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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by maerF0x0 »

M_Grey wrote: post #85
tuna-piano wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you didn't read the newspaper, how many of the negative things you mentioned would actually impact your life? Would you even know who was president for the last 4 (or the next 4) based on the impacts to your life? I'd guess not. Just live your life and be happy, vote when you can but don't let what you don't control make you sad.

That's absurdly naive, given the impact just one SCOTUS judge can have. I mean, unless you're incredibly wealthy, and don't care about anyone else at all.

Enough with your spamming about SCOTUS. This isnt reddit.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by maerF0x0 »

nvk wrote: post #50
pmiller2 wrote: post #23

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Comparable to where? Not the Bay Area. I interviewed for a remote position with a Canadian company a while back, and they weren't able to pay me anywhere near a market rate Bay Area salary.

Bay area only pays more because 90% of your salary goes to rent.

if 90% of your salary is going to rent, you're either taking a ton of equity or terrible at negotiating.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by dragonzooord »

rayval wrote: post #71
M_Grey wrote: post #15

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Canada would be an odd choice for many reasons, but is probably attractive for the combination of proximity, and cultural/linguistic similarities. For me, I've been looking at Ireland, Denmark, or the Netherlands for a while, and I'd say they're looking far more attractive today than yesterday. Besides, money isn't everything. There is something to be said for not having to deal with the insane evangelicals, bitter u…

Looking at Reykjavik, Taipei, Lisbon, Santiago de Chile and Valencia (Spain). In addition to well-known places like Sydney, Copenhagen, Amsterdam.

Reykjavik is amazing, but I would get depressed by dealing with 21 hours of darkness in the winter.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by vkou »

xienze wrote: post #45
ajmurmann wrote: post #40

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I can't believe this is the first time I've seen anyone compare Trump to Berlusconi. It's spot on.

I can't believe this is the first time I've seen someone NOT compare Trump to Hitler.

I have always felt that Mussolini was a more apt comparison. For one thing, nobody's ever heard of Trump shout himself hoarse about Lebensraum. (And without Hitler's aggression, it's highly doubtful that Mussolini would have gotten himself involved in a European war.)

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by M_Grey »

vkou wrote: post #100
M_Grey wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Stay away from Vancouver. Between the cost of living, low wages, and (What passes in Canada as an) extreme right-wing provincial government, it's a horror show.

Good to know. So... Montreal seems nice. I like cold weather and duck fat.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by morgante »

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.

It entirely depends on how bad a Trump presidency turns out to be.

If you hold him to his campaign promises, at least 11 million Americans will leave.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by empath75 »

nhebb wrote: post #52

I don't even know how to respond to this. People die trying to make it into the U.S. I'm not a flag-waving jingoist, but the the United States is a f'ing great place to live.

It is. It won't be next year.

My original plan was to move and telecommute, but that's kind of fucked because the dollar is crashing.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by petre »

M_Grey wrote: post #15
colmvp wrote: post #5

Canada seems appealing to Americans until you realize you could be earning more in the U.S. while spending less on a bunch of other things. Don't get me wrong, I love living in Canada and I mostly don't miss living in Bay Area, but most of my friends lament the fact that their salary and career opportunities are a joke compared to what they could have in the U.S. (even adjusting for cost of living).

Canada would be an odd choice for many reasons, but is probably attractive for the combination of proximity, and cultural/linguistic similarities. For me, I've been looking at Ireland, Denmark, or the Netherlands for a while, and I'd say they're looking far more attractive today than yesterday. Besides, money isn't everything. There is something to be said for not having to deal with the insane evangelicals, bitter u…

Just forget Europe. It's ridden with socialists and laws slowing business to a halt. Add a failing currency to that cocktail and you have a failing economy. Of the whole of Europe, only Switzerland is somewhat attractive.
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