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2 years, 11 months ago @DaveGIS123 Tyler's right about small-town America. I was driving my family to an international soccer tournament when the van broke down. A kind American stopped, found a tow rope in his truck, and towed us to the nearest town --- Drayton, North Dakota. \n\nThe town was so stereotypical, it was almost comical. It's definitely a different culture. There was the guy dressed head-to-toe in camouflage, with a bright orange hunter's vest. There was a carload of kids driving a hot rod up and down the main street, back and forth, back and forth, with no particular place to go.\n\nBut then there were two very kind gentlemen who came up to us, concerned about our wellbeing and where my family would sleep that night, because the motel was filling-up fast with competitors for the Drayton Catfish Capital Challenge Catfish Tournament (it's a real thing, look it up). Nobody prompted them. They had no ulterior motive. They were just genuinely concerned for us.\n\nMy lasting impression of the townspeople I'd met in Drayton that day was how nice they all were. They were kind and friendly and genuinely caring toward others, going out of their way to help us any way they could. 50 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @grahamkemble3917 Skipping over the politically/socially “delicate” issues is ignoring many of the real reasons that Canadians do not want to live in the US. They are very relevant to Canadian society. 10 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @dawnelder9046 I would. But only Florida. At one time Washington state, but it isnt the place it was in the 70s and 80s. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @donwest5387 you have to live where the jobs are! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Cody-hx1uq No we wouldnt. Why do you talk so slow kermit. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @allymaguire7170 We are not a smaller, better version of the US. We are a distinct society completely separate culturally from the US. It’s so many things but to sum it up it is the melting pot mentality of the US (conformity) vs the celebration of multi-culturalism in Canada (diversity). We are barely equivalent to the most democratic of states, js 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @nightrider396 No I don't think so no guns laws canada safe place to live 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @beverlyhowe5680 There are lots of Snowbirds who go down to the US for the winter but they come back for the summer. But I don’t know any who want to make it a permanent move. And the only reason they go is to escape the cold. Escaping winter is the only incentive. 4 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Suelorie NO you could not pay me enough to even consider it 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @justthinking1667 From your comments, i hear that you feel safe because your health insurance is purchased through your employer. How safe is your health care if you loose your job? In Canada, we still get health care. Our heath care is covered through our taxes. Like road upkeep, schools etc.. Even our ambulace care cost will be covered, if you can not afford it. But, what happens when you reach retirement? Is your health care free? I understand people in the US work way passed retirement age just to have health care. So unfair. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Haze3278 Not even if you paid me a million. No thank you. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @WebsterA Yeah, man.\n\nThe new political cult of 100million+ and the gun violence has kinda ruined everyone's opinion on the US.\n\nBefore the 2000s, it was where everyone I knew dreamed of being. \n\nI feel bad for good guys like you. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @blackfire3744 Women in the US who've just given birth are being charged literal thousands of dollars for the privilege to hold their child for the first time. Itemized as skin to skin contact with newborn. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @teamsaunz However, if Donald Trump ever ran for Canadian PM (I know he can’t…just hypothetical), I’d be running to the US or pretty much any other country as fast as I could. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @oldguysonsportbikes7455 I think you're missing the point about choosing locations for safety. \nAs a Canadian, we choose based on the best schools, neighborhood, amenities. \nWe never have to ask, has there been a school shooting in this district? \nYou should Google a map of school shootings in the US. Every state has had them. Urban, rural, suburbs. \nI guess that you're just desensitized to it, growing up there. \nFor a non-american, just the thought of having to consider whether or not there's been school shooting in your choice of where to live, is mind-blowing. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @shawnaseverinski3219 No Canadian would EVER consider religion in an area to move. That is absolutely disgusting 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @oldstockwhitecanadian2492 I’d move to a red state alright if it wasn’t almost impossible for a Canadian to migrate unless backed by an employer… 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @TheStp77 I would totally move to the US! