I understand where you are coming from. I lived in Bay Area, CA. Chances are I saw the best parts of the US. And yes I travelled mostly to Philadelphia, New Yor

I understand where you are coming from. I lived in Bay Area, CA. Chances are I saw the best parts of the US. And yes I travelled mostly to Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey where the top knowledge work people live. My point is US citizens are still well off than all of humanity together(Though I give it to you, certain parts of Europe are equal if not better). Rice, Lentils, Meat and Vegetables are not expensive in the US. Learning to cook today is getting a smart phone, and a having an internet connection. Running doesn't take much money to do. So you can eat healthy and live healthy. Education is bad in some places and yet way better than what you get in other countries. Learning how to save or personal finance is basically knowing basic arithmetic. And yes, a nation wide freeway system is great transit infrastructure. Nissan Versa is cheap. And learning anything today is the cost of internet bandwidth. And US is still largely a very free country. Where there are tons of opportunities for anyone who wants to show up and try. Most of what I'm writing is bootstrap level resources you need to start, And these are not hard to do with wages delivering Pizzas at dominoes. It largely feels like Millennials in US need some reality check. If you can't succeed in a country as awesome as the US. Chances are you won't survive weeks in other countries.