OK chief, let's have a look at this .. in a few posts ... Let's call it Escape from America We'll use the standard Ben Franklin close But there is a precondition - the person who escapes from America must have his own money or be able to generate income from investments or have a pension and/or retirement income etc. Without money, one is stuck and has to work. If such is the case, America beats every fckin country by a wide margin - speaking very generally of course. And any pricks here from the UK who might attempt to contest this, SMD. Even the lowly retard states of Alabama and Georgia blow the UK out the fckin door.
Now we get to the serious nitty-gritty If you're a young fella and you get an equal paying or earning job opportunity in a country such as where I am, TAKE IT instantly and get the fck out of America. In terms of quality of life there is no contest. If you're an older fella 40-60, with the same deal, grab your dick and start dancing in the streets. Your happiness and enjoyment levels of this magnitude ain't never been ever dreamed of being tapped. You'll be in HEAVEN and feel many many years younger. If you're a retired senior with pension, SS, etc., catch the first plane and the day you arrive, I promise you, you will never look back. You will feel 20 years younger and everyday you will thank the MAN for your serendipity. OK this is done. Now the specifics ....
America is a forlorn, desolate place in terms of spirituality and simplicity - in terms of HEART, in terms of SOUL. Sure it has everything one could want materialistically, but that as we all should know by now, is a fckin deadend. Living beyond one's means, loading up on credit to the hilt, paying monthly payments up the yazoo, buying stuff before you have the money to pay for it - its backwards from a supposedly "forward" nation. Savings? What fckin savings? The national savings rate was hovering around 0% for decades - its only now that its shot up to > 7%. And surprise, surprise, concommitant with credit collapse. From the time one wakes up till the time one goes to bed one is shelling out major bucks. Saving is hard to do. And when the JOB market collapses, due to the above named bad habits, the shit hits the fan. What shit are we talking about? 1 month away from moving in with the parents or the Salvation Army. A fckin disgrace not to have forethought this all out.
Living abroad? Many good choices. Take your pick. Don't be an asshole like that duffer, Ghost of Cutten who lives in North Africa and has a long list of complaints. A certain amount of native intelligence is required in picking the appropriate place. One french asshole I know, lives in Madagascar - no electricity, clean water, proper restaurants etc., and then he complains. Get the fck out of here. And when it comes to living in Asia or anywhere non-western, experience has clearly shown that Americans are the most tolerant western people on earth. The Brits on the other hand are cocksucker complainers from day 1. The only reason they travel internationally is to meet each other. They are generally not interested in local stuff and just gang together and talk shit about americans, whom they hate because their own empire is crumbling at breakneck speed while we not only took the original empire to a new level, heck we took it stratospheric. Fck them. I'm not conmcerned about these other cocksuckers - but would love to have americans have a better life in the face of this economic disaster and crisis.
So for simplicity sake let's just take the country in which I live. Like I said there are many other choices, but let's just examine this one as the example. Quality of life is stupendous. I mean, the happiness quotient is truly high. People are very friendly, its no wonder the country is called the Land of smiles. And dig this, getting away from the inbuilt constraints of American life, the freedom channels open up. You'll find that you've never been happier, never healthier and never more satisfied amidst the feeling, "I found it at last!" Just today in the swimming pool I chatted with an american who has lived here for 8 years. He said the same thing to me. He's sort of given up tryin to explain to his friends back home that they should get the hell out and come THRIVE here. He's 62 but said he feels like 40. There is a whole american community here - all sorts, doctors, ex-lawyers whatever. No traders yet.
Food America is hard to beat. And in LA, food and restaurants for the most part are not expensive. And the variety? Hard to beat. So this is certainly one area of compromise for me in the city I live in. In a head to head comparison, America is 4:1 better for food variety. fortunately for me I was already having thai food 3/week in LA before I had even ever been to Thailand. Throw in korean, jap, mex, indian - here the differences are far less and I'd say America vs Thailand = 1.2 : 1 Moneywise of course even though LA is inexpensive, the costs are about 4:1. So Thailand is much, much much cheaper for approx. the same quality and portionsize.
Housing Better quality here, larger land spaces, at 1/10 th the price. Adding a swimming pool, sauna, steam etc,. cheap, cheap, cheap. Great location, good security, quiet and peaceful. No contest here. Thailand wins by a wide wide wide margin.
Sports and recreational facilities, golf, gyms, tennis, etc., America has vast quantities of these - but Thailand has the same venues. Costs are much cheaper here and service is much, much much better here. Thailand wins hands down.
Books, reading, learning, libraries, software etc., ....... I order most stuff to read from Amazon.com, shipped, arrives in 5-8 days normal shipping. Mags, newspapers etc., easy to find all over the place. So ditto here. But software compare $2 to $2,500.
Discussing, chatting, dialogue, bonding, etc., Ghost of Cutten implied that he had nobody to discuss politics, economy, current events, Medicine etc. bullshit. There are thousands of educated americans expating all over the place. You'll never feel lonely for home stuff. Thanksgiving etc., all get together and party like a family far from home.