That was my question, too.

Relocating to /anywhere/ in LatAm because the USA is too conservative is hilarious:

https://worldvaluessurvey.org/images/Map2023NEW.png

If northern Europe is off the menu for some reason, they'd be a lot more culturally comfortable in Hong Kong, Singapore or Japan.

Govt doesn't pay for healthcare in Asia, of course, but if they're productive citizens its quite affordable compared to the US of A. 

 @Low Information Voter that map is interesting. But it also kind of answers your question. Uruguay’s quite close to the US. The Asian countries are more different when it comes to culture and values.  

 The median values for the USA are what they're talking about leaving!

Uruguay is MORE traditional on average than the USA on average.

Secular, rationalist north Asian countries don't give a damn what expats do as long as they pay their bills. Northern European countries don't even ask that.

I don't think your friends are very serious. 

 it's more nuanced, there's not really a direct mapping between traditional values (of the majority) and LGBTQ laws, somehow, really depends on the country 

 100%, politicians pass laws a majority don't support all the time.

Culture matters when it comes to rolling back those laws.

Uruguayans are far more likely to support rollback than Arizonans. And then compare either to CA / OR / MA. 

 I’m in Uruguay right now, I’ve lived here off and on since 2003. But I’ll let an Uruguayan on Nostr answer the question about what they think about their country’s policies and people moving here. 

nostr:note1c3cqp306k5xqj7ksueq9wd56ltz2gggv9wr89n5xu5m0n90g5yuq84uzfg  

 Who to believe? 

(a) World Values Survey's research
(b) Some guy on the internet

Tough call.

Happily, I'm sure this emigration talk is purely performative; but I'd be sad if people were "Pied-Pipered" into upending their childrens lives...