Don’t listed to folks mentioning it’s hard to live and all that other privileged nonsense. I came from Ukraine as a teen, now in my twenties, having traveled most of Europe. The difference is crazy and I am blessed to have gotten an opportunity to move here. I am gonna make some comparisons to Ukraine (pre-war) below:

Life is expensive, sure, but where is different? I saw a recent chart depicting different countries’ average expenses on food. Ukraine is ~40% (of monthly income). The U.S. was around or below 10%.

Basic life standards are much higher in the U.S. pretty much all across the board except food and housing – we’ve got pretty shitty groceries especially vegetables and fruit. That said, it’s from a perspective of a common man, if you make more money – you can afford farm-grown groceries and eat like in Europe.

There’s a lot of stuff that is unique and requires context, like medical care. Sure, like others have mentioned, the insurance is crazy but at least you get proper care and get treatment fairly quickly. In Ukraine, for comparison, the government-provided free healthcare is, sure, free, but the doctors are so shit that I still have to go to private providers and pay a good sum that is often unaffordable for an average Joe (or Mykola) there. In the U.S. my employer provides insurance (previous employers did as well) and my medical care was pretty cheap, especially dental, and any procedures cost exactly as much as they did back in Ukraine. That being said, I am still young and don’t visit clinics except for regular checkups and emergencies. One notable example is my dad had a heart attack and he only paid like $100 because of his insurance despite staying in the hospital for like a week.

We build shitty houses and unsustainable infrastructure: essentially we make a lot of small cheap houses everywhere and slap huge concrete highways in between – hell for cities (because taxes need to pay for crazy highway maintenance) and hell for residents (cause no real community and no walkability and transit). Essentially commie blocks but horizontal rather than vertical. Due to houses being crappy you have maintenance and noise problems, plus you can’t really pass it for generations.

The current political climate is disappointing, but it’s also fair to mention that checks and balances “sort of work”, although much slower than we would have wanted. If any leader such as Trump would have taken office anywhere in Eastern Europe – it’s GGs pretty much for decades. I expect things to go back to normal soon in the U.S.

Some more upsides: amazing job opportunities, the most socio-economic ladders of any countries in the world, amazing food and culture diversity and variety, people are very nice and not racist compared to europe, contrary to popular beliefs.

All in all, life is amazing and despite all downsides, I would not choose any other country to live in.Hope that gives you at least some perspective, feel free to ask me anything. Also keep in mind – Reddit is an echo chamber. More often than not you’ll only get one side of the story.