What GOOD is going on in the United States?

Seems like everything I read of the current state of the land of the Untied Snakes falls into the hell-in-a-handbasket category. I haven't lived there in seven years; did have a brief but lovely visit to NYC and New England last fall, without a single incident to stoke my 'you're-all-freaking-doomed!' disposition.

So what good or positive things do you see going on there?