As someone who grew up in Canada but now lives in England, I think Elliott Mason is wrong about the time-travel thing not applying here.
It absolutely does, at least in terms of cities being far more welcoming to e.g. LGBTQ people, immigrants, and so on. I've lived in London for most of my time here, and when I go to somewhere like, say, Norwich I feel really odd when I notice that there are so few visible people of colour, and few or no Polish or Russian products in the corner shops. But even the difference between inner London and the suburbs is striking in terms of acceptance of trans people.
It's just that in England, the distances aren't so great.
(I agree with much of the other analysis; for a good exploration of the underlying economic realities, see The American Dream is Killing Us by Mark Manson.)
I'd also be willing to bet that rural English people get out more compared to their American counterparts; meaning probably more of them hold passports, have been to post-secondary education, have been out of the country, to a big city, et cetera.
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It absolutely does, at least in terms of cities being far more welcoming to e.g. LGBTQ people, immigrants, and so on. I've lived in London for most of my time here, and when I go to somewhere like, say, Norwich I feel really odd when I notice that there are so few visible people of colour, and few or no Polish or Russian products in the corner shops. But even the difference between inner London and the suburbs is striking in terms of acceptance of trans people.
It's just that in England, the distances aren't so great.
(I agree with much of the other analysis; for a good exploration of the underlying economic realities, see The American Dream is Killing Us by Mark Manson.)
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