Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated.
When you say things are expensive, what are we talking about? Is food expensive? Is rent expensive? From doing research I can see that house prices are on the higher end.
One thing I did notice was that there are a lot of new homes that have been constructed. Is construction generally expensive?
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Redwood839 - nice that you get to spend the time between the two countries. I am actually originally from the UK. I have been in the US for 5 years now.