UK v USA, which country is better?

UK anyday.

At least I can have a little more peace of mind when walking down a street and you know not get shot at by pretty much anyone..

Edit:- Dumb thread tho as I doubt an american that has always lived in US is going to say the UK is better and vise versa

I’m Irish forced to live in the UK by borders and I’d rather be Irish.

Obviously the US.
The US outperforms the UK in all disciplines.

Then go live in Ireland instead of the uk ?


Like gun crime, gang violence, school shootings?

I was mainly talking about research, education and economics performance

I went to the US (Boston, NYC, and New Haven) and it made me realise how much I love the UK. The places I saw in America seemed either tackier or more run down version ngl. Also who wants Donald 🦆 trump as presendent.

Ok, in general I'd prefer the UK for society, but America for scenery so I'm not saying this from an "AMERICA IS GREAT" perspective, but seriously?

You went to NYC and Boston and found them "run down" compared to the UK? I wouldn't have said any of the London shopping streets match up to either 5th Avenue (NYC) or Commonwealth Avenue (Boston). Boston has a dockside area which rivals anywhere in the UK when it comes to quality of seafood. The Shard is an ugly symbol of excessiveness compared to the elegance of the likes of the Chrysler Building.

If you went to say Idaho, or Oregon, or Texas, then yea, America has more run down and tacky than you can shake a stick at, but your examples just seem odd. I wonder how much of those cities you actually saw.

I went down 5th avenue and yeah that was nice but there are places like that equally in London. The areas I went in NYC had scaffolding everywhere you looked and loads of run down signs and stuff idk but not something you see here. Tbf though I live in Oxford which for the most part is pretty beautiful.

I went to the Boston docks and yeah it was lovely but that’s one part. Idk everywhere else we went had thick black ugly electrical wires hanging down everywhere n stuff. Just my opinion.

I guess it's all a matter of perspective. I find Oxford pretty nasty tbh, it just feels incredibly awkward, nothing seems to fit right and there's no sense of cohesiveness. Yea, you have some buildings that individually are very nice, but they're hidden among badly designed 60's shopping centres and the most inane street system known to man.

Sure, NYC has it's run down areas, but a city of that size is bound to. It doesn't take much looking to find somewhere equally run down in London, or any major city in the UK (or the world come to that; go to somewhere seemingly as perfect and glistening as Geneva and you don't have to walk far from the lakeside to be greeted by a hooker under some scaffolding).

I suppose due to the places of each you've seen you have a bias, but if you get a chance to explore more of each at some point I think you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised in the NE USA.

Ok well I disagree but plz don’t feel the need to correct me again bcs it’s what I thought when I was there.

Firstly, it's a public forum, I'll say what I damn please.

Secondly, I'm not trying to "correct" you merely suggesting you keep an open mind. Boston has everything from stunning restaurants, to beautiful churches, lovely parks, quaint tree lined avenues of Georgian town houses. If you think the only nice part is the docks then you clearly didn't see much of this city...