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1 year, 6 months ago @PaigeFaucher no I wouldn’t even visit with orange Cheeto as president. Moving there will never happen as I can’t even move out of my province which is Ontario because my 1300 x4 times a year medication is only covered in Ontario and definitely my whole family would be bankrupt living their plus I hate guns and the racism/ sexism in the states is way worse then in Canada. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @LelaBria I would be much more likely to move to holland, or New Zealand if I ever moved. Maybe even Germany. Absolutely never the states ? even tho I think OF the places to live in the states, Santa Cruz , Vermont, Seattle , Portland or near by, or maybe even Maine if they weee less expensive and more diverse Lolol might be places I’d be less averse to I guess but unfortunately they’re all still a part of the states as a whole so never and no thanks. ?. \nOh or maybe some of the Canadian border states areas that are very close and have similar beautiful geography with lots of cottage country like environment and run across the border distance to O Canada ??? is that cheating ? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @LelaBria ??? at the Mais no , tabernac! ?? and then ur reaction lolol. Alot of Québécois French swear words I think are sort of religion/blashpemy related ?\n\nThat hyper capitalistic like. Everything is a business that has no business being a business Lolol. Like prisions. Healthcare. Frikkin everything over prioritizes capitalistic values. And Americans seems to be happy and supportive of that so idk lol? are you aware that sounds insane from a country that values social programs and what not lol 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @LelaBria Even with the guns like. We have guns here. We just don’t think it’s better to have barely any regulation control or laws about attaining them owning them and what is appropriate use of them versus not. To watch Americans defend their right to bear arms as a reason to entirely ignore the amount of gun violence , combined with insane laws that literally enable or encourage said violence , from people who are not in anyway necessarily trained to asses or handle as safely as possible , urgent situations. To have any children or schools shot up not immediately cause a national need to solve the problem but jsut have it ongoing and not much change to address the issues of innexsssary gun violence to not just Canadians but a lot of the world , looks entirely insane and white honestly idiotic lol I’m just being real. \n\nTo spend the amount yall do on military to feel safe , but have such unsafe conditions in the general public is crazy to a lot of us. Outside America. Yall are a danger to yourselves and okay with that? Lol same thing with food and nutirion and fda things that are acceptable and legal but banned everywhere else ?like. You guys do realize ur safety is not only about who owns the most guns you will be less safe if ur health is poor, bec of insane things being legal to be sold and eaten , healthcare is not easily accessible , and the gun violence of ur own is always a possibility like. How does that feel safe ? \n\nI have a friend who went to school on scholarship and now works married and lives there and she hates it and feels terrified all the time. Her own husband is American and owns a gun but she hates it hates guns now. And is exhausted and has anxiety issues as a result of a lot of the culturally and legally normal gun ownership and attitudes there. A lot of Canadians would feel the exact same way. And to WANT your country to be run and managed that way screaming it at the top of ur lungs is. Bonkers bat shit crazy to many of the rest of us. Ur not the only country where it’s legal to own guns and have them, but yet we’re not hearing about school\nShootings as a problem that just never gets solved and everyone who lives there sort of shrugs about ? lol it’s. Odd. To. Us. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @LelaBria Idk i think you need to realize that we also have our bias in addition to you having yours. Meaning, to most of us , excepting the most left leaning socially progressive pockets and contexts , which even then wouldn’t be viewed that way to us just acceptable lol ?\n\nOur baseline/political middle in Canada is A LOT more left leaning than the baseline normal/political middle in the states. So while people tend to equate your democrats to our liberals or our NDP , and equate your republicans to our conservatives. It’s just not accurate. If you throw our span of parties and American span of parties on the SAME spectrum /polarity line. You might be surprised to realize how shifted left our systems range politically is from the American one. \n\nThis hugely impacts the average normal expectation , what we clutch our pearls at hearing coming out of the mouths of the general public , and our range of what we expect to not hear or see ranted about unless they’re to our view , extremely right leaning politically /social values. \n\nFor us this means that actually genuinely , a lot of America does get experiences by us as bat shit crazy racist homophobic immigrant intolerant culturally and religiously ignorant , and somewhat backwards in larger or smaller amounts ? I know that’s not fun to hear but. Being the most diverse country based so much on immigration means. What is normal and known /familiar and normal so we aren’t ignorant to , is completely different. \n\nFor us we have our pockets usually in more rural less populated areas further away from larger cities where there is more diversity but that’s the same often in many countries that you will find some of the louder racist homophobic intolerant voices typically in places that truly are unfamiliar and ignorant to the experience of growing up with and around much of