Haha, Sorry but Americans THINK they know freedom. The US is full of regulation and red tape. Let’s see you buy a house and do whatever you want on the property, even in rural areas.
3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want
3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want
On the other hand, no matter where you live, there's always a few "karens" in the neighborhood who will do what they can to keep you from say, renting your property out and having large numbers of otherwise homeless people setting up a tent-city. (that seems to be one of the hard limits).
Selling the property afterwards is another story, as things need to be up to code.
I would kill to get out in the country side and buy my own piece of land without HOA.
Makes me angry just thinking about this.
So, yes, "third world in nature". But the billionaires find life here pretty convenient.
And others have freedom to what they want to you. Unless you’re rich and/or connected.