"Before I moved to the UK with my husband and family, I had visited once before on a cycling trip with my church group. Even as a 16-year-old, I had a sense that I would one day return and that it was where I belonged. I'd seen all of the Jane Austen adaptations with my Anglophile grandmother, and my husband and I had watched Downton Abbey."
"There's history and tradition everywhere in England. I'm an old soul, and being in older settings reminds me that there's so much beyond the right now. That's comforting. In the US, we get excited by anything from the 1700s, because that is seriously old to us. My husband, who had never been to the UK, applied four times for our family to move to England from near Charleston, South Carolina, where he worked for the US military."
"We finally moved to the Cotswolds in late 2020. In my five years here, I've found that the child-inclusive culture in the UK helps me feel more supported as a mother. Choosing where to live wasn't easy A major obstacle at first was driving. I was terrified of the narrow, countryside roads and driving on the left-hand side, but I've since found that drivers are very patient here."
A 37-year-old influencer and mother of three, originally from Indiana, relocated with her family from near Charleston, South Carolina, to the Cotswolds in late 2020 after a sought-after UK military posting. Early visits and cultural touchstones such as Jane Austen adaptations and Downton Abbey shaped a sense of belonging and attraction to historic, peaceful countryside life. The family values the slower pace and deep history of the region. The UK’s child-inclusive culture has made parenting feel more supported. Initial challenges included adapting to narrow rural roads and driving on the left, but local drivers proved patient.
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