One of the great strengths of the BBS is it is a magnet for those that have left these shores to seek their fortune, love or simply a different lifestyle abroad.
This allows us in South London to hear all sorts of on the ground accounts of what is happening in various countries, while they get to hear about London and of course Palace.
What I find interesting though is that occasionally I feel a sense of loss, that however well they are doing overseas there is a feeling on having missed out, or that its not quite real, an otherness to their existence.
I have lived abroad many times but never for more than a few years at a time, but I have noticed a few times (most of all in Australia) how often ex-pats compared their new country to their old explaining how much better it is. I oft wondered whether they were trying to convince me or constantly justify something to themselves.
So as someone who has a wandering an eye and a oft-returning hanker to pack up and leave Albion himself, can I ask:
Do any of you overseasers regret your departure?
This allows us in South London to hear all sorts of on the ground accounts of what is happening in various countries, while they get to hear about London and of course Palace.
What I find interesting though is that occasionally I feel a sense of loss, that however well they are doing overseas there is a feeling on having missed out, or that its not quite real, an otherness to their existence.
I have lived abroad many times but never for more than a few years at a time, but I have noticed a few times (most of all in Australia) how often ex-pats compared their new country to their old explaining how much better it is. I oft wondered whether they were trying to convince me or constantly justify something to themselves.
So as someone who has a wandering an eye and a oft-returning hanker to pack up and leave Albion himself, can I ask:
Do any of you overseasers regret your departure?
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