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Australia is a different dimension altogether - you have a lot of the trappings of Western (US/European) culture, but none of the advantages of access to a free market. Personally, I can't stand Australian culture, nor American either these days - which isn't to say I'm launching into an adopted German/Austrian stance, just that .. being away from these lands for a decade at least in each case, I started to see the shine wear off long, long ago.

Quality of life is pretty high in Australia, though, I have to admit. Nothing quite like hitting the beach after work - which I did a few times in LA, only to get a horrendous infection. But, still, I am lucky enough to choose my path and I am for sure never going back to Australia to live. Or, LA/USA.

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I'm also Australian+American+European and I have to agree with this and your original post.

People replying to you (Americans?) seem to take great offense to your (harsh) criticism of America but it's largely on the mark. The US has many good things going for it but they mostly have to do with having a lot of money/power, trying to get a lot of money/power or being ideologically way off to the right.

I don't know what you dislike about Australian culture but for me it's the parochial nature of the place along with the smugness combined with the cultural cringe. It does indeed have a great quality of life as long as you enjoy beer, sports and the beach. You'll find the most interesting Australians are elsewhere in the world. To give it due credit it is a country with massive immigration (30% of residents were born overseas) where people by and large get on very well with each other.

I'm not sure if this is intentional but in all your comments you just come across as a hateful, angry person.

I definitely am glad I left the USA, and I for sure hate what Americans are doing to the world. I think its time a lot of you left, frankly.

Whoa - posts like this will get you banned on HN, regardless of how right you are or feel you are.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Not to me. He answers the questions honestly, bluntly and without the condescending sandwich feedback technique that many here employ.

Very negative, if nothing else. Bit difficult to read their comments when the amount of ego oozing through their words is palpable.

I'm guessing here, but you're probably American taking offense to someone being frank and direct in their communications. It's a cultural difference.

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