I want to live in England. How do I go about doing this?

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#1 Tauruslink
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I'm going to be a senior in high school next year, and I really want to live in England for a while. I have never been there, but it looks like an amazing place to live. What should I do so I can make my dream a reality?
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Get on a plane. Find a flat or someone to stay with... done.
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#3 SolidSnake35
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Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.
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#6 Tauruslink
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Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.SolidSnake35

Where would you recommend then? :)

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I'm sorry we don't need any more smelly, illiterate, lazy immigrants scrounging of the government than you very much!

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Just because someone is an imigrant dosent make them lazy

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I'm sorry we don't need any more smelly, illiterate, lazy immigrants scrounging of the government than you very much!

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He never said anything about Glasgow mate :P

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#9 spark5050
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Shouldn't you visit the place before making a commitment like that.
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#10 gameofthering
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Come to Scotland
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#11 bradleybhoy
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[QUOTE="bradleybhoy"]

I'm sorry we don't need any more smelly, illiterate, lazy immigrants scrounging of the government thank you very much!

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Just because someone is an imigrant dosent make them lazy

Nah, I was just kidding. :P

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Get a job and save up money fast, don't be afraid to talk to some loan sharks since you're heading out of the country anyway.
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You'll need money. Lots of it.
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#14 Tauruslink
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Shouldn't you visit the place before making a commitment like that. spark5050

Sometimes you just gotta take a risk and go where your heart tells you.

That was my attemp at sounding deep.

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.Tauruslink

Where would you recommend then? :)

I'd recommend London. Why would you take all the bother to come to England, any not stay in London?
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Get a job and save up money fast, don't be afraid to talk to some loan sharks since you're heading out of the country anyway.Hungry_bunny

But if you swim here, be careful not to punch the loan sharks, they don't take to kindly to that.

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.Tauruslink

Where would you recommend then? :)

Don't go to London! Or Manchester, I'd probably suggest Yorkshire (Not just because that's where I live) Go to York, or Lincoln they're really nice places.

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.Tauruslink

Where would you recommend then? :)

Yorkshire is nice. I live in West Yorkshire, and to the north is the Yorkshire Dales, which is rather pretty. So you get that, plus the city I live in, Leeds, is still one of the biggest in the country. Best of both worlds. ^_^
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[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.Bourbons3

Where would you recommend then? :)

I'd recommend London. Why would you take all the bother to come to England, any not stay in London?

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.braindead_hero

Where would you recommend then? :)

Don't go to London! Or Manchester, I'd probably suggest Yorkshire (Not just because that's where I live) Go to York, or Lincoln they're really nice places.

What's wrong with Manchester? It's a decent place :P

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Bristol FTW! :D
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#21 SolidSnake35
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What's wrong about Manchester? It's a decent place :Pjointed
It had better be or I'm commuting. >_>
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As a way to get in to the country itself, you need to apply for residency (you can do this on a government website) where you basically have to prove you can speak English and have some knowledge of the culture and can actually contribute to society, seems as you're american and have a decent education, you'll probably get in
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[QUOTE="Bourbons3"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.jointed

Where would you recommend then? :)

I'd recommend London. Why would you take all the bother to come to England, any not stay in London?

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.braindead_hero

Where would you recommend then? :)

Don't go to London! Or Manchester, I'd probably suggest Yorkshire (Not just because that's where I live) Go to York, or Lincoln they're really nice places.

What's wrong about Manchester? It's a decent place :P

Manchester? It's awful! Firstly theres a high rate of crime and secondly I wouldn't call it a very cheery place.

EDIT: and chavs, so many chavs!

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As a way to get in to the country itself, you need to apply for residency (you can do this on a government website) where you basically have to prove you can speak English and have some knowledge of the culture and can actually contribute to society, seems as you're american and have a decent education, you'll probably get inbraindead_hero

Yes, I do speak english. And I already watch some British tv like Top Gear (my favorite show), Britains Got Talent, and Braniac.

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#25 Tauruslink
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What about college? Can I go to college there?
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#26 SolidSnake35
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What about college? Can I go to college there?Tauruslink
Yeah, but I think it will cost you more... a lot more.
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What about college? Can I go to college there?Tauruslink

You should be able to, if you get residency I'm sure you'll find a decent college, how old are you and what grades/qualifications have you got?

