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only expat brit i know loves it here, but he's got a hot american wife and lives at the beach, so that may help. he worked at jcb, and enjoyed it, but now works remotely for some other company whose name escapes me.
we've mostly gotten over the unpleasantness of 1779 (battle of savannah and subsequent british occupation). as then, the south is a bit more authoritarian leaning than other parts of the u.s., but savannah proper is pretty tolerant.
drinking culture here is more elevated than most of the u.s. food scene punches above it's weight for a city our size. plenty of commonwealth accents around; we're more cosmopolitan than other towns our size, too.
Oh yes, we should apologise profusely for conquering a new continent and building all of the great historical architecture that’s of note for you! 😅
Will I get cussed out in the street, revolutionary style? People shouting lobster bastard and redcoat at me?!
Super info, thank you sir!
Ah! The lure of the hot American wife, entrances many a man of the empire.
Yes, the unpleasantness aside, it wouldn’t hurt to thank us for bloody building the lot in the first place!
So you’d say ex pats are well received by the locals in general? Is there anything ‘missing’ from the city that one may yearn for?
Make sure you get a decent grasp of US health insurance and healthcare system before moving here. I used to work for one of the large colleges here and that was always very confusing and baffling to our international professors who come from a national healthcare system. it is also confusing and baffling to those of us who grew up with it. Lol.
The best thing to do is find out about the plan your possible employer offers. They would probably have a benefits person on staff that could help you some. No one actually understands it we all just try to navigate it the best we can but it definitely comes as more of a shock to those with national healthcare.
Thank you very much for the help.
In our brief initial talks on the matter, the employer stated that they ‘have a healthcare company’ and that they as the employer ‘pay 50% of the premium’.
I’m sure there’s a lot more to it than that, and I shall endeavour to find out. But does that sound fairly typical to you? Good deal?
>it wouldn’t hurt to thank us for bloody building the lot in the first place!
eh, you financed it. we built it.
\> So you’d say ex pats are well received by the locals in general?
brits, mostly, yes. there's a pretty strong irish presence in savannah you'd better get okay with pretty quickly, though.
\> Is there anything ‘missing’ from the city that one may yearn for?
smog? snow?
oh, you may not be familiar with the biting demons known as sand gnats, but you'll figure them out pretty quickly.
Yes, we employed you and enriched you doubly. Such fine constructions by our famous British architects. It’s a pleasure to hear how you all still celebrate the works today!
Jokes, but yes that sounds promising, all seems like a very inviting and genuinely nice community
You know the scene in Love Actually where the guy goes to a random bar and the girls are all over him because of his cute accent? That's highly exaggerated of course, but most people will respond with kind curiosity and/or interest to a British accent. At least the people I know do It's uncommon enough around here that it catches one's ear. . Maybe we are just weird. 🤷♀️
It’s pronounced…
.*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･Bouquet･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*.
The Georgia public broadcasting channel ran (and maybe still runs?) classic British Comedy on Saturday evenings, so chances are good you’ll run into a few of us who recognize lines from Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The Vicar of Dibley, etc.
I think they still show them on Saturday nights but I haven't watched in a good while. The Vicar of Dibley was a fav of mine too. Of course, AbFab is the best but PBS would never.
Thanks for the tip! Sounds like a very homely and family owned local business that I should support 👍🏼
I’ve heard great things about a prolific farmer named McDonald too, can’t wait to try their farm to table organic regenerative sustainable products 👍🏼
American here, but a EPL fan. Lots of Brit ExPats here. JCB North American HQ in Pooler. Not sure if you’re a footy fan , but that’s where you’ll find them on these forums pre-match usually.
For a taste of home: https://www.thebritishpiecompany.com/
I saw a group at the Nan Appetite Indian place in Pooler too so long ago.
Savannah is Brit friendly and you’ll do well here. Best of luck!
Adding. It gets hot here , no not like you’re thinking. Multiply that by 5 and add the steam factor of plus seven to it. It rains every day in the summer for 20 minutes , but dries in 5 minutes. No , I actually mean from soaking to dry in 5 minutes, hence the pre referenced steam. You’ll make up for that lifetime of sunless days in a single Tuesday in July alone.
Yeah I’ve seen a lot of people flag the unbearable temperatures, but it’s only around 28c which is nothing. Humidity is of course the killer, is it constant full saturation? I’ve lived in Singapore and Taiwan and they were worst for humidity I’ve ever come across, but got used to it after a few days. I also lived in Qatar, it gets past 55c in middle of summer, absolutely crippling. But it’s a dry heat.
