OK the world that has a memory. In that sense… I have a clear preference.
In all honesty… I don’t live in Europe anymore. I now live in an even ‘older world’. Not merely in the sense that the towns are older here, but in an even broader, cultural sense as well. I live in the Middle East in the heart of the Islamic world and the culture is old.
Here old not just means that there are some buildings and history classes that refer to the twelfth century. Here, people are virtually living the same way they did 1433 years ago.
Of course, this is not the main stream, since my new home is a modern state with cars, tv and Nintendos, but even the main stream is old. Old in a sense that laws are 1433 years old and people look back on those days as at their cultural peak.
Personally I don’t like to be living in an old world. I like to be living in today’s world. I have spend much time in Asia, The Americas – including the US – and in Europe. I have probably travelled more US states than most US citizens.
From my experience, I think that I would like to think that Northern Europe is probably the best place right now (Nordics, Germany, Netherlands). This part of the world is firmly part of the new world. Leading in technology and - politically tainted - societal structure, this part of the world combines a strong outlook at the future with responsibility and historical awareness.
Historical awareness is a very important, I think and unfortunately lacking in the US where quite often things are oversimplified. That said… the United States are clearly a great nation which also have contributed greatly to a better world.