When I got laid off I worked in a call centre (some while back) and I found it interesting to listen to peoples comments about what they thought of themselves and their neighbours.\nSo I ask...\nIf you had a choice between living in USA or Canada where would you live and why?
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OH CANADA ALL THE WAY!  free health care, good education, wonderful wildlife, clean air, nice ppl a it's liked around the world.  its always top 5 in best education or best country to live.  i don't even know if the US makes it onto the lists. however there are some nice parts in the US but overall Canada is where its at.\n\nIn response to democracy, Canada's govt is way more fair and equal than the US.  look at the electoral voting system in the US.  and Canada doesn't have a senate.
456234
Actually, no.  Being an American myself, I can tell you at least from my experience that the people I know think of Canada as our neighbors to the north.  Canada is just like America, only you guys got it right, while we continue to spiral down into a pit of despair.  A friend of mine recently moved to Canada and I'm actually quite jealous of the things that are better in Canada.  Being an American, he sees and doesn't take for granted what you guys have up there.
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I'm from Ontario, and despite travelling the world, I have never been to another province...lol. Go figure. So I can't really answer you. My boyfriend was on business last week in Manitoba and Saskatchewan; never mentioned anything. Then he got back from the Maritimes yesterday and said the people out there were VERY rude to him. But you can't generalize an entire province as being more rude than another...you will always go to one province and meet rude, b*tchy people, as well as nice, funny people. You just can't say. Maybe you're just biased to your own province.
99121
I live in Providence,Rhode Island USA but I really want to live in France. I love France and everything French! I used to live with my family in Panama and I loved it. I wish I could go back there to live too.
380254
There was recently a survey of the best countries to live in in the world. The top few were norway, switzerland, australia, sweden, canada - the US was about 8th I believe.
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If I had to pick (ignoring the fact that I'm an American and take pride in America):\n\n1.) Vancouver\n\nVancouver is the city that makes Americans jealous.\n\n2.) Washington state, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Massachussets, and Connecticut\n\nThe best places in the U.S. to live, without a doubt.\n\n3.) The rest of the Northeastern U.S., Washington D.C., New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Texas, Toronto, Montreal, and the rest of British Columbia\n\nAll great places to be. Decide whether you prefer dealing with know-it-all Yankees, soulless political hacks, cold Midwestern winters, mountain rednecks, Texas Rednecks, angsty Torontoans, self-righteous Quebecois, or Canadian rednecks.\n\n4.) The Maritime provinces\n\nBeautiful scenery and (mostly) good people, but the economy isn't doing too hot.\n\n5.) Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Charleston (SC), the Gulf Coast, the rest of Ontario and Quebec\n\nLots of good points, but some of the little things will drive you crazy.\n\n6.) The Midwest and the remaining Mountain states\n\nTake your pick: cold, desolate flatland with lots of friendly people, or beautiful mountain states with virtually no human settlement.\n\n8.) Alaska, Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan\n\nCold, cold winters and nothing much to do. But at least you get your choice of free health care or no taxes and a US$2,000+/year government check (for you and every dependent).\n\n8.) The Deep South (excluding Charleston, the Gulf Coast, and Georgia)\n\nOppressively hot summers (and springs, and falls...), economic hardship and regressive social systems. I live about one hundred miles away, and I rarely go there. On the bright side, the people are generally nice and the winters are lovely. Normally New Orleans would be ranked way higher, but it's not somewhere you want to be at the moment.\n\n10.) The Northern Provinces\n\nExtremely cold and absolutely nothing to do. Keep an eye out for polar bears.
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That's sweet!  Where did you move to and where from?  Are you there for good???  If so you should try to get out and make friends!  Easy for me to say...I know!
80876
CANADA!  The United Nations seems to agree. So too do all the prospective immigrants who can't wait to get into the country.  They even come illegally.  Yes we're a wonderfully even-tempered people who like to mind our own business, let others live as they believe appropriate and just try to "get along".  What more could you want in a place to live?  Our family has been here since 1780 - province of New York previous to that since 1623 - so we can claim loyalty to this grand Dominion.  G-d save the Queen!