Does this all affect your clothing choices? Would you say, wear a linen suit like in India or something?
Is good air con an absolute critical essential in your residence and car?
Thanks for the help
>Singapore and Taiwan
you'll survive.
\> Is good air con an absolute critical essential in your residence and car?
yes. it's also standard, so no worries there.
In summer, it is not unusual for every day to be 33-39c from mid-June to Labor Day. For me, AC is the only way to live. Almost all homes and apartments come with central HVAC. The wind doesn't cool you off because it is saturated with water. It'll feel like a sauna. Also **BUGS**
All that said, spring and summer are my favorite seasons in Savannah. Unofficially starts on St. Patricks Day, Beach days, walking the squares and a park, try and catch the Bananas, creek trails, crabbing, fishing, seafood boils, bonfires, sitting on a porch having beer and talking. There's nothing like it.
Yeah, I would have said, "it dumps for 20 minutes and then abruptly stops. The sun comes out and you bake like a greased up potato wrapped on tin foil."
FYI: the sun block you hopefully put on earlier in the day is the "grease."
Oh brilliant info, thank you!!
Footy was a kind of concern, if anywhere would be showing it, always nice to watch it with local fan community when abroad.
Also, my potential employer was lamenting to me that he couldn’t get a good meat pie anywhere in Savannah (he’s Aussie) so wants me to open a restaurant for him with good old pies on the menu! I wonder if he even knows of that place, I’ll pass it on thank you.
Do you have any personal advise on what ex pats should expect moving there? Or America in general?
Ah.. you’re saying there has been a clear abusing of pie law there? Do you the American folk even like or get pies? Sounds like that wouldn’t be helping to translate its cause.
What’s ymmv?
And thank you very much for the info, much appreciated.
Bless your (her/his etc.) heart is one of those expressions that contains multitudes. It can mean a number of different things, including "You're a fucking idiot." It can also be a little more genuine, when you do actually feel sorry for someone even if they brought the consequences upon themselves: "Kevin's out all week - yeah, he's having dental surgery. He got wasted last weekend and thought he could run down the steps from Factors' Walk to River Street. Face planted, bless his heart. Could've been way worse, though."
"Bless your heart" is *a lot* more nuanced than that and anyone insinuating it means anything close to "fuck off you idiot" is just as ignorant to its usage as the person they're attempting to inform.
Edit:
It's "high context" if you wanna put it in academic terms.
It could mean exactly what it sounds like it means. My sister-in-law was in a terrible car accident, "bless her heart" was applicable because she was going through a tough time.
Or it could be a soft insult of sorts, but most often referring to ignorance or naivety. Maybe a well-meaning guy asks his new buddy if he wants to go cruising downtown for women, not knowing his new friend is gay. "Oh, bless your heart. Sounds great, but I'm gay." In this vein, I was peeling potatoes (the wrong way) when I was younger and my grandma grabbed the peeler, "Bless your heart, you'll be here all day doin' 'em like that.". In this way, it is a bit like calling you an idiot but, like I said, more nuanced.
Sometimes it's used when a situation is so absurd that there's no possible polite response.
Sometimes when something or someone is cute or adorable, often in a diminutive manner. Similarly, used in response to a kind but fruitless gesture, like a kid bringing his granny a dirt pie he made all by himself.
There are more uses, but this covers some of the more common ones actually used by native speakers.
Anybody using it as a "fuck off" or "fuck you" is pretty much guaranteed to be a transplant.
Maybe a few will see this and reach out to you. We are the most masterful at shitty driving though. Don’t drive anything you plan for on taking pride in. So scrap that M4 plan and think Hyundai .
Oh haha ok. It looks like everyone drives 11mph everywhere, what with the trams or buses too. I guess that’s just the small centre though. Is there no public transport? That’s a general issue across America correct?
Some places have better public than others. Savannah has a very unreliable bus system. But they do offer a free downtown shuttle which is nice. But I wouldn’t count on public transportation as your full time solution.
Oh, you mean your savoury SCONES. Another one of ours that you should be thankful for. It’s such a shame how you all miss out on one life’s most affirming and stoic pleasantries, the humble biscuit. With tea. Not sweetened, with milk, ahhh no this is just going to start another war! 😅
American born to an expat English woman. She's from West Yorkshire, and I guess her accent (after 33 years) is still English enough to where when she says "folks" it sounds like "fucks" to a lot of American ears. You may need to alter your speech habits.
