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The best things about America

Light bulbs all have a standard Eddison screw fitting (UK uses a mixture of screw and bayonet fittings)

All electrical goods come with a standard plug (in UK some goods come with 2 pin plugs)

The Worlds best ice cream bar none

Iced water delivered your restaurant table without being asked

Huge range of stores selling goods at very competitive prices

Low petrol (gas) prices

Low property prices - other than in some select places

Worlds craziest and most entertaining political system and campaigns

Excellent and cheap domestic transport and airline system

Shops that accept returns and exchanges without argument

Wide range of scenic and weather conditions - plenty of places to see and enjoy

Giant refigerators and freezers with ice cube makers

Air conditioning widely used

Families attending sports events in safety

Grocery bags made of paper

Packers in supermarkets who carry your shopping out to the car

The best things about Britain

Black cabs and drivers who know their job

Doctors still make house calls

Best Indian restaurants - even better than in India

Worlds best theatres

National newspapers

Some outstanding TV broadcasts & films

The armed forces

Football hooliganism - no other country comes close

Driving standards generally - despite what those who have not travelled internationally might think

Friendly unarmed police - when you can find one

Fish & Chips. Roast beef and yorkshire puddings

Amusing and mainly tasteful TV commercials

Our history and historic buildings etc

The national language (its still English by the way)

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The best things about America

Light bulbs all have a standard Eddison screw fitting (UK uses a mixture of screw and bayonet fittings)

All electrical goods come with a standard plug (in UK some goods come with 2 pin plugs)

The Worlds best ice cream bar none

Iced water delivered your restaurant table without being asked

Huge range of stores selling goods at very competitive prices

Low petrol (gas) prices

Low property prices - other than in some select places

Worlds craziest and most entertaining political system and campaigns

Excellent and cheap domestic transport and airline system

Shops that accept returns and exchanges without argument

Wide range of scenic and weather conditions - plenty of places to see and enjoy

Giant refigerators and freezers with ice cube makers

Air conditioning widely used

Families attending sports events in safety

Grocery bags made of paper

Packers in supermarkets who carry your shopping out to the car

The best things about Britain

Black cabs and drivers who know their job

Doctors still make house calls

Best Indian restaurants - even better than in India

Worlds best theatres

National newspapers

Some outstanding TV broadcasts & films

The armed forces

Football hooliganism - no other country comes close

Driving standards generally - despite what those who have not travelled internationally might think

Friendly unarmed police - when you can find one

Fish & Chips. Roast beef and yorkshire puddings

Amusing and mainly tasteful TV commercials

Our history and historic buildings etc

The national language (its still English by the way)

National newspapers are little better that comics.

Outstanding TV broadcast are few and far between. Even with over 100 channels to choose one we frequently need to watch a video instead.

Amusing and tasteful TV adverts, you must be joking. Some are OK, but many are incomprehensible.

The national language is NOT spoken by most kids. They speak mainly in glottal English, and in the main are totally unable to sound the letter T, they also have great difficulty with Th, it usually comes out as F or V. :D

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and health care system in britain is 10x better than the one in america.

I didn't know that America had one. Ours has gone to the dogs, but as you say it is far better than anything in America. At least the first question isn't "Do you have insurance?"

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