So the grass really is greener on the other side?

You know the old saying, the grass isn't always greener on the other side. But I guess England's grass really is greener? lol

What other things do you like better in England than in the US? What things are better?

You know the old saying, the grass isn't always greener on the other side. But I guess England's grass really is greener? lol

What other things do you like better in England than in the US? What things are better?

Wow, that's a good question In some ways it's better than the US, and in some ways the US is better than the UK, and I haven't really spent a whole load of time there (I guess 4-5 months so far). But, I think what I like over in the UK, in the area where my fiance lives, is that it's a small town so people kinda know each other; when we go in a pub, they say hi because they know my fiance well. Over in my area of the US it's a bit more impersonal since it's a much bigger metro area. And being able to walk to the pubs is absolutely awesome (we don't spend our whole lives in there, honest ), along with being able to walk up to the shops like Aldi or Tesco or something; over here, you have to take a few buses to get to the grocery store and back.

So, I guess in the little slice of UK that I'll call home, I find it a bit friendlier than my home here in the US. And I love that a lot of the historical aspect of the UK still remains, as where Oregon doesn't really have that sort of stuff (not really our fault, we're a young-ish state). And a good curry, I can't find that here--or fish and chips for that matter. And digestives are way cheaper in the UK than here in our grocery stores

Hmm.... sadly, I don't know how to link to other threads, but I will give it a try:

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=3338.msg33137#msg33137

also:

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=32422.0

You could spend all day reading everything written there that we love about living here in the UK! 

(And if anyone knows how to make those proper links, in case I didn't do it right, then go ahead and fix them!)

I actually was looking for a literal answer as well lol. Is the grass actually greener? I've heard it is.

I actually was looking for a literal answer as well lol. Is the grass actually greener? I've heard it is.

Well, I'm sure that depends on where in the US you live! I'm from Texas, so I can say with certainty that the grass is greener here in UK than it was last time I was in Texas. In fact, in the part of England where I live, it is always green. It's one of the few benefits you get from all the rainy weather! 

I'm actually looking forward to England's weather and climate. I like the cooler weather and it sounds like it's going to be just right for me over there year-round.

My grass is really green, unfortunately I can't compare it with the grass I have had in the US because my parents have a wilderness garden and have no lawns at all.

My grass here is much greener because it is MOSS....pretty much 100%, a b*tch to mow, but its pretty bloody green.

I love the weather here, much less extreme than in my neck of the woods in the US, and I hate HOT weather, don't like HOT summers, and I like the mild winters.

i come from an area of california which is dead, dry and brown.
so yes... the grass is greener here for me.... in all respects.

i come from an area of California which is dead, dry and brown.
so yes... the grass is greener here for me.... in all respects.

Same for me...my Nor Cali was and still is quite dry and crispy...I love that it's green here all year round and without actually having to water it because it rains all the time!

I actually was looking for a literal answer as well lol. Is the grass actually greener? I've heard it is.

I come from a very green area of the US but the UK the grass is greener! Its part of what makes the countryside so beautiful.

I'm actually looking forward to England's weather and climate. I like the cooler weather and it sounds like it's going to be just right for me over there year-round.

I prefer cooler weather as well but in the UK, unfortunately constant dampness comes as part of the deal. 

I'm actually looking forward to England's weather and climate. I like the cooler weather and it sounds like it's going to be just right for me over there year-round.

Not as green as Ireland    But yes, nice when things stay greener over the winter instead of dead brown or covered over in six feet of snow.  Like that you can still find roses in bloom in November and that snow drops start in January or February.
England's green and pleasant land ...

Definitely all year round greener than in Austin TX, which often becomes a sea of dry yellow on a bad summer ("bad" there meaning burning hot for six months of the year!)

I don't miss the central Texas Springtime -- the first steaming blast of almost-saturation humidity. Springtime in southern England on a nice sunny day is almost idyllic, with green leaves sprouting on trees, buds everywhere, tulips and crocuses and all manner of things beginning to bloom. Nice crisp days with blue skies and white clouds if you're lucky. (This is when it isn't grey and raining and turned cold again, hah.)

I, for one, am not going to miss the blistering hot Texas Summer heat that lasts 4-5 months with no relief in sight. (Think 40C degree days and nights with 70-80% humidity. Ughhh!)

It was one of the first things that really struck me about the South of England: how freaking GREEN the grass was, even in the dead of Winter. I've lived in Tennessee and Rhode Island and everything in both states goes brown in August and stays that way until May.

I love the climate in the UK. It seldom gets below freezing or above about 85. When it gets on a gray or rainy streak, it seems to go on forever. But honestly, it isn't like that all the time. (We've had the loveliest February and March I've ever seen; we're actually hurting for rain now).

I'll miss substantial snowfall. But I won't miss it, too.

I love the climate in the UK. It seldom gets below freezing or above about 85. I'll miss substantial snowfall. But I won't miss it, too.

Well we just had a very harsh winter with frost nearly every night -6 below freezing, icicles hanging everywhere.....the frosts are tapering off now and spring is in bloom...We also had very heavy snow fall this winter, the most in like 20 years.

The south east erea where I live is always very green, I live in a beautiful part of the cambridgeshire countryside which has alot of parkland and national trust protected woods etc..including a bluebell wood..it's very pretty all year round, I think you'll like it Jesse.