I can try to help with your relocation questions if you want and are serious. I have lived in Florida for nearly 10 years. I run my own Storage and M.H. Business here and have been in the Rack field nationally for over 30 years. Emigrated form the UK a few years before that from Dexion. I work with companies all over the USA and it's difficult to explain to outsiders, the level of recession we have had and are still having over here.Biz took a horrible nose dive several years ago and we are all clinging on hoping it will at least get better.We cut staff, facilities, anything we can think of just to keep the business going.Yes we are all sort of in business, but some days it feels like the day of the Zombies.We are all wandering around looking alive, doing nothing and waiting to come back to life. The very large distributors and usually non forklift have continued to do well. There are probably about 20 of them in the USA and they work with big clients on long range systems work. But the business that most dealers work with $50,000 and below has evaporated. Our political conditions give us no confidence that things will be workable until we get to the next election in 2012. This leaves everybody with no confidence to invest and a feeling of wait and see. It really is like a perfect storm.
Sorry to sound so bad but better the truth as in my opinion, is better than the streets are paved with gold.
The American attitude is far different than the UK one and in your job you will be very frustrated with that.If you could put yourself into a mindset of a pole coming to the UK. Not really understanding the language or the customs but willing to listen and learn without filtering it through prior knowledge you will do fine.
UK to America is also different like any country change. First year will be why don't they do it this way!! If you don't get over that and say different ways for different folks, you'll be on the next plane back.
Americans are loud, individualistic and aggressive. They are born that way, come mainly from stock that chose to come here and teach their kids to be individuals. That's why I'm here because I loved it the first time I visited. I said I have finally found my people!!!

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