any diversity of varying kinds. So it’s not to say we don’t have racism and intolerance of course like anywhere we do. It’s just contained and the range and frequency and intensity is MUCH different. We distinguish nuances of diff cultures and religions more easily and in larger numbers we’re more familiar with diff ways of life , language , food, dress , holidays , values and used to a much less segregated way of existing even when we are differnt from each other as the NORM. My parents were both born in the states and my older brother was born there but they moved up here when he was a baby. So nearly all my extended family lives down there and I’m a duelly. And my experiences discussing things with my cousins or visiting absolutely could be described as culture shock at times. The insane things that came out of my own cousins mouths when they hear our friends or partners of various cultures , our not understanding how big a deal and incredibly insulting apparently it is to have assumed someone American was lgbt lol the list goes on. Like I don’t think our most intolerant Pockets can hold a flame to even ur closet to middle a bit intolerant places and contexts in America. Quite honestly. \n\nI think the absolute undying favourable passionate upholding and support of nationalistic, capitalist, hyper individualistic mentality about society as a whole (from my Canadian born and bred perspective lol) makes the differences even more glaring blaring and hard to swallow for us lol. I think more Canadians would feel exactly how that comment stated , that you felt was not fair for us to experience America as. I think the truth is a lot of Canadians are being too polite to let you know that’s exactly how a lot of America comes off to a lot of Canada ? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @Roshiyu Here's my logic-\n\nWorst case scenario in Canada: conservatives get control of the government.\n\nThe Cons in Canada are roughly equal to the Dems in the USA.\n\nWhich is the best case scenario in the USA, compared to MAGA.\n\nSo no. Hell frozen over, no. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @elizabethmerritt8960 I didn’t see many comments on the education system. \n\nThe quality of the US education in elementary, middle and high school is far less than in Canada. Post secondary has young people getting out of school with exorbitant debt.\n\nIt just another reason not to move to the US. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @EugeneThomasBurden Good Job! A most interesting read every day: You are such a great unbiased and open minded journalist!❤ 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @christianeangell6831 Americans are now immune to the school shooting....This is not normal...please don't be complacent...Guns Control works.. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @KpopBopping as a Canadian I know 0 people that have a gun. Unless you count a fake gun above a fire place in the basement ps it looks fake its in a shape of a gun made out f wood. thank like a Minecraft sword 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @devorahfriedman7502 Gun shot injuries are the first, ie most common, cause of death for children in the US. It seems that it is a huge problem if that is considered Normal and acceptable. Very sad indeed. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @LanaTodd-pn1yg gun violence,,people can have carry permits,,that is just to scary for me,, 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 6 months ago @CanadianGirl84 No offense but I definitely would never move to the States. I'm good here. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @timbo1a I’m a Canadian, born and raised. Considered it self when I was young to join the USAF. Wish I did. Lots of Canadians down there. Shatner for one, and there’s many more famous Canadians down there. Some of the warmest and friendliest people I’ve met have been from the states. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @pyttv9841 If I had millions of dollars. If I could pick an isolated location with lots of trees, rivers and space. If I could escape from winter for 11 3/4 months of the year. If I could put up a 20 foot fence with sentry points and gun turrets (because you can do that in the states), state of the art security and off the grid. If I could guarantee the government would not interfere with my life. If I could get all I needed delivered. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @crisp6195 hell NO!! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @ka1133 If shootings at school is not on your radar or a topic of conversation, then I suggest that you’re extremely naïve and have your head buried in the ground, sir. You’ve had so many mass shootings in the United States over the past 10 years where children have been murdered in schools. They have been cities and towns that are small, isolated communities the one recently in Uvalde, Texas. Is a good prime example. Are you not even aware what is going on in your own country. I think you better concentrate little less on what’s going on in Canada and maybe learn about your own country. Your country is a total mess maybe not in your tiny little community where you live. Have you ever travelled outside of your own county? Based on the comments that you have made, I rather doubt it. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @lisaghking There have been 58 school shootings in the United States in 2024. 58. And nothing has been done about it. I know you say you live in a small town, but Sandy Hook was a small town; Columbine was a small town. It can happen anywhere where there’s guns. ? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @MISSY4EVR I would move there but the thought of everyone having guns does scare me. