Anyone ever live in/visit the UK?

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Has anyone here ever lived in or visited the United Kingdom?

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Nope! No one, ever.

I spent over a week in London 10 years ago. English culture is very different from what you see on TV, at least in London. London has a humongous Indian community and a sizable Muslim minority. Everything is very expensive, public transportation is really convenient, the food outside of expensive, chic restaurants is very meh, the people of London (not to be confused with those in the country side) are only a notch less rude than New Yorkers, ect.

It's certainly a cool place to visit, but it's not what you'd expect.

I "lived" there for 5 months for an internship. I had a really good time, but it was a difficult adjustment. 5 months was long enough. I wouldn't want to live there permanently.

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Has anyone here ever lived in or visited the United Kingdom? If so, what was the experience like? I've always wanted to visit the region, and I'm a fan of British culture and the history of the area.

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Yes

Cold, grey, dank, smallish and oldish mostly.

Good. Cheers.

PS: Hogwarts is fiction.

spend most of your time in Manchester or Liverpool. London is overrated

London is expensive old money city. You pay the same price as usa but in euro so the exchange rate (1.5-1) fricks you. Tons of tourists like NYC. Food is not good but with yelp and urban spoon you can find good stuff.

Scotland was amazing. Edinburgh specifically I would go back in a heartbeat. Tons of culture, great food. They have a castle in the middle of the city that's 3,000 years old. Weather does suck though. It's like a colder version of Seattle.

Been to London, but I wasn't really there long enough to fully experience the culture. It was expensive, though, compared to a lot of other places in Europe.

if you thought London was expensive, don't go to Norway/Sweden