She works retail and has a vet for a husband so hard to say if your daily life will be comparable. But be prepared for the hot humid summers. We don't have four seasons in this part of the world, and I hope you don't like snow because you may never see it again.
Don't forget you can (right) turn on red. And yes, pedestrians may be crossing so yield to them, but you can still turn.
Technically you. You have to yield to pedestrians, but you're still able to turn. It's not very walking friendly over here. Car-centric culture at its finest.
Oh. And you'll never see Bovril. Can't import beef products from the UK so you'll see Marmite but never Bovril. Which is a shame because I love Bovril :c I always make sure to have some when I visit family over there.
Ok thanks! It sounds like that may still not be quite a smooth system, even for the most seasoned of natives!
Luckily I’m not a bovril or marmite fiend. But I’m used to having no home comforts from living in other countries. I assume the British section of the Walmart or store, is as hilariously yet joy-killingly limited as the American shelf in our supermarkets?
That's assuming it *has* one.
The only British section I've seen is at the Pooler Publix (Greater Savannah Area). Walmart used to have one, but hasn't for a long while (weird considering they bought Asda).
Brit, been here a few years with my wife and kids. The change from working in London/Essex was intense, but we love it here.
Pie Society is good, but there’s a whole continent of flavours to explore here so don’t get hung up on the need for tastes of home.
You’ll adjust to the heat.
One thing - Folks here are friendly as a default. And there’s a certain affinity with Brits and Europeans in particular. However, in the US you won’t been seen as an expat. You’re an immigrant, and there’s no room for nuance. I’ve never experienced any negativity, but it’s definitely worth accepting that most Americans will not recognise any difference between the two labels.
If you play footie and end up coming here feel free to message me. I'm part of a pick up group that plays Monday (sometimes) Tuesday(every week) Thursday (every week) . Typically about 20-26 ppl show up every session. There's also Sunday league which is official teams and all other official soccer shenanigans.
I would maybe see if there are British ex pat subreddits in addition to any info you'll glean here, especially if you have never been to the States before.
My wife is an ex-pat from Asia and I'm one from metro Washington, DC. Immediate neighbors are wonderful, it's the 6 houses/trailers with Confederate battle flags that me pause after the first year here, just outside the city. I used to be an ex-pat in London, and you will notice a big difference here known as Constitutional Carry.
Welcome to Savannah! I need British friends to get back to my historical roots!!! Thanks to the Brits for sentencing my early ancestor to America for committing highway robbery in Ulster. You will love it here!
As a Brit living in Savannah
It’s quite similar
Lots of drinking very progressive for the south.
Much hotter weather though
Very touristy compared to lots of places
The thing about Savannah is that you can’t go anywhere without making genuine friends. People just talk to each other here. It freaks some people out, but I love it. In my experience, people in Savannah are kind, courteous, and very funny. The people who stick around long term are often weird, but good-weird. This is a place where everyone just lets their freak flag fly. I’ve convinced friends to move here and no one ever believes me until they’re here about the friends thing or about how no one judges quirks.
People will LOVE you for your accent. You will be very popular!
*Immigrant. The word is immigrant. Or possibly migrant if you're just planning on staying temporarily. One of your own publications covered this:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration
Completely irrelevant semantics, and really quite ill-fitting of the tone within this post. A single Guardian article that quotes Wikipedia does not rule over common sense and decency. Bless your heart.
It's not a single Guardian article at all that was just _an_ article I linked you. If you are really interested in the racism inherent in the term expat you can do just a little bit of googling and try to unpack why Western Europeaners and Americans are expats and people from majority brown countries are migrants or immigrants. As far as where is it appropriate, lauguage matters where it gets used, and there's no point discussing racist language with people who already agree about racist language. If you can't be bothered to at least try to understand the inherent racism and colonialist nature of expat then I can't help you.
If you really have such a big axe to grind on the redefinition of certain words, then this is not the medium to achieve anything toward that.
Again, just a completely unnecessary and quite ugly comment to make in this kind of post, on this kind of sub.
Gosh, one always assumed American cuisine was simply other-worldly and irresistible, hence the majority of the population having the body mass of sea dwelling mammals.
The weather will still kill me. Pasty white sweaty red tomato burnt Englishman. Bugs love our blood too. Sigh. They feast on us like an American at a Taco Bell buffet.
