> Our main goal is quality of life for all of us, so it should be a country w/o cold winters, possibly an island close to the equator.
Australia, Barbados, Bahamas, Cyprus.
Honestly though, you'll be hard pressed to find anywhere as livable as Germany.
The US and Canada are less safe with more violence. Both have worse healthcare and education. The US is attractive income-wise but visas tough to get. Canada is extremely unaffordable. Most EU countries offer similar livability but you might not be able to get by on just English or German. It's a nearly impossible criteria considering how rich, safe and affordable Germany is...
Violence is the US and Canada is highly concentrated in a limited number of economically disadvantaged areas. It's terrible that some people have to live in those environments, and we should absolutely take steps to improve their situations. But fear of violence is not a rational reason to avoid immigration for affluent people who can afford to live in decent areas. My city has zero murders most years.
Lol I grew up in the suburbs of Calgary, itself a midsized and quite affluent city, and there's violence basically anywhere there's public transportation. There were murders in the suburbs. Drug use everywhere.
Look at what's happening this year, basically every city is experiencing a major wave of gang shootings, drug activity, etc...
Europe is much, much safer. Never seen drug addicts shooting up and harassing people on the Paris Metro, it's an everyday occurrence in any major (and some not so major) Canadian city though.
Also it seems to be a concern to OP based on comments.
What's your point? There are good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods in every larger city. But there are thousands of smaller cities where the risk of violent street crime is virtually zero.
Australia, Barbados, Bahamas, Cyprus.
Honestly though, you'll be hard pressed to find anywhere as livable as Germany.
The US and Canada are less safe with more violence. Both have worse healthcare and education. The US is attractive income-wise but visas tough to get. Canada is extremely unaffordable. Most EU countries offer similar livability but you might not be able to get by on just English or German. It's a nearly impossible criteria considering how rich, safe and affordable Germany is...