What about it seems depressing? I live in the U.S., and I don't think so.
And yes, I have been to other countries and experienced other cultures, including a year in Okinawa.
America is depressing because everything is too big, there are no sidewalks in many places, mass transportations is a joke. The general culture, mentality etc seems like shit, the authorities are people I wouldn't trust ever. Just looking at endless highways with lightposts 10 meters high, infrastructure which is laughably bad and innefficient, people dressing ugly, extremely crappy tv-shows, bad music and just overall like a place forgotten by God. And that's the more urban regions... If I think of Nebraska or South Dakota or an average size town in Indiana I want to slit my wrists without even living there.
Okinawa isn't where I want to go. I want to go to Kyoto or Sapporo.