I live in the US in the Bible Belt. It's not as bad as it may seem, but I really don't talk about it unless asked. Also, I'm not anti religion and I have a few good friends that are Christian, we just don't talk about it, respect each others' personal views.

From what I’ve heard, rebelling against ‘the church of England’ is both understood and respected. They’ve a ‘healthy disrespect’ for religion.

In the US, where religions compete with each other, it appears ‘followers’ earn some kind of ‘additional respect’ for belonging to one, and there’s less respect or tolerance for anyone not affiliated. It’s like, if you’ve not chose one of the many US flavors, it can’t be because there’s something wrong with them all - so there must be something wrong with you…

A general observation, based on very few data points, is that the churchgoing community in the UK has been diminishing over the last 20 years or so and there is a corresponding drop in the number of young people that follow the faith of their parents. In the US, my limited experience is that religious beliefs have not declined anywhere near to the same degree.

To my understanding the UK has a significantly larger percentage of nondelusional folks.

I'm an atheist in the southern part of the states. It's uh... Not always easy. I'm not very open about it until I get to know someone. Some people don't care too much, others will jump down your throat and harass you endlessly.

In what way? Can you give an example?