But there are of course other issues you don't see too much in other western countries - such as:

- rampant homelessness problem

- getting your car broken into, home burglarized, robbed, etc.

- police brutality

- gun crime

- higher rate of traffic accidents

- larger distances to travel / commute

- abortion rights

- political diversity

and so on.

I'm obviously not saying that those are at all unique to the US, but many of those things are more frequent in the US than comparable west-European countries.

Of course, if you live in a very nice area - those are things you might never experience in the US (at least as far as crime goes).