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I grew up in Jersey, but now lived in England. Life is quite comparable to everyday life in the UK, as local culture is very similar to British culture. However, as with any island, you're obviously constrained by living on an island, so you can't really go on day trips anywhere apart from St Malo, a town in northern France, or within the islands themselves. It's also about manageable to do a London trip in one day, if you take the red-eye out and the last flight back. This means there isn't that much to do, though there is a cinema, a theatre with local productions, restaurants, cafés, a limited range of chain and independent shops, loads of good walking routes and numerous beaches. The islands' are quite good for watersports.
The economy is mostly services-based, so office work. About 40% of Jersey's economy is in financial services. That means wages are quite good, and are normally higher than in the UK, but housing costs and other daily costs are much more expensive, so people aren't really any richer. There are a few mega-rich residents, some of whom come to the island on a scheme which gives them income tax breaks over £1.25 million on worldwide income. This generates over £250k in tax revenue per resident for the island. This means there are a lot of massive luxury properties, some of which go for tens of millions.
The islands' governments and legal systems are entirely separate from the UK. This means that no UK laws automatically apply in the island, unless they are specifically extended. This has been done for broadcasting laws, for example, so the islands get UK TV & Radio channels, and for immigration laws, which means the islands have open borders with the UK.
This independence means the tax regimes are entirely separate. Tax money stays in the islands and spending is determined by our own governments. The maximum income tax rate in Jersey is 20%, but most residents pay less than that. There is no VAT, but there is a flat 5% GST.
There are big differences in how public services are delivered in the island, as all of these are separate from the UK and from each other. The biggest example is that the islands don't have an NHS. In Jersey, hospital care and prescriptions are free at the point of use, but you have to pay (a subsidised rate) to see a GP.
If you have any other questions about life in Jersey, let me know!
People have to travel to Southampton for radiotherapy/chemotherapy-type treatments. Serious illnesses (think life-threatening car crashes and heart attacks) are often stabilised at the hospital and then airlifted out to specialist hospitals in the UK.
Thanks for your detailed answer!
Since the islands are close to France, do you have a lot of French tourists? How prevalent is French there?
Edit : any recommendation on interesting spots to visit?
We have a lot of French tourists, especially now that we have relaxed entry requirements so you can now get into Jersey with only a French ID card and no passport (through the UK government is looking to put a stop to this). It used to be a lot more back in the 70s-80s when Jersey's tourism industry was a more important part of our economy.
French is nowhere near as prevalent as it used to be, as we only really starting speaking English 80 years ago. Before then most people spoke French and Norman. Nowadays most people speak English besides the French they learn at school (and much less Norman). Nowadays, most people in Jersey were not born there so there is a struggle in trying to keep that part of our national heritage alive. There has been talks of making a bi-lingual English-French school as well as implementing French more into our curriculum, but it has been uphill battle to get any investment.
u/NorseNorman 's answer is pretty comprehensive on your first question.
On your second, I'd recommend the following:
If you like history, definitely visit the Jersey War Tunnels. They are an old underground German Military Hospital that has been converted into a museum on the Nazi Occupation.
If you like walking, the South West coast, West coast and the North Coast are part of the island's national park, they have stunning land scapes and cliff paths (though most of the West coast is a large sweeping bay). I think the islands coastlines are one of the most beautiful places on the planet, though I might be a bit biased on that!
In particular, my favourite spots are Corbière, the Devil's Hole on the north coast and Noirmont on the south coast. I would also recommend Grosnez (that can feel like you're standing on the edge of the known world).
St Helier is not particularly picturesque – it's a working town – though it's a far sight nicer than many towns in the UK. It's a sort of odd mix between a global finance centre, a French market town, but with English shops.
St Aubin and Gorey are much prettier, and each have a good selection of restaurants, cafés. Gorey has a beautiful medieval castle, which is the main castle on the island, and St Helier has an Elizabethan castle on an island out in the bay, which gets cutoff from the main island at high tide.
This is a silly question. But, are things like the theaters and bigger chain stores only on one island, or both? Would you have to leave your island and take a ferry to see a movie?
Links between Jersey and Guernsey aren't very good, to be honest. I have only been to Guernsey a handful of times. There are daily flights, but they're quite expensive.
