Those who moved from the States to London, are you happy that you made the move? If not, why? I know this is a very general question but I am contemplating the move and any comment would be appreciated :)

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Honestly, I don’t regret it but I don’t plan to stay more than another couple years. London is incredible—like NYC if NYC chilled out—but the broader political and economic situation is making it hard to keep justifying.

Biggest pros for me:
-Work life balance: I have about 40 vacation days this year (combining 25 base, 8 bank holiday, some extras I bought with my benefit allowance). I am expected to use all of them. All I need to do to use them is inform my team when I’ll be off and put it in my schedule. No one will try to contact me while I’m off. Completely chill to take off time for sickness or medical appointments too.
-I already had friends and family here so that was a plus
-great (and reasonably priced) performing arts scene if you know where to go
-lovely parks and lovelier pub dogs

Cons:
-Salaries are ridiculously low; you need to be a full-on “high earner” to have just a basic standard of living
-Londoners can be quite cold; like will ignore a person collapsing from an obvious medical emergency on the sidewalk cold
-Bizarre cultural acceptance of mold in houses as normal and inevitable and definitely not a health risk??
-If you live with British people, they will insist on turning the heat off at night. When it’s coldest. And everyone is guaranteed to be home. This will be true even if they can easily afford the heating bill.

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This is super helpful!! Thank you!! Work life balance alone sounds like a huge pro to me but cultural acceptance of mold… is interesting

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Most would find it better from a work life balance point of view but not from salary perspective.

I’m happy, although I’m not from the states.

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Do you mind asking where you moved from?

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