4,000 people a week trying to emigrate from Great Britain - almost all young professionals aged 20-40

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

The country’s biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week.

Most people are relocating within the Commonwealth – in Australia, Canada and South Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

[Dr_LHA 3]

I left the UK because their are simply more jobs and higher paid jobs in my field in the USA.

[Mirorgate 0]

Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

The country’s biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week.

Most people are relocating within the Commonwealth – in Australia, Canada and South Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

Wonder how long it will be before USA models that scenario.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

The country’s biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week.

Most people are relocating within the Commonwealth – in Australia, Canada and South Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

Wonder how long it will be before USA models that scenario.

The US is a lot larger than the UK. That model is already playing out in certain parts of the US. There is plenty of domestic outmigration from places like NY and NJ into cheaper, nicer, areas.

Locally speaking, my neighborhood is going to hell and my property taxes just went up 1k.

[Mirorgate 0]

The US is a lot larger than the UK. That model is already playing out in certain parts of the US. There is plenty of domestic outmigration from places like NY and NJ into cheaper, nicer, areas.

Locally speaking, my neighborhood is going to hell and my property taxes just went up 1k.

Denver has changed dramatically in the 12+ yrs i've been here thats for sure. not as bad as the NYC/NJ area by any stretch of the imagination, but still rediculously high.

average house cost here in Denver keeps climbing to over $220K now. first time buyers of course now with the sub-prime issues find it harder to get loans at decent rates. Startin to shift back to where one needs 10%-20% down.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

The country's biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week.

Most people are relocating within the Commonwealth – in Australia, Canada and South Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

It's losing two more "young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40" in 13 days when we up sticks... Crime, grime and overcrowding have done it for us.

[thetreble 19]

There is plenty of domestic outmigration from places like NY and NJ into cheaper, nicer, areas.

Locally speaking, my neighborhood is going to hell and my property taxes just went up 1k.

This is true. Lots of people are moving out of our area, although it is mostly people over 40 or 50, to the midwest or just west where it is cheaper and a lot less densley populated. If my husband wasn't so attached to this state, and it wasn't so close to my family in Canada, than I'd ask to move! Our next mouth will be to south jersey because we cannot afford housing in north jersey. 400k for a starter home with 12k/yr property taxes? Yeah...right.

Where do you live in nj VJ troll?

[peejay 327]

...immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

Wonder how long it will be before USA models that scenario.

The USA must curtail legal immigration to saner, historically traditional levels and eliminate illegal immigration altogether because the current rates are not sustainable without further lowering and degrading the quality of life that we have enjoyed in the past. I can remember what the USA was like 100,000,000 people ago and I don't want to see it increase another 1000,000,000 in my lifetime. There are more important things in life than increasing market share and putting $$$ in corporate America's pockets.

[thetreble 19]

The USA must curtail legal immigration to saner, historically traditional levels and eliminate illegal immigration altogether

Um..okay.

[britty 1]

Unless the UK stops immigration and tries to manage the number of people it already has, more and more people will look to emigrate. My parents live in central london and house prices just keep rising as demand increases. Wages are not rising in alignment with house prices, and the pressure for social housing and benefits has overwhelmed the system. People are sick and tired of paying tax upon tax upon tax to keep the country going. There is not enough room or money for the numbers now residing in the UK.

[russ 1]

south jersey because we cannot afford housing in north jersey. 400k for a starter home with 12k/yr property

Well, NJ and CT are the richest states in the US. No surprise that prices are high (they always have been).

FL is pretty cheap. The average home price here is about $130K, though average houshold income is something like $36K. But, you can afford a house here on that.

House prices will probably be coming down or flat for some time to come. With all of the mortgage problems, rates are going up. That will almost certainly mean prices going down or being flat.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

There is plenty of domestic outmigration from places like NY and NJ into cheaper, nicer, areas.

Locally speaking, my neighborhood is going to hell and my property taxes just went up 1k.

This is true. Lots of people are moving out of our area, although it is mostly people over 40 or 50, to the midwest or just west where it is cheaper and a lot less densley populated. If my husband wasn't so attached to this state, and it wasn't so close to my family in Canada, than I'd ask to move! Our next mouth will be to south jersey because we cannot afford housing in north jersey. 400k for a starter home with 12k/yr property taxes? Yeah...right.

Where do you live in nj VJ troll?

I'm in Middlesex county.

Where in South Jersey do you plan a move to? I was looking at homes in the Barnegat area, good value but the commute to this area would be hell. Same thing for the Lehigh Valley.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

UK wages stink - pretty much everyone I know over there is looking for a way out. Several of my friends now live overseas.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

How can any nation survive losing 4000/week? Though here in the US we probably see that many coming in from the Mexican border on a typical weekend.

[KaiserD 12]

People are sick and tired of paying tax upon tax upon tax to keep the country going. There is not enough room or money for the numbers now residing in the UK.

People forget it is just a tiny island...

I read something a while ago blaming lack of new housing on green belt areas lol How dare people want some green! They should just eat more lettuce