The US has almost 775,000 homeless people according to January 2024 data, which are more than likely underestimating the full scale of the issue. I doubt those people have the privilege of sheds. Doesn't that make the US worse?

"Outside of homeless people" is such crazy goalpost-moving rhetoric when the conversation is about people in extreme poverty.

Says a lot about a country that they’d enjoy such riches and look to their neighbor and allow them to languish so. Really Christian.

I live in the EU now, coming from the US. The US is almost comically backward. The effectiveness of its propaganda is incredible, that the people living there really don't know what the rest of the world is like. Yes, I have been to Mexico. I've also been to towns in northern New Mexico where the majority of the population doesn't have electricity or phone service. I've been to countries where much of the population lived in poverty, but most of them they still had phones at least. I'd say the US is currently just above mid tier from the perspective of median income vs cost of living. In the developed countries I've been to, even when they have lower incomes, they at least have much lower cost of living to make up for it. The US has got to be the most expensive place I've ever spent time in, except maybe Denmark. So yes, income is high, but I doubt seriously that there are many places less affordable for median-income residents, at least in the developed world.

"Richest" doesn't mean what you think it means

I would love to leave the US, but I can't afford that. I can barely afford to do to college as it is, I work full time plus do commissions in my spare time and I am thousands in debt just to pay for it. If I had the money to travel, I would instead spend it on moving somewhere where my access to HRT could be guaranteed, where I can be safer.
This country might be rich but it is not turning that wealth around to help its people. I don't get disability benefits despite being disabled because I am not disabled enough. I don't get healthcare benefits, I have to pay out of pocket and I pay more per year because of things outside of my control.

comparing US to mexico was not the point. Mexico city is beautiful and modern however, comparable to new york city in my book.

Japan is much nicer than the USA in almost every aspect. I really enjoyed traveling around Japan. I spent most of my time in third world countries, and still found a lot of aspects comparable. You know most of the world has nicer airports than us?