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[Magnus]

To Magnus

They were also a bit wary of new members coming in to disrupt their forum at the time so they probably didn't appreciate the humour. You might have been better off posting a 'vanilla' introduction and working up from there. The ones that say 'my wife and I are moving to XYZ' seem to go down better

I did in fact do this, and I can honestly say that all I posted was true and in no way could it have been misconstrued as offensive. One member of the other forum welcomed me and asked other questions which again I answered honestly then i was met with a barrage of cynisism -Post deleted!!

That's surprising, I thought they aim to be the 'nice' forum. To be honest, I had one look through the 'General' section and decided it wasn't for me.

There were a few comments about members on this site being nasty and insulting but I decided that I would rather be insulted and get some decent discussion than read about everyone agreeing all the time.

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

[bill cobbett]

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

Yia sou mangas Magnus

Pleased to see that I'm keeping good company

[RichardB]

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

Yia sou mangas Magnus

Pleased to see that I'm keeping good company

Kalispera sas

Nasty!!! us?

If my postings annoy anyone then I certainly wont apologise
I'll speek my true feelings as I always do

C'mon Back GR and Oracle is what I say

[Feisty]

I'm sorry but a lot of you speak as though the Cyprus problem should consume our every waking moment. Well it doesn't and never will. Whilst understanding it's close to your hearts I'm afraid that it isn't many others', Cypriots as well as ex-pats. While it's effects are still on-going for a lot of you, for the average person it is an incident that happened 34 years ago and life has moved forward.

[Feisty]

....and to Richard B who seems to think that only Cypriot people are real people and even those only the ones who live in villages, why is it that most of the Cypriots who live in England choose London?

[Magnus]

....and to Richard B who seems to think that only Cypriot people are real people and even those only the ones who live in villages, why is it that most of the Cypriots who live in England choose London?

I can try and answer your question. I think it's because London is the capital and the most famous city so immigrants get drawn to it first. It's not just the Cypriots but every immigrant people that come to the UK seem to start off in London.

If you think about it, people living in a far away country aren't going to be as familiar with the geography, so they won't think 'I know, I'll go to Basingstoke'.

London (like most cosmopolitan cities) has always had it's different 'ethnic areas'. Cypriots used to be found predominantly in Enfield, Camden, Harringey, Palmers Green and Tottenham etc. As new immigrants got to know about these communities they moved there too in an attempt to keep some contact with 'their own people' instead of striking out into the wild blue yonder.

It's a bit more integrated now because there are a lot of other communities being absorbed into the areas.

Obviously, the longer people are in the UK the more aware they become of other cities and other opportunities to live and work so they spread out, while others might move back to their places of origin etc.

I think it just comes down to London being the focal point, but then people realise the streets aren't paved with gold so they move about unless the ties they have with the city and the people there are enough to keep them in that same place.

That's just my opinion though...

[Paphitis]

I'm sorry but a lot of you speak as though the Cyprus problem should consume our every waking moment. Well it doesn't and never will. Whilst understanding it's close to your hearts I'm afraid that it isn't many others', Cypriots as well as ex-pats. While it's effects are still on-going for a lot of you, for the average person it is an incident that happened 34 years ago and life has moved forward.

To you all I can say is that if you choose our country as your residence, then you can "assimilate" by learning our customs, and language. You could also appreciate our tiny country's environmental issues, and political problems. Assimilate into Cypriot culture or nick off! Is that not what many of you use to say to migrants in the UK. Are you a hypocrite?

[Brittania]

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

Yia sou mangas Magnus

Pleased to see that I'm keeping good company

Did someone say nasty bunch?

[Magnus]

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

Yia sou mangas Magnus

Pleased to see that I'm keeping good company

Did someone say nasty bunch?

I didn't start the rumour, I merely voiced it

[tessintrnc]

Still, their forum, their rules. I'll stay here with the 'nasty' bunch

Yia sou mangas Magnus

Pleased to see that I'm keeping good company

Did someone say nasty bunch?

Well hardly the "Brady" bunch is it??