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United States is the least affordable country to live in worldwide.

No other country is more expensive and unaffordable than the United States of America.

Foreigners relocating to another country will need to reconsider choosing the United States of America as their new home country. As of 2022, the United States of America is officially the least affordable country to live in worldwide. Inflation has devalued the U.S. dollar to where rent, mortgage, income tax, and utility bill prices eat upwards of 90% of a typical household's income. Housing prices have quintupled nationwide over the past half decade. Millage rates for property taxes nationwide have risen over 1,000 to 3,500% over the past half decade. Federal government agencies are talking about lowering the Federal minimum wage from $7.50 an hour all the way down to $3.25 an hour, in an economy where you'll need a minimum wage of about a dollar a minute to live comfortably working 40 hours a week.

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