I'm just chiming in here (not the guy you're replying to) but I think my Canadian cousins and I basically live similar lives. Purely anecdotal of course. Our fathers were both immigrants.

My dad chose to go to college in Texas back when it was only like $300 per semester, even for international students. Uncle settled in British Columbia. Both bought homes of around the same size (~2000 Sq ft) when they received inheritances from my grandfather and saved the rest for a nest egg for their kids. Both entered standard middle class careers.

My dad has very good health insurance and he only paid a few thousand bucks for a cancer treatment that would've costed over $250,000. My entire family is covered with his insurance until I leave college and get my own job. I assume my cousins also get pretty good healthcare.

Education wise my cousin and I both attend good public universities that are ranked in the Top-100 on the international rankings. My education is subsidized via a 529 plan, a bit of parental help, and scholarship that I got, and I assume hers is a combination of similar features.

I think we have an extra car too but that's not that important. Salary wise, I'm not sure how much my cousin is getting paid but I'm targeting firms that have offices in Canada and their salaries are about 2/3rds of the US office salaries when converted to USD, so that's a perk. I'll also be able to afford a bigger house than her since while the Canadian offices are only in the major cities dealing with high housing prices, the American branches have offices in pretty much every city with over 200,000 people where housing is significantly cheaper and larger.

I know the average immigrant or citizen of either country doesn't get a large inheritance, but my dad and uncle both received the same amount and ended up being able to do pretty much the same things in their countries, but I think from our perspective the US was a slightly better option. I wouldn't have minded being born to either father.