I don't know why people are downvoting parent, most of the points are true. "It would take a lot of research and work to discover what a "good district" is, wh

I don't know why people are downvoting parent, most of the points are true. "It would take a lot of research and work to discover what a "good district" is, while in western Europe you can just send your kids to school and not worry about it. Lots of states don't have any good districts at all." All of this is false, sorry. There are sites like greatschools.org where most public schools are rated. It is relatively easy to distinguish a good district from a bad one. And I don't believe you can send your kids to schools and not worry anywhere in the world, it is just a bad way to raise them. As about states not having any good districts.. Examples, please. Health insurance certainly sucks, but 10k deductibles are not common at all. Insurance companies pay most of the time, if you are in network they really cannot refuse after the fact. Salaries for software engineers in US are much higher than in most of Europe, and taxes are lower. Though it is probably not 2x.