When I left home a few years ago to go on a journey away from my family, I didn't know how hard it would be to live abroad. No matter where you go, locals always use foreigners as scapegoats for their problems, and England isn't any different.
As a foreigner, you can never get it right with the locals, no matter how outstanding you might be. Some will blame you for their unemployment and financial difficulties, others will target you at work for not being one of them, and let's not forget how foreigners almost always commit all crimes.
Living abroad is a double-edged sword where you get to explore a different culture, learn a new language, and meet new people, while being perceived as the source of every problem in your host country. I don't have it as bad as some people, but it's one of the reasons I left my quiet life in the North of England to start over in London.
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