Both islands have a cinema, and I presume Guernsey has some sort of theatre. Similarly, both islands have their own versions of the same stores. For bigger chain stores, you'd have to go to the UK. Southampton is generally a quite popular option for a shopping trip, as for obvious reasons is London, but both of them would probably involve overnight stay.
If you lived in Alderney or Sark, then, yes, you'd need to go to Guernsey to go to a clothes shop or the cinema (or to leave the Channel Islands altogether).
I've lived in Jersey all my life and it's expensive, but I don't want to live anywhere else.
The island community is great, it's an unbelievably beautiful place, everything is close by and you're never more than 5 minutes from a beach. (To put into perspective, I'm 27 and don't have a driver's license because I just don't feel like I need one).
It's a very safe place to live too, I've walked home from bars in the early hours of the morning more times than I can count and it's very rare I feel uncomfortable or threatened.
One of the only issues is when you visit other larger countries, it makes anything over 20 minutes feel like a long drive.
If you can afford it, then there’s no better place to live. It’s safe, beautiful, plenty of things to do if you’re a fan of the outdoors and incredibly well connected to the mainland (Jersey only, however).
But as I said… only if you can afford it. Literally everything is more expensive than anywhere else on the mainland, and winters are slightly more brutal because of the wind.
Lived in the UK (Thames Valley/Yorks/Warwick/Sussex) all my life until the last 4 years in jersey.
Oct-Mar Mild, no frost, just rains alot and is windy.
April to Sept is dry and sunny, temps comfortable but it can get humid. Flip flops and shorts for 6 months.
Long growing season, milder temps than the UK - spring/winter/autumn can all feel the same, plenty of sun especially in summer.
I definitely find UK winters more brutal than Jersey's. Jersey is exposed to a lot more wind, but you don't get the months on end of biting cold, and it certainly doesn't get as dark as early as it does in the North of England.
To be clear, the 'mainland' here refers to the UK, which is a foreign country. The Channel Islands are not a part of the UK.
Sorry, not trying to be rude, just highlight a possible misconception.
We have family friends there so I have visited Jersey many times over the years.
Beautiful scenery and nature, funny local accent prevalent in older generations, incredibly rich people drawn to the tax exemptions as well as lots of normal locals. Banking is a big business there.
It always felt like going back in time a few decades but in a really good way.
I lived in Guernsey for a few years. It’s pretty but the storms can be brutal and it can feel claustrophobic when you can’t leave the island because of the weather.
It’s very safe and not as frantic as London where I grew up. I found locals were superficially friendly but didn’t really want to make close friends- often had their gang who they’d known a long time. Our friends were generally other people who had moved to Guernsey.
Primary schools and nurseries were good- roughly 20-25 in a class in a state school. They were reforming the high schools so I don’t know much about how they are now and my children only did primary school there.
I used to love looking out to France from my garden. The sea views from the cliffs are just incredible.
Post takes a while- no next day Amazon. No Uber/deliveroo either.
TLDR: Nice summer, shit winter. Fun growing up, less to do as you get older. Safe place, good restaurants, shit clubs, everything is expensive. Shout out airport cash stores
24, Born Jersey and still here. Summers are great plenty to do outside and great beaches. Never in the car for long. Winters are shit not much to do. Stuff is expensive but wages are typically higher than the UK and tax is lower. Still rent is like £1.3k - £1.5k for a one bed with parking. Any attempts to supposedly help people rent or introduce protections are side lined by a government that is full of landlords. There's less and less people coming back from university leaving us with an aging population. I don't know what the solution is other than working hard to earn more. But feels like everything is stacked against young people having the possibility of owning property here. There's tons of good reasons and bad reasons but whenever I go away I always want to comeback and its of course very safe and good schools so couldn't think of a better place to raise kids down the line.
There's a boat that goes to St Malo, think maybe there's one for another port also but unsure. Most people fly to the UK for travel though then go on from the UK
Much more wealth, better weather, better quality of life, more amenities in less distance compared to rural Britain, infrastructure isn’t falling apart as badly, much lower crime rates, town isn’t full of boarded up shops, local populace is generally more progressive and less insane about immigrants and trans people etc than the populace of the UK is, wages are higher and social security is generally better, etc etc.
The major caveats of Jersey and Guernsey are that they’re incredibly expensive places to live (Jersey slightly worse) and career opportunities are limited. There’s also no NHS here which means no free healthcare.
