Early days about thinking about this. This is something me and my wife have thought about several times over the last 5 years.
I'm 34 now, have 2 boys (8 and 4). We want to emigrate, because:
- Cost of living in the UK is high. I earn about £60k.
- Mortgage is about £1100 p/month
- Bike and car insurance is £1500 p/annum (all in)
- Petrol is £4 p/gallon
These aren't the main reasons, but just to give an idea of cost of living.
We want to improve our standard of living, not just about money, but what to do at the weekend, such as:
- skiing
- quadding
- wide open spaces to mess about
- biking
These may seem a bit shallow, but I'd rather do something fun with my time rather than spend every Saturday down at B&Q (big hardware store), buying bits for the garden etc.
Likewise, want to create opportunity for my children, both for now and in the future when it comes to looking for work.
I've travelled to Utah, California, Nevada, not sure if I'd want to live in any of these States, we haven't got to the stage of thinking that deeply about it, though we're getting quite serious about it now.
This of course leads to various problems - whether or not we could get a visa to do it, work permit etc., whether or not you'd have us.
But you know... looking at all your posts, particularly your rides out, your adventures, your pics, it honestly looks great. Sure, the grass isn't always greener, but I think you have a great place to live, a great standard of living, and plenty of opportunity.
Sorry, this was a bit long, but please let me know what you think, and tell me what places we should visit to look at potentially settling down. If we were to do it, we'd probably look at renting for a year or so to be sure we don't change our minds and head back to the UK.
I'm 34 now, have 2 boys (8 and 4). We want to emigrate, because:
- Cost of living in the UK is high. I earn about £60k.
- Mortgage is about £1100 p/month
- Bike and car insurance is £1500 p/annum (all in)
- Petrol is £4 p/gallon
These aren't the main reasons, but just to give an idea of cost of living.
We want to improve our standard of living, not just about money, but what to do at the weekend, such as:
- skiing
- quadding
- wide open spaces to mess about
- biking
These may seem a bit shallow, but I'd rather do something fun with my time rather than spend every Saturday down at B&Q (big hardware store), buying bits for the garden etc.
Likewise, want to create opportunity for my children, both for now and in the future when it comes to looking for work.
I've travelled to Utah, California, Nevada, not sure if I'd want to live in any of these States, we haven't got to the stage of thinking that deeply about it, though we're getting quite serious about it now.
This of course leads to various problems - whether or not we could get a visa to do it, work permit etc., whether or not you'd have us.
But you know... looking at all your posts, particularly your rides out, your adventures, your pics, it honestly looks great. Sure, the grass isn't always greener, but I think you have a great place to live, a great standard of living, and plenty of opportunity.
Sorry, this was a bit long, but please let me know what you think, and tell me what places we should visit to look at potentially settling down. If we were to do it, we'd probably look at renting for a year or so to be sure we don't change our minds and head back to the UK.
