I left Britain because of the ‘miserable’ people, the weather… and the pub culture
- Claudia Woodham has built a successful online business since leaving Britain
- She left in 2018, fed up with the miserable people and social culture
A British expat has shared her success story since leaving Britain for good after growing fed up with Britain’s ‘miserable’ weather and pub culture.
Claudia Woodham left her home country in 2018 and, barring a brief return forced by the pandemic, has vowed ‘I will most likely never return’.
From Thailand, she also cited the higher cost of living and bad weather as reasons for her departure.
She said: ‘A lot of people are really miserable in Britain and you feel that atmosphere and energy everywhere you go.
‘I was miserable in Britain too, so I was part of the problem.’
Claudia Woodham left the UK permanently in 2018 and, apart from a brief return forced by the pandemic, has vowed ‘I will most likely never return’
She said: ‘A lot of people are really miserable in Britain and you feel that atmosphere and energy everywhere you go.’
Ms Woodham suggested the weather might be partly to blame, with the clichéd abundance of gray in the British sky hardly providing a cheerful backdrop to the day.
The weather also contributed to her leaving Britain due to its impact on the country’s culture and lifestyle.
‘Because I can’t do that many outdoor activities 80 percent of the year, the weather is a big part of the reason [I left]’, she told more than 750,000 viewers on TikTok.
‘I’m someone who loves being near the beach, I love swimming in the ocean, I love tanning, being in the sun – that’s not something in Britain.’
Although she emphasized that she understood how people can enjoy life in the British Isles, Ms Woodham found another problem with the lifestyle: ‘living for the weekend’.
‘I don’t want to live on weekends anymore,’ she continued, ‘I don’t want to go drinking, I don’t want to go to the pub.
‘That seems to be one of the most important social things to do in Britain.
“The last thing is that the standard of living is just so low for the wages and the money you get paid.”
She later explained how she set up an online sales and marketing business after moving abroad, which now earns her a six-figure salary.
‘Most people don’t get paid enough for what they do, compared to many other countries.
“If you have a skill or a certain value that you can use, and work somewhere else, and have a much higher quality of life, why wouldn’t you do that?” She asked.
After leaving Britain, Ms Woodham initially traveled for two years before returning to Britain due to the pandemic.
Since she started her business, she has never looked back and said, “I make a decent living from that business and I also get to choose wherever I want to live in the world because I work completely remotely.
‘Now I live in Thailand and I get a much higher quality of life and my money goes much further than in Britain.’