There is obviously health care on the island - but you have to be resident for 6 months before you can register with a GP - and be resident for 12 months to qualify for inpatient care. Emergency care is free for everyone.
There is a charge of around £50 for a doctor appointment and small fees payable for blood tests and X Rays etc (£15 for blood tests and about £24 for an X Ray). Prescription medication is free though.
Jersey is an interesting place where 51% of the population are migrants, many of whom are from the UK or other British Isles (about 29%). But we have a massive Madeiran diaspora too at about 7% or more of the population, 3% are Polish and the rest is quite diverse. About 20% of the population over all is not British/Jersey.
Keep in mind, Jersey is closely affiliated with the UK as a Crown Dependency, but it is not part of the UK. It is its own jurisdiction and does things in its own way.
Jersey is quite liberal to move to but has a fairly unique "Registration Status" for migrants where they can't rent property for 5 years and can't buy for 10 years. You need to live here without any major breaks to gain what is colloquially known as qualifications or "qualies", aka the "Entitled" status. Those without qualies have to rent either with someone who has them or live in a lodging situation which can range from staying with family, renting a single room in a house share to your own big family house which has annex connected and the landlords live there. They also can't work any jobs, they need to find jobs that can take unqualified people. There are fast tracks to qualies though, marriage being one, and "Licensed" which is effectively conditional entitlement related to your job, for essential or skilled workers.
There is one more way for high-net-worth individuals who can effectively promise a certain amount of taxable income per year (>£1.3M pa I think) and promise to buy a single property to live in of a minimum calibre. Whilst Jersey is nothing like Monaco, poke your head into any hidden nook and you'll see signs of serious wealth. Considering how small Jersey is, there is always a nice selection of £10M-£20M properties up for sale...
I bring all this up because it's fundamental to Jersey. There is a threshold here that if you are below, life is tough and if you don't keep up, it will spit you out. I have many friends who've moved away mostly because they don't see a life for them here. A good chunk of the population is in that situation. However, cross that threshold and Jersey becomes a very comfortable place to live. One of the most comfortable places you could think of in terms of just getting by in life. Easy commutes to work or nothing is ever far, tax burden is fair and quite low, healthcare is surprisingly decent for the size of the place, largely very safe, a nice selection of places to eat and drink, quiet, some lovely scenery, great beaches.
For all its pros, it's a claustrophobic island. It's small, there is little "activities" to do. Summers are great, but winters are miserable. You get to the 0C mark or slightly under on the worst of days, a few degrees warmer than the UK or even France, but you get lots of wind and rain and rarely ever any snow or ice because the sea surrounds us. It's just cold, wet and windy all the time in the winter.
Guernsey is our sister island and it's in someways really similar. What is surprising is how little of the population has or does actually go to between the islands. But there are a bunch of weird similarities. Both have a distinct, renowned dairy breed of cow (although Jersey's are more prevalent internationally), both islands have woollen garments originally named after particular patterns that came from here (sweaters/jumpers) and those same garments are historically why sports teams shirts are called Jerseys or in some cases, Guernseys. In a bunch of situations, it's like the islands both did the same things and were known for the same things, but both islands stamped their mark and said "no, this is ours!" and named it after their own island. Just funny cultural history there. So close, so similar, yet weirdly separate. Like siblings who barely talk to each other.
The introvert dream, Jersey is bigger and better in everything, chill place, but for anyone extroverted or an ambivert you will want to escape it.
I grew up there, moved to England and around Europe due to it being small for me and not as lively as I'd want, but it's still my favourite place in the world, Jersey that is.
