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Originally Posted by cashman
Having spent a fair time in France, i can honestly say,the farther south yeh go,the more obnoxious and ignorant they are if yeh happen to be from the U.K. the North aint half as bad imho. Barrie Yates actually lived oer yon for quite a few years, so possibly has a view different to mine?
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Yes Cashy, we lived in Brittany for a few years. Found the people there and in Normandy to be friendly and helpful, particularly if you attempted to speak French. visited Paris a few times and did not like the people there although we never had any problems, just the attitude, but of course London can be pretty bad for that. Quite a lot of things I liked about France - some ideas that would make UK a better place to live in I feel - work for a certain period before any benefits can be claimed, pay 3E to visit the doctor, pay 1/3 of prescription charges, except for certain illnesses, for over 65s, substantially better state pension, good health care, pay 14E per day in hospital (food etc), but the food was crap, Calvados & Pastis and cheaper booze. Our reason for leaving was that our families thought we were too far away if anything went wrong (healthwise).