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Single small villages in parts of England have more 16th-century buildings than the whole of North America.

which may be why... 'Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US'... really, if action/reaction is just for physics...

and your point being? The US as you know wasn't even around in the 16th, aside from Spanish Florida. You forget that the first permanent British colony is america wasn't till 1607. I'm glad you could elaborate on Englands landscapes, however you still didn't address the fact that the are small by comparison. I reiterate, Great Britian is smaller than the state of Oregon. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html

Ya know --there were buildings and stuff here before the white man showed up and burned them down.


Just sayin'

and there were native peoples in England before the Romans, point being?

What the hell does that have to do with the price of fish?

Size isn't everything. Unless you're a Yank, evidently.

lots of pre-roman structures still in Britain, lots of native people too.

What's YOUR point?

Good points- and I won't disagree about the fact there is some beautiful scenery around the US - yes I have travelled around a large part of the US and there is some breathtaking countryside, there is also a large variation from State to State. Yes Britain is pocket sized compared to the US, but for me personally I find more to do in a smaller area.

Since returning to the UK some 10 years ago I have been back to the U.S four times.
I particularly enjoy North American history and was very impressed in my last vist two years ago by the Civil War battlefields I visited - especially Vicksburg, very well preserved and maintained. I also enjoyed in my last visit a self paced tour through most of the origins of modern music - Chicago, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans. So yes for you as a North American I believe you and others have a lot to be proud about. I certainly do not want my daughter to think anything differently about the U.S. However I get frustrated with the mindset that insists that the rest of the world looks on the U.S as a shining light. I don't believe that other countries look on Britain as a shining light either.

As I have said, although I am extremely critical of the current administration in the U.S. I have faith in Americans - people in the U.S are very good at learning from mistakes and in the long run I think the whole masquerade ball of U.S politics in it's current guise will fall apart.

Let's face it, we all feel at home in the place of our birth, and our preferences are personal and subjective. I love Scotland, the land of my birth, but I fully respect the preferences of others.

lol the only thing I disagree with in this whole post, Yorktown was a Revolutionary War battle not a US Civil War site.

really can you name one besides Stonehenge?

US is exactly that. What's your point?

I was speaking in a sort of teasing tone here, no one country is "#1" or "better" than all others, of course. But seriously speaking now, the US probably is one of, if not the, best place to immigrate to if you're from a 3rd or 2nd world country. One of the biggest reasons I can say this with confidence is, putting it bluntly, the US economic powerhouse consistently blows Europe's economy away. I'm no economic expert, but it's probably the most efficient and competitive economy in the world, alongside with Japan. The US is a "beacon of hope" to anyone on the waiting list to leave countries with shit economies or oppressive governments.

I could agree that the US is no longer a beacon of hope for Europeans, for a number of reasons, but whatever.

I believe I do understand that Europeans are snobs for the most part, and how they view the US as "inferior" and "backwards". Whatever... I'm talking about the people in countries that aren't terribly nice places to live, you know, the ones trying to get to the US in mass numbers. (Who I believe are really important, in fact KEY, to the economic and cultural strength and growth of the US.)

There was some comment about morals too... uh.. compared to Europe? I thought the US was a nation of "prudes"? Now the US is immoral too? Which is it? Not really sure how that works... All I know is that in a side by side comparison, socially speaking, Europe is the slutty continent with the lack of restraint and personal responsibilities, not the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henge

Plenty of them apart from Stonehenge.

LOL Oh Bugger!!! Well I ought to put more descriptions on my snapshots!! LOL

I meant Vicksburg!!! although Yorktown was besieged in the Civil War as well!!

I must be getting old - it was only two years ago I went there!

Some of my friends who were going to protest the Dictator were detained for 72 hours then released and not told what they did wrong. Is that good for starters??? Never mind most of my mail has been delivered opened.

Unfortunatly Los Angeles is one of the better areas of the United States. Most other areas between New York City and the California border are far far far WORST.

I am glad people have been able to move to United Kingdom. Their lifestyle has changed for the better.

Who cares how big the nation is, At least they do not have a Dictator. And besides most of the scenery in the United States is filled with Urban Sprawl.

hahaha

Yeah, I'm really roughing it here, I wish I could go to LA, but I can't afford the high price of the smog mask filters.

of course I can.

In Cornwall alone I can name dozens.

From memory? Wow... no offense intended honestly, but maybe you should get out more.

former art history major and arthurian lit buff. Sorry --but I'm proud of my knowledge base.

perhaps you should pick up a book once in a blue moon.

I enjoy a good discourse, and I appreciate you picked up on my points in good humour.

I have obviously not clarified morality in my post - I wasn't thinking of morality in a sexual sense at all - How a person chooses to act sexually for me is not a moral issue but simply a matter of personal preference.

I was thinking of morality in the sense that people expect the U.S to uphold it's Constitutional Values - the statement that all are created equal. The right to free speech etc etc. I believe that a person with power over others has a moral obligation to treat those people right, and that applies to the U.S as a World Leader.

As for Europeans being snobs - there are not as many as you might think! I spent three weeks this year in the Philippines with my girlfriend living in her family's village where the average income is about $50 a month, but the people there are the richest in spirit I have come across! I have no time for snobbery.

you really need to climb out from under that rock of yours, go to a park or something. I could tell you of dozens of places where the only "urban sprawl" you'll see is a barn or two. If you like the UK so much, move there. Nothing is stopping you, oh wait you'd rather preach on your "situation" than actually do something to change it.