Yes, I absolutely regret leaving the USA.
Because now I have learned the grass is greener elsewhere.
When I was younger I thought everyone wanted to move to America. Once you get to traveling and living elsewhere, you learn many people like where they are, and that the US isn’t a dream for them.
People without guns don’t live in fear.
Another misconception I had, is that people who didn’t have guns in other countries weren’t properly protecting themselves or their families.
Sadly, I felt safer living elsewhere. One time I asked my Korean friend “When was the last time you heard of someone getting shot in Korea?” He was quiet, lifted his head up, as if staring into a dreamy sky, and thinking deeply. “About 5 years ago.” I asked that question many years ago. I really was astonished. It takes a lot to make me quiet, but that answer sure shut me up, I really couldn’t imagine my America like that.
Anyway, by now, you realize my regret is tongue in cheek.
By Liz Lew