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So when things go south, you go north?


Canada is a hefty, relatively normative, English-speaking country, I always assumed it'll be the obvious temp. shelter in hard times.


I just meant it as a joke of south vs north.


Is this why US healthcare is so terrible - there's an assumption that if things get really bad you can just head up north into Canada?

Why not just fix your country - Canada isn't a big country and it provides well for its population, but those services wouldn't hold up under pressure from large numbers of Americans.


"my country" is not the US. Fixing a country is very difficult. I've long accepted that "fixing my country" is not something I can do. Grabbing my kids and hopping on a plane, otoh, is fairly easy.

(as to your question - no)


Calm down. It's just a cultural cliche holdover from the Vietnam War when draft dodgers ran to Canada to avoid serving.

Like when all those celebrities in Hollywood swore they would move to Canada if Trump was elected, and then completely failed to live up to their promises.




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