Btw regarding making it in the US. I don't quite get what you are talking about. The US ranks pretty poor on social mobility. It ranks 27: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index

Nordic countries are at the top. The Nordics are actually the lands of opportunity where people at the bottom can move up.

I am not sure if you have some survivors bias, but you must know that the US has major poverty problems, which have existed a long time. Those problems are entrenched. Statistically Americans are less likely to move out of povery than even people in a class society such as Great Britain.

The American dream is a bit of a myth. It was very real in the 1800s when Europeans moved over in large numbers. When the US government gave the biggest handouts to poor people in history with the homestead act, people had a realy chance of making it.

I have lived in the US, and my wife is American. Neither one of us have any plans to return to the US. I love visiting as a tourist, but as a society to live in I think it has far too many deep seated problems.

If all you care about is material wealth, then sure, America has some great opportunities. I thought that was what I was looking for too when I went over some 20 years ago. I don't regret going because it taught me some valuable lessons about what matters in life. I realized I did not really fit into such a materialistic society as the US. As much as I love stuff, there are other things in life which are more important.

I have an aunt living there. She loves it, but she is a very outgoing and social person. For the most part I must say her life experience there confirm many of our worst stereotypes about American society. But I don't judge. We all have different needs in our lives.