What do you Americans really think it's like here in Britain?

LOL I dont drink alcohol because of all my meds. And my meds are the only reason why I can type. No one will employ me as I am constantly falling over because my meds make ne dizzy and confused and on bad days I cant even walk at all.

They don't have an honest clue unless they been here met Americans who thought Scotland was still rebelling like William Wallace days and they run around in kilts and have no electricity

I spent a week in London the year before last. I had the time of my life. As a 'sheltered' American it was not what I expected at all. The people were friendly and inviting (even the Muslims believe it or not) The weather was good and the people loved my southern accent LOL. One thing I will say though, your beer sucks, England. Germany has you beat when it comes to beer.

Nah - watery German stuff. Can't beat a pint of Guinness.

Nobody wants to drink Guinness with its consistency of soup.

Is the question about the landscape or the people or life in general?

As an American, I think we have a lot more variety in things we can buy. I'm not saying this is a good thing or a bad thing, just an observation. For instance, a Briton would be overwhelmed in the typical American supermarket or shopping mall. I'm not even sure you call them supermarkets. Big grocery stores. A place to buy food for the household.

The British often forget that their four constituent countries are comparable in size to like 4 out of 50 states. Los Angeles to New York is about 3,000 miles, and it's all the USA. If you're in London and you travel 3,000 miles east, you'd have passed Moscow. I think the British often fail to grasp this concept when contemplating what the US is. It's continental in size.

I also don't understand the reverence for a monarchy. Or even a need for a monarchy anymore other than posterity and some sense of former greatness, though keeping it seems a little sad in my opinion.

From what I see on google maps, the road system in cities looks odd to an American eye. Not just driving on the left, but the crosswalks and those zig-zag lines. Now, while it's true London is a very old city, it's like American cities in that most of its development happened in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution. London and other British cities evolved a little differently from American cities at this time. Not saying it's bad, just different. American cities tend to follow traditional grid patterns, whereas the roads in British cities seem to be all over the place. Again, I'm not talking about ancient roads, but roads built from the 1800s to the present day.

In the countryside, the roads look quaint, but they're all so narrow and poorly marked. Also, Britain doesn't seem to have a comprehensive highway system comparable to the USA. There are some expressways, but no limited-access roads going continuously for hundreds of miles. In fairness, I know Canada, as big as it is, doesn't even have ONE trans-Canadian highway that comparable to an American Interstate (limited access for thousands of miles, minimum of two lanes in each direction, no traffic lights, etc.). Most of the cars driven in Britain seem small and strange looking to an American eye, and the license plates are very nondescript.

Quite a lot of people in Britain like drinking stout.

another one of these pointless bait threads, just more divide et impera