Why move to a place with laws similar to USA, or worse? If anywhere you should move to a more free country . IMO language barrier wont be much of an issue in a lot of Europe, because a lot of people speak English particularly in western Europe (although I guess in France even if they speak english they will pretend not to). Of course you should learn the language of the country you are in though. Study hard for six months to a year and you will be able to get by imo. I also don't think you will run into a lot of hostility towards Americans in most of Europe, the people you would want to associate with will be smart enough to not judge individuals by their birth country.