Wanted Down Under

[craft1948]

Anybody else watch this programme today?

The couple were from York, and the husband and both children wanted to move to Australia but she voted against it as she liked her house back home. It's in a nice part of York but nothing special and they would have been over £800 a month better off in Australia.

I couldn't believe how selfish the woman was..............

[craft1948]

em I think he thought that living out there would be a matter of improving their lifestyle, not just surviving. That included having their children privately educated.

[Zeuhl]

The 'family problem' works both ways but many emigrants don't consider it.

One woman I worked with in Oz had arrived there single, and then married another Pom and had children.

So several years in, though she wanted to return to UK, she realised (quite rightly) that as her kids were growing up as Aussies and enjoying the Aussie lifestyle, they would be unhappy in the UK.

So she was rather stuck there.

[cazzz1975]

I don't think she was selfish. Money isn't everything

[boxtops]

Sometimes they've commented that after being on that programme, they realise how high the cost of living is over there, so it makes it uneconomic to move. I'm surprised this one was going to be better off.

[tamborine]

the outdoor life, schools etc are better than in GB today. Its 22hrs away if you need to return for elderley family.

[craft1948]

Maybe it's just me then, I'd have gone in a flash.
It's not just the money cazzz it was the whole package. They voted on houses (they voted for the UK before knowing how much he could earn), job (they voted Oz), lifestyle (they voted Oz), but she still voted UK in the end.

[Zeuhl]

Perhaps the flies put her off!

[cazzz1975]

It was the friends and family that were the clinchers for her I think, she was perfectly happy with her life, she has close family and friends, she loves her house, its his dream to move although he acknowledged there was nothing wrong with his current life other than job insecurity. I think she didn't want to lose her support network

[yogi-bear]

Oii, bog off trigg...she's mine :)

You can take Cazzzetor and we'll double date :)