... but the rest of the country ... not so much.
http://wgbhnews.org/post/charles-dickens-wasnt-impressed-america-he-love...
Not only does he paint a rather dire depiction of (most of) America in his American Notes, but also in his novel Martin Chuzzlewit (which also features a template for the relationship of Frodo and Sam Gamgee, as they roam the darker corners of Middle Earth).