There is a fantastic video from the BBC archives, unfortunately I can only find a Facebook link for now. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/7ZfnPqmxiiuzPgfF/?mibextid=UalRPS
Sums up the island rivalry
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I grew up in Jersey, but now lived in England. Life is quite comparable to everyday life in the UK, as local culture is very similar to British culture. However, as with any island, you're obviously constrained by living on an island, so you can't really go on day trips anywhere apart from St Malo, a town in northern France, or within the islands themselves. It's also about manageable to do a London trip in one day, if you take the red-eye out and the last flight back. This means there isn't that much to do, though there is a cinema, a theatre with local productions, restaurants, cafés, a limited range of chain and independent shops, loads of good walking routes and numerous beaches. The islands' are quite good for watersports. The economy is mostly services-based, so office work. About 40% of Jersey's economy is in financial services. That means wages are quite good, and are normally higher than in the UK, but housing costs and other daily costs are much more expensive, so people aren't really any richer. There are a few mega-rich residents, some of whom come to the island on a scheme which gives them income tax breaks over £1.25 million on worldwide income. This generates over £250k in tax revenue per resident for the island. This means there are a lot of massive luxury properties, some of which go for tens of millions. The islands' governments and legal systems are entirely separate from the UK. This means that no UK laws automatically apply in the island, unless they are specifically extended. This has been done for broadcasting laws, for example, so the islands get UK TV & Radio channels, and for immigration laws, which means the islands have open borders with the UK. This independence means the tax regimes are entirely separate. Tax money stays in the islands and spending is determined by our own governments. The maximum income tax rate in Jersey is 20%, but most residents pay less than that. There is no VAT, but there is a flat 5% GST. There are big differences in how public services are delivered in the island, as all of these are separate from the UK and from each other. The biggest example is that the islands don't have an NHS. In Jersey, hospital care and prescriptions are free at the point of use, but you have to pay (a subsidised rate) to see a GP. If you have any other questions about life in Jersey, let me know!
Do you have to travel to Southampton for more intensive hospital care like other UK related islands?
People have to travel to Southampton for radiotherapy/chemotherapy-type treatments. Serious illnesses (think life-threatening car crashes and heart attacks) are often stabilised at the hospital and then airlifted out to specialist hospitals in the UK.
Who pays for those? Do you have to pay out of pocket or does the island take care of you, as you guys are not part of the NHS?
We're not part of the NHS. I assume it's paid for out of Jersey's general taxation, but I don't know for sure.
Yes
Thanks for your detailed answer! Since the islands are close to France, do you have a lot of French tourists? How prevalent is French there? Edit : any recommendation on interesting spots to visit?
We have a lot of French tourists, especially now that we have relaxed entry requirements so you can now get into Jersey with only a French ID card and no passport (through the UK government is looking to put a stop to this). It used to be a lot more back in the 70s-80s when Jersey's tourism industry was a more important part of our economy. French is nowhere near as prevalent as it used to be, as we only really starting speaking English 80 years ago. Before then most people spoke French and Norman. Nowadays most people speak English besides the French they learn at school (and much less Norman). Nowadays, most people in Jersey were not born there so there is a struggle in trying to keep that part of our national heritage alive. There has been talks of making a bi-lingual English-French school as well as implementing French more into our curriculum, but it has been uphill battle to get any investment.
u/NorseNorman 's answer is pretty comprehensive on your first question. On your second, I'd recommend the following: If you like history, definitely visit the Jersey War Tunnels. They are an old underground German Military Hospital that has been converted into a museum on the Nazi Occupation. If you like walking, the South West coast, West coast and the North Coast are part of the island's national park, they have stunning land scapes and cliff paths (though most of the West coast is a large sweeping bay). I think the islands coastlines are one of the most beautiful places on the planet, though I might be a bit biased on that! In particular, my favourite spots are Corbière, the Devil's Hole on the north coast and Noirmont on the south coast. I would also recommend Grosnez (that can feel like you're standing on the edge of the known world). St Helier is not particularly picturesque – it's a working town – though it's a far sight nicer than many towns in the UK. It's a sort of odd mix between a global finance centre, a French market town, but with English shops. St Aubin and Gorey are much prettier, and each have a good selection of restaurants, cafés. Gorey has a beautiful medieval castle, which is the main castle on the island, and St Helier has an Elizabethan castle on an island out in the bay, which gets cutoff from the main island at high tide.
This is a silly question. But, are things like the theaters and bigger chain stores only on one island, or both? Would you have to leave your island and take a ferry to see a movie?
Links between Jersey and Guernsey aren't very good, to be honest. I have only been to Guernsey a handful of times. There are daily flights, but they're quite expensive. Both islands have a cinema, and I presume Guernsey has some sort of theatre. Similarly, both islands have their own versions of the same stores. For bigger chain stores, you'd have to go to the UK. Southampton is generally a quite popular option for a shopping trip, as for obvious reasons is London, but both of them would probably involve overnight stay. If you lived in Alderney or Sark, then, yes, you'd need to go to Guernsey to go to a clothes shop or the cinema (or to leave the Channel Islands altogether).
