Norway or Canada

[Shadow Wolf]

British Columbia comes to mind. I've wanted to and intend on visiting there. I was just recently looking up condos in Harrison Springs. I would like to visit the Prince George area as well.

That's where I'm trying to get (specifically the South Western tip where it doesn't get that cold).
I wouldn't mind Scandinavia, because if nothing else of I'm bored I could go to church for a mosh pit but it's too cold. IBS, wrist issues from carpal tunnel, arthritis, none of them like the cold.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

As with Swedish. I used to able to speak some Swedish when younger but guess what happened?

I have a grandson who moved to Sweden when he was 20 and has never come back, that is a good few years ago. Not even sure what he is doing now, but it was a mix of photography and graphic Design, he has a media degree and he was also working in some sort of health and fitness concern. But by now he must be fluent in Swedish.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Convince me to not emigrate to either. Because either look wonderful right now. I'm kinda through with this place. Totally burnt out.

I understand.

It's not that you couldn't stay put and get by. It's that you don't want to. It's like a divorce. It's not that you couldn't live in the same house with the ex. It's that you never want to see her (or him) again, and if you can arrange it, you never will. You don't want to wake up in a country every day where more than half your neighbors are MAGA.

Mexico was the answer for us. We moved to an expat community. Speaking Spanish is not necessary. Local restauranters cater to the tastes of the expats and hire English-speaking employees. The weather in the mountains on our lake is excellent, the prices are low, and the banks pay much better interest on our savings than American banks do. Infrastructure is adequate, the streets are peaceful, and we are surrounded by natural beauty in a place where everything grows.

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[Kathryn]

I understand.

It's not that you couldn't stay put and get by. It's that you don't want to. It's like a divorce. It's not that you couldn't live in the same house with the ex. It's that you never want to see her (or him) again, and if you can arrange it, you never will. You don't want to wake up in a country every day where more than half your neighbors are MAGA.

Mexico was the answer for us. We moved to an expat community. Speaking Spanish is not necessary. Local restauranters cater to the tastes of the expats and hire English-speaking employees. The weather in the mountains on our lake is excellent, the prices are low, and the banks pay much better interest on our savings than American banks do. Infrastructure is adequate, the streets are peaceful, and we are surrounded by natural beauty in a place where everything grows.

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You could do worse.

I have a good friend who moved to an expat area of Panama. She loves it but she does have to come back to the US for decent medical care.

 

[Wu Wei]

I mean, I live right outside of Seattle. Is it so much worse than that? Vancouver isn't BC just like Seattle isn't Washington from what I'd assume

I saw more homeless people and more public drunkenness and more open drug use in Vancouver than any other city i have been in, and i have bern in Montreal, Toronto, NYC, LA, San Francisco, San Diego, etc.

 

[Wu Wei]

Polar bears are more dangerous than grizzlies.
They're meat eaters, unlike the mostly vegetarian grizzlies.
They don't hibernate, have higher metabolisms, get bigger
than grizzlies, & they actively prey on humans.

Grizzly bears are known to be the more aggressive and irritable of bears. Kodiak bears are the heaviest, but not as aggressive as polars or grizzlies. Polars are dangerous no doubt

But this has nothing to do with the post. The fact is Canada is full of grizzlies and polars so why would anyone want to live there

 

[Revoltingest]

Grizzly bears are known to be the more aggressive and irritable of bears. Kodiak bears are the heaviest, but not as aggressive as polars or grizzlies. Polars are dangerous no doubt

But this has nothing to do with the post. The fact is Canada is full of grizzlies and polars so why would anyone want to live there

Parts of Canuckistan are south of Detroit.
Any bears there would be in a zoo.
Safe...just not a desirable place to live.

 

[Wu Wei]

Parts of Canuckistan are south of Detroit.
Any bears there would be in a zoo.
Safe...just not a desirable place to live.