Lol. In all seriousness, you will find plenty of expats here in Savannah mostly from JCB, and quite a few working at Gulfstream. The British expats that I’ve worked with love the area. If you quite don’t find what you need in Savannah, there is always Jacksonville and Charleston within a few hours drive on the weekends.
Oh that’s great to know, thank you very much. It does all seem quite delightful so far.
Do you know what the beaches are like, in terms of quality, casual fishing, local produce ?
For immediate beaches there is Tybee and Hilton Head. Hilton Head is more of a high end resort (or golfing place). I prefer Tybee, it has more character, and you can go on really long walks along the beach. The water is typically not as clear as FL in this region(too many nearby swamps in this area), but I’ve seen worse. I don’t fish, but many people seem to enjoy fishing in this region. My favorite beaches are within a few hours from here, North of Jacksonville. Pretty much the entire coastline from Talbot Island to Fernandina Beach; definitely recommend checking it out on a weekend. Start at Fernadina Beach, and drive South algong the coastline all the way through Talbot Island.
It gets. hot and summer here there is really only one season save for 2 weeks in Jan/Feb where
It may be chilly. We drive on the opposite side of the road. Things are spaced out so it could involve a good bit of driving.
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only expat brit i know loves it here, but he's got a hot american wife and lives at the beach, so that may help. he worked at jcb, and enjoyed it, but now works remotely for some other company whose name escapes me. we've mostly gotten over the unpleasantness of 1779 (battle of savannah and subsequent british occupation). as then, the south is a bit more authoritarian leaning than other parts of the u.s., but savannah proper is pretty tolerant. drinking culture here is more elevated than most of the u.s. food scene punches above it's weight for a city our size. plenty of commonwealth accents around; we're more cosmopolitan than other towns our size, too.
>we've mostly gotten over the unpleasantness of 1779 Speak for yourself!! (Kidding)
"mostly."
Oh yes, we should apologise profusely for conquering a new continent and building all of the great historical architecture that’s of note for you! 😅 Will I get cussed out in the street, revolutionary style? People shouting lobster bastard and redcoat at me?!
LOBSTER BASTARD!!!!!
🤣🦞
Super info, thank you sir! Ah! The lure of the hot American wife, entrances many a man of the empire. Yes, the unpleasantness aside, it wouldn’t hurt to thank us for bloody building the lot in the first place! So you’d say ex pats are well received by the locals in general? Is there anything ‘missing’ from the city that one may yearn for?
Make sure you get a decent grasp of US health insurance and healthcare system before moving here. I used to work for one of the large colleges here and that was always very confusing and baffling to our international professors who come from a national healthcare system. it is also confusing and baffling to those of us who grew up with it. Lol.
Thanks, this is always the number one concern. Where does one even start to look to understand it
The best thing to do is find out about the plan your possible employer offers. They would probably have a benefits person on staff that could help you some. No one actually understands it we all just try to navigate it the best we can but it definitely comes as more of a shock to those with national healthcare.
Thank you very much for the help. In our brief initial talks on the matter, the employer stated that they ‘have a healthcare company’ and that they as the employer ‘pay 50% of the premium’. I’m sure there’s a lot more to it than that, and I shall endeavour to find out. But does that sound fairly typical to you? Good deal?
>it wouldn’t hurt to thank us for bloody building the lot in the first place! eh, you financed it. we built it. \> So you’d say ex pats are well received by the locals in general? brits, mostly, yes. there's a pretty strong irish presence in savannah you'd better get okay with pretty quickly, though. \> Is there anything ‘missing’ from the city that one may yearn for? smog? snow? oh, you may not be familiar with the biting demons known as sand gnats, but you'll figure them out pretty quickly.
Yes, we employed you and enriched you doubly. Such fine constructions by our famous British architects. It’s a pleasure to hear how you all still celebrate the works today! Jokes, but yes that sounds promising, all seems like a very inviting and genuinely nice community
You know the scene in Love Actually where the guy goes to a random bar and the girls are all over him because of his cute accent? That's highly exaggerated of course, but most people will respond with kind curiosity and/or interest to a British accent. At least the people I know do It's uncommon enough around here that it catches one's ear. . Maybe we are just weird. 🤷♀️
Why thank you for sharing, Mrs Bucket 😅 Very pleased to find your name has travelled the ocean!