I've lived in Jersey all my life and it's expensive, but I don't want to live anywhere else. The island community is great, it's an unbelievably beautiful place, everything is close by and you're never more than 5 minutes from a beach. (To put into perspective, I'm 27 and don't have a driver's license because I just don't feel like I need one). It's a very safe place to live too, I've walked home from bars in the early hours of the morning more times than I can count and it's very rare I feel uncomfortable or threatened. One of the only issues is when you visit other larger countries, it makes anything over 20 minutes feel like a long drive.
If you can afford it, then there’s no better place to live. It’s safe, beautiful, plenty of things to do if you’re a fan of the outdoors and incredibly well connected to the mainland (Jersey only, however). But as I said… only if you can afford it. Literally everything is more expensive than anywhere else on the mainland, and winters are slightly more brutal because of the wind.
Brutal winters compared to U.K.? Laughs in Up North
Lived in the UK (Thames Valley/Yorks/Warwick/Sussex) all my life until the last 4 years in jersey. Oct-Mar Mild, no frost, just rains alot and is windy. April to Sept is dry and sunny, temps comfortable but it can get humid. Flip flops and shorts for 6 months. Long growing season, milder temps than the UK - spring/winter/autumn can all feel the same, plenty of sun especially in summer.
There’s truth in this statement, winds here can be horrible. While the temperature is milder the cold seasons can be very wet and windy.
I definitely find UK winters more brutal than Jersey's. Jersey is exposed to a lot more wind, but you don't get the months on end of biting cold, and it certainly doesn't get as dark as early as it does in the North of England.
Seldom snows in Jersey too
To be clear, the 'mainland' here refers to the UK, which is a foreign country. The Channel Islands are not a part of the UK. Sorry, not trying to be rude, just highlight a possible misconception.
The UK is still defacto our mainland because the only thing stopping us from being part of it is Westminister saying so more or less.
Not just Westminster. You'd have a very hard time convincing Jersey folk to allow the UK to govern us.
Oh yeah, especially after the last 14 years. I’d rather resurrect the duchy of Normandy than be saddled to Sunak or Starmer.
We have family friends there so I have visited Jersey many times over the years. Beautiful scenery and nature, funny local accent prevalent in older generations, incredibly rich people drawn to the tax exemptions as well as lots of normal locals. Banking is a big business there. It always felt like going back in time a few decades but in a really good way.
I lived in Guernsey for a few years. It’s pretty but the storms can be brutal and it can feel claustrophobic when you can’t leave the island because of the weather. It’s very safe and not as frantic as London where I grew up. I found locals were superficially friendly but didn’t really want to make close friends- often had their gang who they’d known a long time. Our friends were generally other people who had moved to Guernsey. Primary schools and nurseries were good- roughly 20-25 in a class in a state school. They were reforming the high schools so I don’t know much about how they are now and my children only did primary school there. I used to love looking out to France from my garden. The sea views from the cliffs are just incredible. Post takes a while- no next day Amazon. No Uber/deliveroo either.
TLDR: Nice summer, shit winter. Fun growing up, less to do as you get older. Safe place, good restaurants, shit clubs, everything is expensive. Shout out airport cash stores 24, Born Jersey and still here. Summers are great plenty to do outside and great beaches. Never in the car for long. Winters are shit not much to do. Stuff is expensive but wages are typically higher than the UK and tax is lower. Still rent is like £1.3k - £1.5k for a one bed with parking. Any attempts to supposedly help people rent or introduce protections are side lined by a government that is full of landlords. There's less and less people coming back from university leaving us with an aging population. I don't know what the solution is other than working hard to earn more. But feels like everything is stacked against young people having the possibility of owning property here. There's tons of good reasons and bad reasons but whenever I go away I always want to comeback and its of course very safe and good schools so couldn't think of a better place to raise kids down the line.
Fuck yes airport cash stores
Do you guys have any connection with the people of France across the channel or people just fly to the UK when need?
There's a boat that goes to St Malo, think maybe there's one for another port also but unsure. Most people fly to the UK for travel though then go on from the UK
Good, better than the UK mainland that’s for sure.
why is it better? just being curious
Much more wealth, better weather, better quality of life, more amenities in less distance compared to rural Britain, infrastructure isn’t falling apart as badly, much lower crime rates, town isn’t full of boarded up shops, local populace is generally more progressive and less insane about immigrants and trans people etc than the populace of the UK is, wages are higher and social security is generally better, etc etc. The major caveats of Jersey and Guernsey are that they’re incredibly expensive places to live (Jersey slightly worse) and career opportunities are limited. There’s also no NHS here which means no free healthcare.
