Poll Shows Modest Changes in Levels of Anti-U.S. Mood - New York Times

Poll Shows Modest Changes in Levels of Anti-U.S. Mood - New York Times: "Although the United States is traditionally viewed as a land of opportunity, people in most countries, when asked where they would advise a young person to move to be able to lead a good life, chose other destinations. Australia, Britain, Canada and Germany were cited more often than the United States."

This quote completely is in line with Richard Florida's primary thesis in his relatively new book (the only book I've completed in the past month actually), The Flight of the Creative Class. I expect the article to pop up on his site sometime soon. His book discusses how the U.S. with its harsh immigration procedures and attitude of intolerance is blocking much-needed immigrants who drive the "creative economy" in the U.S. He talks about major urban centers in the countries listed as locations that are all managing to draw small parts of the flows of population that would in the past have come to the U.S. It's interesting to see this popping up in the opinion poll.

I don't have time to write much more, but it's also interesting to note that viewpoints of the U.S. in Indonesia improved after there was support forthcoming after the Tsunami.