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I’ve been brain drained. Made some money. Looking for going back home in a few years max. Maybe sooner.

The US is weird, I don’t want my kids to be American.

Don’t get me wrong y’all are nice and I like you. I have a good time here.

But your country is not that confortable. Weird city built around cars. Scary stuff. Nature is still great but rural town are depressing and built around a highway.

This feeling is often shared across my fellow qualified migrant friends from various places.

The one who are adamant about staying have a very broken country of origin.

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I grew up in the US and have American citizenship. My partner is not American, but he has an in-demand skillset and has numerous standing job offers in the US that pay much higher than any job he could get in his home country.

Yet when we became a couple, we opted to settle in his country, not mine. My quality of life improved when I moved away.

The US is a lovely place to visit. We go as often as we can. But it's not a good place to raise a family and grow old.

Yeah. Having kids and growing old in the US is terrifying. Seriously.

That justify the insane salary difference alone. The amount you absolutely have to stash away to guarantee your own future safety is impressive.

Not to mention that the US economy is effectively wholly built upon Urban-Hell-Sprawl Commercial Expansion that only pushes consumerism.

If you drive through any city in the US, as compared to major modern cities around the world, while all cities have their problems, US cities and towns are downright ghetto very large fast-food plastic chain stores.

Social services are a joke, politicians are a joke, transportation is a joke, etc.

> The one who are adamant about staying have a very broken country of origin.

Unfortunately that is most of the world.

Most of the world is broken when compared to the US?

Most of the world isn't US, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, Singapore, Korea, Japan. Life is very difficult outside those areas right now.

Most people who complain about vocally about life in the US tend to be financially stable expats from western Europe or equally developed nation, not India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.

I had this conversation with Indian citizen a lot . My very limited experience is that the sex and the marital status will lead the decision. Also; not being able to be dual citizenship is harsh.

Well, "not able" is correct but it seems there's a workaround by being a person of Indian origin, no?

In terms of population centers yes? South America, Africa, Asia (at least 90% of it if you're generous).

Are India and China and Nigeria broken ? ( I don’t have the answer , but I believe those 3 alone are “most of the world” )

China is mostly fine now and they are building a lot of infrastructure. India is improving but still have a very long way. Nigeria, I don't think they are anywhere near to "emerging" anytime soon. That being said, despite having a high "GDP per capita", they have a much serious over-population and chaotic scene than India.

But maybe they can flip that with the help of China?

China is a dystopic totalitarian regime with an insane youth unemployment and a collapsing economy.

It's a really fun place to visit with vibrant city-life and very friendly people.

Just a about all my Chinese American colleagues love going to China for vacations and quite a few plan to retire there due to the lower cost of living.

Great, people leaving should be a good incentive to make the US more appealing to people we want here doing stuff!

Not sure the signal is strong enough.

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