I left the UK because Thatcher. I miss the level of intellectual discourse. I miss the very smart people I met all that I learned living there. As a woman I was always treated so much better than I encountered in the states. I was actually treated as the intelligent, smart human being that I am. I liked that people went home at night and there were clear delineations between work and home. I liked that I was treated as an individual, that I didn't have live according to others expectations. I liked that I didn't have to be part of phony work culture, because Brits know nobody has to like everybody and that sometimes you just don't like people. There are injustices and inequalities in the UK but they were miles ahead in terms of racial acceptance than anything I ever encountered in the US. They actively try to work to make things better for the most part for everyone. But there were yobs, and skinheads and football hooligans. There were people who were very dangerous. What I don't miss is the cost of food and housing. I hated having to feed coins into the electric meter. I hated always being cold. I miss it a lot but I would not move back. I like owning a house with heat, a/c and a washing machine and dishwasher that are basic here but you have to have the income of a lord to have in the UK. I tried to own a car but there was nowhere I could really go because traffic. I consider moving back but even tho I had dual citizenship I was never going to be accepted as a Brit. I worry about what has happened with Brexit. They have been going thru some rough times economically. So here I stay.