While i'm not sure i agree with the parent, i know a lot of people who left the US and a lot of people who arrived, so i think i can square the circle. 1. Peop

While i'm not sure i agree with the parent, i know a lot of people who left the US and a lot of people who arrived, so i think i can square the circle. 1. People leave worse places (by some metric, usually poverty or opportunity) to come to US since its big and rich and full of potential. That is why immigrants come here. Its the richest big nation with lots of jobs. You can try to move to china or brazil or india which have massive populations, but the jobs pay better here. You can move to Switzerland or some EU nations that have higher avg salary, but the COL is high and immigration is even harder with less lucrative job openings available. 2. People leaving aren't the immigrants who arrived (not including returning to old country). People who "have the american dream of leaving" are the middle class white kids who don't see their own growth into top 10% of society (because they perceive their social mobility decreasing or gone), and see the exploding debt and health costs across america (often they haven't experienced directly), so they want to move to a socialized nation and "free healthcare". This is almost always a white euro nation, not eg. china or inida. Do they move? Not always. TLDR. People still want to move to america, but some americans are basically chasing some ideal/privilege they think they can get better elsewhere.