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Pros and cons of living in Canada or the US?

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Logi
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I was thinking about this earlier. It seems like Canada would be better just because of the free healthcare (payed through taxes?) What are the pros and cons of living in Canada vs the US?
3 years ago
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Professor-Modelo
Posts: 460 - Karma: 5,078
pros: free healthcare
cons: dictatorship
3 years ago
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TRVP_ANGEL
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pros: dictatorship
cons: free healthcare
3 years ago
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Andi_G
Posts: 3102 - Karma: 15,262
canada
pros: powder
cons: yetis

usa
pros: beaches
cons: florida man
3 years ago
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SmokedGouda
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 6,878
Canada
pros: mountains
cons: Trudeau

USA
pros: mountains
cons: cardi b and pollsters texting me thinking my name is Tammy.
3 years ago
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corona
Posts: 12845 - Karma: 33,290
Canada
Pros: Kinder surprises

US
Cons: No kinder surprises
3 years ago
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corona
Posts: 12845 - Karma: 33,290
Logi, your profile picture is super creepy.
3 years ago
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MichiganCatFart
Posts: 1558 - Karma: 24,217
Canada
Pros: Maple syrup
Cons: unable to pronounce the letter Z

USA
Pros: cocoa pebbles and fruity pebbles cereal
Cons: country with the largest population of Newschoolers members
3 years ago
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sexyjulian
Posts: 873 - Karma: 11,244
Pros: China
cons: China
3 years ago
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CantThinkOfaName
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it may be free, but it's pretty shitty Healthcare
LogiI was thinking about this earlier. It seems like Canada would be better just because of the free healthcare (payed through taxes?) What are the pros and cons of living in Canada vs the US?
3 years ago
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tutipups
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CantThinkOfaNameit may be free, but it's pretty shitty Healthcare

ah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is bad
3 years ago
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SmokedGouda
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tutipupsah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is bad


ah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is good. When has the VA ever worked? UK denies care to "supposedly" terminal ill kids. More swedes are going towards private care every year. Wait times in Canada are absurd. lets go government!!! lol

**This post was edited on Feb 22nd 2022 at 8:26:39pm
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CantThinkOfaName
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when did I say it's bad? libtard #flatearth
tutipupsah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is bad
3 years ago
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asparagus
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CantThinkOfaNameit may be free, but it's pretty shitty Healthcare

sure, I may have to wait 3h to get my broken arm treated (for free) but at least I’m not fucked if I get cancer
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SmokedGouda
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asparagussure, I may have to wait 3h to get my broken arm treated (for free) but at least I’m not fucked if I get cancer


no one ever said it was a bad idea to regulate prices. Having the US Government manage something is a bad idea though(Airports, VA, DMV, etc). Id support regulating pharmaceutical costs, hospital stay costs, and medical employee wages(surgeons etc). Insurance is just a middle man and would change nothing if it were government run towards fixing hospital bills. Lower government rates would be unsustainable if the source is not regulated itself.

**This post was edited on Feb 22nd 2022 at 8:33:25pm
3 years ago
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elcheapo
Posts: 3449 - Karma: 13,983
Canada pros: ignorance is bliss
Cons: taxes
USA pros: ignorance is bliss
Cons: vail resort monopoly
3 years ago
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Logi
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coronaLogi, your profile picture is super creepy.


Really? Why?
3 years ago
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 30,008
Canada
pros: chicks are hotter because they get fit shovelling snow.
cons: lots of shoveling snow.

USA:
pros: not as much shoveling snow.
cons: fat chicks.
3 years ago
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IHatePedophiles
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DingoSeanCanada
pros: chicks are hotter because they get fit shovelling snow.
cons: lots of shoveling snow.

USA:
pros: not as much shoveling snow.
cons: fat chicks.


Not true. Chick's in Canada have zero fucking style and are boring as fuck. It's very compatible to some shit like Nebraska. I lived in Canada and I HATED IT
3 years ago
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elcheapo
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IHatePedophilesNot true. Chick's in Canada have zero fucking style and are boring as fuck. It's very compatible to some shit like Nebraska. I lived in Canada and I HATED IT

So, You hate everything.
3 years ago
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lcoopman
Posts: 275 - Karma: 1,842
I'm from the states but have been a student in BC for 4 years now...

