(edit title) I regret moving to Sweden Biggest mistake I've ever made Options

[Yorkshireman]

The EU Data Protection Directive of 95 was implemented both in Sweden and the UK in 1998, but both countries thought the Directive was too restrictive: http://ipandit.practicallaw.com/8-502-0348

This is being refreshed: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/data-...s/120125_en.htm

Just because the servers are in the UK does not mean the site is UK based.

Exactly.

[athleticmeagan]

I know a place where you could apply and we all speak english e-mail me for details! athleticmeagan@yahoo.com

[byke]

Just because the servers are in the UK does not mean the site is UK based.

Sorry old boy, if your refering to my original comment - then your quoting wrong :

Its an English forum, full stop (based in the UK)

I didnt say the site was UK based, I stated it was a English forum based in the UK.
The information is aggregated and pulled into this site and other sites representing other countries news networks.

This why you can log onto http://www.toytowngermany.com with the same account you use on here. As its a UK based, shared database that is processed all in the UK.

All the data for the forums are collected and processed in the UK before being fed back to whatever sites, wherever in the world pull the data to.

So for instance the data that is used for TTG has access to much of the same data as TL/SE ... which is all being processed and pulled from the UK.

[Yorkshireman]

All the data for the forums are collected and processed in the UK before being fed back to whatever sites, wherever in the world pull the data to.So for instance the data that ... (show full quote)

All the data for the forums are collected and processed in the UK before being fed back to whatever sites, wherever in the world pull the data to.

So for instance the data that is used for TTG has access to much of the same data as TL/SE ... which is all being processed and pulled from the UK. ... (hide full quote)

In this wonderful world of the cloud, that also is not certain unless you know how the hosting company operates internally? It could be proxying requests to outsourced service providers, 1 for dbms in some country and other for application servers in another, or it could be 1 for both or indeed all in the same building in the UK next to each other for better performance!

[byke]

I tell you what, next time you get a database connection error on TL Sweden .. try and log on to TT Germany and see if you have a similar issue. That may help shed some light regarding probability.

[AW1]

Company based in Stockholm, website hosted by a company from Manchester, UK.
English speaking forum.

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Sorry old boy, if your refering to my original comment - then your quoting wrong :I didnt say the site was UK based, I stated it was a English forum based in the UK.The inform ... (show full quote)

Sorry old boy, if your refering to my original comment - then your quoting wrong :

I didnt say the site was UK based, I stated it was a English forum based in the UK.
The information is aggregated and pulled into this site and other sites representing other countries news networks.

This why you can log onto http://www.toytowngermany.com with the same account you use on here. As its a UK based, shared database that is processed all in the UK.

All the data for the forums are collected and processed in the UK before being fed back to whatever sites, wherever in the world pull the data to.

So for instance the data that is used for TTG has access to much of the same data as TL/SE ... which is all being processed and pulled from the UK. ... (hide full quote)

Neither the site nor the forum is based in the UK. They are based where the publisher is based, not where the servers are based, because ultimately the publisher is responsible for all content.

I doubt you would say Facebook is Swedish based, even though the European servers are based in Sweden and all information from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East is collected and processed in Sweden.

[flyingcuttlefish]

Replace the word "Sweden" in the title with the name of pretty much any other country on the planet and you've got the same tale from a group of immigrants in th ... (show full quote)

Replace the word "Sweden" in the title with the name of pretty much any other country on the planet and you've got the same tale from a group of immigrants in that country. I fail to see the uniqueness or newsworthiness of this. ... (hide full quote)

This is true in every first world (on the decline) country.
Try the USA ... they will put you at the top of the list to work at CNN! They have been hiring all the fired BBC newsraders at quite a clip!

[NyqvistLjraesson]

In reply to the original poster, I have to say I find your experience...puzzling. I've read over about 5 or 6 pages of this thread and I have to say I side with a lot of the Swedes. I am planning on moving to Sverige (Stockholm, to be specific) in the coming months after having recently visited and here's my experience:

I am American, though I look Brasilian (I was born/raised/lived entire life in United States- I just happen to have two parents of different races- one white, one black). I speak perfect English and before recently visiting Sverige, I spoke zero Swedish. Because of this, I just naturally expected a xenophobic vibe in Sweden; not racist, I just expected people to treat me like a foreigner. However I was actually surprised at how warmly I was received.

I have a lot of Swedish friends. Over the years I've just met Swedes here and there, used to live with one that was born/raised/currently living in Stockholm. I've heard from more than one Swede that I "seem very Swedish", even from a fellow American I met while I was traveling there, he said I seemed very Swedish and even dressed Swedish (whatever that means, I don't try to dress any way in particular, I just wear clothes). This fellow American had the same sentiment as this thread's title though: he HATED living in Sweden. He had been living there for like 6 months or something. He was living in "city" (more like a town) in the north working at a small local restaurant. Why an American from a major US city in his mid 20s would go to work in a small town at a restaurant is beyond me, but it was quickly becoming evident as he complained about Sverige that he kinda took the wrong path.

Over the years I've heard a lot of horror stories from people that have visited/moved/lived in Sverige. Most of these horror stories center on this perceived xenophobia inherent in Swedish culture and its people, and I have to say, I really have become rather convinced these were all simply stories and gross misunderstandings/misinterpretations. I'm sure some might be true without qualification, but, again, that's living on planet Earth in general. Having unkind experiences with people is not a problem endemic to Sverige in particular.

For the record, I think what most surprises me about some of these stories and "moanings" is that it NEVER occurred to me to attempt moving to a country BEFORE learning the language fluently, reading up on the culture extensively (which is what brought me to this website...notice this is my first post), and visiting it quite a few times first and, hopefully, having a network of friends in that country before I get there. Who would do that? You're really asking for it, I think. Would you buy a manual transmission car without knowing how to operate it first? And wouldn't you want to know as much about the car as possible before you bought it? I just don't get this mentality, it seems very ignorant to me.

[organic225]

I think you make a lot of good points. I can sum up your sentiments about the OP in one word: entitlement. There is such an entitlement mentality in the West today, which is really quite unfortunate.

[Gamla Hälsingebock]

Post #174 says it all.

In essence you should "look before you leap".

The poster has displayed a lot of common sense...that is sometimes missing with other replies.

[Hamsterdam]

And the last three posts display glib ignorance, based on what is good for one, is good for all philosophy. Very American to be honest. And worthless to much extent.

Post # 174 provides all the clues that the poster is a smug little prick.

[Taxalien]

Some of the most positive and intelligent people I've ever met has moved here and become mauled down until they were at the verge of losing the will to live.

Then they gave up and returned hence they came from and they live a perfectly normal and happy life again.

It's so childish to believe that you are different because you have some kind of elixir that makes you immortal and impenetrable from any experience you have heard or read about.

The warning bells are there and you chose to deal with that as you see fit.

But don't come here imagining that it is some simple oversight that drove people to give up.

Some fought very hard and in the end had to give up a lot when they surrendered.

[Gamla Hälsingebock]

What you think you see is not what you get...any time away from your roots is a time to miss what you once had...I mean it's what you are!

I would not say that to go away from what you are and what you have lived as, is easy...No way!

There is nothing in life that is better than to be recognized by your own people and to be respected by them.

Indeed that is what we call home!

I mean that honestly...home is what we are about...sadly we cannot take it with us when we leave.

[Tordy]

I have been living in Sweden now for 3 years after moving here from London, and I am now starting to regret ever coming here.

Good. Now go back from where you came. SD 2014!