There appear to be a LOT of folks in the UK, not just on forums like this, who have built a "belief" that the life in the USA is some sort of utopia... probably based on a totally skewed view mainly gleaned from watching far too many TV shows.
The reality of life in the States is markedly different for the average working guy.
I have met a LOT of Americans, a large number being servicemen and their families, who have introduced me to their non-service friends, so, admittedly, mostly from a similar financial bracket, but they are all worried about the future for them and their kids ... which sounds a bit like a normal parent ..... however when you talk to them about their worries they are very far removed from what we, in the UK, tend to worry about.
It is probably a stupid view, but IMHO, one of the main reasons for many of their worries/problems is the fact that most Americans feel totally insecure 90% of the time ... they worry about job security (hire & fire is prevalent), health security ( no insurance = no treatment= big bills), home security (high rates of crime), personal security (they are convinced they will be car-jacked/mugged at any time), "popularity" security ( especially kids who will do anything not to get shunned on social media which rules their lives to the nth degree), "image" security (the amounts spent by Americans in having their teeth fixed/plastic surgery is amazing), education security (the "norm" is a university degree and the costs are paid by parents) and at the top of the list .. financial security ( they are petrified of not having "enough" as there is no state aid fall back like we have here and everything listed above costs !!)...... they then progress to non-personal worries ... political security (there is no "middle ground" in American politics and extreme views are becoming the "norm"..), national security (TV and papers full of stories about terrorism and North Korea)
The grass isn't always greener on the other side .......