We pretty much got it all here. Lots of nice, outdoorsy stuff. Friendly people who are not cloyingly friendly and respect your privacy. Seven years in a row leading the UN lists for best living standard. Cheaper prices than the States on many items. No gun problem. Health coverage*. Reasonably open immigration. Insufferably smug. Four seasons* with nice weather*. Good economy*. Isn’t it time you moved here?
(*Disclaimer: Canada is a big country. Actual condition may vary by region. I had a friend who worked for a tourism office in Toronto who was dealing with an American visitor. “I like zoos”, the Yankee said, seriously. “I’ve heard good things about the Toronto Metro Zoo, and I hear the one in Calgary is nice. Could you get me a hotel room about half-way between them?”)
There’s really no point in moving up there long-term. The way Canadian politics seem to be going, even if we did, we’d all be back to being Americans before long.
But at least we wouldn’t have to deal with those funny coins anymore.
Are you really sure you WANT more Americans up there anyway?
Winter is never a good time to move anywhere. Least of all Canada. As I type this, it’s -3C. Somewhere around 30F?
We are a good bunch of people…in any kind of weather.
I’ll be out on the street waving a flag.
Dang, I miss Canada.
The border was just a couple hours from my house, either to Niagara Falls or Alexandria Bay.
Great beer, nice people, wonderful exchange rate.
The noon news ran a story on how cold it is right now (low of 37F last night, high today of 67F). And the reporter was interviewing some guy from Ontario, on the beach, in the tiniest Speedo I’d ever seen. And he said it was warm here.
-3C up there? I guess that we would be comparatively warm.
:looks at palm tree outside office window:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh…I’ll stay here for a while longer.
I’ll join you in [joke]Canadia[/joke] when we inaugurate Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, or Newt Gringrich, or when I go an entire summer in northern Minnesota without catching a single walleye. Don’t lose hope; although we haven’t had any extremely close calls, all of the above have at least given me a scare at one time or another.
As a Canadian living in the LA area, let me just say that palm trees are freaky. Most of my Canadian friends who visit California get weirded out by them too. I personally keep expecting them to take off and intercept incoming missiles, or something. They’re just odd.
Although being paid in American dollars has its advantages, I can’t wait until I can move back to Canada. At least in Toronto you don’t get stared at if you don’t own a car.
I’m not sure if I want all of the Americans living here. It kind of takes the purpose out of living here, if you know what I mean. I am NOT bunking up if we run out of room!
If you get a good hockey team or two I’ll consider it.
If it weren’t for some personal committments that keep me here in Northern California, I’d be living in Toronto already. One of the most beautiful and interesting cities I’ve had the privilege of staying in for a substantial period of time. Great people coupled with a rich diverse culture made me fall in love with it.
If GW Bush is elected I’m on my way. Any of you got a spare room to rent?
I like Canada, I’ve always thought of it as kinda like America, but better.
I can see Canada from here. On more than one occasion I’ve taken out the topos and plotted a course for Atlin, over the glacier. Maybe some day.
Well, I never!!! The Vancouver Canucks will come to your city, publicly spank your team, and make you feel less like a man. Just ask anybody from St. Louis. You are forbidden to talk to anyone from Washington.
Sadly, we think that way too.
Hmmm. Tempting offer.
Say, can I have dual citizenship? Maybe I could live on a remote island somewhere in Ontario between ice-out and freeze-up, and Florida the rest of the time?
Like the rest of the snowbirds, er, “thermally-challenged migratory individuals”?
We can tell the difference between Americans and Canadians on the road down here, since the rental cars look alike.
Americans move to Florida and drive slow, usually in the left lane.
Canadians move to Florida and drive fast in either lane.
In the words o the great Anna Russell, “I’m not making this up!”
If you want to spend half your friggin’ time in Florida, you have to move to Quebec.
Why Quebec?
I don’t get it.
(My aunt spent two weeks in Newfoundland. Loved it. Might take my next vacation there, but I am open to suggestions for any other province or territory.)
Okay, you folks have convinced me to re-visit Canada on my next vacation. Would you all do me a favor and post suggestions to my thread Vacation in Canada (I promise not to drive slow!) on WHERE in Canada to visit?
I lived there for five years. That was enough thank you.
Oh, and thanks for the free Ph.D., too. You really ought to consider mandating that folks who get trained in Canada also do some work there, after they get that degree . . .
So, did he get a room in Fargo, ND, or across the border in Moorhead, MN? :D:D