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ReneesRantAbout4361 Never. I would shoot myself before I would move to the USA (finding a handgun might be tough as they are generally not available at my local convience store) Health care is a very small part of it. 5 friends over 20 years being returned from the USA in body bags. US culture is very infantile and toxic. I have tried once for 2 weeks 20 years ago and I literally cried when the plane crossed back into Canada. Racism was so much more extreme than I could imagine. The worship of the Money God was horrible. Also all the small things like the fear enhanced news programs and desentization to human rights and lack of freedom. ??? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @robgrossi2368 Not sure if I would move to the US, but I love visiting. Also, despite its obv flaws (nowhere is perfect, ?? included), it does have a lot of beautiful places and culturally positive influences. 4 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @beecmarder2033 swear word in Quebec (like damn church) 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @msmoniz Not a chance! As imperfect as our healthcare system is in Canada, by comparison our system amazing and not based on your employment status. And the go-go culture would also turn me off, with the constant focus on work and productivity. I'd move to almost any western European country where work is part of life not the focus of life!! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @johnrowe8085 we as Canadians listen to all your different media outlets ie Republican or Democrates. And with a Sprinkle here and there, that are unbiased news broadcasters that truly worried about their country. And those complete (rep/dem) patriots are worried that your country is being lead down a rabbit hole of offending circumstances. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @lucylin1999 If I could live in Mayberry with Sheriff Taylor and Aunt Bea and Opie, I would consider it. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @shawnaseverinski3219 He's absolutely right with the batshit crazy. Americans can't see it in themselves, ever! Every single American citizen is completely nuts about religion, race and completely full of themselves. 99% of Americans don't realize they are hated by the entire world for their arrogance and stupidity 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @AL.BUNDY. There are so many scary things about the US right now. Drugs, crime, mass murders, accessibility to healthcare, terrorism, racial hate crimes, etc. The list is quite long. Not everyone is affected by all of these things (knock on wood). One thing that is disgusting is politics. It is not dangerous per se as the aforementioned so it is probably not fair to say it as a justification against moving to the US. However, it is very commonplace in the US, and it is very annoying. Politics is extremely toxic, aggressive, and divisive right now. One wrong comment out of your mouth in public, and people will be ready to fight you. Or on the flip side, you hear one wrong comment in public, it is best to bite your tongue. \n\nPolitics in the US was not always intolerable. It has always been a strong subject of discussion since forever. However, it became disgusting and overly obnoxious ever since Trump came into the scene. I think his elitist personality gave his supporters a green light to be more vocal about their own divisiveness. Combine that with social media, and you have a recipe for disaster... so much hate, divisiveness, and willingness to not bite one's tongue right now in the States. American politics is really overbearing. And monkey see and monkey do... it will leak into Canada. I guarantee it. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @vandesaar Uvalde is a small town... 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @studioplanetesilhouette Travelled there so many times but I compare it to Paris : Heaven and Hell in the same place... Tried living there but was so happy to get back to Québec. The culture is not at all the same... But it is the most beautiful country to visit. Same with France but on a much smaller scale. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ryandvernychuk7033 Funny, I would never live in any of the major Canadian cities especially Toronto Vancouver Montreal 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @BrianR. So far in 2023, there have been 23 school shootings in the US with injuries or deaths and 34 people killed or injured and we're only in July. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @tigershirew7409 I had considered it once, about 25 years ago. I had friends to move to and everything, but my mother's cancer came back and I decided not to. I think it would have been fine in the past but given the circumstances that have evolved over the last 10 years - no, not to live. There are tons of beautiful and interesting places to visit in the US and I love visiting my friends. There are also tons of nice people in the US, but no, I would never move there. 9 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @BMFC No 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @kaileyenns No, never. I would NEVER move to the USA. The only kind of weapon a citizen should be able to buy are hunting rifles and hand guns. Both of wich you need special licenses to obtain and can take up to 2 months to get. When guns are the most common way children die, how can you kid yourself it's not a problem. Especially when no other first world country has this problem. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @robertbaldassare2118 Tyler... Virginia Tech Shooting, Blacksburg VA, Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton CT, Robb Elementary Uvalde TX, Parkland HS in Parkland FL , Columbine HS in Columbine CO ... some of the worst school mass shootings in the USA... all in small tonws :( 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @laurelgillespie5612 Canadian in California. Absolutely depends?? 