Re: Today I have...
I'm assuming you have different sections like counties and burroughs though, yes? You wouldn't say all those places are all exactly the same right? I seem to hear all the time about how different people are from the different sections of the country, like north vs south...would you say it's the same to live in Leeds as it is in London?
Yes we have counties.
So you have your city, in my case Leicester. Then you have Leicestershire, which is the countryside outside of the city for 30 miles or so. And then Leicestershire is part of the East Midlands.
But really they are nothing more than place names. There are no changes in law, licenses or anything. About the only change is if you posses a Firearms Certificate, that is registered against your local police force and needs transferring if you move.
I wouldn't say it's that different living in one city of another. Of course, London is far bigger and has a more extreme spread of wealth than any other city here. But other than that, going from Leicester to say Newcastle would be pretty much the same. Obviously different buildings and so on, and the people sound very different . Other than that not much would change. Some cities are cleaner and better looked after. Just like going from one suburb/village or whatever to another, like in any country.
Generally the south is considered wealthier, north is poorer. But it's a sweeping generalization. There are rich and poor areas at both ends of the country. Climate wise the south is 4 or 5 degrees C warmer than the north too.
So no, my lifestyle would not be totally different moving somewhere else in the country. Yes there are places of the country that are more beautiful, or more well off, or warmer. But it would not be like moving from the UK to Australia or something
(which it seems a lot of brits do, we like Australia for some reason. Except me. Dem spiders
).
