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IT really depends, I left 8 years ago for DC and haven't looked back, but I grew up in Winnipeg. I always drop by from time to time, but I grew out of it and moved on.
A friend of mine is living in the metro Atlanta area now and she has given me(as well as her friend who stops by from Ontario from time to time) rave reviews about Canada. My French teacher from the 11th grade is from Canada and says the same thing. I have given alot of thought to moving to Canada since I was 15. I know Canadians who have moved South, literally to the Southeast.
Although an American living/working in Canada; don't think I want to pay for the American health care once I retire. Guess I'll go for long visits and should I become really sick, my southern friends have agreed to put me in a box and ship me back across the US/Canadian border. Yes, very cold winters up here, but you get used to it. Beats the summers with 100F + 99.9% humidity as was the south on my last visit in Sept.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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A friend of mine is living in the metro Atlanta area now and she has given me(as well as her friend who stops by from Ontario from time to time) rave reviews about Canada. My French teacher from the 11th grade is from Canada and says the same thing. I have given alot of thought to moving to Canada since I was 15. I know Canadians who have moved South, literally to the Southeast.
There are lots of Canadians here in ATL. You see their license plates all over the place. They even have an embassy here (in Colony Square).
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Although an American living/working in Canada; don't think I want to pay for the American health care once I retire. Guess I'll go for long visits and should I become really sick, my southern friends have agreed to put me in a box and ship me back across the US/Canadian border. Yes, very cold winters up here, but you get used to it. Beats the summers with 100F + 99.9% humidity as was the south on my last visit in Sept.
By the time you retire we will probably have the same type of health system you have in Canada. The only reason we don't now is because of the Republicans (they are the very conservative party) and the Republicans are about to get the boot big time.
Yes i want to move south, i have lived in canada for 13 years now and it was Russia before that. I spent my entire life living in cold northern climates and im sick of it, i want to move somewhere in the sunbelt and as fast as possible.
If winters are going to be this crazy from now on I will reconsider moving south. I love winter but this is getting insane with all this snow. We are hard hit here in Montreal. Last night was just too much. Taxi I was in got stuck. Lots of cars stuck. Having to walk to my door for a block because my street was not plowed and impassable. The snow was almost up to my knees and the wind! Plus I get home and a good part of the flashing on the front of the building was making all this noise and looking quite scary as it was nearly being blown off by the gales of wind. Yeesh!
You don't have to move out of Canada to get away from snow...We had a grand total of one inch here in Victoria this year and it was melted away the same day. If I want to play in the snow all I have to do is drive up a mountain. That is where snow belongs in my opinion.
I am a Canadian living in Las Vegas with my wife and 3 kids. We moved here late in 2006 and we are enjoying it very much. Having said that, we are fiercely Canadian and very much intend to return home somewhere in the future.
There are very few areas in the world that offer utopian like weather and you can't believe how many people who live here complain about it here. Personally, i enjoy seeing the seasons change and find that i appreciate them much more now that we are missing them.
Living in Vegas in particular is a lot different to live in than one may perceive. For us it's a fairly pedestrian, suburban lifestyle with a few oddities like video poker in the grocery stores. We seem to have a nice balance of visitors as a lot of people come through on business or pleasure trips.
Doing business here in LV is difficult to say the least. It's not a market that attracts the highest caliber of professionals due to its nature (hey, valets here can make six figures) so it can be rather stressful on the personnel side - especially when you're an entrepreneur like i am.
Our kids are young which has proven to be a good benefit as many of the other Canadians here have had a lot of difficulties adjusting to the school system - life as a teenager here is very, very challenging.
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