When I lived in Maryland I was honestly surprised so many people stayed on the east coast. It's just as hot and humid as Texas, winters are worse, you still get tropical storms and hurricanes, and the people are just nasty, rude, mean.
After being there awhile I realized that what I perceived as nasty, rude, mean was really just a different set of manners. In Texas, the polite thing to do is hold the door open. In New York City, the polite thing to do is pretend you don't see anybody else.
In Texas if you need to have a little breakdown, an on-your-knees screaming fit, you can just go to your house and do that. In New York City, you'll disturb your neighbors doing that, so you need to go find a nice public street to have your episode. Filled with strangers who will politely ignore you.
But overall, there is far more in common between New York and any other large city in the states than there is different. We are all Americans.
What you see on TV or read online is a narrative of the societal differences by region that are largely cosmetic, and certainly exaggerated by
All that said, Happy wife = happy life. I can understand not being comfortable somewhere. China felt extremely hostile to me, although I doubt "china" had any feelings towards me one way or another.
And yea, lets all move to Australia!