... you want to live in darkness and freeze your ass off half of the year, not to mention the bad neighbor on your eastern border who could threaten your innocent bliss.

Sounds to me like the US is just a land of far more opportunity for those who want to excel.

Furthermore, I "speck" life in SoKo or Japan would be far richer and more colorful than in the frozen tundra.

Our biggest problems here in the US seem to be an overstuffed, unproductive federal government and a very sick immigration policy, both of which have adversely impacted our educational prowess.

To sum it up, my glass is much more than half full here in the rising stars of abundance called Nashville, Tennessee and the New South. I have zero desire to live in Finland. Scandinavian locations would be better choices than HuckFinn.