This is laughable and a clear example of "grass is greener" bias. It's not debatable that the U.S. offers a superior quality of life to most of the world, just look at which way the immigration flows. But fine, maybe that's strawmanning and everyone agrees it's trivial to compare the U.S. to developing nations, and the argument is that it has fallen behind the rest of the
developed world (e.g. Western Europe). America's negatives are well-known, so I won't bother going into them here, but I can also point to plenty of ways in which Americans have it better than citizens of other developed nations:
-Roads. Local roads in Europe are horrifically narrow and crappy. After visiting Europe, driving back home was a breath of fresh air.
-Smoking. Far fewer people smoke in the U.S. than in Europe.
-Terrorism, or relative lack thereof. This isn't us doing anything right so much as having an ocean separating us from the riff-raff of the world, but it still counts.
-Air conditioning. I couldn't believe how many places in Europe do without A/C. In the U.S., if it's above 80 Farenheit you'd better believe every business is blasting that shit like there's no tomorrow... and it feels amazing
-Business friendly environment, leading to much greater selection of virtually any product or service for the consumer.
-Spaciousness. If you're used to living in the states, everything in Europe feels a bit on the cramped side.
-The "nice" neighborhoods are way nicer in the U.S. I've never seen houses that look remotely like this outside US/Canada, but here it's pretty common:
-Sandwiches. What other countries call "sandwiches" are a joke. Europeans would lose their mind with delight if they saw a $7 convenience store sub in the U.S.
-Innovation. A hugely disproportionate amount of the world's technology and innovation is born here, meaning Americans get to be the first to enjoy them.
-Healthcare quality. Yeah the cost is outrageous, but if you're going to point that out, you need to also mention that the quality of care and the [lack of] wait times are top notch.
-Higher education. Again, can be fucking expensive, but notice a pattern
scrolling through these? Also, college doesn't
have to be expensive. Most of the hand wringing about the cost of college in the U.S. is done by mediocre students who incorrectly perceive themselves as too good for community college.
-Optimistic attitudes. Take it with the proper grain of salt, but America does more than fine in
happiness surveys.
-Freedom of speech. Other countries pay lip service to this idea, but then make exceptions for "hate speech" or whatever other nasty label they can slap on thoughts that the ruling class doesn't like. America is the one place where you can bet your ass the public would not remotely tolerate any law against expressing an opinion.
And this is just off the top of my head.
I'm in no way arguing that America is wholly superior to everywhere else; Western Europe certainly has its advantages as well. But there's way too much bitching done by Americans who are incapable of seeing the good in their home country. Calling the U.S. a dump is idiotic.