> I didn't see the signs of extreme poverty that I see here
there is poverty here but I haven't seen any at the levels I have seen (or been shown) in some of the US. Overall, I'd rather be poor in the UK than in the US.
> 1. UK has an Army, Navy and Air Force and know how to use them.
> 2. UK takes much better care of their infrastructure, because they don't have room to just rebuild somewhere else when it falls down.
> 3. Public health care benefits, that really goes right to the bottom line on personal income.
> 4. Whiskey, they produce more lovely whiskey than any one state
All very valid points but on a personal level I have concerns about the 4th point. Scotland is voting within the month for independence from the UK. I hope it doesn't happen but the polls are moving closer towards a "yes" vote, albeit the "no' vote still has the majority.
>"One in 30 Londoners is a millionaire - but one in four live in poverty"
I'd bet that very few native Londoners are within that 1/30 statistic. Many are Arabs spending their time and (some of) their money here alongside a sprinkling of Russian and Eastern European cash (although with current politics, those numbers are reducing as they get kicked back East)
