Did I ever say America was a despicable? No. Compared to most of the world America is a great place to live. Compared to most of the developed world, it’s pretty average to above average. America is exceptional at many things, but’s it’s also embarrassingly low in many other categories that European and some Asian countries excel at. Those lists include public education, healthcare, incarceration, literacy rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, environmental friendliness, obesity, trust in media, work week length, etc. Many people completely ignore the problems America has simply because of the market power that is available here. There’s plenty good reasons for adults with no school aged children to move to America, even from Nordic countries. As it stands now though, America simply isn’t the best country to spend your entire life, especially someone who is lower-middle-class and below.