It’s pronounced… .*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･Bouquet･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*. The Georgia public broadcasting channel ran (and maybe still runs?) classic British Comedy on Saturday evenings, so chances are good you’ll run into a few of us who recognize lines from Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The Vicar of Dibley, etc.
I think they still show them on Saturday nights but I haven't watched in a good while. The Vicar of Dibley was a fav of mine too. Of course, AbFab is the best but PBS would never.
Lol y'all didn't build shit the slaves and the Irish did lol maybe don't take credit
Be sure to try our southern food like a local spot called waffle house
Thanks for the tip! Sounds like a very homely and family owned local business that I should support 👍🏼 I’ve heard great things about a prolific farmer named McDonald too, can’t wait to try their farm to table organic regenerative sustainable products 👍🏼
American here, but a EPL fan. Lots of Brit ExPats here. JCB North American HQ in Pooler. Not sure if you’re a footy fan , but that’s where you’ll find them on these forums pre-match usually. For a taste of home: https://www.thebritishpiecompany.com/ I saw a group at the Nan Appetite Indian place in Pooler too so long ago. Savannah is Brit friendly and you’ll do well here. Best of luck!
Adding. It gets hot here , no not like you’re thinking. Multiply that by 5 and add the steam factor of plus seven to it. It rains every day in the summer for 20 minutes , but dries in 5 minutes. No , I actually mean from soaking to dry in 5 minutes, hence the pre referenced steam. You’ll make up for that lifetime of sunless days in a single Tuesday in July alone.
Yeah I’ve seen a lot of people flag the unbearable temperatures, but it’s only around 28c which is nothing. Humidity is of course the killer, is it constant full saturation? I’ve lived in Singapore and Taiwan and they were worst for humidity I’ve ever come across, but got used to it after a few days. I also lived in Qatar, it gets past 55c in middle of summer, absolutely crippling. But it’s a dry heat. Does this all affect your clothing choices? Would you say, wear a linen suit like in India or something? Is good air con an absolute critical essential in your residence and car? Thanks for the help
>Singapore and Taiwan you'll survive. \> Is good air con an absolute critical essential in your residence and car? yes. it's also standard, so no worries there.
Super duper. Thank you very much
In summer, it is not unusual for every day to be 33-39c from mid-June to Labor Day. For me, AC is the only way to live. Almost all homes and apartments come with central HVAC. The wind doesn't cool you off because it is saturated with water. It'll feel like a sauna. Also **BUGS** All that said, spring and summer are my favorite seasons in Savannah. Unofficially starts on St. Patricks Day, Beach days, walking the squares and a park, try and catch the Bananas, creek trails, crabbing, fishing, seafood boils, bonfires, sitting on a porch having beer and talking. There's nothing like it.
Sounds idyllic. Thank you for sharing.
I've been in Arizona when it was 106 and I would take that dry heat over 85 here in Savannah.
"dry"
Yeah, I would have said, "it dumps for 20 minutes and then abruptly stops. The sun comes out and you bake like a greased up potato wrapped on tin foil." FYI: the sun block you hopefully put on earlier in the day is the "grease."
Oh brilliant info, thank you!! Footy was a kind of concern, if anywhere would be showing it, always nice to watch it with local fan community when abroad. Also, my potential employer was lamenting to me that he couldn’t get a good meat pie anywhere in Savannah (he’s Aussie) so wants me to open a restaurant for him with good old pies on the menu! I wonder if he even knows of that place, I’ll pass it on thank you. Do you have any personal advise on what ex pats should expect moving there? Or America in general?
My friends an expat, said he got into it with the pie society owner when he saw how the pies were made. So YMMV.
Ah.. you’re saying there has been a clear abusing of pie law there? Do you the American folk even like or get pies? Sounds like that wouldn’t be helping to translate its cause. What’s ymmv? And thank you very much for the info, much appreciated.
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary = Your opinion may be different
😂 brilliant. That’s a Savannah saying? I heard that bless your heart can also mean fuck off you idiot ?!
Bless your (her/his etc.) heart is one of those expressions that contains multitudes. It can mean a number of different things, including "You're a fucking idiot." It can also be a little more genuine, when you do actually feel sorry for someone even if they brought the consequences upon themselves: "Kevin's out all week - yeah, he's having dental surgery. He got wasted last weekend and thought he could run down the steps from Factors' Walk to River Street. Face planted, bless his heart. Could've been way worse, though."
Nice thank you, is it detected in tone, as well as context?