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[QUOTE="jointed"][QUOTE="Bourbons3"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.braindead_hero

Where would you recommend then? :)

I'd recommend London. Why would you take all the bother to come to England, any not stay in London?

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.braindead_hero

Where would you recommend then? :)

Don't go to London! Or Manchester, I'd probably suggest Yorkshire (Not just because that's where I live) Go to York, or Lincoln they're really nice places.

What's wrong about Manchester? It's a decent place :P

Manchester? It's awful! Firstly theres a high rate of crime and secondly I wouldn't call it a very cheery place.

Well, as long as you're not a scouse or one of them cockneys...you're pretty much safe. Hmm, I don't know about yanks though.

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#29 braindead_hero
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[QUOTE="braindead_hero"]

Manchester? It's awful! Firstly theres a high rate of crime and secondly I wouldn't call it a very cheery place.

jointed

Well, as long as you're not a scouse or one of them cockneys...you're pretty much safe. Hmm, I don't know about yanks though.

Yeah, it's not very friendly, I can't imagine them in Manchester taking a shine to the American accent

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[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?SolidSnake35
Yeah, but I think it will cost you more... a lot more.

Really? Thats too bad.

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?braindead_hero

You should be able to, if you get residency I'm sure you'll find a decent college, how old are you and what grades/qualifications have you got?

I'm 16 (going to be 17 by the end of this month). I get decent grades. I'm in AP/Honor classes and this semester I got a 4.5 gpa. Keep in mind though thats the best I have ever gotten. I usually get around a 3.5, but since this is going to be my last year, I'm aiming for a 4.0 or better.

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#31 fighter91
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don't go to england, it's a craphole
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Swim.

You may have to punch a few sharks.

Bio_Spark
Batman can teach him how, he could also borrow some shark repellant batspray which is really handy when fighting sharks..
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Come to Glasgow Uni! :D
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#34 Tauruslink
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don't go to england, it's a crapholefighter91

It cant be worse than where I'm living now.

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#35 fighter91
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[QUOTE="fighter91"]don't go to england, it's a crapholeTauruslink

It cant be worse than where I'm living now.

where would that be?

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#36 Tauruslink
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[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="fighter91"]don't go to england, it's a crapholefighter91

It cant be worse than where I'm living now.

where would that be?

In the ghetto! In the ghetto!

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Swim.

You may have to punch a few sharks.

Bio_Spark

It's true, Bio_Spark has swam the Atlantic dozens of times. Everytime there's a few sharks to which need punching.

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come to Tesside, one of the nicest places in England, you won't get robbed, honestly.
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don't go to england, it's a crapholefighter91

BOO! I could say the same for wherever you're from, but I'm just too damn polite (thats a good English personality trait)

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?Tauruslink

Yeah, but I think it will cost you more... a lot more.

Really? Thats too bad.

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?braindead_hero

You should be able to, if you get residency I'm sure you'll find a decent college, how old are you and what grades/qualifications have you got?

I'm 16 (going to be 17 by the end of this month). I get decent grades. I'm in AP/Honor classes and this semester I got a 4.5 gpa. Keep in mind though thats the best I have ever gotten. I usually get around a 3.5, but since this is going to be my last year, I'm aiming for a 4.0 or better.

I believe that is fairly high (not too sure though as we don't use GPA) but I'd suggest finishing high school then coming over and as far as college is concerned in the UK you finish school at the age of 16 and finish college at either 18 or 19 so I'm guessing a US high school diploma should be the equivalent of an A level so there isn't much need for college, you could go on to university, which I think is the equivalent of college in America however there will be fees, I think you can apply for student loans and government grants but I'm not sure how many you will be entitled to.

Overall I will say if you are serious about this, as an American (I am assuming you're american) it should be relitively simple to do there are government websites you can look into if you're really interested

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#40 bradleybhoy
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omg take the boat here! That would be so awesome. You can read poetry and English Literature and stare pensively out across the vast and incomprehensible ocean.
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[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Stay out of London unless you want to be broke within a week.SolidSnake35

Where would you recommend then? :)

Yorkshire is nice. I live in West Yorkshire, and to the north is the Yorkshire Dales, which is rather pretty. So you get that, plus the city I live in, Leeds, is still one of the biggest in the country. Best of both worlds. ^_^

That seems like a nice place. Defenitely one to consider.

