Flying lawnmower
Life in the UK is what you make it,if you believe all that's written in the papers or broadcast over the airwaves you could well believe we live in a hell hole,the reality is that on the whole compared with many parts of the world we don't have it that bad.
I've travelled fairly extensively and I can't say there are many other places around the world that I find hugely better.
There is a light on the horizon in that we only have to wait until 2010 in order to be rid of the biggest problem facing the UK at the present time ie the Labour Government, in my opinion one of the worst governments this country has had to suffer in over 100 years.
Aviation in this country is on the whole still one of the best careers you can have and as others have said being somewhere on holiday is a big difference to actually living there.That said I always find the small towns and villages in parts of France charming and providing I could learn the language that would be the first country I would head for after the UK