on the 'area to exist in' list, europe definetely ranks very high.

the high cost of living is definetely a thing to consider, but wages are pretty fair if you learn a specific profession and you get pretty good healthcare by default.

plus almost everyone under 60ish years of age speaks english to a degree, so you can bridge the gap of learning the local language pretty well.

oh yeah and we take human rights at least more seriously than the US of course.