Mexico is great, but you really need to speak at least some Spanish

Anecdotally it’s possible to have a low cost college experience in the U.S. but from a data perspective it’s quantifiably more expensive here, extraordinarily so.

“extremely high tuition”. It isn’t extremely high. The US college education system is messed up in its own way but to call everything extremely high is wrong. The sticker price isn’t at all real. On the top end, Ivy League colleges are all need blind. And there are many states state colleges that are fairly reasonable (eg university of California, CUNY, SUNY systems). Not to mention the earning potential is a lot higher in the US. The average graduate has more student debt in the UK than in the US, despite colleges being “cheaper” in the UK.

“short maternity leave” just because the law doesn’t require maternity leave doesn’t mean mothers go back to work one week later. If you want Scandi style 1 or 2 years of leave, you won’t get it.

These two things are facts though. College is expensive, and our maternity leave is short. Period. It’s not an opinion. It’s data.

I am well aware of Party for Freedom’s platform but I still feel like its not even comparable.

Go for a little! Sounds like the valley is a great place to have a home base. See if you can rent your house and go for 2-3 years. It’s a luxury to have the option to go, and life is richer when you have more diverse life experiences. I loved living in the BENELUX area. It’s way easier to travel throughout Europe when you have a base there. Also random but I never faced even a wiff of discrimination for being Latina in Europe, only in the US.