[dgudkov]

It's not a very good example. The USSR was a totalitarian paternalistic state that deprived people of many basic freedoms and opportunities. The state guaranteed job and housing only because it took everything else. To an extent, the Soviet people had modified behavioral patterns and mentality. When migrated to the States, they brought all the thinking patterns they were taught in the USSR without having proper survival skills. They did have hard times adjusting to the West civilization, but I wouldn't rely on their opinion when it comes to freedom and happiness. In their case freedom and happiness were not correlated.