Mariner9
I believe that only those who have trained in the US and UK are qualified to make comparisons, and it's good the read comments from those who qualify to do so on that basis.
I would however take slight issue with your observations and say that training for a PPL in the US to fly PPL in the US is superior to training for a PPL in the UK to fly in the US ..the reverse also applies.
Flight training in the US can be good, very good but things are different here...that does not mean inferior training.
US training and hour building has an important role to play and should not be dismissed.