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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:19:23 JST Eugen Rochko

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   I wish I could live here. It’s so beautiful 🥲

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     Icarosity (nancywisser@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:29:23 JST Icarosity

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     @Gargron Beautiful photo. You have a wonderful eye for noticing beauty and composing the shot.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:37:46 JST Eugen Rochko

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     I mean that. I want to move to the UK. Slowly working on a visa application. It’s so daunting.

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     Michael (tacticalgrace_@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:42:12 JST Michael

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     @Gargron Crikey, I wouldn't want to move back. I escaped 3 years before Brexit, and just about everyone I know back there has spent the intervening years trying to find ways to get out.

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     sidewaxye (sidewaxye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:42:14 JST sidewaxye

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     @Gargron https://www.wararkamanta.online/2023/11/why-should-person-always-be-bored-with.html?m=1

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     alexsavin (alexsavin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:45:15 JST alexsavin

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     @Gargron come to Scotland, we’re nice if you are into outdoors

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     Harry Keller (harryfk@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:46:06 JST Harry Keller

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     @Gargron Oh man, same here. The visa paperwork requirements are so daunting, I have a hard time getting started. You should have pretty good chances on the Global Talent visa, but it’s so much stuff to scrape together. Hope you can make it work!

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:52:47 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @harryfk That’s the one I’m trying for, yeah.

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     Tad van Sander 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (san_der@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 17:59:23 JST Tad van Sander 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     @Gargron most of us want to move out 🤡

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     John Christian Lønningdal (jclonningdal@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:02:55 JST John Christian Lønningdal

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     @Gargron , plenty of places like this in Norway. Living in a rural area is also not very expensive with regards to housing either.

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     Wes (justwes@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:13:51 JST Wes

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     @Gargron I’ve been here over a decade from the US and it’s one of the best life choices I made. Come to Scotland though, cost of living is more realistic vs England and the NHS is better here

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     Chris Godwin (chrisgodwin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:30:46 JST Chris Godwin

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     @Gargron I'd welcome you here, it has its flaws (or should I say people) but it could only be improved with people like you!

     Also, despite our grumblings about the weather, in terms of geographical locations on the planet it's a lovely, temperate, stable area

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     RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:31:54 JST RolloTreadway

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     @passenger @Gargron But there are lots of beautiful countries, and in some of them, everything isn't irretrievably broken.

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     Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:31:55 JST Passenger

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     @RolloTreadway @Gargron

     As someone else who moved here, it is a very beautiful country.

     You can make jokes like "if that's the UK then there's probably poop in the water", and those jokes are funny, but it doesn't take away from the beauty.

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     RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:31:56 JST RolloTreadway

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     @Gargron You do realise, don't you, that this is a very awful country?

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     Healthcarer (healthcarer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:36:30 JST Healthcarer

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     @Gargron Internet access ok?

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     Cwiiis (cwiiis@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 18:40:00 JST Cwiiis

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     @Gargron as I'm sure many Brits are telling you, now isn't a great time to move here... Our healthcare system is collapsing, our government is asset stripping and distributing the proceeds amongst the already wealthy, inflation has made even basic items very expensive, the property market is still insane, people are stressed...

     That said, there are still only a few other places I'd be happy to live - namely Scotland and Ireland. If you're set on it, best of luck and welcome in advance 🙂

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     Terence Eden (edent@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 19:16:44 JST Terence Eden

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     @Gargron we'd be lucky to have you!
     Hope it all goes well.

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     ℳ🅰®️⊺ℹ︎₦ (mirrorofmirrors@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 19:20:13 JST ℳ🅰®️⊺ℹ︎₦

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     @Gargron [don't look too closely at what's floating in our streams and rivers :( ]

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     Rote Blume (roteblume@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 19:24:02 JST Rote Blume

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     @Gargron I jumped the ship UK right before Brexit was finalised and Corona Hit. After 18 years, better luck for you.

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     schnagi (schnagi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 19:33:56 JST schnagi

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     @Gargron I wanted that years ago, but life got in the way. Back then, it would’ve been easy. Now, after Brexit, and me getting older and sicker, it is something to think about thoroughly. Afaik you need to be rich to afford our standard in healthcare in the UK, and life in general. I’ve lived in the US, UK and Germany. Even now, Germany still has the best social net. But my heart will always have that soft spot for the UK and then there’s planes…

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 20:41:40 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @InterfaceEngineer @umiamz I’m afraid the immigration system does not work this way!

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     sukh (interfaceengineer@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 20:41:41 JST sukh

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     @umiamz @Gargron 💯 this

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     MikeZ (umiamz@toot.umiamz.me)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 20:41:42 JST MikeZ

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     @Gargron If you currently live in Germany I would happily swap with you!

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     Paul Taylor (ampersarnie@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 21:16:34 JST Paul Taylor

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     @Gargron Cumbria really is a beautiful place, I’m not surprised you’d want to move there.

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     Clay Baker (clay_baker27@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 21:51:07 JST Clay Baker

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     @Gargron Nature is wonderful and I hope we can save more of it.

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     Andrew White (awhite@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 22:36:17 JST Andrew White

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     @Gargron Just moved from the UK myself, and I miss it so very much. Was just flipping between web cams along the coast.

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     Fardels Bear (riggbeck@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 22:40:57 JST Fardels Bear

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     @Gargron

     You could live there. As long as you can aford the sky-high house prices and put up with millions of tourists clogging up the beautiul landscape for most of the year. You wouldn't have mind that many local people can't afford to live there and have to work seasonal jobs because tourism is the only industry.

     I know whereof I speak. I lived in Keswick for 4 years. The Lake District is a poisoned picture perfect postcard.

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     Deadly Headshot (dheadshot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2023 09:00:29 JST Deadly Headshot

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     @Gargron As beautiful as it is here, from the perspective of running a social media organisation, you're better avoiding it because of the new Internet Act thing...