22nd May 2015, 10:51
As someone who lives in the UK, we recently visited New England for a three week tour, and loved the country and found it interesting how everyone drives Subaru Outbacks or Volvo XC70s, and barely anything else! Both are great cars, but hardly anyone drives the Subaru over in the UK; us Brits much prefer the comfort of the Volvo as they are very popular in my area (admittedly, countryside and fairly 'middle class')... I often wondered how Subaru survived as a company given the few amount of cars them seemed to sell, but now it makes sense! LOL.
21st May 2015, 15:15
I agree with quality of life mattering: I grew up in the rural South and lived for a few years in the Northeast. Sorry, but the Northeast is painfully expensive, housing is expensive... food is expensive... and lastly - it's freezing from October to May. No thanks. But to each their own.
To add to this continuing story, just in the last few days there has been some serious discussions regarding building a new factory in Alabama... to make Aston Martins. So there you have it: A UK car company now with the possibility of being built in Alabama, whereas now they are all made in the UK. Hence brand-new American jobs where none existed before.