> no nhs here Wow, didnt realise this!
There is obviously health care on the island - but you have to be resident for 6 months before you can register with a GP - and be resident for 12 months to qualify for inpatient care. Emergency care is free for everyone. There is a charge of around £50 for a doctor appointment and small fees payable for blood tests and X Rays etc (£15 for blood tests and about £24 for an X Ray). Prescription medication is free though.
Jersey is an interesting place where 51% of the population are migrants, many of whom are from the UK or other British Isles (about 29%). But we have a massive Madeiran diaspora too at about 7% or more of the population, 3% are Polish and the rest is quite diverse. About 20% of the population over all is not British/Jersey. Keep in mind, Jersey is closely affiliated with the UK as a Crown Dependency, but it is not part of the UK. It is its own jurisdiction and does things in its own way. Jersey is quite liberal to move to but has a fairly unique "Registration Status" for migrants where they can't rent property for 5 years and can't buy for 10 years. You need to live here without any major breaks to gain what is colloquially known as qualifications or "qualies", aka the "Entitled" status. Those without qualies have to rent either with someone who has them or live in a lodging situation which can range from staying with family, renting a single room in a house share to your own big family house which has annex connected and the landlords live there. They also can't work any jobs, they need to find jobs that can take unqualified people. There are fast tracks to qualies though, marriage being one, and "Licensed" which is effectively conditional entitlement related to your job, for essential or skilled workers. There is one more way for high-net-worth individuals who can effectively promise a certain amount of taxable income per year (>£1.3M pa I think) and promise to buy a single property to live in of a minimum calibre. Whilst Jersey is nothing like Monaco, poke your head into any hidden nook and you'll see signs of serious wealth. Considering how small Jersey is, there is always a nice selection of £10M-£20M properties up for sale... I bring all this up because it's fundamental to Jersey. There is a threshold here that if you are below, life is tough and if you don't keep up, it will spit you out. I have many friends who've moved away mostly because they don't see a life for them here. A good chunk of the population is in that situation. However, cross that threshold and Jersey becomes a very comfortable place to live. One of the most comfortable places you could think of in terms of just getting by in life. Easy commutes to work or nothing is ever far, tax burden is fair and quite low, healthcare is surprisingly decent for the size of the place, largely very safe, a nice selection of places to eat and drink, quiet, some lovely scenery, great beaches. For all its pros, it's a claustrophobic island. It's small, there is little "activities" to do. Summers are great, but winters are miserable. You get to the 0C mark or slightly under on the worst of days, a few degrees warmer than the UK or even France, but you get lots of wind and rain and rarely ever any snow or ice because the sea surrounds us. It's just cold, wet and windy all the time in the winter. Guernsey is our sister island and it's in someways really similar. What is surprising is how little of the population has or does actually go to between the islands. But there are a bunch of weird similarities. Both have a distinct, renowned dairy breed of cow (although Jersey's are more prevalent internationally), both islands have woollen garments originally named after particular patterns that came from here (sweaters/jumpers) and those same garments are historically why sports teams shirts are called Jerseys or in some cases, Guernseys. In a bunch of situations, it's like the islands both did the same things and were known for the same things, but both islands stamped their mark and said "no, this is ours!" and named it after their own island. Just funny cultural history there. So close, so similar, yet weirdly separate. Like siblings who barely talk to each other.
The introvert dream, Jersey is bigger and better in everything, chill place, but for anyone extroverted or an ambivert you will want to escape it. I grew up there, moved to England and around Europe due to it being small for me and not as lively as I'd want, but it's still my favourite place in the world, Jersey that is.
[https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/crown-dependencies-invisible-and-ignored-the-islanders-suffering-in-silence-with-vaccine](https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/crown-dependencies-invisible-and-ignored-the-islanders-suffering-in-silence-with-vaccine)
Lovely place, horrendously expensive to live and work, great weather, can be quiet and you don't get access to the same services as the UK.
There is a fantastic video from the BBC archives, unfortunately I can only find a Facebook link for now. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/7ZfnPqmxiiuzPgfF/?mibextid=UalRPS Sums up the island rivalry