Ask an American what they love about England, and they might gush over chocolate box villages, historic castles and Shakespearean pubs that serve fish and chips.
Last year, a poll by US News & World Report revealed just how highly they think of British spirit across the Atlantic, rating the UK the ‘best country in the world’. But it seems the people who live there don’t see their country in the same light.
Sandy Tregent, an influencer from Suffolk, recently asked her X followers to share photos of the ‘real England that luckily still exists’, kicking off the conversation with a snap of Tudor homes in Wiltshire.
While some replied with pictures of countryside manors and quaint cobbled streets, the quote tweets told a different story. From a bookies shop sandwiched between two Greggs in South Shields, to a seagull chasing a rat in Bristol, this – according to those who live there – is the real England…
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