Currently living in corporate provided housing near Anglesea. Company have invested in a clothing business which I've been relocated to help start up. It's an awesome place.

Your description of American flags etc. is not far off what it is now. I'm originally from uber conservative Idaho but spent most of my life in progressive Washington, near Seattle. Seattle has great coffee, but terrible baristas. The only good ones seem to be expat Aussies or Canadians from Whistler - which is actually full of Aussies, so I guess they learned their trade.

Half and half is the spawn of the devil. It's for corn syrup addicted Americans who can't stomach the thought of putting something natural in coffee and would prefer to put a chemical mix in place instead. (Theoretically, it's meant to be half milk, half cream - but in practice, I think there's really nothing in it that could be called milk OR cream)

I feel like I've escaped moving here!