>> but if I had to choose a country to get ahead in life with the most opportunities possible as an immigrant, US is still the country to be at I don't underst

>> but if I had to choose a country to get ahead in life with the most opportunities possible as an immigrant, US is still the country to be at I don't understand, these types of comments are relative. Which countries are we comparing? Why the US over another country, for example, Canada? France? Sweden? Japan? Thailand? Have people tried these out (I know people who have!)? The only reason I can think of Why the US over another place is is the amount of wealth and the amount of land in the US is staggering, and the appeal of that makes people feel wealthy themselves by way of association. It's a glamorous lure. Or is it because of less government restrictions and oversight? Which has its downsides as well. I feel, as my primary residence, that the US is a cutthroat place to live. Those that speak well of it usually have been lucky.