I've had the same problems as you OP. I realized this has to do with house prices and income inequality. Tough spending money on fun when every dollar spent not

I've had the same problems as you OP. I realized this has to do with house prices and income inequality. Tough spending money on fun when every dollar spent not towards saving is seen as wasted. When life is "handled" people think and do things that are unrelated to making more money. During COVID I had some time to think, and I thought back to what I enjoyed as a kid and what I was good at, and I remember always wanting to go fast. So I got into simracing, loved it, did a bunch of research to find the best hub for my new hobby, and long story short I'm moving to Finland to pursue amateur racing in real life for fun and building a community around that. Their real estate market seems good and it looks like people still like to have fun and live life there. I've been to a bunch of races and its super easy to make friends. I enjoy working on things with people more than I enjoy drinking and stuff so it worked out for me.