For a short period of my life I lived in the US, drove a red convertible mustang (with only the tip of my toe reaching the peddle lol).

My colleagues in the US were all full time engineers but had extensive hobbies. One was a weekend pilot, another a wedding organiser. One refurbished Volkswagen and made 5x min profit. 2 of my colleagues had farms - and not your small vegetable crop. One was apple farm that yielded 13 tonne of trucks per year for cider, another was winery. They are also some of the smartest people I've ever met my entire life.

Minus tax, housing and healthcare, the cost of living in the US was incredibly low in proportion to wage. Also everything in US was large. The people, the food proportions, the clothing size, the houses, the cars.

I was there for work, and got a chance to visit many other states. West coast and East Coast is glaringly diff. I stayed mostly in Northern California and visited NY and D.C. I have family in San Antonio so I spent some time there - best BBQ. LA was interesting - almost everyday someone will ask you out lol. I did weekend trips to Nevada, Utah, Colorado, also very diff vibes.

For stupid reasons like wanting to contribute to my country, I decided to come back home lol.

US, despite all its flaws, is a beautiful country, with good quality of living, for at least most of the people I encountered.