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Originally posted by marzzo
I'm curious, has anyone actually made the move up north? What has your experience been like?
Are your taxes & living expenses higher or lower?
Are the chicks hotter up there?
And if so, what motivated you - politics, employment, love, marijuana?
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I did, but not because of Bush. I moved here because my wife (a Canadian) is finishing up university and she has a really good job here as well.
She finishes this year and we were looking into moving back to the U.S. but now we are going to wait and see what Bush does in the U.S. before we go trotting back.
Taxes are WAY higher and expenses are WAY higher. Food cost a great deal more here than in the U.S. and you have very few choices as far as any commercial products. Electricty cost up the ass also. Out of the 30 most industralized nations in the world Canada rates 18th in taxes while the U.S. ranks 29th.
Now that the exchange rate is almost non-existent it is not as easy to live as it was just a year or so ago.
But I have to say, the immigration process is murder and very expensive. It is not easy to just pack your bags and move here. I do not want to become a permanent resident but I still have to go though all the hell of becoming one just so I can stay here with my wife.
If you are comfortable where you are, I'd say stay there, the grass is always greener on the otherside.
The girls here are not hotter than American girls thats a big myth.
Its not a bad place to be if you want to get away, but I perfer the U.S.