Wa alaykum assalam,
First and foremost, there are many pious Muslims who have been brought up in the West. I mean, many of the brothers and sisters here on this forum have lived their whole lives in non-Muslim countries. While it may be a little more difficult because you don't have an Islamic environment around you all the time, as long as parents give their children good tarbiyah and teach them about Islam, and guide them to be good Muslims, then in'sha'Allah they wouldn't leave the deen.
And it works vice versa. I know so many people who have been born and bred in Muslim countries, and yet their actions and beliefs are so far from Islam, it's shocking, seriously.
But if it's a preference that you want to live in a Muslim country after marriage, then I suppose you could always talk it through with any proposals, even if they might not agree straight away, the thought may be on their minds if you were to bring the topic up again later.
I'm getting married to someone from 'back home', and I'll be going to live with him, so, if you find the right person, you can marry a man from a Muslim country and move there to be with him.
That said, if you were to get married and stay on in a Western country, then remember that marriage is half your deen, and a huge blessing of marriage is children. You wouldn't want to willingly deprive yourself, or your husband, of this. And, as the brother above said, our duty is to raise our children according to Islam. I know many practising Muslims who have been brought up here ma'sha'Allah, who value their religion, because of the upbringing their parents gave them.
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