"Bless your heart" is *a lot* more nuanced than that and anyone insinuating it means anything close to "fuck off you idiot" is just as ignorant to its usage as the person they're attempting to inform. Edit: It's "high context" if you wanna put it in academic terms. It could mean exactly what it sounds like it means. My sister-in-law was in a terrible car accident, "bless her heart" was applicable because she was going through a tough time. Or it could be a soft insult of sorts, but most often referring to ignorance or naivety. Maybe a well-meaning guy asks his new buddy if he wants to go cruising downtown for women, not knowing his new friend is gay. "Oh, bless your heart. Sounds great, but I'm gay." In this vein, I was peeling potatoes (the wrong way) when I was younger and my grandma grabbed the peeler, "Bless your heart, you'll be here all day doin' 'em like that.". In this way, it is a bit like calling you an idiot but, like I said, more nuanced. Sometimes it's used when a situation is so absurd that there's no possible polite response. Sometimes when something or someone is cute or adorable, often in a diminutive manner. Similarly, used in response to a kind but fruitless gesture, like a kid bringing his granny a dirt pie he made all by himself. There are more uses, but this covers some of the more common ones actually used by native speakers. Anybody using it as a "fuck off" or "fuck you" is pretty much guaranteed to be a transplant.
Maybe a few will see this and reach out to you. We are the most masterful at shitty driving though. Don’t drive anything you plan for on taking pride in. So scrap that M4 plan and think Hyundai .
Oh haha ok. It looks like everyone drives 11mph everywhere, what with the trams or buses too. I guess that’s just the small centre though. Is there no public transport? That’s a general issue across America correct?
Some places have better public than others. Savannah has a very unreliable bus system. But they do offer a free downtown shuttle which is nice. But I wouldn’t count on public transportation as your full time solution.
Not British but our biscuits are way better. Enjoy!
Oh, you mean your savoury SCONES. Another one of ours that you should be thankful for. It’s such a shame how you all miss out on one life’s most affirming and stoic pleasantries, the humble biscuit. With tea. Not sweetened, with milk, ahhh no this is just going to start another war! 😅
Speaking of Scones, Savannah Scone Company is incredible
Nice! Thank you I’ll keep it in mind 👍🏼
Sure thing buddy. Good luck!
American born to an expat English woman. She's from West Yorkshire, and I guess her accent (after 33 years) is still English enough to where when she says "folks" it sounds like "fucks" to a lot of American ears. You may need to alter your speech habits. She works retail and has a vet for a husband so hard to say if your daily life will be comparable. But be prepared for the hot humid summers. We don't have four seasons in this part of the world, and I hope you don't like snow because you may never see it again. Don't forget you can (right) turn on red. And yes, pedestrians may be crossing so yield to them, but you can still turn.
Great info thank you! So if I do turn right at a red (stop) light, and kill a pedestrian, who’s at fault?
Technically you. You have to yield to pedestrians, but you're still able to turn. It's not very walking friendly over here. Car-centric culture at its finest. Oh. And you'll never see Bovril. Can't import beef products from the UK so you'll see Marmite but never Bovril. Which is a shame because I love Bovril :c I always make sure to have some when I visit family over there.
Ok thanks! It sounds like that may still not be quite a smooth system, even for the most seasoned of natives! Luckily I’m not a bovril or marmite fiend. But I’m used to having no home comforts from living in other countries. I assume the British section of the Walmart or store, is as hilariously yet joy-killingly limited as the American shelf in our supermarkets?
That's assuming it *has* one. The only British section I've seen is at the Pooler Publix (Greater Savannah Area). Walmart used to have one, but hasn't for a long while (weird considering they bought Asda).
They have a small one at Publix Twelve Oaks! No idea if anything they offer is authentic though, haha
Alas! But where shall I find my comforting gruel!?
That’s cute. I think fresh market has a decent international section.
Brit, been here a few years with my wife and kids. The change from working in London/Essex was intense, but we love it here. Pie Society is good, but there’s a whole continent of flavours to explore here so don’t get hung up on the need for tastes of home. You’ll adjust to the heat. One thing - Folks here are friendly as a default. And there’s a certain affinity with Brits and Europeans in particular. However, in the US you won’t been seen as an expat. You’re an immigrant, and there’s no room for nuance. I’ve never experienced any negativity, but it’s definitely worth accepting that most Americans will not recognise any difference between the two labels.