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @cdnrednek1027 I would've considered it 30 or 40 yrs ago, no way not now, most people are good but the USAs government does nothing but lie, no matter who's in power. I am a truck driver and spent 37 yrs driving across your country, i have watched american pride in the country slowly decline. In the late 1970s every 2nd house had a flag on it. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @rachelc2227 A child brought up in violence cannot know that there is another way of living in a family. So you can't know why this refusal from the Canadians until you have experienced it. Your comment about living in a small community makes you feel safe and family friendly. We (Canadian) seem weird, since we do not support the slightest killing of children in any school in the country. This thought that it is not with us, until... I find it sad because it will only deploy this aggressiveness if it is not stopped and I do not see your policy being concerned about it, rather the opposite 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @shawnaseverinski3219 Who the heck can afford a couple hundred a month for health insurance?! That is absolutely INSANE 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @MickPsyphon Canadians who say that they'd never move to the USA fall into these groups:\n\nA) Ignorant: People who get their news about the USA from the CBC or any of the other MSM FAKE NEWS outlets.\n\nB) Leftists/Liberals: People who would only ever move to Leftist/Liberal havens, such as New York, California or Washington; and they're aware of how those states are extremely dangerous, with violent crime on the rise, extremely high taxes and fascist governments that make Trudeau look good.\n\nC) The Elderly: Unfortunately, most elderly people in Canada are on a fixed income; and the meager healthcare they're allowed to receive is still far better than anything they can afford in the USA.\n\nI'd consider moving to a number of states in the USA. It's a great country... great people (even many DemoKKKrat voters aren't as terrible as the people they elect). 2 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @beecmarder2033 are you Tyler Bouquet or Tyler Bucket? (silly joke if you know ancient British comedies) 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @furriass3978 Tyler, thanks for your entertaining and fun videos. My grandfather is a dual citizen but has never renewed his passport or anything and when asked to do so, he outright refuses. He says he hated living there. We live in the Vancouver area of Canada right now. My wife is finishing her registered nursing degree and we are considering moving to washington state, within an hour or so of the Canadian border on temporary work visas (TN1) for a few years. The main reason is the cost of living differences, mostly in housing but a lot of things are cheaper down there too. For example though, the costs of rent or to buy a house in the Vancouver area is insane - 1.5 million is generally a starting point. The cost of a detached house south of the border between Bellingham and Blaine starts around $400,000 ($500,000 CDN). If renting, it's crazy cheaper than here. \n\nThe area we are considering going to is very close to the canadian border, I've never heard of major violence problems in the area. Like one of the other comments you read, we're basically considering moving there to take advantage of a lower cost of living and higher salaries for a bit to try to get ahead. Living in the Vancouver area is such an absolute DRAIN on our finances that it is intolerable. If we didn't move to the US, we'd have to find another place in Canada to go to, but we do like the climate on the coast here. I'd actually just keep commuting to Canada daily to work in Canada since it's so close to the border, and writing the bar exam to be able to practice law in any US state except California, Massachusets, or New York is a pain in the backside to even be able to write it, let alone prepare for it. Just easier for me to keep working here unless we decided to try to make a permanent move somewhere further from the border.\n\nIf we decided to change our minds and apply to stay in the US in the future, there are a lot of the other considerations that other people have raised on top of my own ability to continue as a lawyer. Gun violence in the US is crazy, extreme polarized political views and increasing intolerance against diversity of race, culture, religion, (and while it doesnt affect us directly, it bothers us how LGBTQ people are increasingly targeted with backwards policies and by certain segments of the public), the health care system in canada has it's problems but it's also got it's strong points. We'll never go bankrupt because of a health care issue since we can move back to Canada IF it's ever a problem. Thankfully we are all pretty healthy so it shouldn't be much of a problem for a while at least. And we wouldn't even move there at all if her employment as a nurse doesn't offer health care and better pay than she can obtain here. \n\nOur kids will probably attend post-secondary (college/university) in Canada as dual citizens unless they get a scholarship to a top US school. The costs of post-secondary in Canada appears to be much cheaper than in the US and we have some good colleges/universities that consistently rank high globally. 4 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @teamsaunz I’m actually none of the answers talked about the exchange rate being a factor. To receive approximately 70 to 75 cents for every dollar is very unappealing. If the dollar was on par, I would consider it but likely not…even though I do like America. