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2 years, 11 months ago @YTsupportsZionaziGenocide The 4 reasons canadians move to the US:\n\n1, retiring to a warmer climate, these are typically people who are snowbirds (they spend the canadian winter in the US where its warmer) up to retirement.\n\n2, admission into a prestigious college/university outside of canada.\n\n3, higher wages in certain professions.\n\n4, love 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @jimtripp7796 No Way 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @FischerFan I live in Canada and, while I'm pretty content where I am, that doesn't mean I would take Toronto or Vancouver over Minnesota or Colorado.\n\nToronto and Vancouver housing prices are insane and the cities are Third World cesspools. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @mariearmstrong7718 You couldn’t get me into the US if you paid me! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @donk9171 I'm a dual citizen, the US has gone down the drain since I left in 1980. I don't even have a desire to visit. The country is divided not only racially but divided between Rep/Dem's. Why would anyone want to live there? Please provide an example of why anyone would want to live there. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @shannapetersen2470 No, no and no! It's not the same, other places - we have free education - free healthcare - strict gun laws, you have to get a special and specific permit and have a special gun safe! The police is here to help us, they do not shoot at people, no matter there color. We have a law, that guaranties an affordable rent for everybody! Yes I am a Dane in Denmark 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @oceandiamond22 Move to the US?: maybe*\n\n*there is currently only 1 state I would even consider, and even then my answer would be no due to all of the guns and all the corporations running rampant, putting 1000s of lives at risk. And your federal government seems to be doing its best to make every problem you have down there worse. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @AJ49377 Also, yes you are desensitized to the violence, religious zealotry, and racism. Most Canadians going anywhere in the states would see the massive difference coming from a place were everyone is treated like a person to a place where putting people down is so baked into the foundations that you no longer notice. Heck as a white man with decent income, you have to actually look around yourself to see it in your everyday, except every once in awhile when one cop murder gets far more attention than it usually does. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @wheretoretire3315 I bought a house in Florida in 2009 with the intention to move into it 15 years later when I retire. I sold it in 2021. You could not pay me to live in the U.S. now, especially not Florida. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @AJ49377 What are you talking about. We have allot of guns in Canada, we just have far more responsible laws and restrictions on ownership, plus we don’t worship them because we don’t have a gun lobby brain washing the populace into cowering that everyone’s coming to get us, making us feel manly, or corporations making people think that an archaic law meant to have a militia arm them selves in the service of the ruling class, is a law saying everyone should have Guns for themselves. \n\nPlenty of other developed countries have high gun ownership, they just don’t have the gun worship and mass violence. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @da80 Never! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Thecanadianwitch i considered moving in usa around 22 years ago, i was offered a job there, but i turned it down, that was after 9/11, i decided it wasn't worth it. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @elizabethtaylor9955 A small, quiet town like Uvalde, Texas? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @paulbernstrom5417 I would never consider traveling to, let alone, moving to the United States. I could not develop the arrogance that some Americans have. Thinking you are the greatest in everything you do. I also could not come to grips with the gun mentality. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ruthwilson7451 I would never move to the US they have a lot of rather serious problems there as far as I'm concerned we have the best country to live in in the world 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @wowgetalife1000 canadian here, I love America and my American friends <3 (half my friends are American cause im by the border), but I am sorry I would only move to America if I got a job that paid REALLY well, and even then if it doesn't have full health insurance no thanks. sorry America, I still love you all <3 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @LutzAlbrecht-Mylenium As a German with a chronic illness my top no. 1 reason to not move to the US would be the same: How the heck would I pay for my medical needs without going broke? The other reasons are just as valid. The political climate is terrible with too much extremism everywhere, there's lots of bigotry and intolerance towards marginalized groups and that insanity with weapons everywhere, the secular state being undermined by religious zealots and a few other things would have me screaming all day. I'm also always baffled about how much of a multiverse the US are in the sense that everyone just lives their life in their own bubble. It's sometimes literally like every little city or county is its own state, again with lots of negative side effects like nepotism and corruption because the sheriff and county judge are cousins or such. I'm sure it would indeed depend a lot where you live and how you earn your living, but for the most part it just sounds and looks unattractive to move to the US unless you're part of the upper echelons of society and need not worry about any of these things. