I really felt the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to Britain. Immigration is a very popular choice in a certain period. Many China people choose to emigrate to other countries, but the process and flow are very complicated. Let's share our true feelings about the pros and cons of immigrating to Britain.
I really felt the advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to Britain. 1 pragmatism
The personnel and systems of British local institutions are pragmatic, and they usually deal with problems realistically. The administration is very scientific, the tax comes directly from your salary, most things can be done online, and the relevant websites are actually very clear and useful.
2. Job opportunities
Generally speaking, there are many job opportunities, and young people and talented people usually have the opportunity to display their talents and make a difference. And most people's wages are quite good.
Step 3 diversify
Britain has a very open diversity and new ideas. You can see tattooed policemen and blue-haired employees, which can explain their sense of fashion to some extent. British people don't have to worry about being different. They drive on the left, use different units of measurement, and the power outlets are different from those in other countries.
4. cars
Despite the traffic jam, Britain is still a good country to travel by car. It's so close everywhere that the expressway is actually free. For example:
A two-hour drive will take you from London to the seaside city of Brighton.
It's a 90-minute drive from Bristol to the charming Devon countryside and even the depths of Wales.
Kendall in the Lake District is only 2.5 hours away from the Scottish Gate;
It takes only 2 hours 15 minutes from London to Eurostar in Paris or Brussels.
5. Safety
There is little crime and insecurity, the city is safe, the police play a great role, and people are polite and respectful most of the time.
6, pub culture
Good tea and good beer (local handmade beer), the price is very reasonable (my place is -3.50-4). Bar culture is unparalleled. They will make some decent cheeses, such as Stilton blue cheese, which is an authentic English breakfast. They also offer proper pints (0.56 liters) instead of European pints (0.5L).
2. What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of immigrating to Britain?
1, catering
British food is underdeveloped, except beer and breakfast, mainly fish and chips, hamburgers and chips. Many people call English food the most painful thing in the world, especially on some formal occasions. It is not only complicated, but also unsuitable for China people.
2. Small cities are so boring.
Poor planning in medium-sized cities leads to traffic congestion and the building structure may be ugly. Medium-sized city centers usually include a pawnshop, a bar, a grocery store, a moped shop and a McDonald's next to KFC.
3. Higher education is very expensive
Although the quality of higher education in Britain is very good, the price is also very expensive. Unless you can get a scholarship, it will be a great burden for the average family.
4. Rent and house price
The housing market is expensive and the housing reserve is small, which can't make up for this. It will also be very difficult for singles to buy a house, especially in London and southern England.
It can be seen that although Britain is an attractive country as a whole, immigrants have disadvantages and advantages in their past lives, so it is best to weigh the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.
Advantages and disadvantages of immigrating to Britain: true feelings II. Britain with money and welfare.
Although Britain has lost its imperial charm, its economy still ranks among the top in the world.
As an important trading entity, economic power and financial center, Britain is the fifth largest economic system in the world and one of the richest, most developed and highest living standards countries in the world.
Probably the economy is developed and relatively rich. The welfare in Britain is too good to be terrible. Even in Europe, which is famous for its perfect welfare system, Britain's welfare is enviable.
All international students receive free medical care.
British education equivalent to American education
In addition, buying a house in Britain is different from buying a house in China:
First, there is no pool, and the actual use area is directly calculated;
Second, property rights are different, ranging from 250 to 999 in Britain;
Third, taxes and fees are different. Britain also involves land rent, municipal tax and so on. If you add TV fees and utilities (more expensive than domestic ones), the holding cost ratio will be higher than domestic ones.
Finally, add two sentences about the price level. Personally, I feel that the cost of living in London can be slightly higher than that in Beijing, and that in Manchester can be slightly higher than that in Guangzhou.
The prices of all kinds of meat, eggs, western-style vegetables and most daily necessities are not much different from those in China. For example, about 7 kg of beef can be bought in ordinary supermarkets.
The pros and cons of immigrating to Britain are all real feelings. Britain is an English speaking country. For most young people or people with a little English foundation, the language barrier of emigrating to Britain is not so strong. Many old people will have some basic knowledge of English.
Nowadays, young people, who have a good foundation in English, can start speaking and communicating when they come to Britain, so the language barrier of emigrating to Britain is not a problem.
Racial discrimination in Britain is not so strong. Although it is not an immigrant country and does not have such a large immigrant population, racial discrimination in Britain is not so obvious. Unlike some demonstrations against racial discrimination in France or the United States, Britain is also more tolerant.