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im from sunderland he he, where abouts in teeside you from
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[QUOTE="Bio_Spark"]

Swim.

You may have to punch a few sharks.

Erasorn

Batman can teach him how, he could also borrow some shark repellant batspray which is really handy when fighting sharks..

Haha, that film was so cheesy, how ridiculously convenient is it that the one day that he gets attacked by a shark he happened to have packed shark repellant :lol:

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come to Tesside, one of the nicest places in England, you won't get robbed, honestly.MetalGear_Ninty

im from sunderland where about from teeside r u from

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[QUOTE="fighter91"]don't go to england, it's a crapholebraindead_hero

BOO! I could say the same for wherever you're from, but I'm just too damn polite (thats a good English personality trait)

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?Tauruslink

Yeah, but I think it will cost you more... a lot more.

Really? Thats too bad.

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?braindead_hero

You should be able to, if you get residency I'm sure you'll find a decent college, how old are you and what grades/qualifications have you got?

I'm 16 (going to be 17 by the end of this month). I get decent grades. I'm in AP/Honor classes and this semester I got a 4.5 gpa. Keep in mind though thats the best I have ever gotten. I usually get around a 3.5, but since this is going to be my last year, I'm aiming for a 4.0 or better.

I believe that is fairly high (not too sure though as we don't use GPA) but I'd suggest finishing high school then coming over and as far as college is concerned in the UK you finish school at the age of 16 and finish college at either 18 or 19 so I'm guessing a US high school diploma should be the equivalent of an A level so there isn't much need for college, you could go on to university, which I think is the equivalent of college in America however there will be fees, I think you can apply for student loans and government grants but I'm not sure how many you will be entitled to.

Overall I will say if you are serious about this, as an American (I am assuming you're american) it should be relitively simple to do there are government websites you can look into if you're really interested

wow. thanks man! big help!

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I live in Milton Keynes, quite a nice place, get on a plane and just fly to England (don't go to Manchester whatever you do, or Liverpool, not the nicest part of England)
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Wow, what's up with all the hating on Manchester? It's not that bad...
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Go to Jesus Green in Cambridge, bring something to get yourself wasted, you'll probably end up going to a party or something in Cambridge or the surrounding villages and just repeat the process.
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[QUOTE="MetalGear_Ninty"]come to Tesside, one of the nicest places in England, you won't get robbed, honestly.spark5050

im from sunderland where about from teeside r u from

Middlesbrough, you can take that as you wish:P

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[QUOTE="braindead_hero"]

[QUOTE="fighter91"]don't go to england, it's a crapholeTauruslink

BOO! I could say the same for wherever you're from, but I'm just too damn polite (thats a good English personality trait)

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?Tauruslink

Yeah, but I think it will cost you more... a lot more.

Really? Thats too bad.

[QUOTE="Tauruslink"]What about college? Can I go to college there?braindead_hero

You should be able to, if you get residency I'm sure you'll find a decent college, how old are you and what grades/qualifications have you got?

I'm 16 (going to be 17 by the end of this month). I get decent grades. I'm in AP/Honor classes and this semester I got a 4.5 gpa. Keep in mind though thats the best I have ever gotten. I usually get around a 3.5, but since this is going to be my last year, I'm aiming for a 4.0 or better.

I believe that is fairly high (not too sure though as we don't use GPA) but I'd suggest finishing high school then coming over and as far as college is concerned in the UK you finish school at the age of 16 and finish college at either 18 or 19 so I'm guessing a US high school diploma should be the equivalent of an A level so there isn't much need for college, you could go on to university, which I think is the equivalent of college in America however there will be fees, I think you can apply for student loans and government grants but I'm not sure how many you will be entitled to.

Overall I will say if you are serious about this, as an American (I am assuming you're american) it should be relitively simple to do there are government websites you can look into if you're really interested

wow. thanks man! big help!

You're very welcome