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I did it. US -> Japan. I decided in the early 2010s I was going to do it, came for a bit, failed to get a visa, saved money, finished uni, and came again. It was surreal watching the 2016 election and everything thereafter. I've visited the US (I don't know that I'd call it 'home' anymore) twice since I've been here, and probably won't be going back again unless it's to take care of family or a funeral.
Were I to do it all over again, I may have chosen Norway or Finland instead. I already have some knowledge of Germanic languages so the former wouldn't be hard to learn. For Finnish, I think the case system is the only hurdle I'd have. That said, in my mid-40s and having just bought a house, I don't think I'm going anywhere. If we ever get out of farming (or can take a year off before we get livestock on top of crops), My wife and I might live in Canada, Australia, or some combination of the two for some number of months.
Canada sucks, I would rather live in the US at this point