After reading all the comments, I'd like to add a few more thoughts on my own.
As I mentioned before, I have lived in 7 countries, hold citizenship to Sweden, Germany and the US, and could pretty much live anywhere my heart desires. While the South of France (Cote d 'Azure) and Northern Italy (the area around Lake Como) where on my short list as retirement destinations until about a couple of years ago, this has drastically changed based on EU immigration politics and government overregulation which, following Brexit, will IMHO ultimately cause the demise of the European Union. For me, there's no better country to live in that the United States, well, parts of it.
The cabin in Alaska, the Victorian home in New England, the mountain retreat in the Rockies, the beach front home in Key West, and the straw hut in American Samoa are all part of what makes America so diverse and interesting. It's all part of the USA so there's no typical USA life or lifestyle as much as there's no typical European one. Someone living in the woods of Norway or Finland is living a totally different life from someone who resides on the Greek Islands, in Paris, or on Ibiza.
Guns . . . there are 330,000,000 million firearms in private hands in the US. About 16 million Americans carry concealed, which is about 5% nationwide. Florida has 2 million CCW permits, California 110K. I got my California CCW in August of 2014, and I carry pretty much daily. You'd never know, nor would anybody else. It's concealed and it's a non-issue. I don't show my gun and I don't even talk about it, ever. For all practical purposes, the gun isn't even there. It would only see the light of day if a hardcore criminal tried to kill me, or rape my daughter while we're out and about. A gun is a tool that potentially can save my life as much as the safety belt in my car or the fire extinguisher at home. Let's hope I will never need any of those, but if the sh*t hits the fan, it's comforting to know that I have the tool available to save my life. You don't see guns in the US. They exist, but they are hidden. People with CCW are more law abiding than cops, the study has shown, so they are not the problem. There are a few idiots who carry open, and while this is stupid for many reasons I don't want to get into here, I don't feel threatened by any of those either. I feel threatened by hardcore criminals who give a sh*t about laws and religious extremist who would kill me in the name of their imaginary prophet if that results in getting a room full of virgins as a reward. Those are people laws can't control.
Abortion . . . once you give people something, it's hard to take it away again, no matter if it's access to affordable healthcare, retirement benefits, vacation days, or abortion. Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, abortion has become a right, and while some state try to impede on this right (Alabama), it won't stand up in court the same way some state's attempt to restrict the 2A rights won't hold up in the long run. If you choose where to live based on how many times you can use abortion as a means of birth control, I feel sorry for you, but know that you don't have to travel to Europe to get it done, even if you live in the most conservative state in the Union.
So if you have money, life in the US beats life in Europe any day of the year. If you are struggling to pay the bills, life in Europe with its vast social net is better.