I feel like there’s a certain stigma around not wanting to be (or no longer wanting to be) an expat

u/RadioDude1995 : I wholeheartedly agree with your original post about giving a place a try and moving on if it's not working for you. Even places that are "the best" on paper might not be the right fit for *you*, and that's OK. However, I want to give you some feedback regarding the other, antagonistic replies you've made in this thread. The chatter you're getting from other people about violence in America, about not wanting to ever set foot in America, about America being a shithole country... those are very, ***very*** common attitudes that Americans hold about much of the rest of the world. Americans have spent much of the last 20-30 years shitting on other countries and other people, and they've effectively gotten a free pass on such comments because there were still a lot of good things on in America. Now that the shoe is on the other foot and America is steaming pile, it sucks for people to paint your people with a broad brush and not consider you as an individual and the redeeming qualities of your country, right? You as an individual aren't responsible for *everything* that goes on in your country and you don't want everyone treating you like an ambassador for your country, right? You want people to understand that your country can have both good and bad qualities, but on the whole it's more good than bad, right? I urge you to be introspective and take a lesson from what you're experiencing. And the next time an American makes a "joke" about Canadians just being Americans-lite, or the French surrendering, or Mexicans being criminals, or whatever the negative stereotype is, have some courage and tell that person to stop. Explain to them that, not only is there more to the world than America, but that lots of other countries are doing things *better* than America and that Americans would benefit from having some humility and learning how they can be a better people and a better country.