Why I Will Never Go Back to the UK
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Once I got my first taste of what life was like outside of the UK, I knew I would never go back...
In this video, I talk about my reasons for moving to Thailand, why I left the UK and why I believe it is going downhill fast.
00:00 Introduction
01:46 It's Difficult to Get Ahead in the UK
04:43 How I Moved to Thailand
05:12 The System is Against You
08:38 Jobsworth People in the UK
11:41 Summary
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I want to move from England to Thailand and live a quiet peaceful life there, what do I need to do for this?
I am originally from Latvia, a Russian-speaking guy, I have been living in England for fourteen years. This is absolutely terrible
Agree men and women don't talk to each other in case feminists take offence. Leading to lonely nation. And the country is ok for your wealthy.
I told one of my bosses about my problems, but they fired me two weeks later. Since then, I have decided not to talk to anyone while I'm in the UK. There are devious people everywhere.
yep. Narcissist wankers all over the place in UK mate. @@daniellantos26
In uk you can work your balls of 12 hours a day...and after bills have 50 quid left in your pocket at the end of the month.
exactly mate, you cant improve your life by "working hard". most simply struggle just get by with fook all reward.
Expensive products with horrible quality
Absolutely not true! Look at Rishi Sunak or Boris Johnson, they have a pretty decent life.
You're absolutely right, I've worked in hospitality for 5 years and I have a few bucks in my savings, I'm leaving this country as soon as I can. It's amazing how a person in a fulltime job here is almost on the verge of poverty, because of extortionate landlords.
The UK is a big dump.
Dark cold weather for 8.5 months out of the year, can't turn left here, can't turn right there or you'll get a ticket. Letters constantly through the door telling you you owe money to someone or you're being fined.
True 💯
The UK is a big dump
So true
Authoritarian state.
I totally agree, British people appear to dislike each other . A kind of dog eat dog mentality. A selfish, self serving ethos. In thailand, they say its a communal society, therefore your behaviour affects others. In the UK its a " Individual society ", which is Code, for " selfish "😢
I'm English and live in the UK and I completely agree with you... I hate it here everyone is brainwashed in to the system, everyone is angry, selfish and miserable, I wont out 😅 maybe one day ill get out of this prison.....
Hope you get out soon. I left…….
I left too 🎉
It’s a hellhole
If you try to get out, the system will work to dig a deeper hole for you & it goes on & on & on
Thankfully everyone realises now that something is seriously foooked up
I don’t think the term brain washed sums it up. It’s way deeper
Did you ever get out???
I’ve emigrated to Thailand & it’s the best thing I’ve ever done!
I am Thai and thank you so much for all your good comments about living in Thailand.
It’s easy for most people to like Thailand,I’ve been going to Thailand for 22 years, and just just love the country and it’s people,and to be clear I don’t go anywhere near the go go bars or the like, Thailand is so much more than that🇬🇧
@@davidcole1670 Dear David, thank you for your kindest words on my motherland.🙏❤
Interesting times! I’m Thai living in California for 40 years. Most people in the US have no idea how liberating it can be in Thailand. If they truly knew, thousands of them would be there now. Scary thoughts 😂. Can Thailand and/or you guys handle that 😊?
@Jim Janlekha no we can't so please leave them in blissful ignorance 😅
Well deserved, Thai people. I’ve been to about 40 countries and you people here in Thailand are very very special. There is a sweetness and a goodness that is hard to find across this great planet.
Mate, spot on. Also you forgot to mention the social consequences of being an individual in the UK: people outcast you if you have any large ambitions or dreams and it's seen as cringey. Then there's the lack of open mindedness in people, lad culture, drinking culture, sports and boring conversations etc. Not to knock anyone who does these things but in the UK it's all people do. The UK offers such a limited life experience but people raised there are ignorant and they think they're chocolate compared to the rest of the world, even though in reality they haven't got a clue. I honestly have no idea why anyone wants to move there. All the houses/buildings are old and outdated as well. Robot culture.
This is also most of America. Bland, materialistic, vapid, close-minded, and insular.
@@coupleofbeers31 🙏🏻🧐 I concur! However, as an empath-lemme tell you the ‘angst’ I ‘feel’ coming from others lol 🤨🧐🙄 powers that ‘be oppressors’ made a 2nd mistake-first one being ‘plandemic’. Can we say ‘backfired’, ‘unforeseen consequences’, ‘self realization’, blindfolds comin off, and again; as an empath-WHOOOEEE you think there’s anger …ya’ll ain’t seen nuttin yet!🧐🙄😝 🎶🎵hide your wife hide your kids..🎵🎶🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Yup, thats UK.
Spot on. British born and bred, lived overseas 9 years and would also never go back to live there
Your on my own radar of thinking James.
Hence while I am still overseas. I had 55 years of being brought up there. The last six have been a breath of fresh air here in Thailand,
I temporarily visit home now and then. 🫣😜 It’s 30 mins of google earth in 3D, on TV of where I once lived, that puts it back into perspective. And in part’s 10 mins of CZcams BBC news, and five minutes of accidental morning TV intro music that grates on my soul, from CZcams that puts my reality back into check. Thankfully! That I am here living in more freedom and tranquility. Without to much red tape.
I will go home to visit one day soon to see my family maybe early next year. If war doesn’t break out in Europe that is. And like Covid , I am certain all flights will be grounded if it does. And certain visas restricted indefinitely. And Dad’s army of my age, me being conscripted into its efforts.🫡🤣
But casting of all my criticism’s aside for a moment. UK as some lovely places to visit. I am not knocking it. Only it is still my home after all.
But it’s not for everyone either, and not as I remember it, when I was young, joyful, innocent, and blinded by youthful optimism it was great.
Getting older awoke me to the drudgery of everyday. Is this it type of thinking.
Is this life!
It was a hum drum bubble march I lived back then of every day’s.
I thought greater ventures must exist outside of this hum drum, if I dare to be different.
Family and friends responded in general. What if it don’t work out.,You going abroad. Your mad. I got from them!
Deep down I had many reasons to go. To many for a short text here.