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @sandracameron2291 I have to say my son and daughter in law lived in a community just out of Houston. they loved it .They had veery good health insurance through my sons employer. their baby girl was born in Houston and they were very happy there. But they moved home when their girl was ready to go to school because of the school shootings. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @iem123 I think the vast majority of those Reddit posts and are overrating the difference. \n\nNow, admittedly, I am Canadian and have lived here my whole life. I’ve only been to the states a handful of times and not recently (last time was like 5 years ago). But nonetheless, I think Canada and America are about as similar of countries as you can get. I think the bigger difference is going to be the different regions of each country. Like, Seattle is going to be more like Vancouver than Miami. Also, you mentioned you live in a small town/city, I imagine if you moved to rural Canada you’d notice little difference. Just my $0.02 though 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 7 months ago @eileenalbanese5362 Not a chance of moving there, although the people I’ve met were lovely , albeit a bit loud and clueless about Canada. lol 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @lucdery6836 To be honest, we do pay for health-care. Through income tax. But income tax is proportionnal to the income of each individual. A Canadian who earns nothing or has a very low income pays no income tax at all and yet, they enjoy care absolutely free, as well as a high income Canadian. Do private insurance companies in the US charge less for poor people? A couple hundreds could be not big a deal for someone earning 100k a year, but at 30k, it’s a whole lot of money. 2 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @lucdery6836 Just being near a handgun makes many of us unconfortable even if it’s a policeman wearing it. The mere sight of it gives us the creeps. Imagine if everybody around carried one! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @Azsunes You say that not worrying about health care since it comes from your employer or you can buy your own. I hear horror stories of people taking an Ambulance to a hospital for it to be out of network. Even if they planned on going to a Hospital in network the doctor was out of network. There are even times insurance companies that refuse to pay out and try to find any reason possible requiring legal action. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @Northerndoll I was visiting when I felt sick. I came home asap. Turned out I had a tumour on my brain stem. Thankfulness. 4 surgical teams, 10 hr surgery, 1wk in hosp, months of homecare, rehab and follow up mri and care. Yikes. My sis moved down in 1976, was good when she was in her 30’s while she worked. Her husband, American, went off on Canadian disability and once my sister retired their healthcare costs were crazy. They moved to a state that had better senior med care. I was visiting four yrs ago. My sis had several hosp visits due to heart issues. She ended up having open heart surgery. The hospital was lovely. Care was great. Pt care room was huge. I was used to tight icu cubicles. She had complications, day 4 the social worker came to tell her she was being discharged the next day. Her insurance had run out. There was no further coverage!!! She was in her 80’s had just had a stent blow thru her R coronary artery 5 days earlier then have bypass surgery and had just come off a ventilator the day before. I had to get back to Canada the next day. Thankfully, the social worker was able to continue working to find respite care at a nursing home for her for a couple more wks. \n\nI love certain parts of the states having spent a majority of my childhood visiting since my big sister moved there. Both countries are having issues now. Housing sucks in canada. If you aren’t doing well financially, canada isn’t all that great anymore either. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @daydream_believer $200/ month for health ins is a lot. $2400/ yr. or $24,000/ 10 yrs. That is the amount just to be insured for ONE family member. It doesn't include copays when you do have to visit a doctor or need medication. Then what happens if your plan doesn't give you enough coverage or ANY coverage for a new illness or what is considered to be a pre-existing condition?! Cdns could very well pay this in taxes, but the taxes pay for a lot more of what is needed to have a functioning society. Americans pay these amounts plus taxes. YIKES!! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @LaneHelms I was born, educated, and brainwashed in the USA (without my consent). I moved to Canada for a career opportunity in 1972. Best life improvement I ever made. There isn’t any way I would even consider going back to the USA. Too dangerous, much less freedom, too many ignorant, rude people. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @lynne6638 Wasn’t Sandy Hook in a small town? There’s no safe school in the USA. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @donwest5387 I don't even want to visit the U.S. anymore 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @donwest5387 divisive government 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @yallvoir Re concerns about school shootings. Based on January 2009 to May 2018 school shootings in the US vs Canada and factoring in the 2024 populations a student in the US is over 70 times more likely to experience a school shooting that a student in Canada, and if we use the low number of 10 deaths per shooting, a student in the US is over 700 times more likely to be killed in a school shooting that a student in Canada, and these numbers don't include those injured. The numbers used are not ideal, but even at half of that it is horrendous. \nAs far as choosing where to live to avoid a school shooting, I don't believe that any school has suffered more than 1 shooting, and I don't think that any of the schools that experienced a shooting were on anyone's top 1,000 list for where the next school shooting would occur. