What I’ve always told myself is I’d get paid less for the work I do right now if I lived in the US and combine that with the fact I’d be living away from all my close family and friends, there isn’t much benefit besides weather (which might be nearing the tipping point for me anyway).
That part left me scratching my head a bit. Speaking as an American, I don't feel like we have a strong American culture. Most of what I would consider American culture is either negative or something we've bastardized from another country and its culture.
American cinema, music, technology and dedication to the freedom of all peoples are some pretty significant cultural cornerstones that have provided a shit ton towards the lives we all get to enjoy today. Many of my favourite foods originated in the US. Your sports can attract hundreds of thousands and shut down entire states for days at a time. The national park system was the earliest and most significant attempt to preserve the beauty of the world. Your president once taught me that a lot of fun can be had with cigars and interns.
I dunno, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be an immigrant trying to make it work in the EU right now. First you gotta take a boat where you probably have a 50/50 chance of surviving at best, then you're penned into a detainment centre like in Scarface, then they fight over which country doesn't want you the least and then they send you there to live in a banlieu or a caravan park or Germany.
Even in Europe, until Brexit is settled everything's in flux. It's no better than the current situation in the US and at least in the US you know there will be changes in either 2 or 6 years, even sooner if congress splits.
