Live in the USA or Australia ?

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I have a problem. I am Australian but have lived in the USA for the last 8 years. My son is going to high school soon and I think he is better off in the Australian school system because of the zero tolerance policy here (real ridiculous). The other problem is my job is real good here and I have no financial issues. I have a big home on 1.5 acres which would cost millions in Sydney but not millions here. If I go back to Australia I fear that I could be unemployed for a short while and have to live in a not so great suburb. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO - Is Australia still a good place to live well ?

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Yes - come back to Aussie - don't you miss this cute face?
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Australia..... hands down.
Why don't you just put your child in private school, home school or at worst find a public school district to transfer your child to.
Dont come to Australia we have a water crisis and Australians have an innate dislike for yanks.Sorry but that is the way it is in this antiamerican waste hole. Dont ask me why and dont think that Ime antiamerica I without fail every sunday mourning listened to American top 40 with Casey Kasem.And dreamed ov going to america because Americans have superior taste for good music.
Australia without a doubt. I would never want to raise my kids anywhere else.
American schools are certainly much better than Australian schools. Public high schools in Australia are a mess... no air-con, dirty restrooms, lack of funding & resources... and alot of them teach out of trailers.... Private high schools are not that much better either... with staff areas being luxuriously furnished and having air-con while classrooms are sub-standard.

Universities are also much better in the USA... most of the worlds top 10 Universities are located in the USA while not one is located in Australia.....

You also have to take into consideration the cost of living in Australia..... Australia (especially Sydney) is very expensive compared to the USA..... I lived in Southern-California (only just returning to Sydney) and I must say that Southern California is MUCH cheaper than Sydney... even though it has the reputation of being one of the most expensive areas in the USA...

Zero tollerance is a good thing.... it has brought down crime rates in New York.... (which is now a safer city than Sydney)..... With all the crime in Sydney... such a thing needs to be implemented here.... Also if zero-tollerance was introduced in Australian schools... it would bring bullying down greatly.... bullying is a major problem in Australian schools and it usually is ignored by schools....

Australia is a good country because it is well-developed. However, overall I do believe that the USA offers one better opportunities in life, more variety and a better future.

As an example.... In the US a $100k income will let you and your family live very well off.... whereas in Sydney the equivilant amount is what is needed to just get you all by.....

Lastly, what Sky said about anti-Americanism in Australia is true... perhaps not for the whole of Australia but certainly for Sydney..... I believe its just jealousy.... many know that Americans have it well off... and Sydneysiders are very egocentric.... they believe they are the elite and that nobody or nothing is better than them......
I am Australian, haved lived and gone to schools in both Australia & the USA. I will eventually relocate permanantly to the USA.

New York safer than Sydney..... http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/safe...