What are the pros and cons of living in the USA verses Canada?

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Paulie Walnuts

Canada can offer you high taxes, high prices, bad weather, and whiny liberals. Their hockey teams suck (haven't won the Stanley Cup since '93) and Olympic teams are a joke (3 gold medals in '08). Canada has no famous leaders of its own so they have Queen Elizabeth II on its money. Canada is a parasite of the US and couldn't make it on its own.

jitendra

Health care, and and better equitably distributed society. Taxes are an investment in society, and American's invest much less. We don't have as much as Americans but we do not have to lock it up so tight, when is the last time you felt safe for a midnight stroll in Detroit. You can stroll anywhere in Canada, except for a few exceptions, any time.

On health care, Americans are such dumb idiots whenever someones tells them that they aren't the best at everything. Everyone has healthcare in Canada and goes to the doctor when the need to. I don't have to call anyone to ask for permission or to get a list of where I can go. Your health care sucks. You spend twice on health care as a percentage of GDP than Canadians and have, on average, half the coverage. I am a Canadian, lived in the US. I have seen both systems and if you are rich, the US has better care. But 80% of people don't get that care.

Your health care system is a business, a bad business and bad for the economy. Next time you want to compare health care stop comparing yourself to Nicaragua or the Philipinnes are realize that you have, on average, the worst health care coverage for people in the G8. Americans are fatter, have shorter lives, and are more likely to die if they go to hospital with a heart attack than any comparable person in the G8. But believe what the politicians and those who profit on the health care system tell you, AMERICA is the Best, mindless sheep. For the money you spend, you are getting royally screwed, and individually you are smarter than that, but collectively, not so much, see George W Bush, your crime rate, how you treat your poor, your public education.....

Robyn Mack

Canada offers a much nicer, friendlier place to live also it has much more to look at in terms of scenery and it seems to take care of its citizens a lot more than the USa does.

But i dont think that you need us to tell you this - it seems that you have already made up your mind!

Stephanie

http://www.notcanada.com/

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The Now very popular real Canada.

8. Discriminatory and Dishonest Immigration System.
Immigration to Canada is based on a point system, obtained with your education, qualifications and job experience. Points are good enough for immigration, but in Canada, they are not good enough to get a job in your field. Amazing, how the credentials that qualify you to come to Canada are the same credentials that don't qualify you for your profession in Canada. The reason is, Canada only wants immigrants to do the labor jobs - pizza delivery, driving taxis, factory work etc.

7. Out Of Control Cost Of Living.
From rent, to utility bills, to shopping, to phone, internet and cable bills, to gas, to car insurance, to eating out, to basically anything you have to pay for or buy, the cost of living in Canada has become astronomical. Recent immigrants are astonished as to how expensive everything is. It is estimated that compared to most countries around the world, the cost of living in Canada is on average five times greater.

6. Health Care Crisis.
Practicing physicians in Canada are in a shortage, 1 in 4 Canadians cannot get a family doctor. Canadian doctors are leaving to move permanently to the United States. Statistics Canada and the Canadian Medical Association both have identified that for every 1 American doctor that moves to Canada, 19 (nineteen) Canadian doctors move to the United States! Doctors in Canada are overworked and underpaid, and there is a cap on their salaries.

5. Very High Taxes.
Yes, you have the GST, the PST, totaling 15%, on practically everything you purchase and many other taxes taken out of our weekly paycheck. You have to pay a whopping amount to the government, out of your hard earned salary, so that the government can turn around and give it to beer drinking, hockey watching welfare bums. Fair? It does not matter, it's Canada.

4. Money Hungry Government.
Canadian Embassies around the world lie to foreigners, painting this picture that Canada is Utopia, because they want them to come to Canada. Why? Because foreigners bring money! So after being deceived, these foreigners come. They must bring with them at least $10,000. Canada has an immigration quota of 250,000 per year. So please do the math, 250,000 multiplied by $10,000 each equals a whopping 2.5 Billion dollars that Canada gains from immigrants every year.

3. No Culture.
Unlike almost every other country in the world, Canada has no culture. Actually American culture is what dominates Canada. When was the last time you had some 'Canadian' food? There are no Canadian traditions and there is no national identity. What does it even mean to call yourself a 'Canadian'. . .nothing really. People living in Canada, still identify themselves with the country they 'originally' came from.

2. Worst Weather.
Yes, Canada has the worst weather conditions of any country in the world. Freezing cold temperatures, snow, ice, hail, winds, storms etc. From the Prairie provinces to the Maritimes, from the Territories to southern Ontario, the weather is so horrific and disgusting that many Canadians leave Canada simply because of this reason alone.

1. No Jobs.
Yes, coast to coast, there are no jobs. Immigrants are highly qualified (MD's, PhD's, Lawyers, Engineers etc.) but they are driving taxi cabs, delivering pizza's or working in factories. Even people with bachelors degrees from Canadian Universities cannot find jobs after graduation. This is the tragedy associated with immigration to Canada. I feel sorry for those immigrants who are stuck in Canada for the rest of their lives. It is indeed a very sad and hopeless future.

Broad daylights shootings.

Break-ins and MS 13 (Most dangerous gang in the world)

Vancouver is now...

The Gang Capital of North America.

... and fast becoming worst...

MS13 is now right on your son's and daughter's doorsteps.

chuckles951

Unless you have a degree that qualifies for a "TN Visa" you are not going to qualify for immigration right now. Jobs are very hard to get. For a Canadian lifestyle, consider Bellingham, Washington instead.

americans wouldn't like it in Canada, stay there

yigit w

canada rulez usa sucks :)

canadian people are more polite than americans but canada is lit bit boring

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