Indeed,
EuroVPS is a very fast setup -- faster than most hosts. They've invested time and money into great infrastructure, and not silly affiliate payments, Super Bowl ads, national magazines, etc. The customer wins. I'm often amazed by the level of detail that has gone into the choice of servers, networking hardware, cloud hardware, etc.
People often think sites only work fast in their own country, but that's not true. Think of sites like BBC in UK, which likely loads for you just fine. Overseas sites "ping" a few milliseconds slower (not a test of speed), and large files (100MB+) download slower, but that's it. The site speed (web pages) is fine. In fact, some USA based hosts are slower than good hosts in Europe. For example,
Hostgator (crappy and slow) vs.
EuroVPS (good and fast). There's a technical reason why this happens, and someday I'll explain it all on the site.
This site is located in Amsterdam with EuroVPS. Loads fine, doesn't it?
SSD can make a speed difference for tech reasons, but the end user won't notice SSD vs. SAS RAID-10 if the host is good.
So all your questions really come down to this: Pick a good host.
And
EuroVPS is definitely one of the best hosts there is. If you really want to host it in the USA, then use either
Site5 or
Stablehost.
Now go get a good one!