No offense but outside of money does the US have anything going for it?
The best geography of any country by a large margin and a non-ethnic culture that believes anything is possible and celebrates the ambition to try.
The money is largely a side effect of these two things.
The Mississippi river. Few understand what an advantage that river is.
Lots of good farmland, and it has lots of mineral resources that we often ignore rather than cut margins to mine safely.
The US's problems are entirely political. Geologically and climate wise it is a really great place. And it already has an educated populous and a significant amount of industrial hardware.
Some of the most interesting cities in the world, NYC is so interesting and full of subcultures and energy.
Freedom to say (almost) anything, publicly, including criticism of the elite and powerful.
Freedom to do, to create a business with far fewer roadblocks than in, say, Europe.
Freedom to go, to travel anywhere in a really large country, with no borders or restrictions.
Yeah, you can quote me all the caveats. They're there; I don't deny them. But: Freedom to say, freedom to do, and freedom to go. Those are really big deals.
Some of every industrial resource, seemingly for every new technology to need one. As a country it’s been like playing civ and every tech upgrade you lucked out in a resource node popping up on your territory.
Ask those returning home from world cup visits. They'll be in the best position to compare to their home country.
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Natural parks.
Tasty drinkable water from the tap in nearly the entire country. Being able to flush toilet paper. Free toilets almost everywhere.
Being a country for 250 years is also quite an achievement.
I’m European and have witnessed many wars on my continent in my lifetime. A childhood friend was shot down with a Russian surface to air missile.