I will completely stand corrected on the homesteading thing. U.S. has a ways to catch up.

It’s good to know that there are definitely other places in the world that offer levels of freedom and enjoyment.

I will completely concur that the US could do much better on health as well as education and in certain parts of the US personal safety is merely an illusion and I understand that.

One of my primary motivations to leave the big city and go homesteading is exactly the health benefit.