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Offhand, I can't think of any fictional universe that I haven't classed as "a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."
But that's why I go visiting. I want to see people defeat real obstacles, face real consequences, and feel the pain.
I just don't want to live there. I like my small-to-nonexistent obstacles, with consequences and pain to match.
I don't want to be The Guy On The Airplane Who Stops The Terrorist. I don't want to be The Person Who Saves The World.
I want to be the guy sitting at his computer, doing accounting things. Not a life of quiet desperation, just a life of quiet. If somebody could make the real world into a utopia, I'd consider living there.
But if it requires a world where we still need people who can take on big obstacles, face big consequences, and suffer big pain to produce writers that can write compelling stories, I think I'd rather stay here.