Here is another rant I found and I found it in City Data
"Years ago, Americas mantra what is was the greatest country on earth. I agree but only if you are rich and have connections. If you are an average joe or poor, America is probably the worst westernized country you would want to live in.
Here are reasons why:
Unless you live in LA, Chicago or NYC, you can forget about public transit which means you will be using your car, wasting gas, creating emissions etc.
America is probably the most violent westernized country. Every day there is a mass shooting somewhere.
America doesn't have a good school system. You have kids graduating from high school and colleges who can't read, write, or do simple math. On top of that colleges are putting millions of students each year into debt so they can use their degree at Starbucks...
I know this is a sensitive subject, but America has a big race problem. Everything revolves around race from college admissions, to hiring, to benefits, to even criminal sentencing. It gets annoying. It truly does and I'm sick of it.
There is no employer and employee loyalty anyone. Companies only use you for what they can get out of you at the least cost and then they spit you out. They can care less about you, or your bills, or your family.
America is the only westernized nation where employers are not mandated to give vacation time. Yes, some companies have liberal vacation policies but the average worker will get one week off per year. What a joke! No wonder you have people dropping dead at age 35.
America is a dysfunctional nation. We get involved in silly wars just to protect corporate Americas interests. The invasion of Iraq was silly but hey, Cheney, Bush, and all of his buddies made billions off of it. A lot of the 9/11 hijackers were of Saudi decent or had Saudi passports. Why didn't we go invade Saudi? Because of oil, that's why. Oh BTW, I'm a Operation Iraq Freedom veteran...
And don't get me started on our political leaders in DC. What a bunch of crooks!
I'm a single male and I have to say, the dating scene in this country is garbage. Basically you have to find your future wife in high school or you can forget about finding a relationship in this country. I don't know what it is about the women here but they think they deserve a model with 30 million in the bank.
So to sum it up, I wouldn't recommend America to anyone. It's vapid, dull, everyone is stressed out and competing in a rat race, and the rich control everything. I would recommend Australia or some of those western european countries. At least in those places you have a social safety net and free healthcare. The quality of life is higher too.
I know someone will reply back and say, "If America sucks, why don't you leave?" Well, I would but you have to remember, it's harder to immigrate to other countries. It's not like here where an illegal can get a free apartment, healthcare, and welfare checks while veterans can't even be seen at the VA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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