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @Jean-FrancoisPelletier-c2u Mass shooting number rate in the US is the bigest in the world! Number of persons in prison is also the highest in the world! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @TRAILLER consider this:\nin the US it's statistically considered a shootout if there is at least 4 victims.\nin Canada it's statistically considered a shootout if there was a gun fired at someone.\n\nand the US numbers are still higher than the canadian ones. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @TRAILLER The only reason canadian move to the US is because of work (mostly in showbiz), and most time it's with a double citizenship. \nIf you want to build a family you move to canada. If you want to build up your bank account you go to the US. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @chrisgarceau9282 No 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @VIoletMelo When HELL freezes over, would I ever think of moving to the United States ! ! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @ensleyharris3608 No thank you. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @joedistaulo5061 Hi. Just chipping in here. Canadians may complain about the U.S., but we love you! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 8 months ago @caroldorrington9322 No no no. It is a crazy country for many reasons. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @gaylechambers1945 I lived in L.A. from 77-78. I was called a “snow back” (opposite wet back) always laughed at my “eh”. Made some great friends, in general I was made aware that I was unwelcome and NOT American. Came home haven’t even wanted to visit since.???VOTE BLUE ?Protect the longest unprotected border on the planet ? One World ? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @Glyn-gq8ts Many Americans,the majority according to news reports, want gun control due to the mass shootings etc. one political party offers thought and prayers rather than doing something to protect children’s lives when they are in school…….they allow machine guns to the ordinary citizen but god forbid anyone importing a kinder egg!! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @planesandbikes7353 56 years in Canada, live on the west coast the best part of Canada. I would move to the USA in a heartbeat. It is a better nation, more prosperous and affordable. I live in Arizona in winter, love it a LOT. It is generally friendlier when I am in the US than in west coast Canada which is more reserved with less sense of humour (but Ontario and east coast have legendary senses of humour). Health care is scary bad in Canada, a much better value in the US even though it costs more. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @YveBegin-i6p I FROM MONTREAL AND I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2 YEARS , I MADE GREAT FRIEND, HAD A JOB NOT PAYING BUT I WORKING AND LIVIONG THE MOTEL I WAS WORKING FOR.THE USA IS A GREAT COUNTRY, BUT I'M CANADIAN SO I ADORE MY COUNTRY 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @roonboo96 I’m sorry, but never would I move to the US for all of the reasons already given in the video. I have a good friend in Massachusetts and I keep asking him when he’s going to come home to Canada. I really think Trump is going to be President again and I think it is time for my friend and his son to come on home. I don’t even feel very comfy visiting in the US anymore…And if (when) Trump wins, and Project 2025 goes through, I don’t think it will be particularly safe for most people to be there. Sorry about that… 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @Wowwieify Lol. Now you know some french? no I would not move to. The Usa 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @glen3679 The one thing I like in the United States is their right to bear arms. With the sad state that Canada's military is in it needs all the help it can get 0 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @susanmeredith4957 I guess you’re so used to the insanity in the US that you don’t see it as much as a Canadian coming down to visit. The US political climate is nuts, and scary. Such a deep divide. It’s sad. Years ago people could have civil conversations about political views.\nIn Canada you don’t have to worry about which place to move to based on political affiliation. \nX- Pat here. I moved from California to British Columbia years ago, and at this point have lived here longer than in the US. I will never move back to the US. I do enjoy visiting on holiday to Florida and California but always happy to come home to Canada. So grateful to live here. \nBy the way, my mom lived in a very safe community in Florida yet the highschool a few blocks away had a mass shooting ? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @susanmeredith4957 Re your statement of employer health care, my sister in law in the US had employer (teacher) insurance and son had to have surgery, even with insurance they owed thousands in hospital/surgeon costs. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
1 year, 9 months ago @michelmarcotte8600 I have family in the USA the people are fantastic, nice places, better earnings in some jobs worse in others. The best reason to move there is opportunities if you are a band or entertainer, actor. Teachers in Canada make $60,000 to $100,000.Because our Prime Minister is leaning towards dictatorship my stance on gun laws are changing to the American view. Hopefully the next election will reverse the censorships and overreach of this particular government. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
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