[kamaal]

>>I think there is a certain mentality amongst Australian startups that the US is the land of milk and honey for startups and Australia sucks.

This is true for many other parts of the world too. In my country its a big craze among young people to move to the US ASAP(I'm from India).

Unrealistic expectations, overall frustration with the government, corruption, bureaucracy, and infrastructure problems padded with heavy watching of Hollywood movies on HBO- transports people into a scheme of thinking that nothing is or will be ever wrong with US.

Only recently I heard two people talking while traveling back in the office cab, as to how all their problems would magically disappear if they immigrate to the US.

People seem to think that no one is poor in America, and that all Americans live in posh homes and drive expensive cars. And once you enter the US, all your troubles shall come to an end.

But people here don't have a very high opinion about the overall social and cultural aspects of the American society.

[Omniusaspirer]

>People seem to think that no one is poor in America, and that all Americans live in posh homes and drive expensive cars. And once you enter the US, all your troubles shall come to an end.

Well, to be fair if those countrymen are solid programmers that image of the US is pretty true. Solid coders are in huge demand and you certainly won't be poor if you apply yourself in that field. As to the social/cultural aspects, it's worth mentioning that the culture changes massively depending on where you're physically located in the country.

I don't mean to say everything is perfect here, but it's not the den of poverty and violence that a lot of media outlets try to make it out to be. Like everywhere else, there's good,bad, and everything in between.