Exactly. Live in the U.S and just trying to look for a place that puts you in non-car distance to ANYTHING basically shows you one of two options:

• Quaint small vacation towns that are expensive because they're full of retirees. Won't find great jobs or necessities there...
• ...Or giant, overcrowded, crazy metros like Chicago, NYC, San Francisco. . .which are also absurdly expensive, dangerous, and downright filthy.

I feel like Europe at least gives you a way better chance of finding SOMEWHERE that works.