5. Easy access to Europe

Europe

Where can you get to in two hours from New York? Rhode Island? And a two hour drive out of Chicago yields literally nothing but corn. California’s not much better, drive two hours and you’re in the desert. But in Britain, a handful of hours gets you to the heart of Paris, Brussels, and even Amsterdam. Have fun, fellas.

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Skylar Baker-Jordan is THEGAYUK's political contributing editor and has bylines at HuffPost, The Independent and the Daily Dot.