Living in the UK

(We always drink tap water with our meals, and that saves a chunkachange right there, over alcohol or sodas.)

And the tap water ('cooncil juice') in Glasgow is delicious!

This is how I currently feel about where we live and have lived for 12 years. Can you tell me why you prefer uk to us especially having made the move with a child?


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And then there's scenery in town like this....

And I never, ever, ever have to deal with



Again. Ever.

Here and there. Odessa, Lubbock, Amarillo, El Paso, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, and a few smaller points in-between. Where were you stuck?

Hahaha this made me smile. I’m stuck in Houston and have been for 12 years....


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Hahaha this made me smile. I’m stuck in Houston and have been for 12 years....


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Before that? (My condolences on Houston summer.)

Grew up in a very small town an hour outside of Austin...lived there from birth until university, went to university in college station and the moved immediately to Houston. Oh houston


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My husband is a british citizen but has spent most of his life here in the states. I’m working super hard on him hoping he will see that making move to England might be a nice change for our family. He is not a big fan of change, but he’s going to have to find a new job or transfer within his current job in the near future and I really want to take it as an opportunity to choose exactly where we want to be and what we want to do...I really hope that finding a job for him in the uk isn’t as horrible as I’ve read as I’m not sure he’s willing to really spend as much energy making it happen as I would or might be needed. He’s a senior product marketing manager in the flash division of ibm. I sincerely hope he can find something there without a horrible amount of effort....I really want to live in the uk if but for a short season of my life. It’s always been a dream and any time we’ve gone to visit family it’s just been lovely.


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Grew up in a very small town an hour outside of Austin...lived there from birth until university, went to university in college station and the moved immediately to Houston. Oh houston


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Round Rock? Spent a lot of time down around Austin in the 1970s, before it got so big. Was really pretty around there.


There, there, we'll get you out of that nasty place. 

Round Rock? Spent a lot of time down around Austin in the 1970s, before it got so big. Was really pretty around there.


There, there, we'll get you out of that nasty place. 

Burnet!

My husband is a british citizen but has spent most of his life here in the states. I’m working super hard on him hoping he will see that making move to England might be a nice change for our family. He is not a big fan of change, but he’s going to have to find a new job or transfer within his current job in the near future and I really want to take it as an opportunity to choose exactly where we want to be and what we want to do...I really hope that finding a job for him in the uk isn’t as horrible as I’ve read as I’m not sure he’s willing to really spend as much energy making it happen as I would or might be needed. He’s a senior product marketing manager in the flash division of ibm. I sincerely hope he can find something there without a horrible amount of effort....I really want to live in the uk if but for a short season of my life. It’s always been a dream and any time we’ve gone to visit family it’s just been lovely.


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Good luck! If you can make it for a while, I'd say it's worth it - if for no other reason than to be able to look back later on and remember it, rather than looking back when you're old and saying you wish you would have tried.

Burnet!

Inks Lake!!!!!

Inks Lake!!!!!

YEP! That's the place Beautiful for sure, but not a place I want to raise my kids and there are no jobs at all!

Yeah.... spent many happy hours on an innertube getting sunburned there.

Is it possible to purchase a home sooner than 5 years?

What is a good estimate of car insurance those first few years of being new to the country??

Yes, it’s possible to purchase a home if you can put down a larger deposit and if your husband can show he has income (UK work contract). My husband (the UKC) was able to secure a mortgage with Bank of Scotland/Halifax within 3 months of arriving in the UK. He didn’t have any UK credit history because he lived in the US most of his life.

Our car insurance is with Tesco for 2 drivers with no UK driving history. It costs about £650/year for comprehensive insurance with a £250 deductible. You also have to consider road/vehicle tax. Ours was pretty cheap £20/year. But maybe because it’s a newer 2016 model.




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This is very intriguing. Do you know by chance if there is a large tech sector there?? What cities should I look into for IT jobs?


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I live in Edinburgh. Amazon’s IT hub is here.


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