Man, why are the British so damn bitter in this thread? Seriously, you can't even post something like "America has tacos" without them trying to debate you. It's pathetic. I'm sure that if you ask the average person that desires to immigrate whether they'd want to live in the UK or the US, they'll likely pick the US. And a recent poll by Gallup shows that the most desired country for immigration is the U.S., with the U.K. not even coming closely. So if Britain is so much better, it seems A LOT of other people disagree.

I'm not saying that popularity necessarily equals quality, but the U.S. is sure as hell richer, more powerful, and generally a far more desirable place to live than the U.K. Enjoy Monty Python and old bands.

Well I'm sorry you feel that way Monty, but it is a thread called "America: The greatest country in the world". With a big headed statement like that can you blame half the people for rebutting that point?

90% of the Brits in thread so far has been joking around tbh, not particularly being serious. Maybe it's the British dry wit, it can be a little too dry at times. Oh well, it entertains us lol.

Anyway, I'm sorry you feel that way from this thread. Just try not to take us too seriously.

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(Also, we used to be the greatest empire in the world for a long time. I think we don't like to think of our empire as being weak, which it is now.)

You could probably have chosen a better example.

50 (or however many I can think of) reasons America is better than Britain

1- About 5 times your population

Because we know how to use contraception

2 - About 40 times your land area

Granted.

3 - USA is only country to use an atomic bomb on another country, let alone 2 bombs

True.

4 - Best in the world at Basketball, Golf, American Football, the olympics and many other sports

China won the last olympics.

5 - USA has a military 5x larger

Who are, at the moment, evenly divided between middle Eastern countries

6 - 153 of the 500 largest companies in the world are in America, Britain has 34

Duh, you have 5 times the people. We have more large companies per capita.

7 - Hollywood movies

Mike Bassett England Manager.

8 - Coke & Pepsi

9 - The American Dream

10 - 11 of the 25 richest men in the world are in America, the highest ranked Brit? 29th place

11 - Fast Food! McDonalds, Wendy's, Subway? You can thank America

12 - Capitalism

13 - Fuck Europe! USA didn't join WWII until 1941. And that's only because Japan attacked em!

That's a good thing?

14 - The computer your typing on right now? Oh yeah an American invention

The World Wide Web you're posting on? Oh yeah, a British invention.

15 - Tea? haha fuck that we drink coffee bitches!

Higher in caffeine.

16 - Xbox! oh yeah. Where's your console Britain?

The PC is our console. We have Lionhead, and Bullfrog.

17 - American football is rougher, tougher, injuryer and more manly then that wimp sport soccer! ha ha ha

Rough? It's rugby played by a bunch of people in full body armour.

18 - American muscle cars! So what you've got Fag-uar and Ass-ton Martin! We have GM, Ford and Chrysler

Bond doesn't drive a Ford, does he?

19 - They have a black president! What you still have a white guy?

We've had a female PM, though.

20 - US Virgin Islands > British Virgin Islands

21 - America doesn't fuck around. They need oil they go and take it!

22 - Texas

???

23 - John Wayne and Clint Eastwood

24 - M16 > All other guns (except the AK-47)

25 - They kicked your asses in the American revolution

26 - Awesome weather! Seen any sun yet this year britain? didn't think so! Good thing there's umbrellas

It's been raining for the last week, and sunny for the previous six months.

27 - Statue of Liberty

Big Ben.

28 - Hawaii - where's your tropical paradise britain?

...Cornwall?

29 - Megan effing Fox!

Keira Knightley!

*cough* skip *cough*

49 - ummm Beer!!

The Irish can take credit for that.

50 - 50 States. How many states do you have? 5? 6? Ha that's nothing

As I said, 86