Canada
Cons:
Gas prices (and taxes)
Covid restrictions/government sucks

Pros:
Great skiing


My plan:
Move to SLC and get best of both worlds

**This post was edited on Feb 22nd 2022 at 11:01:03pm
3 years ago
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jompcock
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SmokedGoudaah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is good. When has the VA ever worked? UK denies care to "supposedly" terminal ill kids. More swedes are going towards private care every year. Wait times in Canada are absurd. lets go government!!! lol

**This post was edited on Feb 22nd 2022 at 8:26:39pm


Have had multiple hospital experiences in Italy and Norway, only good things to say about the provided care. Fantastic doctors and never had any crazy wait times. Cut my hand in the US and needed 7 stitches, spent about 8 hours in the hospital waiting for stitches after they temporarily bandaged my hand. Also type I diabetic people dying from having to ration insulin pretty much only happens in one developed country.
3 years ago
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Icant_kfed
Posts: 1279 - Karma: 11,596
Canada pros: Beavers, maple syrup, whistler
Canada cons: Trudeau, moose
Usa pros: depends on the dAy
Usa cons: I live in the same country as cardi b, vail
3 years ago
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Abomber22
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I get free health care in the US.
LogiI was thinking about this earlier. It seems like Canada would be better just because of the free healthcare (payed through taxes?) What are the pros and cons of living in Canada vs the US?
3 years ago
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VTshredder69
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Pros: People think their healthcare is free
Cons: People think their healthcare is free
3 years ago
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armchair_skier
Posts: 2670 - Karma: 34,283
USA
+ON3P
+Guns
+Zero Down Payment Financing

-50 Trillion Nat debt 2030
-Ohio
-Shitty Beer

CAN
+Maple Syrup
+Trees
+Public Healthcare

-Speak French
-Failed Dictatorship
-Polar Bears
3 years ago
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asparagus
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people can't call canada a dictatorship while russia is fucking invading ukraine and arresting thousands of protesters on the spot with no warning
3 years ago
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PacificRimJob
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asparaguspeople can't call canada a dictatorship while russia is fucking invading ukraine and arresting thousands of protesters on the spot with no warning


Seriously, the people who are claiming Canada is tyranny are being such babies, all while true tyranny is happening elsewhere.
3 years ago
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qazwsxedc34
Posts: 2955 - Karma: 2,135
CAN Pros: Dwarfs, Snow, Chic chocs, great skiing, Syrup.

Neg: Dwarfs, Syrup overused

US Pros: Snow, great skiing, Syrup

Neg: David Katz
3 years ago
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Dani-B
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What you do for a living can factor into this. Canada generally doesn't treat STEM graduates kindly, as it doesn't invest as much into R&D as the US does. I think US industry provides more options for STEM grads than Canada does. Correct me if I'm wrong, Americans.

**This post was edited on Feb 26th 2022 at 3:05:33pm
3 years ago
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skierman
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SmokedGoudaah yes typical stupid fucking american acting like if free healthcare is good. When has the VA ever worked? UK denies care to "supposedly" terminal ill kids. More swedes are going towards private care every year. Wait times in Canada are absurd. lets go government!!! lol

**This post was edited on Feb 22nd 2022 at 8:26:39pm


Damn, and I thought Republicans cared about their vets.


But yeah man, 30k for a 10 min ride to the hospital is like totally worth it. Keep sucking that corporate dick.
3 years ago
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
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Canada:
Pros: Canada
Cons: Canada

USA:
Pros: USA
Cons: USA
3 years ago
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skiP.E.I.
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Canada- Single payer healthcare really does work, Canadian Rockies have some of the best skiing and snow anywhere, the coasts are really beautiful.

