That would explain the "I want to go home" posts in the Moving back to the UK forum

LMAO

Hooded tops they wouldn't let my 2 teenage daughters in!

Here
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292722

No... but I can tell you (without looking it up) that its first language is Japanese and the capital city is Tokyo. How many americans could do that?.

I am absolutely amazed at some of the responses from yanks about my accent, language and the country I came from.

Example. (this is my fav stupid question)
Her:I like your accent, wheres it from, is it Irish?
Me:no, its English
Her:Oh, what language do they speak in England? is it Dutch?

This is not a seldom thing... I sometimes get this kind of thing on a day to day basis at work.

Ash

I am sure the majority, perhaps the vast majority have many things they love here...as it should be with any ex-pat in most any land. My comment was to those sad few who never seem to find any good in any thing. And believe me- I have seen as many Americans who find nothing of value in other lands as well. I suppose it's a glass half full/ glass half empty thing...and if one would rather be miserable or happy.

Only notice the whinge because we're all here on this site ain't we...out in the real world we probably don't bitch as much, well I don't...but the missus bitches about a lot of this stuff about americans too....

Kids, its sad but true. Most of us Americans are ignorant MFers! Its scary and the more south you go the worse it gets, true. But they are everywhere.

There are enlightened people all over this land. Not all of them are in cities either. Quite a few country folk can't stand Bush either.

I am moving to France. Enjoy the dirtballs!

In my case with incredible grace and tolerance. (He is one of the US's more enlightened anti-Bushites)

I think the major factor is how your experience of the US goes.

Ever since I have been here, it has been nothing but hell dealing with my wife's divorce from previous relationship, her ex, in-laws, close-minded relations, the debts that I've built for the first time in my life and all the red tape I've been strangled by.

I'm sure if my wife were never married before, her parents were friendly and I started or work for a successful Web company earning $100,000 + a year, I would be very happy indeed right now.

So far, my experience of the US has been crap and the day will finally come when I'll crack and move back to Blighty.

Exactly...I am constantly being asked "so how do you like America?", and of course with a question like that, only one answer is acceptable. I spend much of my time saying only good things about America and keeping any negative thoughts to myself. At least here, I feel I can speak freely concerning the bad things about America, as well as the good. To say these things to an American would be considered rude, but I feel able to speak my mind among my fellow expats. I assume the missus is American, in which case she is free to criticise America (though some of the more rabid exceptionalists would disagree), but for a foreigner to criticise their adopted homeland to its inhabitants does seem a little ill-mannered.

I am a big believer that the Freedom of Speech is there specifically to allow people to say negative or controversial things about a country, person, president, religion...etc...

What would be the point of having a freedom to say whatever you want if everyone agreed with everyone else?

I have regularly got into "discussions" with people who are certain that America is the best thing since sliced bread... If they expect me to keep quiet about the negatives of America they should respect that, as a non-American, I may have an alternative view point.

Just because we are immigrants, does not mean that we all came here looking for a better life (as early immigrants did) or to escape some form of persecution... I came here because I married an American, and she is closer to her family than I am to mine.

My wife regularly says that if Brits can complain, they will complain. I moaned about England and, if I have something to moan about, I'll moan about America too.

Nowhere is perfect... Anyone who thinks that their situation is the utopian ideal clearly needs to get out more.

Ahh like the Brits in America, buying English foods and products online, in stores, getting them in care packages from relatives back "home", play footie or is that footsie, get drunk on imported British lager, get loud and obnoxious with their other British cronies in the taverns of North Carolina where the enclave of Brits probably outnumber the Yanks ... and believe that their viewpoints, opinions and lifestyles are the only proper way to be ... screw everyone and everything else ... Very narrow minded and intolerate of you.
Yup no difference whatsoever.

I don't see that as your experience with America. It is, however, your experience with your relatives by marriage. Might well have been the same experience if you married a Brit with an ex-husband and the in-laws from hell.

Well.... the UK divorce laws and child custody laws would have favoured the woman over the man far more so than in Texas.

But I wanted to emigrate BEFORE I got married. Should have followed through with it. That was BEFORE the crappy in-laws, the bitter divorce, and its financial costs. Now I just want to go even more -- but the reign of Bush the Lesser has accelerated that, not just the divorce.