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

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26 Sep 2017, 7:42 pm

And what's wrong with NYC? LOL



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26 Sep 2017, 9:54 pm

IN the US doctors treat patients like costumers shopping for groceries instead of actual people who need special care and attention. It's just disgusting. There are people dying of diabetes because they can't afford to pay for their insulin.



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26 Sep 2017, 10:01 pm

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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.


Forget Florida or NYC. Move to Las Vegas.

Of those three dismal choices I'd probably take Vegas, too...


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27 Sep 2017, 2:27 am

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The_Blonde_Alien wrote:
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.


Forget Florida or NYC. Move to Las Vegas.

Of those three dismal choices I'd probably take Vegas, too...


Learn how to mix a few cocktails and you can pull 6 figures in Vegas. Coupled with low taxes and a barrage of coupons for cut-price (and free) services from casinos desperate to tempt the local population into gambling addiction, you have a great platform for anyone with half a brain and with a modicum of diligence.

I'm thinking short-to-medium term strategy with my suggestion.



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27 Sep 2017, 2:28 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
And what's wrong with NYC? LOL


Is that rhetorical?



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27 Sep 2017, 5:00 am

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That said, which similarly developed nations have less stringent emigration prerequisites?

The USA, all you have to do is sneak across the border and hide long enough and people want to give you citizenship. I bet Canada just sends them home


I meant aside from the U.S.


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27 Sep 2017, 5:00 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
And what's wrong with NYC? LOL


Nothing, but I would guess the very high cost of living would deter many people from living there.


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27 Sep 2017, 7:05 am

I've been to Las Vegas. Wouldn't want to live there.

The gambling lifestyle is vacuous in the extreme. The heat sucks, too.

The cost of living is too high in NYC--but there's just much to do there.



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27 Sep 2017, 10:02 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
I've been to Las Vegas. Wouldn't want to live there.


Living there is an entirely different experience.

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The gambling lifestyle is vacuous in the extreme. The heat sucks, too.


So don't gamble. Simple enough vice to avoid. The heat is largely mitigated by the near-ubiquitous A/C.

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The cost of living is too high in NYC--but there's just much to do there.


And there's nothing to do in Vegas? :lol:



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27 Sep 2017, 10:27 am

Really, there isn't that much to do in Vegas. If only the Grand Canyon was closer than a four-hour drive (I did the drive, so I know how long it takes). There is Hoover Dam, and there's the desert, and a few museums, and many cabaret-type shows.

There's no comparison in the "something to do" department between Vegas and NYC.

Vegas reminds me more of Blackpool than it does of London.

I would say Camden Town, in London, is probably one of the best place to get a wide variety products from different countries. New York doesn't have a comparable place like that. Camden Town, is quite crowded, though.



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27 Sep 2017, 11:18 am

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Really, there isn't that much to do in Vegas.

If only the Grand Canyon was closer than a four-hour drive (I did the drive, so I know how long it takes). There is Hoover Dam, and there's the desert, and a few museums, and many cabaret-type shows.

There's no comparison in the "something to do" department between Vegas and NYC.


Spoken like a tourist :p

Seriously, there's no shortage of things to do in Vegas 24/7, and that's without setting foot on the strip. The deciding factor is basically what your tastes and preferences are, but there's something for everyone.

My personal favourite pastime was going to the almost always empty cinemas to watch movies on the big screen. For a movie-loving aspie, that's literally heaven.

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Vegas reminds me more of Blackpool than it does of London.


It's more a halfway house between the two. It's closer to London's Broadway than it is Blackpool's seafront.

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I would say Camden Town, in London, is probably one of the best place to get a wide variety products from different countries. New York doesn't have a comparable place like that. Camden Town, is quite crowded, though.


London is pretty crowded throughout. If I were to recommend against moving anywhere, it'd be The Big Smoke.

There's something to be said for living within striking distance of London, however.



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27 Sep 2017, 12:09 pm

^ I was more impressed with Hoover Dam than the strip.
If I lived there it wouldn't be for the city but for the surrounding desert area. There's miles and miles of open desert out there to explore plus Lake Mead. That, and Mt. Charleston where you can go mountain hiking, skiing and snowboarding, isnt too far away.


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27 Sep 2017, 3:09 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
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That said, which similarly developed nations have less stringent emigration prerequisites?

The USA, all you have to do is sneak across the border and hide long enough and people want to give you citizenship. I bet Canada just sends them home


I meant aside from the U.S.

None. We are the only one. All others have walls, fences and deport illegal immigrants, along with having really hard to meet requirements to become a citizen.



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29 Sep 2017, 1:43 am

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Tim_Tex wrote:
That said, which similarly developed nations have less stringent emigration prerequisites?

The USA, all you have to do is sneak across the border and hide long enough and people want to give you citizenship. I bet Canada just sends them home


Well, as of recent Canada's been quite welcoming to refugees fleeing America, but to be fair they were already refugees when they arrived in the US, so they're probably being viewed somewhere between undocumented migrants and refugees.


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01 Oct 2017, 7:49 am

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sly279 wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
That said, which similarly developed nations have less stringent emigration prerequisites?

The USA, all you have to do is sneak across the border and hide long enough and people want to give you citizenship. I bet Canada just sends them home


Well, as of recent Canada's been quite welcoming to refugees fleeing America, but to be fair they were already refugees when they arrived in the US, so they're probably being viewed somewhere between undocumented migrants and refugees.
Well recently Canada sort of got caught with their pants down when a group of Haitians who feared their immigration status in the US to be in jeopardy made a public spectacle of crossing illegally into Canada, and the authorities had to treat them with kid gloves given Mr. Trudeau's need to differentiate himself from Mr. Trump. As if giving them cots to sleep on in Montreal's Olympic Stadium is a good example of "kid gloves" treatment.


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01 Oct 2017, 4:41 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
sly279 wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
That said, which similarly developed nations have less stringent emigration prerequisites?

The USA, all you have to do is sneak across the border and hide long enough and people want to give you citizenship. I bet Canada just sends them home


Well, as of recent Canada's been quite welcoming to refugees fleeing America, but to be fair they were already refugees when they arrived in the US, so they're probably being viewed somewhere between undocumented migrants and refugees.

Canada wouldn’t let me go live there.
If you’re a us citizen Canada won’t let you live there unless your rich or offer a skill they need.