You're quite right. America IS overrated. And one of the reasons it is, is because, in many ways, it IS pretty easy out here.
People take so much for granted. But it's a trap. While people remain focused on so easily accepting all they have, they're NOT focused on what's been take away from them.
Many of our freedoms have been robbed from us a little at a time to keep us from noticing, and those freedoms are constantly being replaced with conveniences and all manor of things, which, through the comforts of what they provide, promote the belief that we have freedoms we actually don't (any longer).
It would be difficult to impossible for most Americans to live outside of the US.
Our being so spoiled comes at a huge cost.