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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by M_Grey »

robotresearcher wrote: post #31
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

I moved to Canada from the US because of the G.W. Bush presidency. I'm not claiming it's statistically important, but my family moved. I'm lucky enough to be employable wherever I choose to live, so I exercised that power. Maybe you can too.

Are you glad to have moved? Any recommendations on cities to look at?

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by kintamanimatt »

hawngyeedun wrote: post #38
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

Those who have not lived outside of the US (or NA) don't realize how hard life is for the rest of the world; most will just move right back within months. Been there myself. Life ain't easy out there. Edit - A little bit of context here: I am speaking as someone who was born and raised in a developing country rife with racial and political problems. My point is, a lot of people who are yelling about immigrating due t…

Huh? How is life hard outside the US unless you're in a really undesirable part of the world?

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by MichaelBurge »

Tomte wrote: post #24

If you're afraid of the US President, moving abroad isn't helpful. His domestic power is severely limited and checks-n-balanced. Granted, that only counts for fear of a semi-tyrannical president, not necessarily for economic concerns.

Republicans won the House and Senate too, and he gets to appoint probably 3 justices to the Supreme Court.

So it'll be a more unified government than you've seen in a long time, which makes Trump able to get a lot of his platform through.

It's a great time to live in America.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by dboy1612 »

anguswithgusto wrote: post #41

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Busbud (busbud.com) is as well.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by raverbashing »

MaysonL wrote: post #8
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

A friend of mine moved from California to Madrid last month.

More rain, different money but might not be that difficult

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by nvk »

ams6110 wrote: post #27
nvk wrote: post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

Sure. Budweiser is $50/case and gas is $4/gal. How's health care free again?

Can't compete on cheap booze in Ontario (fancy stuff is comparable).. Everything else is.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by M_Grey »

raverbashing wrote: post #49
M_Grey wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's incredibly naive. For one thing, moving from France to Germany is a huge cultural and linguistic leap. Moving from the US to Canada is really not.

No, it isn't, and people learn the language

I think you're underestimating just how trying a process that can be, and how alienating it is to adapt to a new culture, new food, new everything.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by M_Grey »

hawngyeedun wrote: post #38
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

Those who have not lived outside of the US (or NA) don't realize how hard life is for the rest of the world; most will just move right back within months. Been there myself. Life ain't easy out there. Edit - A little bit of context here: I am speaking as someone who was born and raised in a developing country rife with racial and political problems. My point is, a lot of people who are yelling about immigrating due t…

Are you kidding? I've lived in Ireland, Kuwait, Holland, Greece... and only Greece was "hard" in any meaningful way.
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