> - I have met insane people. I’ve had to cut out many “friends” as they tried taking advantage of me, didn’t respect me, or projected their insecurities onto m

> - I have met insane people. I’ve had to cut out many “friends” as they tried taking advantage of me, didn’t respect me, or projected their insecurities onto me. Right now I have zero friends. >- The society is extremely unhealthy. Half the people here are on antidepressants or hung over every other day, and a fraction of the school eats healthy. Honestly, I think you understand how broken this country is. I'm a bit older, I'm well into my thirties and everything you're expressing is 100% spot on. Friends are friends when things are going well, but even then tons of folks will be envious and will backstab you the first chance they get. I had a horrible experience a while back when one of my best friends put me in a horrible position and I will never recover. American society is fundamentally broken. People basically don't real vacations to recharge, instead they cope with the various methods you've already seen. Our labor rights are an absolute joke, you have a small minority of people with well paid jobs, and even then for example I'm probably spending about a third of my income in taxes, with another $500 a month out of pocket for health insurance, with an occasional 500 or $600 of out-of-pocket expenses. If I was you I would go back to Europe and finish college there, America's a great place to visit, but it's not a great place to live. Also all the issues you've ran into will be magnified by 10 times if you move to California. Society is so amazingly unequal here, you'll have millionaire tech Bros stepping over needles on the way to work and everyone just accepts this as normal . To my regret, I missed my chance to move to Europe to experience a civilized society so I'm probably going to be stuck here for the foreseeable future. I'll give you an example, back when I was in London I was able to walk around without the constant paranoia you have to have an America. I live in a medium sized city and we have more crime here than in all of London despite being a fraction of the size. Finally college is supposed to be the best time of your life, if you're not vibing with this American culture it's not a negative reflection on you. Leave while you still can!