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Brits like good cheap holidays which is how so many are now heading for Turkey with its hot weather, sandy beaches and all inclusive deals.
Back in the day Florida was the same, it was cheap, hot and all inclusive but since airfares to the US have skyrocketed as have the prices at Disney not so many look towards the US as a holiday destination. Recently a friend of mine from the UK went to Cuba on holiday, why? because it was cheap and hot and she got a great deal.
Those who still visit the US tend to be heading for California and Las Vegas, there will always be a few like the couple I met last year who transport their motorhome across the pond and take time to travel around and see the real America.
Before moving here I had only ever visited Florida and to be honest I wasn't really impressed, since immigrating I have lived in 2 states and visited countless others. I now live in beautiful N Michigan and are any of my friends or family at home interested in visiting ... Nooooooo !
Y'all should come check out Texas, especially San Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth!
I've been to Texas twice before, and very nice it is too. Did all the obvious stuff like Dallas & FW, went to the Alamo, Austin & Corpus Chisti. I particularly remember Big Bend national park, beautiful scenery. Even saw a tarantula wandering across the road. It was bloody enormous. I swear I could hear it breathing.
Not so many Brits visit Texas it seems. Most head for Florida (no idea why, it's a dull destination) or California, which I love. It has pretty much everything a tourist could want from palm trees to snow, iconic cities and national parks galore. I love it there.
To be fair, New England's weather is not the same as the UK's at all. It's much hotter in summer and more humid. Summers are subtropical in New England. Where I live we have tropical summers for 3 months of the year. When it comes to natural environment, the entire Northeast US is practically one huge deciduous "rain forest" where the forest density is extremely high. Brits rely too much on stereotypes when it comes to the US, thinking only the Gulf and Mexican border states are the only places to find hot weather. Now what you said about the inland US being not as developed as the coast, there is a lot of truth to that except for Chicago which has a skyline that rivals New York City's. But, I suppose it's the same when foreigners visit the UK. What like 3/4 of tourists to the UK only visit one place: London and mostly central London
So the North East US is 'sub-tropical'? lol, Ive heard everything now! Us Europeans do realise you know that it gets warm in the Summer - you might be suprised to learn that the same can be said of Northern Europe - temperatures in North Europe can easily get into the 30's (yes even in England) - I know the 'average' temperature in New England (in the Summer months) may be a little higher than they are in Europe however 'tropical' it is not :-)
So the North East US is 'sub-tropical'? lol, Ive heard everything now! Us Europeans do realise you know that it gets warm in the Summer - you might be suprised to learn that the same can be said of Northern Europe - temperatures in North Europe can easily get into the 30's (yes even in England) - I know the 'average' temperature in New England (in the Summer months) may be a little higher than they are in Europe however 'tropical' it is not :-)
Easthome, we do get tropical summers up here. In other words, we're a part time tropical climate here, you can't get that anywhere in Europe. All of our hot, very humid air comes directly from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (the water there can get up to 32°C). When your summer temps are consistently around 30°C with dew points above 15°C all the time, that's tropical weather even if it's only for 2-3 months of the year. Summertime in my state is virtually no different from Florida or the Caribbean, that's the beauty of a hot continental climate vs western Europe's oceanic.
So the North East US is 'sub-tropical'? lol, Ive heard everything now! Us Europeans do realise you know that it gets warm in the Summer - you might be suprised to learn that the same can be said of Northern Europe - temperatures in North Europe can easily get into the 30's (yes even in England) - I know the 'average' temperature in New England (in the Summer months) may be a little higher than they are in Europe however 'tropical' it is not :-)
Actually the poster you're referring to is correct in southern New England the climates are Sub-Tropical. In the North and interior they're humid continental.
Getting "warm" isn't a real factor on whether a location is tropical or not... For example Rio Branco Brazil (in the Amazon Basin which is about the typical definition of tropical) has an average annual high of 33C, Wyoming has an average annual high at lower altitudes of 35C however it could not even be remotely considered tropical.
Actually the poster you're referring to is correct in southern New England the climates are Sub-Tropical. In the North and interior they're humid continental.
Getting "warm" isn't a real factor on whether a location is tropical or not... For example Rio Branco Brazil (in the Amazon Basin which is about the typical definition of tropical) has an average annual high of 33C, Wyoming has an average annual high at lower altitudes of 35C however it could not even be remotely considered tropical.
That's why I said the Northeast. Wyoming does not have tropical summers, it has semi-arid summers. That's why I specifically said the Northeast, even more specifically the parts of the Northeast that have a Dfa climate classification, and very few parts that are Cfa. Dfa and Cfa have part time tropical summers, Wyoming is BSk (cool semi-arid), no tropical characteristics whatsoever
NYC, LA, Miami, Vegas are top destinations for Europeans.
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except for Chicago which has a skyline that rivals New York City's. But, I suppose it's the same when foreigners visit the UK. What like 3/4 of tourists to the UK only visit one place: London and mostly central London
