Canada vs. U.S.A. Which is better off right now?

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As a Puerto Rican, the idea of moving to another country is a common destiny I share with my peers. Most Puerto Ricans would move to the U.S. (either to Florida or NYC) since most of us have U.S. citizenship and don't need to have a passport to enter, and, unlike Puerto Rico, the U.S. has a more developed economy meaning more job opportunities for us to get.

Sadly, after the 2016 elections, the U.S. has never been the same again. Democrats and Republicans are at war with each other, with many violet protests, events and crimes are being done by both sides, with one that just recently happened at Charlottesvile: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/car-rams-crow ... ories.html

^Apparently there was a white nationalist rally over there. And, after doing a little research over here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_nat ... ite_note-2 I realized that white nationalism can essentially be considered a form of racism.

"So what if there was a racist rally?" the angry grey Mustang driver probably asked him/herself, "They surely dissever to be criticized!" he/she probably said.

...Unfortunately the would-be social justice warrior's definition of "criticism" was rather...deadly.

It's almost as if there was second civil war already.

I have since tried to defend president Donald Trump in hopes of making sense of the chaos that has been unleashed among the american people, but I have grown tired of doing so. Both sides are as corrupt as they claim each other to be, and I want nothing to do with their petty political/cultural war!

So I want to move to Canada. How it over there? It surely must be better how the U.S.A. is doing with the Trump administration right now, right?

Is Canada doing any better than the U.S.? Or are they even more problems over there than I think?

Please let me know with your reply.

-Molly

One factor:

From 2011, I do not know if things have changed for autism.

Judging by what has been posted here so far, it looks like the U.S.A. is a better place to move in, asuming the Trump administration doesn't think I am too much of a burden to american taxpayers because I'm autistic and transgender.

The media and protesters are giving more presence to these racist groups than they actually have.

My wife and I had a similar talk years back; she is American and I am Canadian. We were going to start a family and had to figure out where we were going to live. I'll spare you a lot of details but we decided to stay in Canada. One thing to consider is that immigration is VERY expensive. My wife's permanent resident application was approved a few days ago and we have our final interview in about 2 weeks where she will get her PR card and new SIN card. All said, this little adventure with the government has cost us over $6,000 CAD and has taken a year and a half to get through.

As a part of our application we've had to dig up details of our relationship from the very beginning and provide supporting documents such as text message history month to month over a period of two years, photos of us together along with descriptions of the date of the event and who was attending along with us, over a dozen letters of support from friends and family who attest to our relationship being genuine, letters and ultrasounds from our doctor confirming that my wife is pregnant, etc. It was a HUGE ordeal that took hundreds of hours of work to complete.

I'll go to bat for Canada a bit here... "Canada" is a huge country with a small population (less than the population of California). You can consider Canada as a bunch of different countries put together. You've got:

-The West, which has better weather than the rest of Canada, a very diverse population, but is quite expensive.
- Upper Canada, which is cold, dark, and beautiful but you really will only live there if you were born there.
- The prairies, which are probably a lot of fun if you are a farmer
- Eastern Canada, where most people end up (Ontario or Quebec- specifically Toronto or Montreal). I hated Toronto but I've only ever visited there and I lived in Montreal for 3 years and my social phobia didn't let me go outside because there are just too many people!
- Atlantic Canada. It's where I live. There isn't as much diversity here and the wages are pretty low compared to the rest of the country but in terms of quality of life, it ranks right up there with the west coast.

All I can really say about Canada in general is that if you're looking to escape violence and racial persecution, Canada is a better bet than America right now but Canada is not a perfect place to live. Oh! If you move to Canada, get a good parka for the winter. I have had lots of friends from Panama, Colombia, etc. and they are just not built to handle our winters.

Canadian taxes are mean.

Americans have the mortgage interest deduction and property tax deduction which can greatly reduce their taxes, Canadians don't.

Hey, Blonde Alien, when you are able to check in, please do. Am very concerned about y'all there in Puerto Rico.

Thank you for assuming I'm too stupid to do that too - which tells me everything I need to know about you, and it is not impressive, thank you very much.
I put it both places just in case there might not be enough connectivity to catch the note one place or another

Canada is better off. Universal health care makes a huge difference.

Conservatives often say "America has more money." ... but it's concentrated in a few hands.
Conservatives often say "America has a stronger military." ... but who does it serve?

Canada is better off.

In every country, poor people are the majority. Thus, we should judge a country based on how well the poorest people are doing.