@frustu, Thats true but there are many many people willing to pay $40k to come to US. People of Nepal live for others, like get up early in the morning (what family members and neighbors would say), marry at right age, have kids after a year of marriage, make money if you work at passport/nagarikta/malpot/driving office etc. Here we live for ourselves, get up late on off days, go out whenever we want, shop whatever we want. Other side of grass is always greener.