The one annoying thing I disliked in the UK myself, is the big brother kind of thing back there. They are on your case everywhere You turn. You cannot even park outside your own mates home without having to first check the times of restrictions on a light lamp post, a 100 yards from his home, and yellow sign 7 feet up the size of envelope, and a £120 fine if you break there restrictions all in writing I might add, the size of a Chinese menu.
Where’s my fucking glasses gone🤓😂
You get my meaning! There is a policeman plod everywhere there. Except on the streets fighting real crime sad to say.
It’s also every day’s besides all what you mentioned James. I get it mate.
It can certainly be a stressful bag of frustrations at times when I recall I was there. Not sure if fate had a hand in my decision to go. Something pushed me.
Maybe I need it!
Well personally for me the world has changed I thought to much.
You can free yourself if you really want too, and be anywhere you desire I thought. The only thing that is stopping you is all in your mind. Your thoughts, feelings, And your mind alone can set you apart and free, if your brave enough to do it and carry it out make a decision. That’s what I’m my experience changed my direction. I know it’s not for everyone to do. I get that! But for those who can, and wish too. Take the leap of faith in yourself. But jump only when you have first figured out a plan that can work for you. Both for and against your wishes.
I'm in the UK! It sux! The Gov is ruining it systematically and many people are really damaged mentally..and that's because as you said the system is built to keep you small. It's like that in most western countries...but the UK is very extreme. I've lived in 3 European countries and NZ!
How did you find living in NZ?
@@sk7541 NZ is nicer and fairer than the UK when it comes to just about everything. A more releaxed lifestyle . But it is pretty remote and you do get bored there pretty quickly . The Kiwis don't really socialise much either , they kinda hibernate LOL
It’s like that in most Western countries as everybody follows the UK, in right or left.
Look what happened when UK said COVID was hazardous, the majority of world raced one another to close borders. Now they are wondering why they did so.
@scentsoftravelmeditation man! Your c9mmemt is exactly the reflexion of the British everyone want to run away from!😂
@@etiennedelaunois1737 it's because the UK is one of the leading NWO stamp on your face places. (IMO) ULEZ is being used to put the infrastructure in for smart cities that are just open air prisons. Most ppl are just brainwashed sheep here.
I moved from London to California in 1987. While I had good friends at work in the UK, my life really started when I moved to the US. Living in London was as you said, a routine consisting of doing a repetitive job and due to the dull weather, going home at the end of the day and watching the telly. Living in California I rarely watched TV and would spend way more time outside visiting friends, going to events and even just going to happy hour (4PM-7Pm) at an open air bar/ restaurant.
When I moved to the US I loved how Americans were quick to say hi and how they would readily accept a stranger into their group. On trips back to the UK I remember being nudged by family members and told to keep my mouth shut after interacting with other pubgoers in London (can't speak to another human, everyone will think you're strange). What's strange to me is people over there think this is how they are supposed to live. The economic system is restrictive and the culture is highly restrictive. Add to that weather and cost and you destroy any chance of having an adventure.
Get out of that place and live your life.
Maybe it's my imagination but anyone with a personality is labelled as weird in London. I think it's more weird to be a robotic nobody
@@jamesbyrne9312 A functional rules based system requires functional minded people to live within it. Creative minded people find it very very hard to live within that system. Two types of people.
You have described the robotic people and the imaginative people. Each are either left or right sided brain people.
@@TheBobster1969 true, but UK used to be pro creative then after Thatcher it was all about money. Creatives shouldn't have to leave society. They are the ones that help make society bearable.
@@jamesbyrne9312 when the police fine you for walking the streets as per the last 2 years, then it is time to get out of that facist communist country.
We have the freedom of movement with no levy.
UK is not much different to communist china right now.
Like Brett says police are typical jobs worth in the UK.
A creative mind cannot understand being fined for walking to the shops to get some milk. A Ceative mind will not count how many times he goes out of his house...it is not human natural.
@@jamesbyrne9312 no it's not your imagination! I'm a Londoner. It's Sad I'm such a friendly person also but I get a better response in USA
I love when you land in the UK and the first thing you hear is "Any unattended luggage will be removed and destroyed" in a computerised voice..... Welcome to the UK!
London Underground: “if you see any suspicious behavior, make sure you report it to member of staff…see it, say it, sort it”
And all the weird "pro-diversity" posters plastered all over the arrivals section.
@@MrEdrftgyuji people on their first visit would think the queen is the only white person there 😂
That's for security reasons though-i.e. counterterrorism
@@carlmaster9690 we imported the terrorists.
There's definitely a "bucket of crabs" mentality in the UK. If people sense you have a different mindset and want more for yourself, you're met with bitterness and malice. It's always a "who does he think he is" mentality.
Facts
Completely disagree mate. There’s small minded people everywhere but the UK (especially London) is very open minded, live and let live, eccentric people everywhere, every nationality and people group on earth.
The stuff he said about the economic responsibility to earn lots to maintain a decent living standard are fair enough, but all this stuff about British people being negative or robots is nonsense!
You are best to stay deadly quiet if you are succeeding at something tell no one as they’ll look to stop you. The system is sewn into the fabric of so many in the U.K. it’s all about struggling and if you are not a fellow struggler then people are genuinely outraged and want you brought down asap.
Met these people when I was working around the UK in different towns/cities, also had them as flatmates. Its alienating and you almost feel like something is wrong with you. Found out quickly you're better off alone rarely met those that are like minded and want to make something of themselves.
Yep. They call it 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'. On the account that if someone grows beyond their community, they have to be cut down by their community. I have never understood that mindset.
I'm driving a bus in Australia. The company thinks your lazy, if you don't want to work from 6 am till 5 pm! Or 11 am till 10 pm, then come back the next day ,at 7 am. No time at all to do anything else. They now wonder why, they are short staffed,and can't keep drivers
There is something quite saddening about watching and living through your own country going down the toilet - knowing that it will never recover. Better to just get out and forget about it.
Too late for the UK, your 💯 correct. They’ve even managed to make our national flag a symbol of hate.
