morpeth

I also cant imagine any amount of money persuading me to live in New York. When I visited on business I never stayed an extra day or two as I would in London, Paris or Las Vegas.

Good things about states :

1. The beautiful Panhandle of Idaho and western Montana, and parts of Eastern Washington state.
2.Root Beer.
3.Beef Jerky ( though getting expensive).
4.Ease of doing business in general.
5.Lower sales tax compared to VAT rates in Europe.
6. Chinatown in San Francisco.
7. Weather on San Francisco Peninsula.
8. In many states very affordable housing.
9. Higher state pension.
10. Apple pie and Southern Biscuits ( both if well-made).

Rete

Ahhh but it is great. You can have breakfast foods or dinner foods in places that only serve breakfast foods before 11 am.

Or perhaps, like here in the south, they were at church services since 8 am until after 12 noon.

Britspark

Thanks for the responses. It's actually pretty useful to me as it reminds me of things I'd miss.
I doubt I'd want to go back to NYC it's just where I lived that was all so know the most about.

Boston and San Francisco were my faves.

I won't go into all the details but I'm months away from a green card IF I go back but career is taking off here hence why it's a tricky choice.

As for dictating posts, just trying to avoid it descending into a 10 things I hate about America thread as seems to happen. But sure if people want to bitch go ahead.

Thanks again the genuine responses, a hundred different personal views is exactly what I'm after.

Pulaski

You have been known to tell people to stop posting!

Rete

I'm with you. Can't wait for the day I can move back to the NYC area. New Yorkers are filled with friendly and helpful people, lots to do and see, and much that can be done without costing a fortune. A restaurant for every ethnic group in the world. Does it have problems and bad areas. Of course, but so does London and every city in the world.

I'm upping the tally for the pro New York.

What states have I visited:
Alaska
New York/Upper and Western parts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Virginia
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Maryland
Delaware
Florida
North and South Carolina
Tennessee
California (San Francisco)
Washington State (Seattle)
Washington, DC (although it is not a state)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arizona
Nevada

Next I want to visit:

New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Wisconsin
Michigan (Great Lake area)
Oregon

I've been to:
Canada (to often to count)
Switzerland 2
Germany 4
Netherlands 2
Belgium
Austria
France

Want to go to:

Portugal
Spain
Poland
Romania
New Zealand
Australia
Ireland

Dorothy

Sprouts...yum
I prefer lupper or maybe linner to brunch

scrubbedexpat091

Inexpensive flights (compared to Canada anyhow) making travel doable.
Inexpensive gas making road trips doable.
Varied climates to choose from, arctic to tropical and everything in between.
Disneyland
Lots of city's to choose from if living there.
Inexpensive food.

ian-mstm

Yes, that's true enough... but not quite the same thing!

Ian

scrubbedexpat097

What?? No Texas on your list of "must visit"

Wintersong

I went to Lubbock once.

I know it's undoubtedly not representative of the whole of Texas, but it did put me off ever visiting the state again

scrubbedexpat097

Yep. Even the name is off putting. Sounds like something you would say to someone you didn't like.

You great Lubbock!

mrken30

Bigger houses to keep my distance from the neighbors
HBO
Being able to find a parking space in under 10 minutes
My wife and kids
Much cheaper to fly
Great scenery
Guns
Humming birds and orange bumble bees

tonrob

Well slap me on the Lubbocks and call me Susan.

tom169

$10 for 6? Eek. I picked up 24 for $14 earlier.

Englishmum

American tumble dryers.....so much larger than European and Asian sized dryers so you can dry duvets in them and as there is more space inside the unit, you can dry more items and they rarely need to be ironed!

Drive-in ATM at my bank