I currently live back in the US. I love Europe for the architecture, good public services, food and culture, but somehow I always feel stifled there. I am just more free to be myself in the US. You can be anybody you want to be and nobody really cares. One small example is bumper stickers. They might not say it, but Europeans think you’re weird if you have them, and while they are less common than they used to be, they’re kind of unremarkable in the States. I don’t even have bumper stickers but I like the fact that I could have them if I were so inclined and nobody would bat an eyelash. I move frequently so even in the US, I’m not a local, but as others have said, you are never truly accepted in Europe unless you are a native. Americans are just more accepting of people’s differences. Although political polarization is definitely becoming the exception to that tolerance.

Yes, and we are still trying to work it out. Not easy.

Have you ever actually been to the US? I’ve been to South Africa and there is no comparison to the level of violence found there. Despite what you might read on Reddit, Americans don’t need safe rooms in their homes and jobs are plentiful. There’s a reason millions of people are literally dying to get in.

Yes, there is a special short term work visa. Disney and many other tourist hot spots use these extensively to hire seasonal help.

Come to the US. It seems to have worked out for Elon Musk.