Where to live

On a panel show last week the group was asked which country in the Middle East would they move to if they had to make a choice and all said, Israel. The same question could be asked what is the best country around the world to live in and most would say America. Most polls show that 80% of Americans have a positive view of America. How many of the other 20% would leave is unknown but often times people have claimed they would leave but chose not to. Over the last ten years the numbers of people around the world who want to emigrate has increased from 12% to 16% which represents about 850 million people. Of these the most desired new place to live is the US with 150 million wanting to come to America. While most Europeans would rather remain at home because of the strong social nets, regulated work life balance and universal healthcare some highly skilled professionals will move for economic advantages. This is called the brain drain and three times as many Europeans want to move the US as opposed to the number of Americans who want to move to Europe.