I liked hurray's answer. US is not only chicago, NY and hollywood what they show most of the time. although you feel like you have assimilated in the USA because of the easy language, people do not see you like that. Specially if you're living in small towns. Most important thing is papers. USA , Europe or any countries in the world. If you're legal then yuou're fine. You are socially secure. If you're illegal or working day and night to make papers, then you're screwed...