"Everyone is desperate to become British before it is too late" says Jonathan Hendry

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Applying for British citizenship never crossed my mind even though I have been living in London for ages. I am both an EU citizen (Denmark) and a non-EU citizen (Norway).

I hope that even if the UK decided to leave the EU, our neighbours would not annex our garden overnight, spray paint "Scandis go home!" on our house and then nationalise the property altogether to turn it into a memorial of suffering endured by Londoners under the EU's free movement of labour.

Anyway, we are prepared to flee to the closest Ikea for temporary shelter in case violence and pogroms break out in Chelsea after the vote.

BBC is asking Should EU citizens consider becoming British?

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Oh France has beautiful castles. A friend of mine bought one and lives there with his family. We visit them every now and then. It took them many years to renovate it.

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Yes I've seen pictures of some of the castles in France they are magical.  One of these days I'm going to make a trip over there to see them. 

I almost did go a few years ago but airline tickets from here to there are crazy expensive.  Hotels are reasonible though.  Just have to find a cheaper way to get there and back.  Or save up my airmiles. 

Athena

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Europe is awesome in this respect, you get to most places in under three hours and advance booking on budget airlines can mean very cheap tickets. And you do not even have to fly in many cases. Central London to central Brussels is slightly under 2 hours by train, central London to central Paris is slightly over 2 hours.