Are you unhappy living in America?

2 pointsunavida5y ago2 comments

Are you unhappy living in America? I'm 34 and left America 4 years ago and have never been happier. I wanted to make a list of 50 reasons why you should leave America for a better country. In this list some of the reasons are problems in America and some reasons are why life is better outside of America. Some of the reasons are: escaping the rat race, unplugging from the Matrix in America, police brutality, gun crime, cost of living, American higher education debt...

I discuss the 50 reasons in my video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLOr8Ff2woM

1. YOLO 2. Escape the rat race 3. To start a new life 4. Get out of your comfot zone 5. Gain knowledge of the world 6. Traveling frees your mind 7. Happier in another country 8. Another country may fit you better 9. American dream is not worth it anymore 10. To start a new business 11. Feminism 12. Foreign women are better than American women (Lenny Kravitz song - American Woman) 13. Being around different people 14. Lower cost of living 15. Escape / Unplug from the Matrix in America 16. Stop being programmed by the American news and media 17. Better quality of life 18. Meeting cool expats 19. Makes you a better person overall 20. America is not as good as it was 21. What is valued in America is not what is valued in other countries 22. Less police presence / police are better in other countries 23. More Travel options 24. To learn a foreign language 25. To date foreign women 26. Less crime and violence 27. America is getting crazier every day 28. California is out of control 29. American higher education puts you in debt 30. American culture can be fake and not authentic 31. To be around real and authentic people ...

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LandR5y ago

7. only applies if 8. applies. and 7. isn't necessirly always the case.

12. Foreign women are better than American women

What?

15. Escape / Unplug from the Matrix in America

Meaningless statement.

16. Stop being programmed by the American news and media

I feel this will be an issue anywhere. No matter where you live you will have biased news sources.

19. Makes you a better person overall

I agree travelling and experiencing different cultures is a great thing, but you are't magically going to be a better person.

30 and 31 are the same thing, and I think not unique to Americans. I attribute this to a culture raised on social media. That's going to be the same everywhere, I think it's an age thing more than anything else.

nikivi5y ago

The kinds of people being unhappy living in America probably won't hang out on HN. Most software engineers still wish to move to US for opportunities.