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I am a native US citizen. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of moving to Canada? |
Travel Info Healthcare? Housing? Education? Vacation time? Labor issues? Travel Tips Compared to my home state, college education is alot more exspensive and there seems to be less government aid to pay the higher tuition. Housing depends on where you go, but I find it comparable to where I lived in the US. Healthcare is okay, but there are waitlists, I prefer private care though. Vacation- My wife gets 1 week a year, my US employer gave me 3 weeks, but I suppose it really depends on who you work for. Taxes, higher then the US for the most part, sales tax is higher, in BC its 7% GST, 7% PST on most things we buy. All in all I find Canada similiar and not a whole lot different from the US. In my area of BC, the air quality isn't the best in the world, there are some areas of Canada with really poor air quality. My home town in California which has 3 million people has better air quality then where I am now in BC. Others all of the above....disadvantages hmmm HealthCare for one advantage. Education for two.... there is almost no disadvantages of moving to Canada from the USA. We're the same, except friendlier. Unless you'll miss reading/hearing about murders and the axis of evil, come on over. You are assuming we'd want you here. Its not what we can do for you, its what you can do for Canada. Are you in a needed profession? If not, good luck, we have enough people living off the state here. Advantages: There is less polllution here, it's pretty cold here, and we have our own famous maple leaf syrup! :) Disadvantages: Steven Harper barely made a difference for the gas problem, it's pretty cold here, things are more expensive in the U.S. You will find many similarities. It sort of depends on where in Canada you choose to live as things can be quite different betwen city and countryside and different regions. Things like housing prices, education, etc. can vary very widely according to region or province. Disadvantages: You will probably find taxes higher ; if you are a US Conservative you may be offended by Canada's liberalism on many issues; higher cost of living esp. in Vancouver or Toronto. Advantages: Free health care, liberalism (if that's an advantage to you), more social programs, good education system. |
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