[St Charles Owl]

People turn round and say but it works in America but the reason it works in America is because it is one whole country and they share the same traditions, culture, identity and language. Plus they all share the same laws with some exceptions in some states.

Not sure that is correct from what I have seen.  There is no official language in the US, the government consistently resists attempts to declare an official language and I hear foreign languages as much as I do English when walking around, especially Spanish for obvious reasons.  I also think a lot of the problems the US has derive from local or regional traditions and cultures being overrun or watered down by federal laws or immigration.  Take it from me, a person from the Deep South (Alabama, Louisiana etc) is very different from a person from the Midwest (Illinois, Michigan) who is again very different from those on the West Coast.

As regards laws, they too differ quite a bit from one state to the next.  Obviously the main laws society is based on are consistent but a hell of a lot of other laws are state, county or city specific.

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Most Brits who go and live abroad Dancing are people with ££££ or who have made their money or who have a business such as a shop, restaurant etc.

I wish that were the case for me!!!!  I moved to the US because the company I worked for in Sheffield gave me the opportunity to set up their business in Chicago.  It certainly wasn’t because I had money, I was playing with other people’s money!!!  Don’t get me wrong, I earn more here than I would in England but it costs me more to live here as well, so its offset somewhat.  Certainly most ex-pats I know over here came here for similar reasons, an opportunity within the company they work for in England or with another company.