Any Canadians Here?

[Frezzato]

Hello there, northerly neighbors. Care to describe life in Canada as opposed to any time you've spent in the lower 48? Honesty and/or snarkiness are both fine, as long as you don't get smacked with the banhammer.

I have no way of knowing if you're really Canadian, so I guess it's a crapshoot for me.

Now, I know things have got to be different up there because I live in Miami. Don't ever move here, seriously. NO, it's NOT all beaches! It's mostly strip malls, toll roads and bad drivers/people with guns. The west coast of Florida in contrast, is full of mostly nice, old people. I've lived all over the U.S. but have never visited Canada for some reason. Is it really full of mostly nice people?


I leave you with a "joke" I wrote about Miami:

If there were only two cars left in Miami and you were driving one of them, the other guy would still cut you off.


Also, the reason you can't have a basement here is because at around 4 feet down you hit fire and brimstone.


Thank you! I'll be here until hell freezes over. Don't forget to tip your waiter.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

If you're waiting for hell to freeze over, come oop north and get the chills early.

It's nice enough I guess. Definitely not as busy as the States that I've been to. And a lot more open. You will find lots of rocks. And trees. and rocks. and trees. and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and occasionally, water.

Simplest description of Ontario ever.

 

[Frezzato]

If you're waiting for hell to freeze over, come oop north and get the chills early.

It's nice enough I guess. Definitely not as busy as the States that I've been to. And a lot more open. You will find lots of rocks. And trees. and rocks. and trees. and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and occasionally, water.

Simplest description of Ontario ever.

Rocks and trees? I can handle rocks and trees. Er, not that I'm planning on moving up there or anything. Yeah, that's it. Wow, I mean, ew gross, why would people want "nature" and stuff like that?

[sub]Whew, that was close.[/sub]

 

[Marter]

It'd be best to know specifically what you would like to know.

Life right now involves living in the cold and snow, at least here it is. That's about all I have to say without something more narrowing my response to you.

 

[Dags90]

Personally, I love Montreal in the summer. Great place to go and have a good time. The whole French thing is kind of annoying, but it's usually not too bad. Most service sector employees you'll come across will know enough English.

 

[Frezzato]

It'd be best to know specifically what you would like to know.

Life right now involves living in the cold and snow, at least here it is. That's about all I have to say without something more narrowing my response to you.

Anything and everything. For example, I love the cold. I lived in Massachusetts for 6 years. Also, remember the movie Bowling for Columbine? That scene where he just walks into a house in Canada because he was told that not a whole lot of people lock their doors? I'm sure that was an exaggeration, but are the people really just nicer up there?

That's not to say the people aren't nice down here, it's just that when you're in Miami traffic, the gloves come off. And yeah, I understand that traffic is bad "everywhere", but I used to work as a bicycle courier in Manhattan. I'll ride a bike in Manhattan any day over Miami. Here, you're not even safe in your car. But I don't like huge cities like Manhattan. Oops, I've said too much. INB4 "Get the hell out you ungrateful swine!"

 

[Andrewtheeviscerator]

It's alright, depends where you live really. I live in Edmonton, Alberta where the weathers shit, the people are usually asshats, cities run by idiots, and the roads are always terrible. The only reason I'm still here is Edmonton has one of the best Universities in the world where I plan on going in the next year or two. The only other place I've lived is British Columbia, it's a lot nicer place in terms of weather except for the sometimes dreadful heat, and the fact that people are even worse drivers over there.

It'd be best to know specifically what you would like to know.

Life right now involves living in the cold and snow, at least here it is. That's about all I have to say without something more narrowing my response to you.

Anything and everything. For example, I love the cold. I lived in Massachusetts for 6 years. Also, remember the movie Bowling for Columbine? That scene where he just walks into a house in Canada because he was told that not a whole lot of people lock their doors? I'm sure that was an exaggeration, but are the people really just nicer up there?

Well from personal experience we never used to lock our doors where I lived but we also live in a subdivision with about 20 other families and a 20 minute drive form the nearest town so there was never really any threat. But it's not something I would recommend doing in any of the cities unless you live in a really rich part of town, like St. Albert or something.

 

[Frezzato]

It's alright, depends where you live really. I live in Edmonton, Alberta where the weathers shit, the people are usually asshats, cities run by idiots, and the roads are always terrible. The only reason I'm still here is Edmonton has one of the best Universities in the world where I plan on going in the next year or two. The only other place I've lived is British Columbia, it's a lot nicer place in terms of weather except for the sometimes dreadful heat, and the fact that people are even worse drivers over there.

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Well from personal experience we never used to lock our doors where I lived but we also live in a subdivision with about 20 other families and a 20 minute drive form the nearest town so there was never really any threat. But it's not something I would recommend doing in any of the cities unless you live in a really rich part of town, like St. Albert or something.

I appreciate the honesty. I think I'm heading more towards pontificating as opposed to just bad-mouthing Miami (seriously, don't ever move here). A quick search appears to indicate that the credit card/home loan default rate in Canada is roughly half of what it is here in the U.S. There's definitely a cultural divide. A few years ago I would see at least one house for sale on every block during the drive to work. Houses bought by people who couldn't afford them. Gun sales rising yet again "because of Obama". I forget what my original point was.

I remember a time when very few people had fences on their yards. Things change. I was just hoping maybe things hadn't changed that much up there.