Secondly, most of my views of the US as a culture have come from watching Baywatch, Magnum PI, and the A-Team.

Haha.., made me chuckle. You should go there, yes the are quite loud-mouthed and I feel give off a fake pretense with lots of smiling.., but there's something deeper if you manage to befriend one. I'm talking like they are aliens or something.. 😀..

The country, views etc.. are great. I have mostly seen the south-west.