I've travelled extensively for years. I've now figured out why I hate living in the US

I've been to every continent. Lived in multiple countries. Spent a decade traveling extensively for work.<br><br>I've always loved the US. I spent my early 20's traveling the country for work, and loved experiencing the culture, people, food, jobs, etc in so many different cities, towns, and states.<br><br>But now I'm over it.<br><br>I've just returned from a month long work trip to several countries in Asia. I took a trip around Taiwan, spent time in HK, Macau, and Singapore. I walked through cities, met with people, stayed in hotels, took trains, etc.<br><br>My flight home was 18 hours. I arrived at SFO, a modern airport, with an extremely long security line (don't even get me started), and wanted to eat a bite to eat before heading home.<br><br>Nothing was open. Most of the airport was shut down... at 12:00 PM on a Monday. One of the busiest airports in the country sat empty, shuttered, like a ghost town. I had to walk 1/2 of the entire airport to find a single deli open, serving stale food.<br><br>It was like walking into a 3rd world country after being in modern Asia.<br><br>I took the BART home (our "train system"), and reflected on my trip, in astonishment at how the US had become so... backwards.<br><br>Over my month of travels, I never saw a homeless person.<br><br>I never saw someone begging on the street.<br><br>I stayed in hotels that were the same price as a Motel 6 here, and they were clean, had huge bathrooms, free food, etc.<br><br>Every time I took a train, the doors closed and we left the station on time. Trains ran every 15 minutes, and crisscrossed the country. I took a high speed train in Taiwan that ran at over 200 mph. I took a 5 minute train ride in Macau that was completely automated.<br><br>I didn't see a single panhandler at any train station. I never saw a person sleeping on the ground, or begging for money.<br><br>Every restaurant I went to was full service, with clean tablecloths, and full dishes with complete tableware. This was true for everything, from street food to high end restaurants. A full meal at a street food stall was $3, and I could eat like a king.<br><br>Every city I visited was clean, with no trash on the streets. There was no graffiti. There were no potholes. The streets were clean.<br><br>If I walked into a store, there were employees. There was never a case where an employee would yell at me to "be careful" because they thought I was going to shoplift. I never saw someone being treated poorly by a store employee, or being followed around by some paranoid minimum wage worker.<br><br>Every person I met was courteous. They always smiled, were polite, and treated me with dignity. I walked through cities, towns, train stations, airports, and never felt scared, threatened, or worried.<br><br>I visited cities with tens of millions of people, and never encountered the problems you do in US cities. No graffiti, no trash, no homeless, no rudeness, no begging, no panhandling. No one treated me poorly.<br><br>I returned to the US, and last night went to a restaurant in San Francisco. As I walked in, the employee treating me like I was a criminal, and told me to "be careful". Other employees were screaming at each other, and the table settings were fast food quality. It cost $25 for a single bowl of soup, and I had to ask for them to refill my water 4 times before they did. The street outside was filled with trash, homeless people, and panhandlers.<br><br>I'm done with this country.<br><br>It's overranked, overhyped, and becoming a 3rd world nation. It's no longer a global leader, and it's regressing. I've never been more disgusted with this trash country.<br><br>It's time to move on.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>Edit: Well this has blown up. I'm reading through all the comments, and responding as I can. I'm still traveling for work, and working crazy hours, so I can't always be here.<br><br>Just to answer a few questions super quick, I'm American. Born in the US, lived there my whole life. I'm not from another country. I'm not some billionaire. I just have a normal job, and I travel a lot. I've been to most states, lived in several cities, and have spent time in many, many countries.<br><br>I've had a lot of people reach out to me via PM, asking for advice on moving abroad. I'm not going to respond to those here, but I do want to say that if you get that itch, scratch it. I did it a few years ago, and while it was difficult, it has been one of the best decisions of my life.<br><br>Thanks for reading, I hope it helps give you a perspective you hadn't considered.<br><br>&#x200B;