Well, I didn't mean to say that all Americans are like that, just to make that one perfectly clear. As you might have guessed from the name, I'm indeed a fan of the US.
During her one year of studies in the US, she made friends for live, including her professor and his family, and some other people, who really helped her a lot, especially in the beginning. After the year, we spent over 4 weeks in the southeast, driving around with a car from Alabama to the Mississippi to Florida and back. We had a great time there and met a lot of really nice people. We still are in contact with them and we will definitely visit them again, hopefully before the end of this year.
So, I'm not saying people in the US are like that or people in the UK are like that, but the TV is, here and there.