I have a friend who lives in Gr. Britain. I've never been to the UK, so I wanted to go and I was going to fly into London. My friend, Harry, said to me, "Why go to London? There are no Brits there." I think that largely sums up the problem in London.
Britain to the north, Wolverhampton, is a fine place, sort of pricy now but the Euro is up and the dollar is down. Our turn in the barrel.
At that time, in that place, there were still plenty of people that didn't have contempt for Americans. I read today about so many bad attitudes for Americans that it doesn't sound at all like the same England as back then.
I think things are changing faster there for the worse, but here in the US they are changing for the better. I think conservatism is growing more followers by the day, as people see that the left has no answers and shrinking influence (such as their media (newspaper/tv news wing) :).
Keep fighting the good fight FReepers and when you have a chance, and your enemy is drowning,...take a page from the James Carville playbook and throw that sunn-uva-b!tch an anchor.