I tell you what gets on my nerves, those people who have a go at expats returning to the UK for medical treatment. ~ why the hell shouldn't I return home and use the NHS if I so wish?
Because that's the law George. I agree with you that we all paid our fair share into the pot (or more than our fair share) and should be able to use the system for our lifetimes, but that isn't how it works. My point earlier was made not as someone who cares that much, but as someone who's role involves creating debate here
As for the wider matter - living in the UK or moving abroad - the people who "get on my nerves" are those who knock it without trying it. That is twofold - those who knock living abroad, and those who knock the UK and give living abroad as some sort of Utopia that puts the UK to shame. To be clear, I do understand those people who don't want to move abroad, it isn't for everyone and I am not talking about them.
There are many great advantages to living abroad - and as I sit here with a cold I can think of one immediately - but I won't bore you by giving you a list of them. I recommend each and every person lives abroad for at least part of their life if they get the chance. Not because of the big list of advantages, but to finally realise that the UK isn't the pits, it hasn't gone to the dogs and actually does many things fantastically well. Had I not lived in Turkey, I would never have worked that out.
