A few years ago a buddy of mine had his daughter get married, and she married a guy from England.
The English family was quite wealthy and about 25 of the English families ( several hundred people) all flew over for the wedding and stayed several weeks.
Great people and we had a ball showing them around.
My buddy owns a small farm and works construction part time, hardly rich.
They were amazed that everyone here in the area drove tricked out 4x4 pick-up trucks and had an SUV or two.
They couldn't believe how big the houses and yards were, or how cheap things were in the stores.
They really freaked out ( not scared, just surprised ) when they found out it was OK to carry guns in your car, on your person, and every home was full of them.
Most of the Americans they met were middle class or to the low end of that, but all would have been very rich in England by their standard.
I love stories like yours!
I always liked the story about the Russian family who made their first visit to the vastly underrated, magnificent triumph of American capitalism, that is the modern supermarket.
They were so stunned by the array of choices offered in such a clean, roomy, comfortable environment that they were literally speechless and immobile for several minutes.
So these peoople from England were much less wealthy than your middle class friends but they could afford to come to America and stay for several weeks? I don’t follow you, who footed the bill for all that? I don’t know many people who could afford to fly to England for a wedding, let alone stay for weeks.