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So essentially, there are places you can live in the US that would mimmick a Canadian existence/demographics/climate, etc.... demonstrating the uselessness of these types of threads.
I am mostly liberal on most things, but I can recognize the USA has challenges and features that are not interchangeable with Canada... we have 10X the people, vastly different demographics and unparalleled diversity of people, religion and politics. If you can't take living in the center of it all, and all the craziness and turmoil that comes with it, then by all means find your paradise elsewhere.
As a New Yorker, you too should understand why some people will never leave Manhattan, while others move to Long Island or Vermont when they can't take it anymore.
Does Canada have some things right that the US should look at? Of course. But please, let's use some common sense from hereon when "comparing" countries. We don't think it's valid to compare Vermont with California, nor should we compare the US and places with homogenous or vastly smaller populations or places with more resources than people.
Right On! This one says it all. Leave the generalizations to the Generals.
We in Canada have many things going for us and set our policies using a completely different set of priorities due to our much smaller population base. You folks have charted a completely different path in any number of areas.
Today's world has these paths being interchangable and sometimes changing in importance overnight. What worked yesterday leaves you with egg on your face today. Monetary policy being no different in this regard.
I am seriously considering moving to Canada from the US. I currently live in Utah and I have progressive democrat leanings. I love the outdoors,playing in the mountains skiing, camping and hiking, however the culture here in American has been in steady decline and unfortunately I have lost faith in trying to "be part of the change". I am very concerned with our culture of violence,public ignorance and apathy, corporate ownership of our government and incessant military invasions. I know it will be difficult to relocate, but the idea of participating in a society that values education, healthcare, peace and family values is refreshing and inspiring to say the least. My wife an I are not looking to become rich, but would rather our taxes go to education and healthcare opposed to bombing children in other countries. We are used to the cold, but maybe not Canada cold. Can an American expat give me some advice on the challenges you faced when relocating? I have no problem trading our materialism or our rich history, for a brighter future with less chance of my child being murdered or getting cancer from the polluted air. I also realize Canada is no utopia, but here are some reasons why I am considering Canada, laws against false news reporting, universal health care, decriminalized marijuana, low crime rates, Skiing, nicer people, neutral military stance. Any feedback is appreciated
I just have to say, I had cancer, its a very beatable cancer. One thing that really stuck out to me was a guy of similar age diagnosed with the same cancer, was misdiagnosed 3-4 times and had to wait for docotrs. In that time it spread to untreatable amount of the body.
I got sent straight to ER for a gambit of tests, yes dragged out over 8 hrs, I was setup with a eurologist and was having surgery in less then a week, and started chemotherapy 3 weeks later, as soon as I recovered from the surgery.
It's tough to want to 'make anything' of your self and make serous money there, as the taxes are just ridiculous. GST and all the other VATs too for anything imported from even the US.
And since everyone goes to school for free, everyone has a masters, and if you don't, you are stuck flipping burgers with your worthless bachelors.
Well fort one thing they have heal;thcare but its nt just the top 10% that pay for it and of course they cannot get a mortagage with little to no down payment.They alos have devoped their energy sector better than we have which is srude based.As far a crime perhapos it more aqbout teh people and society. At one time we alos had realitivelt low crime rates.
It's tough to want to 'make anything' of your self and make serous money there, as the taxes are just ridiculous. GST and all the other VATs too for anything imported from even the US.
And since everyone goes to school for free, everyone has a masters, and if you don't, you are stuck flipping burgers with your worthless bachelors.
They have a better standard of living for their population overall. They have less crime, less racism, less ignorance, less poverty, less political divide, less guns, less pollution... and on top of that they have an excellent public education system (Canada is one of the most educated societies in the world), a universal health care system that covers everyone both rich and poor, and a sound economy.
Canadian cities consistently rank as the cleanest and the most livable in the world with Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia routinely taking the top spot. If I get the chance to move to Canada I'll do it in a heartbeat. It's a perfect place to live if you ask me. I'll leave America to the teabaggers. I won't wait until they turn us into a Third World Country.
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Most canadians are as conservative if not more conservative than your "Teabaggers".
Their healthcare consists of sending much of the business south of the border.. (How many Canadian women were sent to American hospitals to give birth cause of no room in canadian hospitals last year?)
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