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A British woman who has been living in Australia has shared a pros and cons list of each country, with 'boring' used to describe her time Down Under.
Deborah made the move from East Yorkshire to New York after finishing university in 2001.
After watching the terrifying events of September 11 from her office window, Deborah decided she needed to be closer to family and moved to Sydney where one of her sisters lived, and after six years moved to Melbourne.
On Tuesday, the British expat wrote a list of pros and cons of living in both countries and shared it to Ping Pong Poms - a Facebook group for 'people thinking about moving back to the UK'.
Deborah posted a pros and cons list of living in Australia and the UK to a Facebook group for 'people thinking about moving back to the UK' on Tuesday (pictured)
'Just came back from the UK and am feeling, so jet lagged and homesick,' Deborah wrote.
'Was up at 1:30 this morning writing a pros and cons list as feel so flat after a lovely time in the UK summer.'
Deborah split the page down the middle and wrote the pros for both countries first.
Pros for the UK included family, beautiful countryside, supermarkets, country cottages, school friends, universities, history, close to Europe, more fun things for kids, chocolate, Christmas atmosphere, pretty market towns and pubs.
Meanwhile, more space, more opportunities for kids, low unemployment rate, higher pay, schools, second safest country to live in, restaurants, everything is on her doorstep, low population density, less public debt, strong economy, greater life expectancy, delicious tap water and outdoor pools topped Australia's pros list.
Unsurprisingly, Australia's pros list included sun all year round, beautiful beaches, low pollution and happy people.
Deborah wrote 11 cons for Australia - two more than the UK - including that it's boring, so far away, lack of history, rubbish supermarkets, bad chocolate, bushfires, expensive, slow internet, everything wants to kill you, shopping is not as fun/as good and crumpets are so bad.
The UK's con list was made up of tap water being horrid, motorways gridlocked, cold and miserable most of the year, driving standards, have to travel hours for a concert/airport, hospital wait times, outside London restaurants are no comparison to Oz and political unrest.
She told Daily Mail Australia the items on the lists were thoughts and 'nothing is wrong or right.'
'I love Australia for the 'no worries' attitude,' Deborah said.
'Australia is an amazing country with amazing opportunities, beautiful rainforests, oceans and beaches and fantastic wine.'
'Unfortunately, what Australia does lack is prawn cocktail crisps, chocolate that tastes good and above all, proper crumpets!'
Deborah's parents regularly visit Australia and adores North Queensland for its 'fishing, hot weather and laid back lifestyle'.
She said the post had gone a 'bit bonkers' after receiving more than 300 comments in less than 12 hours.
'Love that chocolate and crumpets made the list lol,' one user commented.
'I have just gotten back from 9 months back home in the UK and could not explain to work mates how
