Are the English people friendly to American expats?

Ryan, that is a terrible illustration of socialism! I want to write your teacher....

Why not do away with all those cars and make one bus? Then with the spare time you could sing a beautiful song...

I wonder why the most important lesson we teach children is to share, then we graduate from high school and it's 'screw you buddy'.

That is not how we learned about socialism in elementary school.  We were given a very watered down explanation of what Marx and Engels wrote in Capital (Das Kapital), which I read later on in its entirety (in English) when I was in uni.  Actually Marxism, not socialism.

Sscarlet, what a great post. Do you ever read historical fiction? If so, Connie Willis just published two historical/science fiction books where the majority of the action takes place during the Blitz. While she does take a fiction writers' perogative at times to smooth the story, I thought she did an amazing job evoking that time period.
What are your favourite books so far that you've read? Have you read any Barbara Tuchman?

I'd have to agree that people are...pretty much people wherever you are! Of all of the things that stress me out about having moved to a totally different country, "will people be upset I'm American" has quickly been replaced by "will people be upset that I am almost certain to get lost no matter how good their directions are". The people have been great, but I am convinced that the road signs hold a grudge; they're never there when I look for them!

I just have one comment on the original post:

I don't think being American will make it difficult to meet people.  After all, I think a large number of us are here on UK-Y because we "met someone", as they say.

In any case I think it is impossible to make any meaningful generalizations about how British people view Americans.  The response you get will vary depending on where you are and who you are talking to.  There are plenty of jokes on TV about Americans, but then there are just as many jokes about British subjects, too. 

The only people who will care where you are from (or rather, that will dislike you because of where you are from) are people that probably aren't worth talking to in the first place.

 One study had asked kids to draw pictures.  The Americans drew houses, their family, a hill and maybe the sun while the Brit kids would draw dragons and castles.  I think that British history is ingrained in people in a different way than in America.  

I think it would depend on the child. I would probably have drawn rockets and dinosaurs. And I'm sure there are plenty of American children who play fantasy games involving dungeons and castles.

I don't have children and never attended school in the UK, but I think that some children would just naturally be more interested  in history than others. A lot of this would have to do with whether their teachers made it interesting for them or not.

Just as some kids develop an interest in science, or any other topic, and some don't.

The perspective from which history is taught might differ, though. In school,  I was always taught history from a social perspective.  I didn't just learn about dungeons and castles for example; I learned about serfs and feudalism.

I remember doing an experiment about *communism* in elementary school.

Whoopies! I meant communism, not socialism. 

I agree the perspective that history is taught is completely different...in every country.  When I was in high school, I had a very indepth conversation with our German exchange student about how the war was taught to them in school.

Thanks!
I adore historical fiction, but find that I read it too quickly!  When I’m reading a non-fiction history novel I’ll just read it on the subway and it can take weeks to finish, when it’s fiction I’m often up late into the night because I just have to know!

Recently I’ve read biographies on Elizabeth I, Henry VII and a book called the Death of Kings.  I definitely veer towards slightly creepy topics.  I plan on rereading the Biography of London as soon as I can find it (trapped in a box at my parents place).    I’ll definitely need to look into Connie Willis. 

Since this is UK Yankee, the person asking meant the British people right? ;-)

I agree the perspective that history is taught is completely different...in every country.  When I was in high school, I had a very indepth conversation with our German exchange student about how the war was taught to them in school.

This is so very very true.  Just go to a war museum in Vietnam and learn of the War of American Aggresion (or something close to that).  Did you know that the US just woke up one day and thought that bombing Vietnam would be fun?  I don't support that war, but I do support learning the facts.  Or try China, the Nanjing War Museum, did you know that Japan lost WWII due to the hard work and diligence of the Chinese army?  Not to insult their armies abilities, but they did have some help.  I find the latter to be especially hard to hear as my Grandfather fought in the Pacific. 

We don't get too many Americans in my little corner of Lincolnshire, so I get asked alot where I am from and find that most folks are very interested in the place that I call home (raised in Texas, but lived in Arkansas for a very long time). My accent really seems to fascinate and appeal to the locals...not sure why. lol

The only negativity I have gotten is from some grouchy old git that I volunteer with who blames America for everything that has gone wrong with England.