Oh Quiggles, I can sooooooo relate to your comments (and was especially tickled by the bit I've highlighted in blue). Although I have not taken the plunge to invest in the US, I know that one day, I most certainly will as I love the country too much to not have an excuse to revisit time and time again!!! But my love for balmy beach weather would force me to invest somewhere along the west Californian coastline.quiggles said:The US is my future investment patch. I'll never settle there, the separation would distress my parents (and me) too much, but I love the place and will be grateful to have every opportunity to visit it. When I travelled Europe in my youth, I often thought "This green, historical place is much more beautiful than most of Australia". I never thought "...and I could live here." Travelling the US, I thought "The folks here are really nice, there are wide brown lands and I could live here" but I still didn't add "...and some day I will." Home is where the heart is.And most of the US can't make a decent coffee.
Either way, I would visit it more often, but I have to agree, their coffee (unless from Starbucks, where you will get a so-so cuppa at best) is abysmal!!! I mean really, where else in the world can you look straight through this faintly coloured liquid (checking out the diners at the opposite table at the same time) as the waitress refills your cup???!!!!
Okay coffee break over, back to the topic..........
Jo