Hey, Erika~! :-) A few thoughts on the UK/USA geo-cultural divide....
Britain seems wonderful to me but I have heard that London is pricey, no? Also I have heard it is very fast-paced there (London) culturally and I find our culture here in Canada already too fast-paced... On the other hand obviously all of England is not London... I'll be missing a thousand nuances here I'm sure, but someone who lives in the UK was telling me that she felt kind of oppressed by the weight of cultural tradition given that Britain has as a much older society than Canada and the States, and she perceived North America as a place where we are freer to make up our own rules due to our relative youth..... not to mention the whole class-consciousness thing. (I think that's especially true of Canada and one of the things I like about it.) If you consider the high population density in Britain as well I'm sure there must be a romanticizing of the sense of wide open space that America evokes. I haven't looked at any of the studies but it wouldn't surprise me if personal distance and space were closer in the UK as well - though less dramatically than in, say, Japan. I am sure that the UK is no different than elsewhere in having a love-hate relationship with USA culture. I'm sure if you dig a little deeper behind those comments you will find a bunch of mixed feelings. Also I heard an English music commentator remarking on the relative lack of British influence in music today compared to the heyday of the Beatles and the Stones... due largely no doubt to the dominance of the rap/hip-hop or whatever you call it scene. Maybe that is affecting people's perception of their culture there.... I think all that is mainly a question of trend and fashion and has nothing to do with the essence of what's going on either side of the Atlantic... Anyways if I had the chance to live there for a while I'd grab it.... glad to hear you're having fun there, and here's to more of it! :-) Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 7:38 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Living in the UK (RE: Jobs FYI) > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > >>| From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>| > >>| Yeah but nobody wants to live in the UK. > > So, I don't get this phenomenom know as "I can't stand the UK". > Am I missing something? > Am I blind? > > Living here has such fantastic advantages. You can travel wherever you > want, whenever you want. The public transit system, while > having delays > now and then (what one doesn't) is tops. > > You've got easyjet and ryan air, and all these other air services that > cart you around EUROPE! For a mere pittance ... > The culture and history and architecture is fantastic. > Scenery is great. > Some of the best skiing in the world is a stone's throw away. > > Whilst America is broad and vast, and people drive larger vehicles ... > The grass isn't always greener. I certainly enjoyed my stay > there ... ;) > (30 years) ... But it's not an oasis. There's still taxes. > And a lot of > them. Things aren't ALWAYS cheaper. Depends on where you go. > Jobs aren't > any better. In fact you get more paid holidays here in the UK. > > Just confused ... Enlighten me please?! > > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