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It's not as good as it was, but it's better than most. Canada has been looking pretty good lately.\n\nI live in Texas; my husband and I are planning a relocation to Portland, Oregon as soon as our daughter graduates from high school next year. \n\nI would not leave this country to move to another - I only speak English, and I enjoy the few freedoms we have left.
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Depends -- I do love the mosaic of people who make up the population of countries like the USA & Canada.  I don't like it when they bring their problems here or define themselves entirely by their departed country.  My parents become Canadians when they left thier country to come here and didn't define themselves according to the country they no longer wished to live in.  Seems that some just come here for whatever they can get out of it without showing any allegience to their new home.\n\n(& yea, your link doesn't work, so my answer might be a little more general than what you were looking for)
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I live in Mexico, and I wouldn't want to live in the U.S. Why? First of all, because I was born here, this is my country and I love it. My whole family is here, my baby was born here, simply...I have a good and peacful life here. Why would I want to leave and start all over again? Why would I want to live where I'm not wanted? I live an honest life, I work hard to have what I have, even if it's not too much yet, since I'm young and just started working. This is life, I was born here and I'll stay here. \n\nI like Mexico, is the goverment I don't like.\n\nAnd to people that say we don't have running water, bathrooms, etc....WHERE did you go to??? For God sakes, in the city I live at, we have EVERYTHING...and it's a small city. We have all the restaurants with the fatty food, etc...etc...next time go to a civilized place, goodness...
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My ex was from Cali. ( he lived in San Fran, then Santa Barbara.) Being a mid-westerner myself, I always had pre-conceived notions of people from Cali. I finally went ther in 2004. The people were so chill and laid back! I loved it! I would definetely live there, even though I think I am a little more conservative then some of the people there.
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Not China or Mexico but:\nMy job consisted of working in several departments. Due to some of those departments going to Germany and some to Brazil, many of us were laid off, permanently. I had to find another job at 1/2 what I had been making.  I had recieved good reviews, offered raises and bonuses. I feel like our businesses shouldn't offer the raises and bonuses and then let us go, and hire temporary workers, at lower wages, to do some of the other jobs available that we could have done. I would have taken a cut in pay just to keep my benefits and seniority. We were not given that option.\n\nOur leaders do not see what the common worker has to deal with. They need to come down here and talk to US, the ones affected by NAFTA and CAFTA. Big corporations want more for less, not necessarily better quality. Quantity for the money is more important than quality. It stuffs their wallets and takes it out of ours.
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I currently live in Canada, but I grew up in what is now the Russian Federation.  Yes, I enjoy living in Canada, but it was somewhat difficult to adjust...mostly because of getting accustomed to the new language.  I have spoken English for many years and traveled to many English-speaking nations before living here, but it still was a lot to get used to.  I still have a heavy accent and sometimes mispronounce words or arrange sentences poorly when I am speaking English, but most Canadians are tolerant of this.  \n\n...however, I've got plans to leave Canada to live in Germany, but probably not for a few years still.  I am nearly fluent if not fluent, in German, and I have always been interested in the German culture.  What will Canada do without me?  Ha ha...
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I totally agree.  I met my Canadian girlfriend online, and I've been up there a couple times to visit her, and I absolutely love it there.  I'm looking forward to moving there eventually, but I just can't afford that kind of move right now.
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I moved to Canada many years ago, since I figured that it would be easier to get into the US from here.\nI was lucky, I never made it into the US, and today you could not pay me enough $ to make this move. They are good neighbors, and it is a nice place to visit, but living there full time, no thank you.
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There are plenty of places here you can live an open life and be safe...Washington DC, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, San Diego...in fact, most large US cities are very open and broad minded. Why Canada? Just curious.