The Onion Bag, a shop selling soccer shirts, opened in December 2000. Iain McNee, the English owner, spends most of his free time in the morning in bars watching soccer games, cheering for teams thousands of miles away. McNee immigrated to New York from Carlisle, England, in 1986. He worked illegally as a delivery driver, bagel maker, shop assistant and factory worker for over seven years because he could not get a job in England. In 1997, he married and became a legal permanent resident, and in December 2000 he opened The Onion Bag, which also caters to soccer fans from Mexico and many other countries in Europe.
Many British expatriates say the opportunities are better in the United States than in Britain.
An American invents something and he would be encouraged to launch it on the market. It'd be a great idea. We have recreated all the bits we wanted and missed. The couple watch BBC America with a satellite. And 18 months ago, Kavanagh-Dowsett imported a 1970 diesel taxi from Britain.