I have Canadian/U.S. dual citizenship and I can't think of a reason to live in the U.S. over Canada unless there were the perfect job or educational opportunity that met your needs in the U.S.
3 years ago
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FUUUCK
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Canada Pros: beautiful country, nice people, excellent skiing, generally safe and secure

Canada Cons: absurd costs of living, climate is pretty extreme in most places (if it's not cold it's raining most of the time), lower wages than equivalent American jobs.
3 years ago
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Canis_lupus
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Is it pretty cold most of the time in Canada? I know nothing about it but I'm assuming because it's up north it's consistently colder.
3 years ago
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dognutsdogfart
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moose are definitely a pro
Icant_kfedCanada pros: Beavers, maple syrup, whistler
Canada cons: Trudeau, moose
Usa pros: depends on the dAy
Usa cons: I live in the same country as cardi b, vail
3 years ago
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corona
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FUUUCKCanada Pros: beautiful country, nice people, excellent skiing, generally safe and secure

Canada Cons: absurd costs of living, climate is pretty extreme in most places (if it's not cold it's raining most of the time), lower wages than equivalent American jobs.


Yea cost of living is getting pretty crazy right now. Food prices are going insane, which is the most worrisome. I recently saw a beef roast for $80/kg at the grocery store. A nice roast, but nothing too fancy. Probably 3x what it would have been 5 years ago. I really hope this pushes a lot of people to grow/raise more food themselves. Small-scale backyard farming is far more sustainable, it reduces shipping, reduces food waste, and costs way less. It's also character building and there are far too many soft people around these days.
3 years ago
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armchair_skier
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Canis_lupusIs it pretty cold most of the time in Canada? I know nothing about it but I'm assuming because it's up north it's consistently colder.

Except when it’s 50 degrees C in the summer
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FruitBootPro
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coronaCanada
Pros: Kinder surprises

US
Cons: No kinder surprises


rare instance in which the USA has more safety regulation than Canada
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FruitBootPro
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DingoSeanSeriously, the people who are claiming Canada is tyranny are being such babies, all while true tyranny is happening elsewhere.


This is the equivalent of saying "stop complaing about life in America, it's still really good compared to 3rd world countries"
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PacificRimJob
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FruitBootProThis is the equivalent of saying "stop complaing about life in America, it's still really good compared to 3rd world countries"


No. It's not. That's a false equivalency as any I have ever heard.

It's more like complaining that the apple you're given doesn't seem as red as you were told it should be by some guy who saw a picture of one online, while other people elsewhere beg for the most bruised, shitty apples...


Canada is as tyrannical as a fuckin hummingbird.
3 years ago
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MiIfHunter
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DingoSeanNo. It's not. That's a false equivalency as any I have ever heard.

It's more like complaining that the apple you're given doesn't seem as red as you were told it should be by some guy who saw a picture of one online, while other people elsewhere beg for the most bruised, shitty apples...


Canada is as tyrannical as a fuckin hummingbird.


I dunno bro ur living in the j-land living the good life
3 years ago
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techdeckjuul
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as a canadian i can say it’s pretty okay here. weed is legal 🤷
3 years ago
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skiP.E.I.
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Canis_lupusIs it pretty cold most of the time in Canada? I know nothing about it but I'm assuming because it's up north it's consistently colder.

The land mass is so enormous that it's hard to make a blanket statement. It's cold in the winter and warm in the summer.

On the east coast the summers are really nice for the most part.Winters can be really cold and wet out east.

Around Ottawa and Montreal it gets really cold in the winter and hot in summer.

The prairies are really hot in the summer and generally frigid in winter.

The rockies fluctuate between cold and frigid and occasionally warm in winter and hot/dry in summer.

West coast around Vancouver is rainforest climate. Doesn't get very cold, usually pretty temperate but occasionally gets mortally hot.

The north is hot in the summer and arctic cold in the winter. Where I'm living now it was below -40 C pretty consistently from the middle of January through February.
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corona
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DingoSeanNo. It's not. That's a false equivalency as any I have ever heard.

It's more like complaining that the apple you're given doesn't seem as red as you were told it should be by some guy who saw a picture of one online, while other people elsewhere beg for the most bruised, shitty apples...


Canada is as tyrannical as a fuckin hummingbird.



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