12 years ago I had a,vision of the UK
I was mortified and thought the vision of demise , decay and destruction off this country could never actually happen
I escaped Just in time March 2021 I sit here in Thailand reading these comments and count my lucky stars
I'm American and we have been going down that proverbial toilet for decades now. It's only now just getting to the point of no return. This country in a few years will only be for the rich and the rest of the people will be extremely poor. The streets will soon become too dangerous to walk. We are headed for a dystopia, although I gotta admit we're been somewhat of one for quite some time now.
@@chrishammond6047 Utils here to go up 2.5x by January. The fall-out is going to be biblical. Nobody except the top earners can afford these sort of increases in living costs.
No benefits or pension system in Thailand or NHS! You sound very middle class.
I escaped from the UK in 1989....and never went back. I spent 20 years in Australia, 2 years in Japan, and for the past 12 years I have lived in Kazakhstan. In June next year I plan to retire in the Philippines. I still miss Marmite, HP sauce, Cornish pasties and Branston pickle......but hey, it's a small price to pay,
From Australia to kazakhstan?? Why?
@@CommoditySCmarry Borat!
What work do you do please nate?
same, retiring in cebu in lapulapu city, philippines with optional small place in PALAWAN
starlink changed the game, lets hope there is no war in SE ASIA
Beats me how anyone can think that the Philippines is a better place to live than Britain. None of the many 'Flip-flops' who've moved here would agree.
"the UK is full of so many jobsworth wankers" hahaha - 100% true..
should be on the welcome sign at Heathrow..
landing at a UK airport from a BKK flight feels like you woke up being trolleyed down a hospital lobby.
LOL
bkk ? jobsworth explain please ?
Spot on. I haven’t lived in the uk for 25 years, and if it wasn’t for family I’d never set foot in the place again. For all the reasons you mention.
Me too.
well then you wouldnt have a clue what the uk is like now, 25 years ago it was decent
Everyone in the uk seems obsessed with a two week holiday on a beach somewhere.. usually Spain.. it is major drama if anything gets between them and that beach…. That seems to be the extent of the things English people care about these days… depressing.
That and property prices. Especially houses
And football. Can do anything to the British man as long as you don't deny him his football. As an outsider it was truely bazaar to see.
@@jw841 Or their silly Fantasy football leagues. Everyone in the office is obsessed with it. I find it kinda sad.
I'm italian and I can have the beach for free and it's just a few hours from me.
Absolutely right. Shows how miserable their lives probably are. In the UK, it's considered a human right to go on a 2 week holiday to the Med. The amount of entitled people whinging during lockdown because they couldn't go on holiday was astounding (at a time when millions around the world were suffering).
The media are also obsessed about 'Brits abroad' and their travel dilemmas getting to/from holiday. For example, during the Greek wildfires last summer, the media only reported on the 'plight' of the tourists who had their holiday cut short by a few days, not the locals who lost their land and livelihoods. What a pathetic, narrow-minded country we've become.
I agree with you. The systems are not set up to help you survive and thrive but to be dependent and struggling.
You work for the government, not the other way around.
I left the UK 36 years ago, vowing never to return. All the reasons you give, plus a few more.
15 years for me mate. also, never to return. nice for a a few week holiday in summer maybe, although that's still very rare for me
Well done..
Thank you for your video. I have aspergers and I have worked really hard since I graduated at the age of 22. Now I'm 37 and currently recovering from burnout. No matter where I worked, no matter how many hours I put in, I never got paid enough to even afford rent. All employers increase your workload but never your pay. There is no prosperity here. Everything is so expensive, low standard crap. It has become unaffordable to live in the uk. On top of that, people are rude and hostile. I'm glad you were able to get out. I wish you the best of luck. 👍
Recovering from burnout myself
Bit of a tangent, but you may want to question that apbergers diagnosis if it was supplied by a UK doc. I was given the same diagnosis when I was 6 (born in 83). I don't doubt that I'm quirky and definitely don't fit in with most "normal" groups, but I've managed to get to a point where I'm managing teams of telecom engineers despite the quirks. Plus, there have been a few times I've been to a doctor when I wasn't feeling great (once after my first breakup, again when I was in a difficult financial situation). Without even hearing half of what I had to say, the immediate diagnosis I received was depression and was prescribed antidepressants. Tried them, felt totally numb and far worse than being a bit sad, and decided that our UK psychiatrics system is defective.
In my view, almost certainly due to the criminally outdated class system we have here, people will label others in one of 2 ways - "you're in my group and I like that, or you're not and are the enemy". I suspect this infects all aspects of society here, so people like myself who are a bit different from most will be seen as defective and given a label to confirm it. In my experience, when I was given this label by a so-called professional, I was subsequently ostracised by my entire community and was treated far worse than simply being a bit different.
In my later years, I've come to the conclusion that I simply don't fit in with the group I was born into, but that difference doesn't make me broken, it just makes me different and that shouldn't be a sin.
I'm in the UK and totally agree with all points you made Brett, I'm working on leaving and can't wait to do so.
Hi, have you left yet?
I'm in total agreement with you. I'm from the South of England too. Currently living in Asia too, never felt so free and happy. I won't go back
when the locals get fed up of the british invasion you might
White flighter.
The reason I left… weather crap, a lot people are either aggressive tw@Ts for no reason or try to impose their rules on others. I also got fed up with, covid was used as an excuse for everything not working or late. We moved to Portugal… apart from the bureaucracy we’re happy… people are amazingly friendly, great weather, nice food and wine - no stress and laidback.
The UK weather really does suck, even when you get a warm sunny morning you still want to wear a jacket as it will probably get cloudy and cold later in the day and start raining again.
I did a year in Lisbon, literally the best year of my life. I have to find a way to permanently move back there…sodding brexit has made it a lot harder…
I’m literally sat at my desk at work RIGHT NOW - listening to this video feeling a cool wave of relief that there are people with similar feelings towards living in the UK and are actually making CZcams videos about it. I fucking salute you for that sir, especially when you touched on the covid stuff. Round of applause mate 👏🏾 I live in Essex just like this guy used to, and I can’t stress how accurate his claims are about basically every point that was made in this video.
I don’t think I’ve ever subscribed to a channel so quick bro 🤣😭 I’m currently exploring my options to move out of the UK as well, and I’m also in the process of figuring out a business venture that (just like was stated in the video) I currently am having difficulty trying to find the time for outside my 9-5.
