United States vs. United Kingdom : This Site Has Researched Some of the Many Differences Between These 2 English Speaking Countries

A site designed to look at comparisons between America and Great Britain on topics including shopping and education. We compare prices and services between these 2 great nations, We give you an honest opinion on both sides highlighting the good and the bad.

(PRWEB) July 20, 2005 -- The site looks at many areas of difference between the USA and UK, despite the similarities which we can easily identify like language western style capitalism and freedom of speech and democracy.

Some of the costs of living in the 2 countries are wide and diverse.
The most obvious is the price of property and Petrol which in turn affects most other aspects of lifestyle.

The difference in house prices can be easily explained by looking at the relative size of the countries and the population per acre.

The difference in fuel prices is much more complicated. Both countries do have oil
reserves; the UK has them through the north sea and USA has many oil reserves both on and off shore.

The main political parties in the two countries are Republican and Democrat in the USA and Conservative and Labour in the UK.

In general, the size of cars in the US are larger and people drive bigger cars and more have trucks and SUVs.

Most of the goods bought including electronics clothes and other goods are cheaper in the USA than in the UK.

Another major differences between the two cultures stem from the availability of land for recreational purposes and natural resources, boating, fishing and hunting are all freely ( at very low costs ) available to all. And other hobbies that would be considered only for those with larger more expensive properties in England Horses, ATVs, snowmobiles, etc. are not only available they are part of the American way of life.

The next section we have looked at is health. In the UK medical treatment is provided free at the point of delivery but the US is primarily a private health system
Both ideas have problems and advantages.

The last area looked at is education in general the school sizes are smaller in the US but many of the same problems appear in both countries. When discussing education the major difference between UK/USA has to be the cost of higher education (universities and colleges). The cost of sending a student to university in the US can be expensive.

The site attempts to look at these differences in greater detail on USA vs.UK basis and identify prices differences in many aspects of everyday life.

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