Many arguments for why America is still the reigning world champion as the land of opportunity: Thoughts and observations from someone who has lived in America for the past 40+ years as an immigrant
Zion National Park, one of our favorite places in America Tammy Duckworth: “The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.” Many years ago, a very close friend of mine was hosting a relative from South Korea. I don’t remember much about that particular relative, except that she mentioned how America, especially the areas around Queens (New York City), looked so dilapidated and run down, unbefitting the status of United States as the world leader in almost every major aspects of our current, interconnected world. What struck me as odd hearing that sentiment was how uninformed she was about the world around her. Every major city has a downtown/city center where businesses and more importantly jobs are located, with housing & condominiums surrounding that city center. The further you move away from that business saturated city center, the less developed the areas tend to be. In New York City for example, M