French is an extremely easy language to pick for someone who already speaks English. In fact, English took from French over 30% of its vocabulary. French was t

French is an extremely easy language to pick for someone who already speaks English. In fact, English took from French over 30% of its vocabulary. French was the official language in England of the highly educated until mere centuries ago. Most researchers in France already speak English. The huge advantage of the US/UK is one: money, you could become rich and apply your ideas to real products(in a bigger market) much much more easily than in France. The huge advantage of France: quality of life.