How bizarre. I'm not in the US either - I'm in New Zealand, and have been using Kagi since their beta I think and currently pay for Ultimate, and to me it's a lot faster than Google.
The other day I was using someone else's computer and used Google, and my goodness, the results were just awful and ... bloated?
The other day I was using someone else's computer and used Google, and my goodness, the results were just awful and ... bloated?