Originally Posted by Sjoerd
A British passport (or other West-European passport) is as good as a US one (or even better) in terms of visa-free travel.
And in terms of working and living abroad, a British passport gives you the automatic right to live and work in 28 countries (EU + Iceland, Switzerland and Norway) + probably a few Commonwealth countries, whereas a US passport gives you the automatic right to live and work in ... 1 country. Seems an easy choice to me!
That's right. An EU member state's passport (at least some of them) is better for visa-free or lower visa-fee travel and/or the ability to work internationally. I think PhlyingRPh is speaking from the perspective of having to make a choice between an OECD-country's passport and a non-OECD country's passport. Given that choice, the decision may be more "obvious" -- at least for material reasons.