Opportunity to explore path not taken

As a Brit living in Kenya, there are a lot of myths about life in Britain.  One of them is that it is an equal society where everyone is rich.  Its not the case at all.  British society is quite unequal in terms of rich and poor (haves and have nots) and people will make similar complaints about big corporations.  Britain being a developed country has much more money in the public purse, relatively low unemployment for example and low levels of corruption.  However, its an expensive place in which to live and people on low wages really struggle to manage and many are in debt.  There are an increasing number of people who have resorted to using food banks, for example.  The EPL will not give you any clue at all about life in the UK, except perhaps for the weather!

For those who are unemployed and in poverty, public services are much more comprehensive than in Kenya and the poor get a considerable amount of state support, which might include healthcare, help with housing, an allowance to live on and so on.  Nevertheless there is a sizeable number of homeless too, so in London its not unusual to see homeless people sitting within sight of designer shops and streets filled with high end cars and housing.

My wife is a Kikuyu who has lived in Kenya and the UK.  She constantly tells Kenyans who want to live in the UK, that as long as they have a job, they are better off staying in Kenya...........but that is just her 'take' on the situation. Most of the Kenyans that I know in the UK have struggled to get decent jobs.  Many are doing things like care work, shop assistant etc