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Gdwmartin There was a time I would have. My father and Grandfather grew up in New York city as children and spoke highly of the States. Since 2016 I would seriously not consider living there. The gun violence that occurs their has gotten to the point that it has to be especially eggregious before it makes the news. The cavalier attitude towards guns and gun saftey is disturbing even from your politicians. it would be a recipe for loosing your privalege to own a firearm in Canada if you did what many of us see americans do with their guns. Open carry. Not allowed. Concealed carry. Not allowed. There are courses you need to take and pass on firearm saftey and gun use here, before you are given the privaledge of owning a firearm. Those firearms need to be stored properly or carried in cases at all times when not in use \n\nThat being said I have done those courses and I own guns. Rifles to be precise and a shot gun I use for hunting food. Pistols are not easy to get here and you can only use them on a range. The only people legally carrying pistols in public are the police.\n\nHealthcare is fine if you are young and healthy, with a job. If i showed up at 53 with a handfull of pre-existing conditions, I would be in bad shape.\n\nYour record on lgbtq+ and a woman's right to bodily autonomy is back slipping to the 1950's. Some politcians (not sure what level, state or federal) are looking to even reverse the position on interracial marriages for pete sake.\n\nI think if Voter appathy is allowed to continue, the vocal minority of people who want this will get their way despite the fact that the polls suggest the majority of americans hate what is happening 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @illawarriorhill70 How many USA residents would like to move to Canada?? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @illawarriorhill70 If you haven't personally been affected by a school shooting, be grateful .... but your town could be next! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @christinevr7698 I appreciate that you are open to hearing these comments- as hard as that might be. Canadians do love our US next door neighbours- most of the US is lovely, most people are good, yes good opportunities exist there. BUT, we have that here in Canada too. So the tipping points about female bodily autonomy, never really worrying about our children’s school safety, EVERYONE being able to get good healthcare (no insurance required), and the more inclusive attitude to people of different sexual orientation/cultures/race makes this country the better option, in my opinion. 129 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @illawarriorhill70 So many Americans are brainwashed into thinking the US is the best place to live. Almost no-one else, outside of third world countries agree. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @tjarvinen1516 Couldn’t handle the pro diversity comments eh? You skipped over them….why? Doesn’t look good on you. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @guychaperon1289 In canada is not most of… it’s all of. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @davetyler5597 WHY? Not 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @guychaperon1289 Complotist ans low iq peeps in qc all want to go to florida. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @punchion As a Newfoundlander ( I absolutely hate the word newfie ) you do realize that we hear your mainland accents a bit strange to us. It's all about what you're familiar with. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @davidpepin3017 I live in Canada (Quebec), and I dont think I would move to the US, not even sure I want to visit...\nAnd the thing is, if you would have asked me maybe 20 years ago, I would have loved to live there, in NY even.\nMind you, I dont have any firm confirmation of how it is, but if we listen to the media, it seems like simply walking in NY is risky, thieves and mentaly ill people at every corner. What I'm getting at is that the picture drawn by the medias is one of complete insecurity, dirty and almost evil place, fill with mostly good people, but surrounded by madness left unchecked (sorry for my bad english, still learning). 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @enzopalumbo2164 I am retired and my health issues won't allow me to. I don't have employer insurance or even private insurance any more, But I feel I am getting the best care I can get. I see my family doctor regularly every 3-4 months. My prescription drugs are covered, I get grants for my medical conditions. Also with the crime rate, mass murders, and the dangerous political divisions in the country, I have no reason to move to the US. I just feel safer in Canada. Not to mention the corrupt Supreme Court that is impacting on people's lives by taking away rights that people fought for years to obtain. 