Emigration, belonging, and UK/London identity

I'm definitely happy to differentiate between people who have chosen to live there and people stranded on holiday or in transit through flying from somewhere else.

Sure is. Lived in the UK for 10 years. Things weren't as tense as the 90s, but there were still occasional bombings in London by the RIRA. So it was still tense from the recent memory of the Provisional IRA of the 70s-90s. We were told to be on alert if we went to London.

I'm on disability so I definitely can't afford to leave and no country is gonna take in a mentally disabled person with no skills. 😔

Yeah. I'll be heading to the US...never in the next ten years. Too many stupid people with the kill 'em all mentality.

I can only hope that things go well for you. These are very troubling times indeed. There's no way I can leave the UK with my husband, not with my health issues. Hopefully the bigots get voted out and held accountable in the near future. 😟

The same feeling of belonging and shared identity that Londoners have, but about a country. You just have to move there and declare yourself one of them, because it feels like you're part of a shared project.

I know, right? While in Copenhagen actual Danes are happily eating sushi. Once you emigrate, you have to perform the culture you used to just inhabit.

Yeah I’m sure they never want to see their families ever again and instead live in this shithole country.