I've grown up US, Californian, lived in Idaho and México, and moved back to California. México opened up my eyes on how special the US is.

I suppose it is some what opinion?  I grew up in the US.  Moved a few years to Europe and came back to US. Ir changed my political beliefs a good chunk.

Same here.  Quality of life in the US is rather spectacular.  

I don't think the majority (if any) of European countries would consider themselves to be socialistic and most of their economies are still based on capitalism but with generous public safety nets, would you consider the UK to be socialistic because it has the NHS? It definitely isn't. Most countries in Europe are capitalist still but with strong welfare systems in place but welfare systems aren't inherently anti-capitalism.

"Europe" is a bit of a broad term too, France is not the same as Greece, Greece isn't the same as UK, UK isn't the same as Poland, etc.

I wouldn't mind living in America, depending on the state, but as someone who was born with a disability, spent most their childhood in hospital and only have a good quality of life now because the NHS forked out time, effort and money to help me, I both feel proud that we have something like the NHS and I'm happy to contribute to it but I would also feel fear living in America, I still require yearly x-rays and consultations and God forbid what I have progresses again, it's just too much stress to worry about medical bills, insurance, etc. That I don't need to worry about in UK.

Also, I wouldn't feel comfortable around anyone holding a gun, even a friend, I find it odd how obsessed with guns a lot of Americans are, not to mention poorly trained, treating something so deadly like a toy is too often an occurrence. I also hate how some states are obsessively going after women's rights and abortions and LGBTQ+ people (though UK isn't that much better in regards to trans people).

Some of those are state issues but if I'm being honest I would likely avoid all red states which cuts my destinations down, Lol.

Yeah, but that doesn't make countries outside of the US less capitalistic. Heck, nowadays even China and Vietnam are clearly capitalist countries, driven by market interests. I would've a hard time to name a country which isn't capitalist today. Maybe Saudi-Arabia? Not being socialist though, more like feudalistic/theologistic. Iran is a theocracy I guess. Maybe North Korea, although I have a hard time to pinpoint what exactly NK is.

But as the dominant societal structure of our time, capitalism has quite a range of differences in details. And then there is this simple truth: in capitalism there is always a shift of wealth towards the ones owning the means of production. This means the countries that gotten first in the capitalist game (europ and the US) have a headstart on that and therefore were able to easier accumulate wealth while at the same time draining other countries of it. Some countries later joining were able to catch up, namely South Korea and Japan. And China and Vietnam are in the process of doing so as well.

Oregon seems like a nice state. Might have to do with the fact, that it is the least religious of all US states. Still, only a quarter of the people are non-religious which is still extremely low compared to europe.

I don't think the majority (if any) of European countries would consider themselves to be socialistic and most of their economies are still based on capitalism but with generous public safety nets, would you consider the UK to be socialistic because it has the NHS? It definitely isn't. Most countries in Europe are capitalist still but with strong welfare systems in place but welfare systems aren't inherently anti-capitalism.

"Europe" is a bit of a broad term too, France is not the same as Greece, Greece isn't the same as UK, UK isn't the same as Poland, etc.

I wouldn't mind living in America, depending on the state, but as someone who was born with a disability, spent most their childhood in hospital and only have a good quality of life now because the NHS forked out time, effort and money to help me, I both feel proud that we have something like the NHS and I'm happy to contribute to it but I would also feel fear living in America, I still require yearly x-rays and consultations and God forbid what I have progresses again, it's just too much stress to worry about medical bills, insurance, etc. That I don't need to worry about in UK.

Also, I wouldn't feel comfortable around anyone holding a gun, even a friend, I find it odd how obsessed with guns a lot of Americans are, not to mention poorly trained, treating something so deadly like a toy is too often an occurrence. I also hate how some states are obsessively going after women's rights and abortions and LGBTQ+ people (though UK isn't that much better in regards to trans people).

Some of those are state issues but if I'm being honest I would likely avoid all red states which cuts my destinations down, Lol.

Oregon seems like a nice state. Might have to do with the fact, that it is the least religious of all US states. Still, only a quarter of the people are non-religious which is still extremely low compared to europe.

Just out of curiosity which countries are considered capitalistic and which are considered socialistic?