I haven't been flying for that long (3 years). I didn't do my licence in the US due to a very poor exchange rate but now if I had to do it again I would go to the USA for sure. Licence recognised just about everywhere and much easier to keep current.
As for picking a school, if your prepared to drop 60k on a licence then maybe you should around 2-3k in going to the USA and checking out some schools in person. Pick and area (East or West Coast) and go knocking on doors. If the school is reluctant to let you talk to current students then that is a bad sign. Schools that try to sell jet ratings and all sorts of other add ons telling you it will improve you chances of a job are also ones to stay away from. All you need now is a CPL-ME-IR and if other courses are needed you can do them later.
The closer you are to a big city the more expensive the school will be. Just because a school doesn't have a fleet of 30 aircraft doesn't mean its not as good as one that does. The bigger the school the bigger the price.
Hope that helps.