Most of the Americans I know (and I work with a few) seem to live the way we do in the UK, with a few differences due to climate, tax and health systems, legal and political systems etc. But in the main, they're like us, and they like what we like, they have similar values as us. Just people who speak with a different accent.

As a Brit living in the USA I would agree with you there BW. There does seem to be more overt patriotism here, with the Stars and /stripes being more in evidence on private homes.