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My son (who lives in NYC-he is dual US Canadian) told me of this site and asked me to comment. I am in the medical field - most of this blog is about tech but I think I can add to the medical brain drain. In a nutshell - I was born and rasied in Saskatchewan - enrolled McGill University after high school and spent 12 years there - BSc, MCCM, FRCSC - am a surgeon. I went to UCSF early 80's to do a microsurgical fellowship and spent 4 years there. At that point still a ground-thumping, flag-waving Canuck. Moved back to Canada with some special skills - for a number of reasons became outraged and fed up with how the Socialized Canadian Medical System treated its docs and decided to leave after 5 years. Married a US Nurse, got a green card and moved back to the Bay Area (good job offer). Have been a Professor Stanford University 28 years and am retiring. Got my US Citizenship last year. I plan spending the rest of my life in the US. If I was asked as a kid if this would be my life I would have told then they were nuts. Can add to this later if any wants.