Harold Walker wrote:

" I suggest you either see for yourself, or take your views from someone
who has been here for more than 'a couple of weeks'.

Suspect I saw more of the UK in a couple of weeks than most English folk see
in a year....from Lancahsire to Yorkshire to Bristol way and point in
between and then bcak over to the east coastal area before taking in the
south shore....H

You are completely clueless. Just because Americans have a parochial
myopic attitude of "out of state out of mind" doesn't mean that we do.

You saw the derelict wasteland band in close proximity to railway lines.
There are planty of nice parts of the UK. Recently municipal parks have
finally made a comeback after being annihilated by Thatcher along with
the railways which are still bordering on unserviceable.

Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be.

Regards,
Martin Brown