If you wanted an example of how the UK is becoming more like the USA look at the roads.... the appalling state of many roads in the USA partly prompted John Kenneth Galbraith's observation some 50 years ago that the US combined public squalor with private affluence.
Given the concentration of wealth in the UK & the ever growing problem of potholes in roads, a similar observation would seem (and has seemed for some time) apposite for the UK.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rm8…
Cost of fixing potholes hits £18bn, industry body estimates
Just 51% of the local road network in England and Wales is reported to be in good condition, research suggests.Theo Leggett (BBC News)