Excellent stuff good sir, I salute you 🫡
Spaniard living in Scotland, the other day, a guy from the goverment telling me that I need to fill the census or i get criminal records and a fine of 1000pounds, the census had dozens of questions, kind of what are your last adress and jobs for the last five years, me are you kidding me i had so many jobs and adress that i dont even remember, i guess at least it would it took me 2 to 3h to fill the damm thing, i toss it to the rubbish.
I so agree! I left the USA for Thailand 8 months ago and I have never been happier!
The community is awesome, the Thais recognize me and greet me when I walk on the street.
I felt so oppressed by all the fines and fees involved in living in the USA. I feel like I am free and left alone to live my life now.
I can now work less and live comfortably on $1,000 / month.
I work only a few hours a day and now my calendar is filled with appointments with my new Thai friends!
I am living a whole new life!
I applaud you Dave! I'm really itching to get back to Bangkok. I was there Nov. 2019 and didn't want to leave. I got real comfortable. But I'm booked for Colombia in September and I don't want to come back. I've been done with this country for years and what happen in Buffalo/Texas really was the tipping point for me. The US is not a peaceful culture.
Great for you Dave. I hope it works out on the long run. What do you do for a living if you don't mind me asking?
@@Goeker I started a SaaS company in 2009 and I moved to Thailand to hire customer service staff here. It allows me to stay as long as I want on a Business Visa!
I posted videos about my journey on my channel.
I'm happy for you, but what fines and fees in the USA? I'm an American who used to live in Thailand. I love both countries. But one thing about the USA is that the possibilities are endless. I have an excellent job here which I never would have found in Thailand (though I love Thailand).
Nice , l will be following you
As someone currently "stuck" in the UK but leaving for Asia soon, this is SO refreshing to hear. I have practically the exact same outlook on this country and sometimes when you're surrounded by people who just seem ok with the circus going around you, the jobsworths and bots that have fully submitted to the system.. it makes you question yourself.
I’ve never heard this term “jobsworths” before this video but it describes this circus I’m in rn. Hope is a valuable thing don’t let anyone sway you from being free!
I keep hearing that song from KT tunstall - suddenly I see, I just liatwn to the background music. Im in the mindset of wanting to leave its a matter of doing it.
I bet you look forward to permanently getting out this hell hole place. Gea the jobsworths, clowns bots and those submitti g to the system worries me.
Even in scriptures it has the part: Flee Babylon, I question myself regular if I can be comfortable staying here in the future.
I have no problem going its just the care I would want for my mom, if I ghost.
The UK pension system, benefits system and NHS is expensive, they don't have those things in Thailand, there's a class system in both countries. The UK is overpopulated also, so not the best place to live if you want to find a good job.
@@gareth265 Oh fuck dude maybe that broadband job I applied for may not be a good idea? tho I wanna make the $$ so I can move.
I agree NHS system is a tier system, benefits can pay the bills or basic necessities, abroad has much better options, tho my mom does help once Im rolling in it will help her out make sure shes ok and that.
The big problem with the UK really is that your not living for the most part your just surviving
Brett, I've been following your videos since 2019. I promptly left for Cambodia for 1 year and Laos for 2. I recently returned to the UK and everything you've described in this video is exactly what I'm feeling right now. What's even worse is that you feel like you're going crazy and nobody else can 'see it'. Currently building a chunk of money to take with me and finally relocate for good. Starting in either Chiang Mai or Phnom Penh.
I've felt that way for years, especially in Europe. And yes, everyone around me could never see it..
You just described what I’ve been dealing with in the US nobody else sees it or else they’re lying to themselves.
Yep. Canada too. I was out with a big group of folks last night. I've known many for almost 10 years. Great people all around, but there is no doubt that I can see the world very differently. It is tough to be around people who have such limited vision for how things are now. I'm counting the months until I'm ready to leave.
I feel ya mate. Ever seen that movie, Falling Down ? That’s me lol
I feel the same in Australia to mate
Brett I've lived in UK for 41 years now and everything you've just said in this video is totally spot on. The country is a fucking shambles beyond any hope of recovery. There's two main things wrong with the country, one is the weather and the second is the people. I have two years and two weeks left in this shit hole and if I live through it, I'm leaving for Thailand or the Philippines. Thanks so much for your videos, it helps keep me focused. I've been to Chiang Mai five times over the years and love it there.
Mate, I've just spent the last few years doing the same as you. I leave Australia in August permanently for Thailand.
Stick with it Thomas 👌
Maybe give Vietnam a look.
yea man,,,,,,,i love Chiang Mai...been a few times, felt like at home ......well ...not like in uk
Chang Mai is the tops, hope to go back soon. 😊
I saved this video to show to my husband, who just started a new job at school .. and got so much hate from a few of his coworkers since day one for no reason. You are totally right about people in the UK.. they are so pity ,sad, and frustrated.. (not all of them.. but majority of them). However, I don't really blame them it's a system fault.. it creates them.. It's a total shame..😢
Imo it's the institution of the Monarch that oppresses people!!
Completely agree with you on the constant delays & red tape when building stuff. I live in Cornwall in the UK, they are upgrading the main road there the A30. Not all of it, just about 5 miles. It's gonna take 3 years. Some country's can build a whole town in that time
I left the UK 20 years ago.
Best thing I have ever done in my life.
Honestly, the system is against you and if you happy with it, then good luck to you, you are welcome to it.
I will not shead a tear for you.
You've nailed it Brett! Its the people! I've struggled to leave Asia for that reason alone. Although I'm enjoying Europe right now, I have to say the people in southern parts of the UK, particularly London seem just bloody miserable. Life really is too short for that nonsense.
But it isn't brits living in London. Brits are only 36% of London now. Maybe ppl are anxious because they feel threatened and under attack.
I would say the West is going down hill right now .
Some one that hasn't been to Thailand wouldn't know how good it is .
Somebody who has does , and knows there is this special place on earth, motivation and hope of living their one day if they are not there already .
The West has everything material , except the happiness and freedom that Thailand brings .
