I would also warn people about going the USA route.
I did most of my training over in the USA and enjoyed every single minute of it. Now that I'm flying back here in the UK nothing seems to measure up to the flying over there (for me at least) and many things are disappointing and fustrating. I would never have experienced the choice of many hundreds of airfields and strips, the lack of controlled airspace, no landing fees, airport courtesy cars, self service pumps, super friendly FBOs, etc.
If I hadn't gone the USA route I'd probably be a lot more content with the UK GA scene.