I do not miss (U.S.):
-Expensive healthcare and Big Pharma
-Too much religion and too many religious extremists. The way religion influences policy in a country where we are supposed to have separation of church and state...what a joke.
-Helicopter parents creating generations of overworked kids who suffer from anxiety and can't think for themselves. I think this may be on the way out. Let's hope so.
-Puritanical stuff, like bleeping out bad words out on television/radio, or freaking out at accidental nudity on live television. What's the point? We all know what they're saying, and we all know what a naked body looks like.
-I am not against psychiatric medication, but I am against prescribing it willy nilly as the first attempt at treatment. My friend's father died, and her gynecologist (!) offered her a xanax prescription. Everyone's got stories like these. Come on!!
-NRA and the gun lobbyists
-Too much worrying about being PC instead of worrying about fighting actual racism, sexism, etc.
-People generally work too much, often because they have to. There's always someone out there who would love to give up his or her personal life if it means taking your job. I also find the increase in unpaid internships distressing.
With all that said, I'm excited to move back. The positives far outweigh the negatives for me.