If one can untangle from their lives in the West a better life exists for them in Thailand .
Thank you from the bottom of my Thai heart , Mr.Farangutang. ❤🇹🇭🙏🙏
Probably the most honest statement anybody has made .
I'm English, my girlfriend is from Isan, her family lives in poverty there, stop your middle class we know best attitude....
@@gareth265 Bring them all to your country and look after them , I am sure they will appreciate it .
England definitely has uptight attitudes and rigidity for sure.Working partime and or casual are better options if you can while cultivating better things.
However Thailand isn't all so perfect either,sex trafficking, woman doing sex work with mostly disgusting western men to stay out of poverty and to support their families.
Absolutely brilliant video, Brett, well said! I live in the UK, have set up businesses here, suffered the nonsense of jobsworths here, and I can totally relate to everything you say.
I'm 57 and I've been totally stuck in a rut for the last 20 years here in the UK. I hate it 🫤
Well done young man. Many more are set to follow you out of the UK. The world is huge and there is so much more to offer
Hey Brett, watching from Australia , your not wrong about how hard it is to get ahead with all the bills , taxes and fines. The system really does beat you down
In 2004 was in social work in the UK and offered a managerial post. But I'd just had 2 holidays in Thailand and knew I needed to be in SE Asia. I got a job as a teacher in China and I've only need to go back home twice. As a social worker in London, all I did was survive. I usually had to share rooms in a house and faced constant stress commuting to and from work.
In China and Cambodia I've lived in 4 star hotels, rented my own amazing apartments and lived in much better style. I've been waiting 3 months to get my first pension payment from the UK. When that comes, I'm relocating to Thailand and touring se Asia. Why is SE Asia better than crime ridden England? Im always relaxed, happy and laughing with locals. That doesn't happen back home.
Thanks for putting your stuff out there Brett, I know it inspires many people.
So true Brett. I've been lucky enough to be living in Thailand for nearly 20 years.
nice one!!! can you own a property in thailand?
Great video Brett, I feel it is by design as well. Sums up why so many people in the uk are miserable but they don’t know why. When you say you are getting out of here for these reasons it triggers them, they don’t like you criticising their salve masters.
I'd like to stop work but I've got a government to support.
Learn another language well. Convert what little money you can save into two other currencies. Hold the savings in a bank outside your country - travel to the country to open the account in person if necessary. THEN FREEKING LEAVE.
Great video.
I lived in Thailand for 9 years. For the past two years, I have lived in the UK. I couldn't agree with you more Brett. The system is against you, there's more crime here, and the Thai people are much nicer.
I really need to go back to Thailand.
Thai people re amazing.......especially there re gorgeous ladies ...wow.......in Uk you cant see much on the street....big girls....everybody ( almost ) staring at mobiles
To a very great extent, I agree with you. I will say that I live in the Peak District, and people in Derbyshire generally are friendly. It probably is much worse in Essex or the south east. Having said that, I visited Croatia recently (where I intend to live), and there was no comparison. People were far more hospitable and kind. And, as with you, this was in a country where I didn't speak the language. Everything else you've said is undeniably correct.
I live in Sheffield and I would agree! It's the most friendly in the UK. However, even here I came across the same problems as Bret has. I personally believe many people have mental health problems and treat others badly ( when you get close to them). On surface level everyone is friendly.
I visited Sheffield last year and I was surprised how some locals said hi to me. I'd Durham too and Cornwall. Never happens to me in Kent. Although I'm not sure if I'll able to make friends in Sheffiels still. It still looks fake.
I agree completely Brett. Left Blighty 30 plus years ago at 36 and moved to the Netherlands. I have been married to a Thai lady for almost 20 years and I have now officially retired. I have been approved to teach English online so that does prevent a few opportunities to stay in the land of smiles permanently but for now we are aiming for two 3 months trips a year and see how it goes. I first visited Thailand in 1993 with my camcorder under my arm and still have those recordings. The Netherlands is better than the UK in my view but nowhere near as good as Thailand and my wife has 6 rye of land in Korat. I do not miss England at all - except perhaps to visit family or friends but it as if when we visit, there lives have never moved on. It's like a time-warp situation where they are all frozen in time. It's very weird to be honest Brett.
I love this Video. Australia is just as bad as England probably even worse and I lived and worked in England for two and a half years. This is 100% true!
Agree, but the weather in Australia is infinitely better thank UK also not so overcrowded. More laws in Australia though! Fines and licenses for everything....
Australia is not as bad. We have lot's of space, sun, birds, beaches etc. Same system though. Even in the cities people still talk to each other. Not like London where most are extremely unhappy, but who can blame them.
You are so right, I have lived and worked all over the UK. The Northerners are far better than the Southerners but still, I would never call them friendly, Everyone is in their own tiny small world, which they protect and are actively aggressive if anyone tries to enter it. I give up, they are just horrid. People make a place, not things, not money, not landscapes or weather, it is people, but when they fail it is time to leave.
I used to live in South East UK and remember that nobody talks to each other. I love Brixton, London which has a very friendly Caribbean and local community., Greetings from James J Walsh in Limerick city Ireland 🇮🇪
Great video Brett, I live in the UK and couldn't agree more. I am in the process of making the move to Thailand and will be checking your website and videos out. Thank you and have a great day!
I asked a fellow expat here in California how they would describe the U.K. “it’s a bucket of crabs mate”
ha,ha,ha..........yeeeeeeessss
Well its better to live in the UK than in effing communism where ur dictated how to live and all that garbage
Brett, i absolutely love this video, you have literally took every word/thought out of mines and said it! I have never felt good here in the UK, i agree 100% word for word what you've said mate! I too find it strange how I've lived in the same place for the last 17 years and i don't even know some of my neighbours names, certainly not how it used to be when i was a kid. The UK has been rapidly getting worse every year, and our gov is consistently trying to damage us year after year after year, i mean council tax, tv licence & road tax, what other countries out there does this to their own citizens? and yet the tv is crap, the roads are like a warzone and our houses are all damp and bad for our health, the UK gov has never cared about us, we are all just a national insurance number to them that they pummel us in taxes and fines with. This British hamster wheel were all on where our only option is to move forward, but move forward to go nowhere and move back or stop you'll fall over and be hit with fines or debt and then because your in debt they will fine you again and its endless, i am currently working 2 jobs to pay off car finance and then im actually off to Philippines for good! I don't want to hit 40 and realise all my life of working and all i have to show for it is clothes, kettle, toaster and a flat screen tv, the UK is one big scam, get out folks before it kills you!
