I was thinking mainly about the higher levels of violence, especially gun violence which is kind of rare in Romania. I also don't like the way higher education is set up, which is biased towards richer folk. You can take loans, but I don't think that's a solution, especially if you're going to get a degree that doesn't give you access to high paying jobs.

Here, Universities are in part subsidized by the government so based on some criteria like tests, number of students, etc. some get free education while others get to pay a tuition fee and having studied at one of the best Universities and having to pay this fee for 2 out of 4 years, I can tell you it's affordable. I hear this is not the case for most US Universities.