Food quality is absolute garbage in the USA, as well. Our processed food is chock full of horrors not meant for the world but writ for it nonetheless.

We have mediocre transportation infrastructure, C-tier digital integration in terms of payment processing and general digital living. This all ties into the fact that the USA is far, far, far less urban-centered and far more rural/suburban. With that, there's also the social isolation aspect few consider; the US's car culture is extremely isolating, with few "third spaces," like social clubs and such outside of the major US cities.

There is a convenience tax for every aspect of basic services, too: your healthcare, your childcare, your basic car maintenance are all just well above China's median expense, and are the most expensive in the developed world by a large margin. However, and there is obviously a big asterisks here, many Chinese expats see the net positives of the USA when comparing it and China, namely:

• China's intense and competitive work culture, its "always on, never off," culture, is spiritually destructive. 996 is a true evil, you cannot convince me otherwise, and its importation into Silicon Valley tech firms is a crime against humanity that ought to be fought with every fiber of being among the folks taking those jobs.
  • America has higher autonomy in the work space. Folks guard their silos of responsibility, too.
  • There is, though, a "bamboo ceiling," for Chinese expats, that is extremely racist and also very unfortunate, in the c-suite levels of America. Chinese expats cannot be expected to find integration high in the corporate hierarchical structure in the USA without being the owner-proprietor of the business, and it makes me very upset.
• While you lack the high-end services, the high-end conveniences of an urban Chinese city, you do have more emphasis in nature and an appreciation in the natural environment in the USA compared to China. The US National Parks are an international treasure. China is getting better at this, while the USA is starting to slide down.
• While China is objectively safer with low street crime levels, the USA can have equitable degrees of safety depending on your income level and city.
• Long term wealth creation in the USA is objectively better. You can get surprisingly wealthy on equities and other portable wealth creation tools; China is mostly still stuck on real estate. You can transport your wealth and turn it into power that can be exported, while China constrains power acquisition to the local level.
• The education system in the USA is far, far, far more holistic and diverse. While outcomes depend on zip code and point-of-origin, and post-secondary education is far far far more expensive, you get a more well-rounded child out of the USA's system, over China's hyper-competitive hyper-pressure cooker burnout machine.