Agreed the cursed island
My very same sentiments too.
I'm 35 now and just thinking what's the bloody point in working this hard when I could be in Southeast Asia
I totally agree! It's the people. The rest is a bonus. We'll said!
I am with you on that Brett, Essex boy myself, It got on my nerves the system of things there.
I avoided paying my TV license there on one occasion. When some jobs worth detective waited outside my house for two hours to hand me a penalty notice while having the TV on. He finally knocked on my front door. And I done a cloned fake dress rehearsal in full white overalls and white paint on my face and hands, as a painter and decorator act. I said the owner is on holiday mate. I am just decorating the home here for him. He said your watching the TV without a license. As I said mate, it’s not my home. With that he left.
I now live in the outskirts of Bangkok with me partner for the last six years and would not change it for the world. I have a big extended family back home. When I need to visit. After all in reality I am not living as far away as Jupiter. It’s 11 hours away on a plane ride away.
So if your thinking about changing your life from wherever you live Then do it.
Please tell me where to visit. Never been to asia. Left the hell of derbyshire during covid 2020. Now in the netherlands. Slight improvement in government. But people here are like robots. Where would i start in asia?
@@user-qb7ms6vs7s I think! Your first port of call would be to take a visit first to get your bearings on if you would like it here. That way you can gauge your own reactions to its reality. Bangkok is a big city. Would probably be your entry point. Then you have the other key points to choose from to visit from there. Like Chiang Mai, Phuket, Ko Samui, to name but a few from many, why you visit. I think personally that way. You can get back to the Netherlands. And think RIGHT, This is what I am gonna do. And make your plans from there.
Good luck 👍🏻
@@chrismay5349 thanks for the tips.
100% agree. The people in Thailand seem fun, playful, and carefree. Makes every interaction (and the day to day life) pleasant and chill.
@@Triocat939 I do 😉
Jobworth’s wankers… You hit the nail on the head! Left the UK 25yrs ago and never looked back :-)
15 years for me. same, never looked back
Great video, Brett. I agree with you about how the U.K. has this “trapped system.” But no country is perfect. It really depends upon what stage in life you are at and what you want to achieve in life.
Well, said..no country is perfect that same Thailand has its challenges, just like you said 'It really depends upon what stage in life you are at and what you want to achieve in life'.
Good comment . The UK was a blast in the 90's to me . But i was a young lad then with money in his pocket . Now i'm 46 i just find this country boring . Cant figure out if its changed or i've just got much older ?? Both probably LOL I still like a night out now TBH but its all nervous aggression when you go out in England and i don't enjoy it. Thailand you go out , find the right bar and you can have a blast . I just don't enjoy it here anymore . Stressful and boring .
Brett, i couldn’t agree with you more. I’m from Australia and have been to Chiang Mai many times to get jewellery made. I have more friends there and Cambodia and Indonesia. I’m so alone here, even with a big family who are too busy just surviving to spend time with.
I feel welcome in thailand.
Community is everything.
I’m planning retirement in Yogyakarta where there’s a very similar respect and sense of community. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏
Hi Greg, interesting you left Oz, I'm from the UK but ended up in Indonesia for the last 18 years, married a local have 2 girls, life is pretty grand, not perfect but a huge improvement over the UK, we've been to Oz in 2015, Brisbane and the gold coast, Perth and Sydney which I hated, my youngest wants to leave Indo later and go to Oz, but I'm curious why you left as it seemed so lovely there? Cheers Alan
Couldn’t agree more. Grew up in Ireland now live in USA and you described both countries to a tee. Well said
how did you move to America and where did you move to how is it like living in Ameirica is it worth it ?
Im from london I love Africa but recently i have been craving to live in America.
i have been saying England is lost for many years.I am planning my escape next year (NEVER did I imagine i'd be happy to be about to turn 50). Our energy bills have doubled since last year, and are going to rise an average of 800 quid this October! Most people here simply exist or strive to get by. Taxes are insane (aka theft of your labour). It feels hopeless here mate. You are right not wanting to ever come back. Things have been on a downward spiral for the last 20 years, with no change in sight. British people plod along as long as Soccer in on telly, and eastenders, reality tv etc. Too few take a chance and dare to try moving away, and i include myself in that, up till now. One last important point - the UK does NOT have Asian Koels to serenade us when sat out on our balcony (if we had balconies 😂 )
I remember the first time I came to Asia I went to Vietnam by myself and much like the Thai people (I speak as my wife is Thai) I remember how nice they was to me and very friendly and interested you and yet they didn't have much but would seem really happy with their way of life.
I'd go back to Scunthorpe in the UK where I am from, dear me it took me a long time to get used to people's constant moaning and complaining and negative out looks, it made me realise in the west we can have whatever we want and still won't be happy
Watching your videos inspired me to pack up and try Thailand!
1 Year later still in Thailand built a Thai company here and have a child on the way. Crazy times
I left england 2020 as it was a nightmare. Netherlands a slight improvement but i dont think the netherlands is for me. Got any tips about visiting asia. Where to go?
Follow up comment required - "The UK is full of so many jobsworth w*nkers". SPOT ON BRETT!!!!! Honestly mate, if I could DOUBLE thumbs up your video, I would. It is so true. It's a horrible place to work in especially. Jobs are filled with these jobsworth types, even lower level retail stuff. That was a huge frustration of mine that led me to work online. You've got the worst of everything. Low pay, poor conditions, and jobsworth idiot managers. Right on the money, and I think the UK is one of the worst for this. US as well possibly but maybe not as bad, bit more entrepreneurial in parts.
I always like the culture in Southern Europe (Spain, Italy, Portugal) when I go, feels a lot gentler and kinder. But the UK you are right, it's horrible. The workplace culture is mostly terrible. I don't think psychopathic is too strong a word for the culture, for how horribly people are treated at work now, with little protection under the law as well. I think the entire culture has been psychopathized to an extent.
