People who live in functional and safe countries, how happy are you? (lemmy.world)

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For those of us who live in the US things are and have been scary and depressing for a while, this seems to also be true about quite a few more countries in the world.

If you are living in a country that you deem safe, well functioning and overall a good country to live in, how do you feel? Do you feel anxious about the current state of the world? Also, what country are you in? (Just in case 🫣)

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[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm pretty happy

Guatemala.

Good food, good people, good mountains, laid-back fun culture.

incidentally, I am from the states but have chosen not to live in the US for the past decade for reasons that have now become obvious to everyone.

I'm not too worried if the US collapses, there are 200 other countries to live in.

it doesn't seem like it will collapse entirely, maybe, since that wouldn't benefit the rich people in charge of it? good luck.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Guatemala is considered more functional and safe than the US these days? Seems a stretch. For what it's worth I have spent time in both countries.

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