Seems to me that Canadians wouldn’t have time to hate other provinces - they’re too busy hating the U.S.
I spent two years being told time and time again that Canada is “so much better”, and how they could never live in California. When I asked each time what part of California they had visited and hated so much, none of them had even been here!
So obviously Canadians think living in California is torture - all of it, from Sacramento to San Francisco, Los Angeles to Barstow. Small towns, cities of 17 million people, it didn’t matter - Canada was better…
So fear not, Scarberians, Jane and Fince or Victoria Park and Eglinton trumps Rodeo Drive or the Pacific Coast Highway any day…:dubious:
My wife is from California. We’d move there in an instant if it wasn’t such a basket case economically.
It’s a Canadian thing. We think we’re the best, and on average we probably are better than most. But if you have a job or money you can live in lots of places that are just as good at an equivalent or better lifestyle.
[tosses Québec into the conversation about how no one ever bitches about other provinces*]
Ok, I admit I’m mostly getting that from comments on the Globe and Mail and CBC news articles…
My in-laws live outside a tiny town of about 200 people (mostly related), a good 2km from any neighbours, with only dial-up internet (or satellite, I suppose), no cell phone reception, and a good 20 minute drive to the closest convenience store, let alone grocery store or any form of entertainment other that what they create themselves. I think they work about 45 minutes from home, along country roads. They seem happy, but I admit I couldn’t do it. I’d be bored out of my mind and would find errands to be a massive chore, nevermind the tedium of such a commute.
My home town has about 150 000 people…I could live there again easily, except that there are definitely no jobs in my field there. I like living in the heart of the city, and I have no plans to ever compromise and move to the suburbs or (shudder) the West Island (I’d kill myself sitting in traffic on the highway, I think!). I’m happy here.
Naw, we don’t sit arond thinking about how much we hate America - all our time is used up thinking about how much we hate Saskatoon. We don’t have any left for California. Get your priorities straight, people!
It is a rite of passage for all young Canadians, that they wish to visit California, namely Disneyland.
There’s a reason why a near tropical city, Los Angeles, that can’t support a NFL team has had an NHL hockey team for many years.
There’s more Canadians living there in LA than in most Canadian cities, except for a handful. These are mostly Canadians that can make choices either due to occupational skills or money.
It’s strange to me that you are generalizing an experience that only lasted for two years. That means not before and not after. Care to explain?
Not sure what that really has to do with urban versus rural. If anything, urban areas tend to be better prepared to deal with snow, when it’s seasonal, because they have the proper infrastructure in place to deal with it (plows, salting, etc.), so the streets are cleared in a timely and efficient way. IME, the whole-city shutdowns come when a place gets weather it’s not prepared for because it happens so rarely, which would seem to me to affect both urban and rural areas equally.
On the other hand, people living in rural areas tend to be better prepared to deal with snow because they know the roads take time to clear. Potatoe, potahto.
Oh yeah? I currently live in a city of 67 million and there are 572 sushi restaurants within walking distance. I count 32 operas playing RIGHT NOW being advertised in the paper(which is one of 15 twice-daily newspapers in this city) and I can ride the train to Tokyo and NYC whenever I feel like it.
I used to live in a town with a population of 3 that was 17 hours away from the nearest city. I lived on the side of a beautiful mountain overlooking a rain forest and miles and miles of prairie. I didn’t need a sushi restaurant because, you see, I just walked to the nearby stream and plucked a fish right out of the water.
67 million? Is that in the above ground, underground or floating sky level? 67 mill ain’t nothing.
And your country place sounds low rent also, no waterfall? How could you live without your own personal waterfall?
Just as an aside, to defend the good people of Los Angeles, there is no lack of football interest in LA. They don’t have a team because the city refuses to spend a hillion kaskillion dollars on a new stadium for an NFL team to live high on the hog in.
My experience (Denver) is that cities are much, much worse as there is no where to plow the snow to. Especially if people are parking on the streets. Too crowded in more ways than one.
This sounds to me like, “They’re used to having fewer services, so they are more self-sufficient (i.e., it’s not a problem if they can’t get off their own property, because they have what they need for at least a few days on hand).” So, again, it’s not so much that cities are easier to shut down with unexpected snow as that there just isn’t the same kind of activity to shut down. If that makes any sense.
If snow is an expected part of the weather, there will be places to plow the snow to. And again, in cities where snow is an expected part of the weather, there are special parking restrictions during snow.
All places are different of course, but the snow plowing and maintenance where I live is exceptional. I use my plow for my drive. Once in a while I’ll need to run it down the road that leads to my house. BTW, my Wife and I are the only full time residents on the road, we are generally last to be plowed but they still get to us quickly.
Again, your experiances are different than mine. Been there done that. And we sure have been seeing a lot of people in the city trying to dig out their cars lately, haven’t we. Plus these little gems.