Same in the US. I'm struggling to get a job right now to teach to make a little money, and I've been thinking about going back to the US until the hiring season comes back around. One of my crazy ideas was to change my career and break into realty. I then walked through the process of going home in my mind. I'll get home, and I'll need to get a car because in the US you need suitable transportation for a job. Once you have a car, then you need a 40+ hour/wk job to pay for the car. It's hard to find a good paying job. You could be driving more than an hour to find a good job which, with the gas prices being high, a chunk of the paycheck at that nice job will go towards paying for gas and maintenance on the car. Now, if I live at home, then I'll have to work at Walmart because it's the only easy job to get near my home. Walmart salary is difficult to live on in the US, so I'd need to get a second job part time. If I have any free time, my energy is drained and I just want to relax with a good meal and tv.
New sub here!! I live in Canada and it’s so similar to the UK. I feel so trapped but I’ve been thinking of moving out to SEA in the next bit. Thanks for your videos ☺️
The UK has spent thirty years importing people who hate the Brits. It has destroyed "community-mindedness" that the Brits had when it was a homologous culture. Same thing happening in the U.S.. Sorry for our loss.
Sadly I agree that cohesion between communities is surface level or not integrated because the original culture is strangled by tonnes of other cultural norms. The way London white youths talk is black lingo, I find that weird
I bet if you were to expose yourself to those imported people you’d find that they are just like you, want to feed their families and maybe afford a bbq or two in august. When the were imported they gave up a lot to assimilate. My family cut their turbans, took on a different attire, learnt English, the lot. Being around a diverse community is good for you. Check it out! Don’t lump the whole community into one narrative. My other half is ‘not imported’ and of your ‘homologous peeps’. His family, a lot like you, have had such little real contact with us that they assume my older uncles and aunties don’t speak English or have English friends or drink alcohol or eat certain foods. This is fed to you from the media. Divide and rule! Don’t let them keep you from your greatest friendship or true love. Judge case by case!
Ahh yes, it's all the fault of immigrants.
It's amazing how similar my political opinions are except I am German and left Germany behind...The country has the same problems you experienced in the UK.
It’s possible the neighbours keeping themselves to themselves is island culture so people don’t get on each other’s nerves to the point they end up killing each other , can’t just move across the border like you can in Europe , Africa , America or Australia. I’m in Japan it’s exactly the same as the UK in this sense, worse probably.
It's the same in France... people are stuck with the triptych Work - rest to be in shape to go back to work - then work again... no time no energy to think about oneself and get out of the rat race !
As a Brit, I have way more in common with Greeks, Cypriots, Portuguese speaking people and Spanish speaking people than Brits including British Cypriots. Sure not all Brits are the same, but overall I don’t have much in common with them.
I want to leave Michigan for the winters. Great video! Everything I’ve seen about Chang Mai has been amazing 🤩 I want to come and see it for myself this summer.
I regret that I did not emigrate after graduating. I could work my arse off for the next 20 years and still not have access to reasonable and affordable housing, tolerable healthcare, a government that remotely represents me, or a friendly community of conjoined interests and values.
Nice one! Thanks for sharing your insight 👍
Hi Brett! I don't always agree on some of the things you say but 100% agree with every thing you said about UK and being oppressed, WELL SAID THAT MAN👏👏👏
Hi Brett, you are absolutely right. I also lived in London for nearly 12 years and feel the same as you mentioned in your most inspiring and video. I am from Nepal, a small mountainous country sandwiched between two giant economies China and India. I left UK in December 2022, still hold UK residence permit, but no intension to return back to UK again. Glad to hear that you are enjoying life in Thailand. Hope to watch your forthcoming videos..
Yes Brett - It is very much the same here in Australia. Here has changed sooo much from when I was young. I will be there in Chiang Mai by the end off this year hopefully we can catch up when I arrive, be great to have a face to face chat over a chang or two.
Another great video! I only wish it was longer! Makes me want to move there tomorrow! The U.S. is very much like the U.K. The crime in big cities has gotten out of control. The taxes is so high and the housing market has gone sky high as well! Keep making these type of videos because they give me hope of what I can have if I leave here one day! 🙏🏽
Love the video Brett, it’s so refreshing to see someone being completely honest on here. I honestly can’t stand living in the UK, I’m from Essex too and it sucks. I’m currently saving a bit of money to visit Thailand by the end of year.
It feels like sometimes I’m drowning from all the pressure. And I know many people who feel the same.
I’d love to run a bar out there, I love the industry. I can’t wait until I can move to the land of smiles
Always interesting to hear these personal background stories!
Brett, a mate in Chiang Mai recommended your vid and I can’t agree more. Spot on. Originally from Essex, we moved to Cornwall to get away from the crap you described. Although it was better to begin with, London and the SE are buying up in droves down here and there is no longer such thing as local property prices. What makes it worse is they bring that selfish, unfriendly attitude with them. So we’ve committed to moving overseas within the next year, to a much friendlier place with a sense of community. Thanks for the insights snd inspiration. 🙏🏽
I met a few of those jobsworth snobs in UK ,you're right.
This is amazing, I started watching you from the beginning when you had around 4k subs, now on 40k sub, that super good. I’m back in Thailand over Xmas, want to make the move but I’m in construction
Thanks a ton!
I travelled to Ireland had a great time, was looking forward to the UK even though it was somewhat similar the people felt dead or soulless compared to the Irish who had a much better sense of fun or community. Any one else feel this?
After Ireland is 'diversified' you can kiss any sense of community goodbye.
@glennhumphries9444
Nah mate. I think we can see the shite ahead but we're doing things about it now. The countryside in ireland is still phenomenal in terms of community. Its not perfect by any means but the government need to crack down on cunts moving in with no intention of diversifying into irish life.
You are 100% right ! It.s almost the same everywhere in Europe... cold people, no sense of comunity, oppressive systems... extremely expensive life... I have my bags "half packed" for SE Asia... Will start by working 6 months here and enjoying life half a year in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia... 😎😃
Good idea! I was having the same thoughts! Can you tell me what job you work?
