peanutbutter.....you have to see the elephant to know what side of an elephant you are going to like. Stories on the elephant are not going to help you decide without seeing it.

Go to the place where you have some friends and family and you will learn what you will want from your first hand experience. Since you are coming in with GC, just learn driving in Nepal and come where you have friends and family.

USA is too big to digest just from web reading. You need to digest it otherwise it will give you a diarrhea.