendips and the Quantocks to the south, Wales and the Brecon Beacons to the West and the Cotswolds to the North East.

Bristol is also the home of one of England's infamous exports - Edward Teach aka Blackbeard.

zip106

Spot on.

poormansporsche

hah maybe I should call my cousin in Italy and see if I get a job with him wrenching Alfa's :P

cheers

poorman

dpb

Dont listen the merchants of gloom - its the english way to put our selves down -' spesh on Sn

Best place in the world to live

Unique climate,best quality of life,more civilsed place you coulndt wish for ..!!

As long as you take the bus and avoid the demon alcohol youll avoid too much of a raping at he hands of our little Dahlink




Oh and the seas warmer than LA

Dan W

Come on over and see it for yourself. There's good and there's bad. You'll figure out what you like and what you don't.

Bristol is a good start and as said above there is plenty of roads to screw the scooby along. I would'nt worry about importing a motor from the US. Buy a right hooker over here as you will be doing plenty of overtaking.

I once had a left hook BMW E30 which was aching to go down the cogs but got a little frustrating as i couldn't always see down the road to overtake.

The Zohan

Hi there,

Just what we need another ******* immigrant

Ok then, with your current skillshave a look at;
Prospero Recruitment
Film TV Jobs Employment Broadcast Recruitment - mandy.com
Media, New Media, Creative Jobs at Totaljobs.com
GIM Recruitment - Welcome to Our Website

for starters.

Bristol area has BBC TV with production and i believe a 2/3dgx/post facility

ask for reccommendations for where to live in Bristol , some parts are rough as **** and make LA look tame

oh and for accomms try
http://www.spareroom.co.uk/

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

There is a certain amount of "the grass is greener" here I think

Cost of living is high.

Crime is relatively low.

Gun crime (contrary to the beliefs of some) is almost non-exsistant.

The police are pretty chilled out compared to the US (!).

The schools are variable, some are great, some are ****.

As is the NHS, but private medical insurance IS affordable to most people.

The weather is very temperate - no real extremes of anything.

We get excited about scale 5 "earthquakes" and talk about how traumatic it was to see a picture fall off the wall (the stiff upper lip is dead in many parts of British society I'm afraid).

Contrary to the beliefs of many Americans I've encountered/worked with, we're very open minded/liberal in comparison to our dear American friends, and not very uptight at all. I still can't get over seeing a bunch of USMC's faces when they saw a copy of the Daily Sport for the first time...

We're naturally cynical about everything, and we usually follow that up with a good dose of sarcasm.

Our houses are little and close together; but they're made of Bricks. We paid attention to the three little pigs see....

There are exceptionally nice areas, and there are exceptionally bad ones - the same as anywhere.

Think that pretty much sums it up really.

Reference your Impreza - I wouldn't bother importing it to be honest, we have a far better selection of different Imprezas here than in the US - including any JDM spec car you could possibly want. I think you'd find it easier to sell it in the states and then buy another over here. The only thing that might put you off is running costs in the UK - Shell V-Power, which I think is fair to say most of us run our cars on, is currently around $2.30 a litre.

AsifScoob

One of my staff is a lady from CA.

She has lived here for a few years now and loves it. Lives in an almost rural area outside Reading, so a few miles east of Bristol, plus she is not the main breadwinner (might have a bearing on your quality of life).

HTH.

Asif

David Lock

Not forgetting Bristol has 15,000 female students............

Good place unless you need to park

dpb

That could well be the clincher

scoobynutta555

You can almost see the doomsayers on Scoobynet who live in England rubbing their hands together with glee to type a piece rubbishing their own country. It's not half as bad as some people are saying here, it's like everywhere, it's got good and bad.

Try before you buy mate, take a few weeks over here and see if it's a place where you want to live. As for importing your Impreza, I'd forget about it. You'll find it a real PITA driving about on single carriageways in a left hooker. Besides there are piles and piles of cheap Imprezas here. Especially classics in full sti spec, something you probably wouldn't have in the states.

dpb

Come quickly - we need yo tax dollars NOW

Freak

Stay where you are....

ScoTTyB

Do it, why not? If you don't like it go home.

I live in Germany, why?? why not?? The chance came up and I love it. Don't go through your life just getting by, try new things, spice it up a bit. You've nothing to lose trying if you ask me.

Ted Maul

spice your life up = live in frankfurt! with germans!

dpb

Theres no accounting for taste ..!!

spireite

list the good boinys

scoobynutta555

Obviously one bad point is the poor standard of education some kids get

gazza-uk

if your in IT your better off nr Berkshire.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Trouble is, you could sell up all your worldly goods in the US and come over here and only just manage to pay the road Tax on Your Scoob !

dpb

Hes long since sold teh mafiosa

spireite

yep spelling was nver me good point , but i can schoot an aaarab from 50 yyyard

mattvortex

You can can get a nice cup of tea (usually). If i think of anything else good, i will let you know!