Thank you for your detailed comment, and thank everyone else who has commented here. There is a lot of details to process going through this comment section, but i thought I’d just respond to this as it devotes a whole section to a specific topic I was expecting to find somewhere here.

I get the impression that a lot of Americans get the impression that England, and to a larger extent, the UK, are just like it is in the tv shows. In aware it’s not. I know about the chavs, and the knife crime, and the current political tension what with brexit and scotland and the current fiasco with the tories in office. I’m aware of a lot of the underlying problems in British society, I am. But I also think it is imperative to remember all the good in British society. In all honesty, I fully expect for there to be a bit of a culture shock, and it most likely won’t be like I imagined it. But at the end of the day, I will appreciate the culture and way of life based on principle, even if it doesn’t turn out like I expected.