daniel3103 wrote:
I've never lived in the USA, but, as I was thinking of what I would find attractive about the country, the words of Dr. Lars Perner came to mind. Dr. Perner is an autistic man from Denmark who now lives in the USA. He said that life was easier for him in the USA because the expectation to conform was less than in Denmark. I like that.
Overall, I don't find the USA attractive and wouldn't want to come to live there.
There are several reasons for that: the superpower arrogance; it's difficult to live in the USA without a car; it's difficult to be an atheist in the USA; as a worker you don't have much holidays. For California, the earthquakes would put me off coming to live there, too.
I've heard similar things about Denmark from ex-patriots.
Regarding your second paragraph - while a lot of that is true for a large portion of the country, all of those things are solved in nyc. It's a pretty savvy place that's very tolerant culturally and doesn't seem to have the superpower arrogance. you don't need a car there, you can be any religion you want (openly), and there are tons, of holidays there and the workweek is generally 35 hours rather than the 40 of the rest of the country.
And regarding superpower arrogance, I hope you don't feel that we're all like that. That impression and in some cases belief (on the part of individual Americans) is I think, the result of propaganda and not everyone has bought it. There are lots of really great people here.