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Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 11:48 am
Last November I immigrated to the U.S from the UK.

Ask me about my experiences moving to / living in the land of the free.
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 11:51 am
I hope you didn't burn your bridges.  This place is going down the shitter.
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 11:56 am
Aside from obvious stuff like which side of the road you drive on, what are some of the subtle differences you've noticed in day-to-day life between the U.S. and the U.K.?

And where in he U.S. do you reside?
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 12:06 pm (This post was last modified: August 18, 2015 at 12:06 pm by Faith No More.)
How hard is it for you to understand those thick New England accents?
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Do you come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun, where the hot springs blow?

What is the thing you miss the most from the UK?
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 12:13 pm
You forgot "home of the brave". In some circles that's considered a mandatory expulsion offense. HAH.

Was it a pain getting your belongings across the pond?

Had a chance to compare the health care differences? 

We do love us some fine consumerism. Any difference in the store types, availability, goods and services?
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Why did you move the the U.S.? Is that working out for you as planned? Is the U.S. as you expected it to be?

Have you become a U.S. citizen?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 12:24 pm
Why are you taking away the jobs of MURRICANS?

Also, why have you abandoned Mother Brittannia for her bastard child nation? Tongue
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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 1:03 pm
(August 18, 2015 at 11:51 am)Minimalist Wrote: I hope you didn't burn your bridges.  This place is going down the shitter.

The tories are taking all the worst aspects of america and importing them over here.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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RE: Ask an immigrant.
August 18, 2015 at 4:46 pm
(August 18, 2015 at 1:03 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(August 18, 2015 at 11:51 am)Minimalist Wrote: I hope you didn't burn your bridges.  This place is going down the shitter.

The tories are taking all the worst aspects of america and importing them over here.

Horrific, senseless mass shootings, strip malls, aggressively proud anti-intellectualism, obese people sharing their ass cracks in Walmart, creationists, and mega-churches?

I weep for the U.K.
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