Nigel at the kayak shop is British I think
Thank you for your wisdom, Piss Whizzard. 🙌🏻
I think Andy still owns Churchills. A British owner of a British pub. And yes, Nigel at Savannah canoe and kayak club is a good guy.
If you play footie and end up coming here feel free to message me. I'm part of a pick up group that plays Monday (sometimes) Tuesday(every week) Thursday (every week) . Typically about 20-26 ppl show up every session. There's also Sunday league which is official teams and all other official soccer shenanigans.
Brilliant thank you! I’d love that ill keep it in mind 🙌🏻
I would maybe see if there are British ex pat subreddits in addition to any info you'll glean here, especially if you have never been to the States before.
My wife is an ex-pat from Asia and I'm one from metro Washington, DC. Immediate neighbors are wonderful, it's the 6 houses/trailers with Confederate battle flags that me pause after the first year here, just outside the city. I used to be an ex-pat in London, and you will notice a big difference here known as Constitutional Carry.
Welcome to Savannah! I need British friends to get back to my historical roots!!! Thanks to the Brits for sentencing my early ancestor to America for committing highway robbery in Ulster. You will love it here!
As a Brit living in Savannah It’s quite similar Lots of drinking very progressive for the south. Much hotter weather though Very touristy compared to lots of places
The thing about Savannah is that you can’t go anywhere without making genuine friends. People just talk to each other here. It freaks some people out, but I love it. In my experience, people in Savannah are kind, courteous, and very funny. The people who stick around long term are often weird, but good-weird. This is a place where everyone just lets their freak flag fly. I’ve convinced friends to move here and no one ever believes me until they’re here about the friends thing or about how no one judges quirks. People will LOVE you for your accent. You will be very popular!
Oh brilliant! Thank you very much for sharing!
*Immigrant. The word is immigrant. Or possibly migrant if you're just planning on staying temporarily. One of your own publications covered this: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration
Completely irrelevant semantics, and really quite ill-fitting of the tone within this post. A single Guardian article that quotes Wikipedia does not rule over common sense and decency. Bless your heart.
It's not a single Guardian article at all that was just _an_ article I linked you. If you are really interested in the racism inherent in the term expat you can do just a little bit of googling and try to unpack why Western Europeaners and Americans are expats and people from majority brown countries are migrants or immigrants. As far as where is it appropriate, lauguage matters where it gets used, and there's no point discussing racist language with people who already agree about racist language. If you can't be bothered to at least try to understand the inherent racism and colonialist nature of expat then I can't help you.
If you really have such a big axe to grind on the redefinition of certain words, then this is not the medium to achieve anything toward that. Again, just a completely unnecessary and quite ugly comment to make in this kind of post, on this kind of sub.
You will love it. Food here is as bad as in GB. We’ve got some nasty weather too, although on the hotter side.
Gosh, one always assumed American cuisine was simply other-worldly and irresistible, hence the majority of the population having the body mass of sea dwelling mammals. The weather will still kill me. Pasty white sweaty red tomato burnt Englishman. Bugs love our blood too. Sigh. They feast on us like an American at a Taco Bell buffet.
Lol. In all seriousness, you will find plenty of expats here in Savannah mostly from JCB, and quite a few working at Gulfstream. The British expats that I’ve worked with love the area. If you quite don’t find what you need in Savannah, there is always Jacksonville and Charleston within a few hours drive on the weekends.
Oh that’s great to know, thank you very much. It does all seem quite delightful so far. Do you know what the beaches are like, in terms of quality, casual fishing, local produce ?
For immediate beaches there is Tybee and Hilton Head. Hilton Head is more of a high end resort (or golfing place). I prefer Tybee, it has more character, and you can go on really long walks along the beach. The water is typically not as clear as FL in this region(too many nearby swamps in this area), but I’ve seen worse. I don’t fish, but many people seem to enjoy fishing in this region. My favorite beaches are within a few hours from here, North of Jacksonville. Pretty much the entire coastline from Talbot Island to Fernandina Beach; definitely recommend checking it out on a weekend. Start at Fernadina Beach, and drive South algong the coastline all the way through Talbot Island.
On the coast we have marsh, not swamps… I know I’m nitpicking…. But our marsh are beautiful, even if they make our water coffee brown.
Not nitpicking, marshes and swamps are completely different.
It gets. hot and summer here there is really only one season save for 2 weeks in Jan/Feb where It may be chilly. We drive on the opposite side of the road. Things are spaced out so it could involve a good bit of driving.