If you're going to go back to the US for fall.... just know that New England is the best for fall days. (Just sayin'... cider and farms. And I could say hi.)

I get you, Anon. For the longest time I though The Cure would be a metal band or something.

I won't hate you, mostly because I know you well enough to know you're not bemoaning the loss of a past era where he "looked hot" but was actually miserable.

This is definitely a thing in the UK. In fact, house prices are pretty much solely defined on school catchment areas. Therefore richer folks get to send their kids to the more prestigious “state schools” by virtue of buying an expensive house near that school, but this isn’t an option for lower income families.

[Side note: there’s a jargon issue here since in the UK the term “public school” actually means the opposite. It means a fee-paying private school, but for historical reasons, the name has become meaningless. What Americans would call a “public school” is known as a “state school” in the UK, so for clarity, I’m just going to say “private” and “state” to distinguish between the two types. English be like that sometimes.]

I'd just add in that it was multiple people who didn't know each other before who came forward about things that have happened over the span of several years. So not only does it look extra legit, it's more of a pattern of creepy behavior than a one-off incident, indicating an unlikeliness to change and an ongoing danger if he had been allowed to stay.