Well, I demur.
I am convinced America is great.
And doing very well, thank you very much.
I am convinced America is a great country to live in.
There are many many measures on how a country is doing and our country is doing just fine: employment is strong, wages are up, interest rates are not prohibitive for the vast majority of home buyers, auto buyers, businesses. Profits are strong in most all sectors. We have the most advance communication technology and systems and access that the world has ever experienced. The same can be said about our health care industries. And our ability to travel across the vast distances of this big country are better than any other country as large or populous as the USA.
Sure there are challenges. Always have been. But the so oft-exhibited optimism and can-do approach of our American populace remains and is doing what needs to be done.
I think it is to be regretted....an sad....that some posters here think that their corner of the country is a mess.
The rest of us....the forward thinkers here, the successful citizens.....well, I suspect their corners are pretty good places to live, to make a living, raise a family, and continue be good citizens.
IMHO