I'm seriously considering moving out of the United Kingdom of England-L () and and over to the US before 2010 (I might wait for the Olympics in 20212 :P), and I was hoping US residents could let me know anything they think is important. All the big stuff I know about, like no NHS , and all that, but other stuff like Gas/Diesel costs, insurance costs, police mentality etc etc etc

I especially wanna hear from NJ/NY residents. I'd love to live in NYC, but price could really kill me. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the best/worst areas of the NJ/NY area are, and what sort of prices homes (including apartments) are going for that's be great I can get a £400k mortgage in the UK, and directly thats $800k, but I may not earn the same and the US system may evaluate me differently anyway.

Thanks in advance guys 'n' gals of the United States of America-land