As much as I love London it's plagued by homelessness, rent seeking behaviour, screwed up market etc
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It's fundamentally alienating
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I mean, I agree. But I've lived in other places and was even more homesick. Also London isn't as racist explicitly (at least) as other cities I've lived in.
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Also for the first time ever in the UK I'm friendly/friends with neighbours and I like my neighbourhood. My main problem is I want to live in my home county on some level, I want to talk my other mother tongue, and I want nicer weather. In roughly that order of importance.
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Sadly in exactly that order is also the impossibility of having a job in such a place.

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As in much more likely I'll find a job with nicer weather, then a little likely (but not a lot, there's only a million Cypriots in the world) I'd find people I can talk to (hasn't really happened in years) and impossible to (find) work in Cyprus itself for me.
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Thinking about it in such concrete terms at least helps me realise how much my dreams can and can't come true. I still agree with you. On some level, even though I'm so lucky to own a house, London isn't for me.
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INB4 somebody mentions Southgate, Palmers Green, etc.
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I can’t speak to the more existential desire to live in Cyprus and speak Greek or Turkish, but I can say that everyone feels down sometimes. It’s okay to feel that way, but it’s hard. Just keep listening to yourself about what will and won’t get you through this time. You know.

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I get exactly what you mean (10 year Portuguese migrant here). For most people I know, emigrating was temporary: you did it for a few years, got rich and came back to live like a
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You try your hardest to keep family and friend connections going but you're seeing them a few times a year and missing out. The airport goodbyes never get easier only harder as the years go by. You bring back a suitcase full of foods that you consume almost religiously.
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This is the main reason anti-migrant rhetoric pisses me off so much. People don't get how fucking hard and emotional it is. And it's hard even for people who are well off, coming from poorer but "normal" countries. I can't even *imagine* what it's like for a refugee.
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I didn't mean to add gloom so I apologise if I did. I empathised a lot with what you were saying and felt oddly comforted by seeing another person feel like that so I tried to offer the same in return. Here's to hope for better days

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I totally know what you mean.
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Again I relate 100%. Distancing and feeling nothing are a defense mechanism that can only hold the tide out for so long. The alternative is change.. But life can get in the way. Ultimately we all come to a good resolution to this conflict.. But it's a process

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No problem, migrants got to stick out for each other eh?
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I feel similar after a decade in the UK, but also appreciative of the fact that homesickness is indicative of missing something that is good, and loved, and only the good things cause such sadness and isn't this better than not having anything to miss about "home"?
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I really respect your view but I used to not miss home and yes, I felt better.
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