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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?
Feb 22 2022 4:51PM
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Professor-Modelo
Posts: 437 - Karma: 4,712
pros: free healthcare
cons: dictatorship
Feb 22 2022 4:56PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
Posts: 12217 - Karma: 109,852
pros: dictatorship
cons: free healthcare
Feb 22 2022 4:58PM
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AndrewGravesSV
Posts: 2884 - Karma: 12,606
canada
pros: powder
cons: yetis

usa
pros: beaches
cons: florida man
Feb 22 2022 5:32PM
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SmokedGouda
Posts: 631 - Karma: 3,709
Canada
pros: mountains
cons: Trudeau

USA
pros: mountains
cons: cardi b and pollsters texting me thinking my name is Tammy.
Feb 22 2022 6:38PM
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corona
Posts: 12676 - Karma: 31,180
Canada
Pros: Kinder surprises

US
Cons: No kinder surprises
Feb 22 2022 7:25PM
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corona
Posts: 12676 - Karma: 31,180
Logi, your profile picture is super creepy.
Feb 22 2022 7:26PM
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MichiganCatFart
Posts: 1006 - Karma: 15,345
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
Feb 22 2022 7:43PM
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sexyjulian
Posts: 872 - Karma: 11,169
Pros: China
cons: China
Feb 22 2022 7:51PM
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CantThinkOfaName
Posts: 371 - Karma: -1,401
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?
Feb 22 2022 7:55PM
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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
Feb 22 2022 8:17PM
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SmokedGouda
Posts: 631 - Karma: 3,709
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
Feb 22 2022 8:24PM
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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
Feb 22 2022 8:24PM
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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
Feb 22 2022 8:26PM
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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
Feb 22 2022 8:29PM
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elcheapo
Posts: 3449 - Karma: 13,944
Canada pros: ignorance is bliss
Cons: taxes
USA pros: ignorance is bliss
Cons: vail resort monopoly
Feb 22 2022 8:48PM
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Logi
Posts: 382 - Karma: 3,794
coronaLogi, your profile picture is super creepy.


Really? Why?
Feb 22 2022 9:14PM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24342 - Karma: 26,975
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.
Feb 22 2022 9:25PM
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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
Feb 22 2022 10:02PM
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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.
Feb 22 2022 10:12PM
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lcoopman
Posts: 273 - Karma: 1,767
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
Feb 22 2022 11:00PM
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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.
Feb 22 2022 11:42PM
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Icant_kfed
Posts: 1037 - Karma: 8,862
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
Feb 23 2022 6:06AM
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Abomber22
Posts: 3053 - Karma: 5,359
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?
Feb 23 2022 9:11AM
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VTshredder69
Posts: 1255 - Karma: -5,908
Pros: People think their healthcare is free
Cons: People think their healthcare is free
Feb 23 2022 2:34PM
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armchair_skier
Posts: 1759 - Karma: 21,299
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
Feb 24 2022 9:29PM
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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
Feb 24 2022 10:03PM
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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.
Feb 24 2022 10:36PM
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qazwsxedc34
Posts: 2831 - Karma: 2,374
CAN Pros: Dwarfs, Snow, Chic chocs, great skiing, Syrup.

Neg: Dwarfs, Syrup overused

US Pros: Snow, great skiing, Syrup

Neg: David Katz
Feb 25 2022 1:04AM
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Dani-B
Posts: 122 - Karma: 1,100
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
Feb 26 2022 3:03PM
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skierman
Posts: 7341 - Karma: -727
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.
Feb 27 2022 12:07PM
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CowboySkibop
Posts: 2982 - Karma: 22,336
Canada:
Pros: Canada
Cons: Canada

USA:
Pros: USA
Cons: USA
Mar 1 2022 10:56AM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7036 - Karma: 15,807
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.
Mar 1 2022 11:15AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,882
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.
Mar 1 2022 11:51AM
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Canis_lupus
Posts: 463 - Karma: 5,205
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.
Mar 1 2022 12:21PM
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dognuts
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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
Mar 1 2022 2:40PM
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corona
Posts: 12676 - Karma: 31,180
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.
Mar 1 2022 7:17PM
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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
Mar 1 2022 9:09PM
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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
Mar 1 2022 9:21PM
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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"
Mar 1 2022 9:28PM
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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.
Mar 2 2022 12:35AM
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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
Mar 2 2022 12:41AM
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techdeckjuul
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as a canadian i can say it’s pretty okay here. weed is legal 🤷
Mar 2 2022 1:38AM
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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.
Mar 2 2022 11:41PM
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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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