Although some China people have some inappropriate behaviors during their visit to Britain, most of the British people they met are friendly to China people. For example, my friend's neighbor, an old couple living opposite my friend, often looks after the house for my friend and puts the trash can back. My friend is very grateful.
Whenever my friend travels back to China, he will help my friend take care of her house and water the flowers. My friend didn't know them before, but my friend often helped her after moving here and was very friendly to my friend. Sometimes they greet each other in a friendly way, which makes my friends feel quite good, and there is not so strong racial discrimination. My friend has come into contact with many British natives before, and they are also very friendly. Although not all British people are friendly, most of them are OK.
Britain is relatively safe. Although crime exists all over the world, Britain has not reached the point of anxiety. A country will certainly have some public security problems, and the public security in Britain is OK. My friend's neighborhood is not a good neighborhood, but the whole public security environment is ok. Of course, public security is not as good as domestic public security.
The whole pace of life in Britain is relatively slow, not as crowded or busy and stressful as Guangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. When you get used to life in England, your whole rhythm will slow down, or you will become a little lazy or tired, so its rhythm and life pressure are not so great. People have a slightly stronger sense of leisure and work. They will not work hard outside, or they will have a greater sense of enjoying life.
Britain is a relatively free or respectful country. If you are urged by your parents and friends at home to "get married" or "have a daughter and a boy", "Do you have sexual orientation problems?" This is nothing in Britain. Nobody cares if you are married or gay. In Britain, it respects people very much. Even parents may not urge you to get married and have children when you are 30 or 35 years old.
Now my thinking is acceptable if one day my son says "Mom, I don't want a son in the future" and "I don't want this". I think that's his life, and I have no right to interfere. So in Britain, people are more respectful and more free, and you can say anything.
Primary school-high school (university) is free; Universities, graduate students, and state loans to you.
Education in Britain is free from the first grade of primary school to senior high school. Some will also get the company's children's growth browsing fund, that is, they can get some money every month to make their children 18 years old, so that British children will have no pressure to go to school.
Furthermore, if you enter a university education, the university can borrow money from the state. There are many rich parents who don't give money to their children, and the children have to take out loans themselves. However, how to repay the money borrowed from the state in the future depends on your future income.
Therefore, going to college is not a problem for a poor British family, but for a rich family, it just gives him more opportunities to improve himself. Therefore, the lack of money for studying in Britain is not a problem, and the state will provide some assistance and so on. As for how much money you can earn in the future, when will you pay it back? That's another story. In a word, the British government still supports college students, so British education is not bad.
In addition, comparing the education in Britain and China, I think that children in China, such as illiterate children, children who don't give gifts to their teachers, or children who don't like their teachers, will suffer. At present, in China, many children are suppressed or do not attend training or make up lessons after class. This phenomenon is still relatively common, and children's body and mind will be greatly hurt.
But in Britain, you must never think that teachers crowd out students. This student can sue you. Therefore, education in Britain is protective for those students who are not particularly good at learning, and is also beneficial to those students who have particularly good grades. Then you will have more opportunities to apply to the best schools in Britain and the world.
Food safety in Britain is very good. For example, the feeding, slaughtering and migration of cattle and sheep in Britain are tracked, so food safety must be guaranteed. All expired foods are discarded, and the labels will not be torn off and posted for sale.
You will never feel that you are in a strange country in Britain. Why? Because there are many super leagues in Britain, and 80% of the cities have supermarkets in China, restaurants in China and take-out in China, you won't feel as if you have to drive for three hours to buy Chili sauce and Laoganma in the United States, but not in Britain. There are many supermarkets in China in Britain, ranging from pepper and cinnamon to milk and starch, such as steamed stuffed bun and jiaozi, which are commonly used in China. Now I basically don't bring food-related cooking materials from China, which is convenient.
There are many China people in Britain, such as London, Manchester City, Birmingham and Liverpool. If you don't have such good English and want to find some friends, you can soon find friends in this circle in England, have tea, chat and go out for a walk together.
The transportation in Britain is more convenient. It is convenient to have a car when you want to drive and a bus when you can't drive. No matter whether it is a big village or a small village, there may be fewer cars in some villages, but most people in China will be recorded in popular cities for eating, so there will be no traffic problems.
If you are used to living in Britain, you will soon find a way to work, earn money or support your family. If you own property in the UK, the cost of living in the UK is not high. So if you want to support a family, or a few people support a family and have a high quality of life, it is quite easy in Britain.
These are all positive aspects of immigrating to Britain. Let's talk about the negative side again, and talk about where it is not suitable for everyone to immigrate to the UK.
