It seems to be true in general, unless you have a boatload of money, but then I would argue you would be ok pretty much anywhere. HN has been bombarded with such grim news of the US that I honestly feel bad for Americans(maybe I shouldn't, I don't know), but at least on paper, the world's greatest country doesn't look that great to live in anymore(UK is looking worse and worse by the minute, so maybe it's a general trend).
You think this because you've bought in to media hyperbole. America and the UK are fine places to live, they may have some problems but they are fine. Our homeless are often better off than the lower classes of many countries and millions of people risk life, limb, and fortune to come here.
Globalization naturally results in regression to the mean for countries like the US and UK, both in economy and culture. Still a long way to go.
Without borders or a culture, what's the point of a country other than being a sort of municipal corporation? And what if the stakeholders are outside shareholders looking to extract value?
It seems to be true in general, unless you have a boatload of money, but then I would argue you would be ok pretty much anywhere. HN has been bombarded with such grim news of the US that I honestly feel bad for Americans(maybe I shouldn't, I don't know), but at least on paper, the world's greatest country doesn't look that great to live in anymore(UK is looking worse and worse by the minute, so maybe it's a general trend).