I have lots of family I haven't seen since then, and it's still a beautiful country with amazing history and culture. You dont need to telll me about how rough things are getting across the pond, i talk with my English family mearly every day and they let me know all about it. The UK has been in economic decline since the interwar period, but that doesnt make visiting family and reconnecting with my roots/ancestory/heritage/whatever you want to call it any less meaningful.

My mom didn't move to the US until after my parents got married, so I could just have likely grown up in the UK talking about how I love America and wish I could visit my American family more. Lemmy would let me know all the ways that America is circling the drain and becoming a shithole. Sure the UK is a nation hellbent on destroying itself, but that's something i can understand having grown up in America, a nation which is also completely hellbent on destroying itself.