It’s really not. Have you been?
Property tax is reasonable. It’s on par with what I paid in Missouri (MO had a 6% income tax as well so I was paying more in the end).
I pay a bit more than most in my county because of the specific community I live in (we have “area development taxes” lumped on top of our other taxes).
I pay less than 3k for property taxes (and that includes garbage/sewage service rolled in).
Snow outside of hunting season is useless when there are no mountains and it’s doesn’t get cold enough to ice fish.
Hull Uni is where I did my degree. The city is very up and coming in my opinion and seems to change a fair bit every time I visit! (in a good way)
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I haven’t but I will be there (London, York, and the Lakes District) in Mid-May…been meaning to start a thread asking some questions
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Good choices 
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I’ll tell my wife you approve … She chose them, I just say sure.
She LOVES to plan vacations and since meeting her I haven’t been on a bad trip that wasn’t the product of my own poor choices
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No, but talking to people who have lived there gives the impression that it’s not such a great place. I’m sure if you make enough money you can live comfortably, but it’s harder than elsewhere. Also the weather, although mild, doesn’t seem very appealing. “Dreary old England”.
But that’s just based on what I have heard and seen in pictures and videos. Maybe if I went there I would feel differently.
It seems to be a lot cheaper than the US! We don’t have to add 20% on the end of every food bill. Living costs plummet as soon as you leave the London commuter zone too.
The weather is completely different depending on where you live too. Exaggerated by the fact we’re an island I suppose.
It’s far from miserable over here.
What does this refer to? We all have sales tax and it varies depending on the state, In Texas its 6.25% and then each county can add up to 2% more.
It refers to tipping.
Ahh, OK. So you prefer that servers get paid a fixed wage? I’m not against that, my daughter is a server and her income varies greatly due to good tippers and shitty tippers.
No I just prefer not having to add a massive tip every time I do anything. 
You do realize you would be paying the same, if you didn’t tip? The tip is either added at the end (USA), or in the upfront cost (most of the world)… The total cost is the same though.
I think the average standard of living in the US might be lower since a large percentage of the population earn minimum wage which is barely anything. So maybe you have a point there.
There’s no sales tax or no tax on food or what? In Canada there is no tax on a lot of stuff in grocery stores like meat, fruits, vegetables, I never really looked into it but I believe it’s only ready to eat items that are taxed. And it’s only 13%.
Maybe London is the problem because the people I spoke to had lived there. You could probably say similar things about Toronto or Vancouver in terms of costs.
The total cost ends up being quite a lot more than I end up paying back home though. Which was my point. Well, one of them.
I think you’ve missed my point with the first two paragraphs, Chris.
But yes, London is a whole other economy compared to the rest of the country.
Yeah but if you get shitty service you still have to pay full price. Over here they get nothing.
The servers might get nothing but I’d still have to pay for the goods (usually food/drink), which, compared to over here, seem to be quite expensive.