> I'm mentioning health care, gun violence, shoddy leadership, and homelessness as practical reasons I can see the USA just not even being comparable in terms o

> I'm mentioning health care, gun violence, shoddy leadership, and homelessness as practical reasons I can see the USA just not even being comparable in terms of quality-of-life - these are facts that can easily be backed up by data I'd be happy to provide. 1. Health Care - Anecdotally, I've known people who moved down to the US from Canada because they could no longer receive care (or timely care). Of course, these specific individuals were elderly, but take from that what you will. Also, I've read that the U.S. pours more money than any other country into medical research (though I could be wrong about that). 2. Gun Violence - As always, the picture painted of the U.S. as being some sort of warzone where you are constantly afraid of being shot is just...false. The vast majority of the U.S. has the homocide rate of Switzerland (a country with many guns and low crime). There are generally just a few pockets of insane levels of violence related to the drug trade. As for suicide, it is an issue, but there are other first world countries that have few guns but comparable levels (e.g. South Korea) that your source fails to mention. 3. Homelessness is an issue, and I honestly don't know what the reason for the difference is between Toronto and Chicago. For California, climate may be a factor, but it definitely seems to have become worse in recent years.