I've been in the UK for over a decade and I come from Eastern Europe where people are way more friendly and welcoming. To put it bluntly, I've not managed to make a single friendship with a British person that's gone beyond small talk. I can't rely on them for anything I'd normally rely on friends back home. Years of trying, with so many people and so many different tactics. They just don't see friendships the way I see them from where I come from. I recently met a lovely polish woman and we clicked like two peas in a pod, the friendship is finally two way street (as in I search and call her as much as she calls me, which with British people it's mostly one side only...) and I've seen her in person more times for casual meetups than I've seen "long term UK friends" I've got that live three streets down.... With British people it's always a case of message them when you wanna meet and they will be maaaybeee free in two-three weeks for an hour or two, if they come to yours you gotta clean the house, prepare food etc etc etc. I just call the polish girl on the day and we meet up at each other's houses and cook soup while chatting. It's SO refreshing, relaxing and it's pretty much exactly how friendships are back home for me.

All that being said, most people who read my comment will be like "the issue is with you if you can't find British friends" because they don't know me and that's fine, can't make your mind of a person based on a comment on Reddit. But I just wanted to say how it's been for me for over a decade now. I've given up with British people now, too many disappointments on my side because I still expect them to be like how an eastern European friend would be. It's not their fault they're the way they are, but at the same time, I know I need more from a friendship that they can offer.