This is categorically not a critism or a knock or a dig, honest
WWW: I suspect the state paid for a sustantial portion of your early training, which is smashing. Many people have gone to the US to hours build etc because it was the only way they could afford it, don't knock it until you've tried it ( I think your eyes would be opened to the possibilities....)
W-P: ditto. I don't believe you've been to the US, either. Honestly, there IS another world out there beyond our coastline...