Where in USA is most like UK?!
May 28th 2015, 10:50 pm
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Re: Where in USA is most like UK?!
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Everything in the US is going to feel American, its in America, but a city like Boston will have more British feeling elements then a city that didn't exist when the British were in charge, anyone trying to find a place with total British feeling and culture will probably be disappointed.
Boston may have been smaller then Philli but it was still a major city, and part of the 4 major city's of colonial america, I never proclaimed it was the largest.
Boston may have been smaller then Philli but it was still a major city, and part of the 4 major city's of colonial america, I never proclaimed it was the largest.
May 29th 2015, 1:51 pm
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Re: Where in USA is most like UK?!
Originally Posted by nun
I think the residents on Concord and Lexington might disagree about where the Revolution started.
May 29th 2015, 1:54 pm
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Re: Where in USA is most like UK?!
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
...Here in Boston, I encounter lots of anti British sentiment, as well as (disgusting) IRA sympathy (but that's another discussion).
Well it's the only place where I've openly seen Irish mob running protection rackets and have seen a street of fire bombed businesses for not paying up
May 29th 2015, 5:00 pm
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Re: Where in USA is most like UK?!
Question, is SC racial diverse? or segregated?
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
Personally, I found South Carolina FAR more 'British' than Boston. There was British remnants everywhere, from houses to politics. Here in Boston, I encounter lots of anti British sentiment, as well as (disgusting) IRA sympathy (but that's another discussion).