Isn't it difficult to find a new job once your CV has a gap every 6 month?
@@ayebo15 I work as a therapist in psychiatri. If I decide to do this, I just tell them the reason, basically to work hard april-okrober... and chill at the beach in SE Asia 5-6 months a year. 🏝🍻🍺😎 Some people do this in Sweden, so it.s possible... if you save money by not spendind it on things that you don.t need...
@@milente1 Thanks for the information. Thats a great idea especially in such unstable times where you can not relly on anything! Is doing this not not bad for your CV? Do you still find enought employers willing to hire you for only half a year? Is this only possible in your field of work or probably only in your country?
I work in IT in Austria! I was recently looking to find a company which will let me work 100% remote from BKK. Untill now i have only found 1 job offer where i can do this her in Austria! It sucks!
@@ayebo15 My employer is the swedish state, so there are plenty of hospitals where I can work if I decide to do this. From april to oktober is warm weather here, especially summer time most employees want holydays... so hospitals need people 24/7. both state and private sector. November to april the weather is shitty in Sweden so almost nobody wants to be here.
@@milente1 I see. Yeah i also knew a guy working for the state here in Austria, who spent 3 month every year in Thailand. The weather is a little better here then in Sweden, its getting colder later. Is the anual half a year not bad for your CV? Do you not get asked all of the time why you were not working for half a year & only staying half a year with the employer. I also had this idea to work for only 9 month, then don't work from December to February every year. But i am afraid that it will be harder to find an employer because of the gap in my CV. Other options would be a sabbatical year & quiting and getting states welfare for as long as you have savings and then return & then repeat the cycle every year or two.
By the way i subscribed your YT channel.
Great sense of community in the less diverse areas of the north-west. Cricket clubs, bowls clubs, friendly neighbours etc. After living in China for almost 4 years I’m ready to go home man, and that sense of community is one of the main reasons. Very tempted to do 6-12 months in Thailand before I head home whilst working online though.
Great video. I've been out of the UK for 5 years now (currently in Vietnam) and agree with everything you've said.
I’m 3 months away from moving to the Philippines, on my last trip to the Philippines my eldest son dropped me off at Gatwick …got a fine, picked me up at Heathrow got a fine. Literally a minute each pickup/drop off. With cost of living crisis going to bite in the winter peoples are going to be suffering…how can you see energy bills double. It’s all by design, the uk government paid people to stay at home …go figure.
Yeah, by design, sanction Russian oil, inflation rockets, interests rates go up, Rothschilds make more money, everyone gets poorer, job done.
You need to counter offer those fixed penalty notices next time, remember Notice means offer in legalease, you have 30days to do so or your will tacid accept that offer or notice.
Don't hook up with those Philippine bar girls, they are the worst, they are all a bunch if gold diggers in the Philippines unless they are millionaires. Stick to the rich ones. And don't get fleeced.
Great video 😀
I love in Sweden and the same here, and i’m stuck in this wheel 🤪
All the 3 points are so spot on and true….
I have been back in the USA since 2019, I have four neighbors, don’t know any of them! Yet, as I travel, I see that sense of community, warm embracing people!
Great video! Glad I am not the only one so fed up!
Brett, Essex is a shithole, we always knew that growing up.
I've lived all over the UK, from midlands to London Area and Wales (Cardiff and Swansea) and now in Cornwall.
I've had loads of good communities where I've lived and think you get out of it what you put in.
I totally understand how you feel about Southend, the people there are some of the worst.
But Cornwall where I live now is just totally different to everywhere else I've lived.
Great people here, good life style, good school for my son and very low crime.
But I totally get why you moved, always thought you'd spread your wings at some point. You were always interested in the world and I'm happy you found somewhere you feel happy.
Welcome to thailand ประเทศไทยดีต้อนรับครับ ขอให้คุณมีความสุขมากๆครับ🙏🙏❤🇹🇭
Excellent video thanks for sharing feels like I’m not alone in my thinking I want out soon 🔜 hopefully
Been out of UK for 20 years now
Your 100 percent correct on all points ...
Jobsworth drives me crazy
All the best bruva
Well, totally agree. I also love thailand for its people. "Nice People" is such a rare commodity nowadays.
We are the opposites. I am working in the city 9-5 and pretty happy with that. Mortgage is getting paid, weekends are free. My colleague calls me "perfect employee" lol. But i can see your point we are all different. My problem here is the dating scene. It absolutely sucks and i am nearly given up on women here. Planning to get a girl in the Philippines in future...
You can't get a girl cause your obsessed with work. It's not your location
@Dnpe well that's fine but a huge generalization. There are good women everywhere but you're not putting the time in.
Not all women are bad in the uk I’m not British and have respect unlike the locals
Great video Brett! I recently hopped in, created my first vlog and hit publish. Insired by you and other Digital Nomads. Cheers!
On another vlog someone criticized Vietnam for being "controlled". Many expats there might disagree. And to check some of our "free" western countries. People were actually put in camps in Australia.
I lived in Sussex for 5 years, I had the same issue and I had never wanted to live in the UK again. People look miserable and they don't know how to say "Hello" to people. Sorry to say this, but there are still a lot of things that I like about the UK. Unfortunately just is not my place that's all.
In America they throttle down the phone internet.
My home WiFi in the USA was low grade and cost me $100.00 a month, I have Fiber High Speed internet for $14.00 us a month. In America I would have to wait 3 to 4 weeks for them to turn on my internet, here in Thailand they were at my condo when I arrived back from their store placing the order. I will be in Thailand for a long time to come.
Our cat caused a fibre break to our router. AIS was at the house and had it fixed 2 hours after we called them. Cost to repair? Zero.
Totally resonates. And, yes, the workplace is designed to suck up our most productive energetic hours. Love your videos! ❤
Thanks for the video Bret. I'm moving to Thailand in October 2022 [Chiang Mai and Hua Hin] in part because of your insight. I live in Maryland USA and for me it's the taxes, fees, and tolls that's driving me away. For instance, I live along the Interstate highway I-95, and about every 30 miles [50 KM] you have to pay $6 - $8 tolls to use the road one way. Double it for round trips.