I want to go to England or Mexico or somewhere, for the warmer climate, the culture, the deeper connections and the nice girls who'd be all over me in the city or elsewhere at the beaches. There's just someTHING missing in America, and I think that's connection.
Kind of a huge fricken thing isn't it? You'd think it was important, isn't it. Apparently not to Americans, they don't care and are the weirdest country on the planet, hands down we are. I don't know how I feel about that, when I compare my way of life to others and it's SO so different in every imaginable way. Is that good? Is it bad. Part of me is afraid to answer that because I know what it is, that it is bad. I'm tired of being here. I want to leave here. I want to get enough resources to move out. I feel very lonely and unhappy here, unfulfilled. I also feel any mental emotional issues you have are buffered by a social environment, it's very easy. It's like the best thing I need...
I feel all your pain. This place is a very difficult place to live in, for so many reasons.
Yohan wrote:Very much is true with what you say.Contrarian Expatriate wrote: From the standpoint of practical, day to day freedom, the USA is one of the least "free" countries in the world.
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America simply MARKETS itself as free given its story of origin, but it has devolved into one of the most passively totalitarian countries in the world.
USA is very restrictive.
Of course some have a nice life in USA missing nothing, but many fail, and sometimes you cannot even blame them for it, it's often about good or bad luck.
USA has severe problems, legally seen this entire country is a total mess with confusing laws different from state to state.
It is also well-known for its huge prison population, race discrimination where nobody trust anybody anymore outside of the own race creating ghettos,
a lot of crazy religious bigots are also around, USA has very mistrusting immigration and visa formalities even if you are visiting it only for a short time.
The entire country does not even provide minimum health insurance for all its citizens. - USA is often acting almost like a 3rd world country without any social consideration for others.
Any personal relationship is risky now in USA. Be single as a man makes a lot of sense.
Personally I found labour rights ridiculous, considering that the income of a huge number of people doing simple work in hotels, restaurants and delivery etc. is merely based on tips. This aggressive tipping requests are annoying for any foreign visitor.
USA is one of the few countries I know which follows US-citizens - even those with dual citizenship - around the globe demanding them aggressively to pay taxes directly back to the US-taxman.
For sure USA is not the paradise, but if you compare it to many 3rd class countries it is also not the worst, quite far away from it.
Many US citizens visiting foreign countries feel the difference, but do not act as you might expect them to act. Many of them are instantly starting to complain about all and everything and telling locals, how much better everything is in USA, and they do this often in a very rude way.America is not free but you will never understand that until you live abroad and feel the difference.