OK, so we have mosquitos. But we also have blue sky at least part of the day for about 360 days a year, a dry season when it really doesn't rain at all, and 'rain on schedule' (between 3 and 5 pm) near the coasts. Oh, yeah, the coasts. We have beaches. And more beaches. And you can't really get very far away from them. (I live on the west coast, and when they launch the shuttle over on the east coast, I can see it in the sky. albeit as a moving dot, with my naked eye).
You will find British goods in the supermarkets and in 'Enlgish shops' anywhere there are tourists.
American employers are pretty much slave drivers. Your husband will probably be expected to put the employer first, and, as mentioned above, put in long hours for no extra compensation. Vacations are stingy, and you might be restricted as to how much you can take at one time. For instance, you may get three weeks a year, but not be allowed to take more than two at one time.
The cities are much like the northern US in that people are hurried and rushed and traffic is bad, but other places are quieter and easier and much more of a relaxed life style.
We aren't really big on formal clothes, especially in the west. I once went a whole year and a half without wearing closed shoes (I wasn't working).
The sales tax is 6-7%, and the hotel tax is 12.5%, a bargain compared to NYC's 25%. We definitely feel that it is the responsibility of tourists to pay our taxes for us.
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