Britain or America for the PhD in English? I recently reached the halfway point in my 6-year PhD program at the University of Michigan, allowing me to ponder the consequences of my having chosen to do the doctorate in America rather than Britain. If I'd started my PhD in 2008 in Britain, I'd be expected to have pretty much finished my dissertation by now, to be on the verge of the abysmal job market.
Martin Paul Eve (Fri,) studied this question.