That opinion is due to British men being represented by fags like Hugh grant and the like, the typical northern man who actually grafts for a living makes your average fat lazy Workshy American bloke look like a fucking neutered pussy
Hmm. A little local bias there. There's workers and slackers anywhere. Hell, I met a family in Newcastle and not one of the 'kids' (pushing 25 at the time, all living at home) would get a job. Pop was in the oil game in Dubai so brought home some bacon but they were basically middle class. It's not like there was money enough to sit on their ass and never worry. The one son, all he'd do was ride around on his mountain bike until he fell off and broke something and add mods to his car, which was given to him. A fucking mini cooper.
Excruciatingly cute. Later he totaled it and his dad bought him a brand new one. The mom waited on that kid hand & foot. It was unreal.
They were nice folks. Just bone fucking idle except for the dad. Last I heard one of the daughters got abandoned at the altar and the son was all bent out of shape because he couldn't keep a woman around, couldn't keep a job, and had moved back to home. He's got to be almost 40 by now. If the dad could go back in time he'd grab that boy on school graduation day, give him a couple slaps, and say "Right. Here's the new fookin' rules."