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comment by istara
istara  ·  3704 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Discussion: Why do you stay in the US?

I'm not from the US but growing up it always seemed like a golden land and I loved the idea of living there. The past 15 years, during which I've actually learned more about the place (and visited twice) have made made me shiver with relief that I wasn't born American.

Great place to visit, possibly a nice place to work temporarily (up to a year or so) but no way I would want to live there long term.

The main things that deter me from America:

- healthcare costs

- attitude towards women's reproductive freedom and abortion

- religiosity

- guns

- corn syrup (I visited LA and it was literally in every single product I looked at in the shops)