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I have a mate who is in similar position - moved to Toronto about 7-8 years ago and now has a 3month old. Only difference is his wife is from Toronto so they have a big support network. He does get homesick - occasional zoom calls/whatsapp etc - not quite the same, but he hasn't really got the desire to move back due to Brexit/austerity/covid mishandling etc.
I guess you need to figure what you'd miss from Toronto if you moved back to Blighty (Tim Hortons/quick flights to New York/trips to Montreal/the lake etc?)
dsalmon-
Weird that he is in such a similar position. It would be easier if we had some support here but my wife's parents and sister (+brother in law and neice & nephew) all moved from England are now live in Nova Scotia. Flying from here to visit them isn't much different to flying from the UK.
Things like the fallout of Brexit/Covid/Conservative government are all things that worry me but We're probably going to have a conservative government here by the next election so thats one thing that strikes the other out.
There are definitely things I'll miss about living here. Mainly friends that we've made. Greggs > Tim Hortons so thats easily settled. The other things we really love about living in the city (gigs, great restaurants etc are all good if you can access them but over the last 8 months, they've pretty much been off the table due to restrictions. Same with flying to the States/Montreal.
ricky2slicky
This might be a bit of an odd one as I'm not currently in London but I didn't want to start a thread for it.
Currently live in Toronto with wife and 3 month old child. We've been here 7 years and both my wife and I are dual-citizens so aren't on any kind of clock. We've had a good time but I've been homesick for some time and Covid and having a baby has only made me long to live back in the UK more, specifically Northumberland where I grew up. Positives would be: Being close to my parents, them having an active relationship with their first grandchild and by default able to help us with child care (Childcare in Toronto is currently around $2500 p/month if you can get a place), being able to afford a house (this is pretty unattainable in Toronto. To be the kind of house we'd like is over $1mill - nothing fancy I hasten to add). Another thing would be the feeling that we wouldn't be staring again from scratch - we still have a good group of friends there that we've stayed in touch with. There are other things too - close to nature and open spaces, affordable,
However, when mentioning it to some people their first response has been "Why would you move back, England is fucked!?"
Without waffling on any more, what are peoples thoughts? Am I looking too much through rose tinted specs?