by Peacedog on Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:48 am
A lot of nostalgia, a good portion of people from the north-east of America hail from the British Isles originally, and this is little known, but a lot of the robber barrons from the late 1800s and early 1900s sent their daughters over to the UK and they married into various aristocratic families.
It is more of a curousity than anything else. Keep in mind that barring our revolutionary period, the US has really only had positive interactions with the UK so some kind of residual interest makes sense.
Most people really view the UK as more of a 51st state than anything else. That probably makes no damn sense to anyone from the UK. FYI, we feel the same way about Australia and Israel. It's an American thing and pretty much impossible for outsiders to understand. If the UK asked for anything we'd probably give it to them. Likewise, if anyone threatened the UK we'd rain hate down that group of idiots. And as Americans we are pretty good at that.
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Peacedog on Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:54 am, edited 4 times in total.