2 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Larry.Roberton The war of 1812 was fought because Canadians didn't want to be Americans. Guess who won? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @francisdesjardins5913 Also, total no. I love spending weekends in Boston, it's a great city with a good mix of sport and culture. I know some urban centers are more liberal, but as many mentioned I cannot live in a place that gives so much importance to guns, religion, moral conservatism and Marjorie Taylor Green. We do have nut jobs in Canadian politic, but nothing remotely close. Also, I did find an article from May 26, 2023 that said there were 200 mass shootings across the US so far this year. I also hate the culture war in the US where everything become political (like LGBT rights, climate change or even biking). Worst part is that I'm considered conservative in Canada. I understand that there are nice people everywhere, even in the bible belt, and I would enjoy sharing a BBQ with them, but do I really want to raise children around people that believe that the Bible is more important than human rights and women freedom of choice with their body? 2 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @jamie11637 Just to touch briefly on the guns subject. Canada has quite a lot of guns relatively. Other than the United States, Canada has the highest guns per capita in the OECD. However, gun licensing, regulation and distribution along with various policies and cultural dynamics help in reducing mass shootings and school shootings.\nIn fact , Canada has only ever seen about a dozen school shootings in the last 50 years. Just to put that into perspective if a Canadian student were to attend an American school for a couple months, they are more likely to have a school shooting in those couple months than their entire K-12 education in Canada. I think that's why a lot of Canadians were mentioning their childs safety. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @tinapetrovicz9741 Tyler that Google translate was terrible. Mais non tabarnak = f#ck No , or more politely absolutely not. The other variation is Ben non callise. Fun fact French-Canadian doesn't have a direct translation for f#ck. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @robcostigan8757 A couple of hundred a month? When you’re healthy? Plus it’s tied to your job? Nope. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ruidykeman7422 No gun control no helth care no chance. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @sammcbeth2156 Your immune to the BS you grew up in it. The US is a dangerous place to visit let alone visit 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @a.gilbert657 Spent a fair amount of time in America, in many area's. \nOptically, when well positioned in the US, life can be lived at the highest standards available.\nMy American friends are congenial, courtley, generous and caring, excellent neighbour material.\nWould I consider it, as a seasonal choice....perhaps?\nMoving there full time, nearly came up professionally a few years ago, and I was willing to explore it.\nThe gun culture, the health care, the cultural divides, and its insulation from world awareness, make it a no for me.\n\nCorporate America clearly dislikes, and is disengaged from the American people, do anything to not pay them resonably, or outsource their positions.\nThe homeless, the substance issues and the crime are all core related to outsourcing the livelihoods of mainstream American's.\nFinally, I have a Canadian passport, which anywhere in the world is access to at least a neutral welcome, but more often a genuinely receptive one ! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @JoshuaHeagleDev I lived in the bay area California for a time and I would go back. But now with a family I share the same three recurring concerns expressed.\n\nBut really would love that weather again. Now the concern would be getting a job paying well enough to actually afford to live there as well for a family-sized home.\n\nLiving in Toronto area, it is expensive here already, but somehow I would need to make double or more salary to make it in California. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @trainstractorscarsandtruck7362 As a truck driver that has been almost everywhere in the US and Canada I would agree that I would never live in the USA. I do vacation there on occasion, New York, Disney World. There is way too much violence, politics, racism and people are in to much of a hurry to be out front. Everyone seems to need to be number 1. Great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Ironically I do spend about 8 to 10 days a month working there. I find the people on the west coast of the US friendlier than the east coast. It is the opposite in Canada, east coast friendlier than the west coast. Just my opinion and I have lived on both coasts in Canada. