There is no single place in the world that will be best for everybody. I have friends in South America who would never move to Europe or US. It's not that South

There is no single place in the world that will be best for everybody. I have friends in South America who would never move to Europe or US. It's not that South America is better in some absolute way, but it is great at the things they value (including proximity to family). I personally would never, ever leave the US for France (or pretty much anywhere in Europe). For all the problems we have in the US, it's still one of the best places in the world for the things I value. The author is clearly left-leaning, so it's not entirely surprising he would prefer Europe. US liberals tend to want to implement many things that already exist in Europe (free X, free Y, subsidized Z, more vacations etc).