I'm mixed about England, sometimes I love it... the countryside is absolutely beautiful and some cities are brilliant (Oxford, York, Canterbury to name a few).
It's an alright set up here, I could live in a far worse place and have a far worse life but I can't help but loathe some aspects of modern English society. There is an obsession with money, materialism, vanity and national pride (god knows why) amongst a lot of people and it makes me sick.
I don't know about the areas you guys live in but mine is horrible for competitiveness with materialistic goods. People are so pretentious, they'll go on about their new cars, new phones and in some cases the plastic surgery they've had (unfortunately I'm not joking).
I'm not sure what I expect from other countries, I just hope that there are some out there are not consumed by capitalism and materialistic goods.