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @101starting The French swear words are for your info ? tabarnac , ostie, calis, saint-sacrament. Should de it but many more can be heard 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @truthseeker6264 15 yrs ago ya would've moved but not now 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Card_Crazed My family and I have a lot of medical issues, so the US health insurance system would see it as a pre existing condition, so no health insurance for us.... I give it a hard NO to moving to the USA, just for that reason alone, but there are many other reasons I wouldn't move to the USA. I like it here in Canada. The USA might be a good place to visit, but not live. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @angelaman536 When Trump became President, I stopped travelling to the U.S, and actually haven’t returned since . 3 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @pinksugarcookies71 The media from the states does not portray your country in a positive way. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @coolwater55 Thank you Tyler, that must have been a difficult researched video to find out a lot of Canadians would not live in the U.S. for the variety of reasons expressed. No consistent health care, mass shootings, political life is a full time ongoing business, that does not exist in Canada. One is lucky to have 3 weeks of campaigning. Even for big elections. \nPlus the racism as well as the far right Christian fundamentalists in the South, we have them too, but it seems more prevalent in certain States. 3 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @gljtiamo Tyler? I suggest google’n “ school shootings, small town America”…. article after article, when you do, says why most mass school shootings tend to happen in small towns….where nobody expects that they would have happened & how all the residents in those towns are always surprised that they happened in their town. \nI say this as somebody who once loved the idea of moving to the USA. \nMy mom was a single parent and as a result I spent a ton of time as a very young kid in the late 80s throughout the mid 90s in a small town in Oregon on my aunt and uncles dairy farm with my cousins and I absolutely loved it. Truthfully, I still love small-town America and I love the vast majority of the people I have met from small-town America. There is the friendliness and community that I find very similar to prairie farming towns in Canada. \n And as a kid, I loved the focus on high school sports in the small USA town I spent time in and how it brought the community together. It was very exciting to go to my cousins football games—stuff like that was super fun as a kid.\nAs an adult, with 2 young kids of my own now? \nYes, I would be terrified to send my children to any school in the United States, especially knowing that the vast majority of my school shootings do happen in small towns, which is a type of place in the states I would personally like to go to, if I did move. \n\nAdditionally, I will be completely bankrupt at this point given my own health issues as well as my two kids health issues and I’m just in my late 30s. \nAnd I’m not talking to super crazy health issues, but health issues nonetheless. I have asthma that has gone through patches where I’ve had to be hospitalized & I was diagnosed with stage 3 malignant melanoma when I was in my late 20s and pregnant with my 2nd. My first child was born with a congenital heart disorder that was missed through the pregnancy and until she was two, and that involved many many trips to the hospital & various specialists until they figured out what was going on (one of the symptoms was her randomly stopping breathing and going blue, which was terrifying, and could’ve been for many different reasons & it took many specialists & many hospital visits to figure it all out)\nMy son was born with a multiple protein intolerance and later received an autism diagnosis. There a decent number of hospital visits and specialists for his first couple of years of life too. \n\n I have no idea if I was in the United States how I would’ve paid for any of our health issues (let alone all three of ours) for that 5 or 6 year period where we all needed various types of regular-ish medical care. \n(because we got good medical care, thankfully, none of us have really had to see doctors any more than the average person in the last few years?)\n\nMy kids are now in elementary school, and, as a Canadian, the issue of school shootings happening anywhere….., including in small towns that seem perfectly safe……as well as the cost of healthcare for stuff that is covered by our taxes here in Canada….. are the two biggest reasons that I will think fondly of my time in small-town America, but would never consider moving there 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @lmc2938 I lived in MA for 17 years. I liked it and have many friends from there. I would go back, but yes, the healthcare would stop me. Getting older, needing more medical intervention. Not having to worry about healthcare costs is easy. I also said that the US was one step away from being behind the iron curtain. There is not the same freedoms there as there is here in Canada. The media controls the nation. Too much news. Not so here.\n\nWhile in Florida recently, my friends granddaughter was in a mall hiding from an active shooter. She was calm, I was hysterical. 7 O0gJtVar7_E
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