Ironically the nearest I've come to the vibe in the picture - peace, beach palm trees has been in less developed countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Less American cars but you can't have everything.

I'm not sure you call those third world anymore? The standard of living in the better parts of those is not far off the west. Apparently Singapore was 'third world' and now has longer life expectancy, more income at ppp, lower crime etc. than the US.