The Original post was about Norway or Canada... not Detroit...lord knows no sane person in their right mind would live in Detroit..... try and keep up...will ya?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

British Columbia comes to mind. I've wanted to and intend on visiting there. I was just recently looking up condos in Harrison Springs. I would like to visit the Prince George area as well.

Well, BC is home to about 25% of the world's temperate rainforest, which is a beautiful and unique environment. However, as the name might suggest, BC is also home to some rain. We used to have a saying here in Toronto about people we knew moving to Vancouver: "In Toronto you freeze, in Vancouver you rust."

But I confess I do like the province a lot. Vancouver Island, off Canada’s Pacific Coast, is known for its mild climate and thriving arts community. Victoria, at the southern tip, is the capital of BC, and is a beautiful city -- one of the few places in Canada where you can still have a proper "High Tea" at the Empress Hotel. And of course BC is home to many storied indigenous people's: Salish, Dakelh, Dene, Haida, Kaska Dena, Ktunaxa, Nisga'a, Nlaka'pamux, Okanagan, Secwepemc, Sekani, Stl'atl'imx, Sto:lo, Tahltan, Tlingit, Tsilhqot'in, Tsimshian and Wet'suwet'en.

And lots of whale-watching!

 

[Revoltingest]

The Original post was about Norway or Canada... not Detroit...lord knows no sane person in their right mind would live in Detroit..... try and keep up...will ya?

Detroit is better than many cities, eg, NYC, Boston, Atlanta, Miami.

 

[Wu Wei]

Detroit is better than many places, eg, NYC, Boston, Atlanta, Miami.

nope, sorry, you're wrong.. Boston is by far better than Detroit.... but like I said.... this is not what this thread is about

 

[Revoltingest]

nope, sorry, you're wrong.. Boston is by far better than Detroit....

Detroit has easier driving, cheaper housing, & is farther from NYC.

 

[Wu Wei]

Detroit has easier driving, cheaper housing, & is farther from NYC.

yeah whatever.... you poor deluded Michigander

 

[Revoltingest]

yeah whatever.... you poor deluded Michigander

Been to Boston.
Best avoided.

 

[Wu Wei]

Been to Boston.
Best avoided.

Lived near Boston, go all the time...great place...

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Serious answer
Canada is having a rather large homeless and undocumented immigration problem.... but to immigrate there, if you are younger, you need to be employable, preferably in some job they prefer, or you can't stay longer than 6 months on the visa you can obtain, and then you need to return to wherever you are from for a bit before you can return

For Americans looking to live and work in Canada, if they're qualified in one of the professions on the NAFTA list, they just need to get a job offer from a Canadian employer and can get a 1-year visa, renewable indefinitely.

The only catch is that it's a non-resident visa... i.e. it doesn't lead to citizenship.

 

[Wu Wei]

For Americans looking to live and work in Canada, if they're qualified in one of the professions on the NAFTA list, they just need to get a job offer from a Canadian employer and can get a 1-year visa, renewable indefinitely.

The only catch is that it's a non-resident visa... i.e. it doesn't lead to citizenship.

Yes, that is what i was referring too... I know about that... I own a house in Canada and my wife wanted to retire there, for the record, I did not. She found out all about that, and being old, getting job offer was not likely for me, nor did I want one, been in IT for over 25 years and I am tired of it. My wife could probably get one in her profession with her associations on Canada, but again, being so close to retirement age, not likely....

But Vancouver has a massive homeless issue. And something else I found surprising and the US/Canada border when heading to Montreal. There was the expected line of cars, but scattered amongst the cars wear a whole lot of people standing in the line...crowds of them actually... not in cars, just walking up to the booth

 

[Revoltingest]

Lived near Boston, go all the time...great place...

Not surprising...for a NYC loving bear.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yes, I eluded to that before...

"Alluded"

 

[Wu Wei]

Not surprising...for a NYC loving bear.

If we're going down that already proven false, copious times, road..... I think I'll go train now...TTFN