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @michaelboucher1183 I believe America is a beautiful place but is being destroyed by the few that are in power and want it their way or the highway 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @bethanystock9995 My family has been trying to get me to move to the US for the last 40 years. Sorry but no way! I prefer to live the life of freedom that americans like to think they have but really have no clue what freedom really is. Being able to shoot a gun and wear the flag as underwear is definitely not it!!!! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @carriewalker2929 I’m Canadian and sorry to break your heart but there is no way I would move down there. I don’t want to know I’m surrounded by guns, women’s rights are backwards there and I enjoy my free health care. My son, C-section and all was completely free. I live in a province that is considered the most “American” in its beliefs. Honestly I have thought about leaving my own province lately. Covid brought out all the weirdos. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @nksanbornski6687 We don't even cross border shop anymore. So, no! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @donnastillwell1683 Hell no your politicians suck 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @leschfeu1 As a Canadian. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how you read that line about that woman who didn't like her woman rights being actively stripped from herself and did NOT comment a word on that. And you completely jumped over the other comment saying she didn't want to be forced to gestate a foetus.\n\nWhat I think about that is Pro-life movement should shut the hell up, live and let live. If you want to rise like 8+ kids because you like unprotected sex with you other half and some of em require medical or special attention and you end up living for 1 of the flock rather than with your family, that is not a choice anyone should be able to force down anyone else's throat.\n\nIt's utterly disgusting then to have to face the judgement of people you love because an abortion had to be proceeded.\n\nToo many people are trying to enthrust their ideology onto other people's lives over which they shouldn't.\n\nAnd yea the gun culture where everyone has access to buy a gun from a normal store and its legal and then you litterally have the firepower to shoot the cashier in the face is nonsense to me. School shootings but also being shot by an afraid fella who carriedls a gun.\n\nI'd want to go get some vacations in the US but I wouldn't be safe for my 4 kids, not for a second. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @katiehill619 I don't even travel to the US for visits if I can help it. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @jaqathome Canada has legal weed, universal healthcare, a sane approach to immigration and our Prime Minister is a stone cold fox. I think we’re good! ?? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @u140550 As a American there is a lot of things to say, I want to in the future duel with the uk/eu or Canada. I’m surprised they haven’t talked about the high excelation of racism, and as a Asian person it hasn’t been fun. Until we at the lowest minimum (not my actual minimum) fix our healthcare system is close to nhs that is basically free healthcare payed by your taxes, then I don’t see much people wanting to go to the states; aside from maybe university. There is a lot that plays a role, but in my eyes living in Cali or Portland or Seattle or nyc are the better places. One thing that I’ll say is though we need higher wages, I think that is kinda something we get more at times than other countries to a extent. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @jonathanparadis-desmarais1830 Healthcare, political craziness, hate, violence, gun violence, religious zealots, our education is way better in general, racism, the anti lgbt. Your nation is getting hijacked by by right wing religious extremists. Yes there’s good people and nice things but the only reason i would move is the weather since i hate winter. And most of southern states are full of religious and extreme right wing 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @janicehawkins9178 My parents were snowbirds for decades. At the end of their stay, they owned a small place in Safford, AZ. I spent all my vacations wherever they were, Texas, other parts of Arizona. I loved exploring the US with them - Dodge City, KS, Tombstone, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Gila Cliff Dwellings, to name just a few. Multiple National Parks over their 30 years of winter stays. \n\nThe US is beautiful and steeped in history. We met some really nice people, and even loved a few of them (but not in a weird way).\n\nMy parents sold their place just before Trump became president (on purpose), and none of us have been back since.\n\nDon’t get me wrong, we have our share of ignorant and uneducated people, but most of ours don’t have guns. \n\nAnyways, I digress. Never, not once did we ever consider becoming American Citizens. Especially since Trump (OMG).\n\nWe love our country, even though it’s not perfect. We love our health care, such as it is currently.\n\nIn memory of Gene of Tory, AZ, a family friend, who was like a brother to all of us who knew him, who died too young because he refused to give up his children’s small inheritance to your healthcare system. \n\nEven though there is darkness, there is still greatness in your country. Hugs. 78 O0gJtVar7_E
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