The drawbacks of life in Britain
The first is the weather in Britain. If you are used to life in the south of China, people living in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hongkong will find it especially cool in summer when you come to Britain. The weather is very cold in summer, more than 20 degrees, the highest is 30 degrees. The weather at 30 degrees is rare. There are no mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats and snakes. Relatively speaking, summer is a good climate with particularly long days.
But in winter, you will feel that the days in Britain are particularly short and the nights are particularly long. The weather is colder. Compared with Beijing, it will not be colder than Beijing, but it is still not suitable for southerners. If you like the heat, then Britain is not necessarily suitable for you, it is only suitable for holidays.
Life is boring: people who can't stand loneliness don't come to England. Because I live in China, I can listen to music, KTV, or square dance every night, and I have a good time with three or five friends. Or you can make a phone call and ask three or five people to go to a restaurant for dinner, hot pot and crayfish. You can also sit at the door and chat with a few people, brag about the mountains in Kan Kan, and even go out for a walk by the river or in the park, so these may not be applicable in Britain.
Because in Britain, you usually meet your friends once a week, or once or twice a week, because others don't have that much time to spend with you. Hello. Moreover, there is no square dance in Britain. I don't dance square dance now, and I don't have a chance to play cards, so I have to endure loneliness in England.
Take supermarkets as an example. Supermarkets in small towns usually close at five o'clock, while those in big cities open at most at seven or eight o'clock. It won't be past eleven o'clock in China, and you still have so many trips. You know, in Britain, if you want to find something good in the evening, it will sometimes be embarrassing after ten o'clock, so you should learn a lot and enjoy life at home.
The third aspect is the slow prescription of British medical care. If it is an emergency, it is a broken leg, a broken arm bleeding, or bleeding, the heart is about to bypass, and so on. , so you can see a doctor quickly. But if you have a headache, brain fever and toothache, wait and wait, and it will be very uncomfortable to wait three times. So it's best not to get sick in Britain. Medical care is free, but you have to pay for it yourself.
And most of the time, if you have a headache and brain fever, the doctor will tell you to drink more boiled water and have more rest when you go home, so it may not be suitable for China people to take medicine when they are sick. Or if you want to queue up for an intravenous drip, do it today. I don't have to give you an intravenous drip in England! Seeing a doctor is completely different from that in China.
The fourth aspect is English food. As I said before, everything is easy to buy in Britain, and English food can be bought. Chinese food is not a problem. But I can't eat authentic Chinese food like home. Although there are many restaurants, they are all second-hand, or Chinese food that has been localized and westernized in Britain, and some dishes are cooked according to the taste of westerners.
The ingredients in Britain may not be as authentic as those in China in all aspects, so the taste is a little worse. So you have to eat authentic food in England, so you have to help yourself. You can do it yourself.
Fifth, Britain may not make money as fast as China. Even if you have a lot of money, you may not be able to deposit it in the bank, so it is different from China. For example, if you have contacts and cooperation in China, you can make money quickly. Everyone sees everyone's ability. For example, I used to earn more than 6 million yuan a year in Britain, so your ability to make money depends on your ability. Of course, relatively speaking, China has a large population base, so it will be less difficult for you to speak Chinese, and it will be more difficult in Britain.
Sixth, in Britain, British pornography is sometimes not necessarily conducive to the growth of children. For example, in Britain, this sex worker (prostitution) is not illegal and can do it.
Gambling is also possible, as long as you have a license after entering the formal gambling field, you can start to experience it.
Poison, that is, if you take medicine or anesthetic, you can take a few or a small amount. It's not illegal to plant a few, but you can't trade them. In this way, some students and schools may also have it, so children are easily affected. This aspect is relatively risky.
Immigration from any country depends on your personal needs. For example, you may feel that you want to emigrate for some reason, or you feel that life in China is too stressful, or you have achieved financial freedom from your family, career or even in China, so if you want to enjoy life in another place, you can consider it. No matter whether you immigrate or not, as long as you immigrate overseas, you must first have great courage, because you will be as comfortable as you are at home.
Second, we must have endurance. At the beginning, you should be able to endure loneliness and have the ability to do things. The third aspect is that you should keep learning. In the process of learning, you will constantly discover your own ability and practical ability. If you have money, you can live anywhere, because money can solve problems. However, if the direction you are looking for is not particularly big, then you can consider immigrating to the UK.
My point is: Now that China is so developed, it is ok to go abroad occasionally, but living there for a long time is not necessarily the best choice. From the map, the territory of China is gradually increasing, which means that the Asia-Europe plate can be unimpeded every day. Don't forget, Asia and Europe are one continent, with no sea in the middle.