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It used to be inconvenient, then new laws made it worse. You might try doing these two things. First, figure out exactly what you need to accomplish. Is your aim to receive ACH transfers denominated in US dollars? That's a slightly different thing than "open a US bank account".
Then, go to your local branch of the huge multinational banks like JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, starting with the US based ones that have branches in your area.
Since Chase and Bank of America have branches in the UK, I bet opening an account won't be too big of a problem. Since they are US based, receiving USD ACH shouldn't be a problem. HSBC is UK based, so opening an account in the UK souls be a none issue, but they are also big in the US so I'd expect USD ACH to be routine for them.
Some medium sized banks use Chase as a middleman for international transfers, so you may get better rates and quicker transfers using Chase directly.
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