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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would raise them in the USA first because, having lived abroad in many different countries, I think we have by far the best quality of life.
However, outside the US, my top personal choices would be:
Italy, France, Malaysia, England[/quote]

LOL where exactly did you live?  We’re not even CLOSE to having the best quality of life…[/quote]

Actually we do. This is such nonsense. You spiked Americans have absolutely no idea how good you have it. If the UK was a state it would be #51 in every single metric. [/quote]

WTF is a “spiked” American?

[b]And you’ve obviously never lived in a Nordic country[/b].  Most places in the US are an absolute embarrassment in comparison.  We’re still better than Canada, though, and I’ll die on that hill.[/quote]

Don’t even get me started on Nordic countries.

Incredibly high COL with low salaries 
Terrible weather 
Lack of innovation and diversity of jobs 
Rules/laws about everything 
High taxes 
*Insane mortgage debt* for income levels 
Inflexible labor market due to laws 
Everyone making roughly the same amount of money. A cleaner making not much less than an engineer.

Forced gender equality that in reality has just made life more difficult for women and easier for men. For example, women being pushed to take long parental leaves that are low paid with unavailable childcare. Women expected to have completely separate finances even if married and completely provide for themselves. Hence the parental leave since men are now not supporting women after they have children

Group think where everyone is the same and it you’re not, you’re a problem, which is why there is a lack of innovation and growth [/quote]

Perfectly stated. The fantasy many Americans who have never left their hometown have towards the Nordic countries is pretty humorous when compared to the daily lived reality[/quote]
Then why are all the happiest people living in the nordic countries?  The US is towards the bottom of the most happiest developed countries.

[img]https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/world-happiness-map-2019.png[/img][/quote]

The US isn't that far off, way higher than the vast majority of countries in the rest of the world. For example, happier than the happiest country in eastern asia, by a good margin[/quote]
As stated, " The US is towards the bottom of the most happiest developed countries."  Yes, Japan and S Korea are below the US. But, the US is below most other developed countries. That's quite shameful given how we are richer than most of those other countries that are happier than we are.[/quote]

Why is it shameful? Is it "shameful" of Japan and South Korea as well? [/quote]
Yes, it is.. but we are not living in Japan or S. Korea.

BTW, I'm Korean American.[/quote]

Yes you’ve said this a million times on many threads [/quote]
do you think there is just one Korean American on this forum?  :lol: [/quote]

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