Yes. The problem is that when you have a consistently bad state government, it affects the whole state.
it's not as if there aren't terrible people in liberal states, either, but a better run and funded state government ensures certain basics. For example, I know that if financial disaster were to strike and we lost our jobs, I would be able to get Medicaid for my entire family and we would at least have all our health care costs covered.
by the way, the NHS restricts expensive medications too; they just do it differently. It's done at a higher level that's largely invisible to the patient, rather than going to the pharmacy and then finding out. There are NHS drug budgets and guidance to doctors.
I do find generalisations like architecture to be a bit silly. The US is hugely diverse in architectural styles. There's less older architecture, and I do miss certain things from the UK, but there's lovely things here. Suburban housing estates, especially post WWII, seem to be pretty uninspiring everywhere. Both the US and UK did some terrible things in the name of urban renewal and rebuilding in the postwar era. (Similarly, Paris may be beautiful, but go into the banlieue and it's as grim as anywhere else.)
its important to understand that crime and guns are pretty closely tied to location, poverty, and yes, race. There are far too many guns in the USA, but even then they are not evenly distributed.
I don't think the USA (or UK) is objectively a better or worse place to live, but the question is whether it's worth it for you to uproot and move, and I haven't heard any compelling reasons.