Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by bazzz
(Post 5523764)
You probably realise this as it's been mentioned a number of times before, but Canada has an official policy of multiculturalism and immigrants are not expected to "integrate" with anyone.
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Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Bigotry is rampant within the U.K, Remember, No Irishman Wanted.
Scots and Welsh have always been treated like second class citizens, they happen to be white, but they have always been looked down on. Canada is a land for Immigrants, some came from Refugee Camps, from squalor, they had to fight to survive, old habits are hard to lose. Czech girl hated it here, same country where we were faced with a flood of Immigrants trying to leave. Canada is what you make it, whining Poms with toffee noses are a great reason to leave the UK. I can live anywhere, I have been everywhere, on balance, Canada is the best, on balance. We are universally well liked and well accepted, can't say that about the Brits, read the Australia section. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
It seems this thread is living on regardless, quite a hot topic :)
I have to say the OP appears a bit arrogant to me though. He tells people coming from London how great it is there and somehow armed with a copy of the economist he tells us all that our experiences are a figment of our imaginations. To be honest, I love London and would quite happily live there all my life if I could, even though it has problems. But based on the OP's 'real life' experience 12 years ago as a student he cannot see that some people do not have the finances to maintain a life in London. based on his position of having a successful internet business, he believes anyone can have the life of Reilly there. What good is it to live in a place that is full of life, when you cannot join in. I want to start a family with my wife, we cannot afford to lose a wage in London and I don't feel that we could give a child what it needs in London, when you struggle to pay the bills. I could move outside London and quite honestly I don't want to. I would have to move a long way, maybe back to my origins in South Wales to achieve this. Small town Canada is where I am and I feel that this is the better option, who knows if its right or wrong, its only an opinion. At least 'happy slapping' has not reached this area, I have not read of anyone urinating on dying women in the streets because 'its a laugh' here. I believe overall Canadians appear to have a better grasp of responsibility on raising children. maye I'm wrong, time will tell. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by Howard1944
(Post 5523946)
We are universally well liked and well accepted,
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Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by manghams
(Post 5522980)
I have withheld my 5 yr old from school, where the intake of immigrants (Asian and Eastern European) is over 87%; putting my son in a minority group, English being the second language for the majority. As a matter of note, we also considered, Scotland, Cornwall, France, Spain,Tenerife and Australia before choosing Canada! |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by AdrianTO
(Post 5534156)
Sure, you can move to some remote part of Canada. But, then why bother coming here?
I can think of many reasons...but I'm not going to post them yet again. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by AdrianTO
(Post 5534156)
Sure, you can move to some remote part of Canada. But, then why bother coming here?
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Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by PeterF
(Post 5524120)
I have to say the OP appears a bit arrogant to me though. He tells people coming from London how great it is there and somehow armed with a copy of the economist he tells us all that our experiences are a figment of our imaginations. But based on the OP's 'real life' experience 12 years ago as a student he cannot see that some people do not have the finances to maintain a life in London. - One guy I know works for BT in West Ealing. Lives 15 mins away. Bought a house a few years ago for around 250,000 Pounds. Gets back home at 3 PM. Spends a lot of time with his family. Both his kids are doing very well at school. His brother, same thing, lives somewhere in Uxbridge, works close by, drives a BMW, wife works part time. Not particular well off, either of them. Very middle class. - My cousin, lives in Datchett. Moved to the UK about 10 years ago from the USA. Owns a house there that is worth close to half a million pounds. Works close by. His wife has an MBA, but she doesn't work. She stays home and takes care of the kids. How can he do it? He went from the USA with nothing. Has no intention of going back. So, either you have been very unfortunate. Or you have made some very bad decisions. To say that there are no opportunities and it is impossible to have a quality of life in the UK and even in London is exaggerated. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by AdrianTO
(Post 5534256)
- My cousin, lives in Datchett. Moved to the UK about 10 years ago from the USA. Owns a house there that is worth close to half a million pounds. Works close by. His wife has an MBA, but she doesn't work. She stays home and takes care of the kids. How can he do it? He went from the USA with nothing. Has no intention of going back.
I'm not sure what your point is other than that you know some rich people. Well done. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by bazzz
(Post 5534302)
Good point. We should all move to London and buy million-dollar houses.
I'm not sure what your point is other than that you know some rich people. Well done. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by AdrianTO
(Post 5534256)
- One guy I know works for BT in West Ealing. Lives 15 mins away. Bought a house a few years ago for around 250,000 Pounds. Gets back home at 3 PM. Spends a lot of time with his family. Both his kids are doing very well at school. His brother, same thing, lives somewhere in Uxbridge, works close by, drives a BMW, wife works part time. Not particular well off, either of them. Very middle class.
- My cousin, lives in Datchett. Moved to the UK about 10 years ago from the USA. Owns a house there that is worth close to half a million pounds. Works close by. His wife has an MBA, but she doesn't work. She stays home and takes care of the kids. How can he do it? He went from the USA with nothing. Has no intention of going back. So, either you have been very unfortunate. Or you have made some very bad decisions. To say that there are no opportunities and it is impossible to have a quality of life in the UK and even in London is exaggerated. |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by AdrianTO
(Post 5534256)
One guy I know works for BT in West Ealing. Lives 15 mins away. Bought a house a few years ago for around 250,000 Pounds. Gets back home at 3 PM. Spends a lot of time with his family. Both his kids are doing very well at school. His brother, same thing, lives somewhere in Uxbridge, works close by, drives a BMW, wife works part time. Not particular well off, either of them. Very middle class.
To say that there are no opportunities and it is impossible to have a quality of life in the UK and even in London is exaggerated. Unless the individuals you mention have ever taken the opportunity to emigrate and use the buying power of their equity to create a new life for themselves elsewhere, then how can anyone assume that London is 'better' for them than Canada? If the guy that has a GBP250k house is unmortgaged, then his equity will go a long way to buying a much nicer environment to live in over here (IMO). If he's perfectly happy with congestion, damp, grey weather, an increasingly nannied state existence then good for him. Not sure what BMW ownership has to do with anything? |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by R I C H
(Post 5534507)
Not sure what BMW ownership has to do with anything?
I don't understand why this thread wont die. It serves absolutely no purpose. PS..good one Bazzz, worth waiting for! |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 5534534)
Offered as evidence of terminal middle classness I suspect?
I don't understand why this thread wont die. It serves absolutely no purpose. Although after 800+ posts, Bazz finally offered something incisive:) Circular arguments with individuals that have entrenched views live long on the internerd. I might send Bazz karma :thumbup: |
Re: Confused.. Why Canada?
Originally Posted by bazzz
(Post 5534302)
Good point. We should all move to London and buy million-dollar houses.
I'm not sure what your point is other than that you know some rich people. Well done. I know what you consider "rich people" as well. I didn't even post about their lifestyles because I understand that they are the exception. For example, a guy that I went to university with runs a Specsavers franchise. He came to see me when I was in Spain. We were out and he came across a condo he liked, he went in and bought it on his Visa debit card. He had that much money in his checking account. But these earlier examples I gave are hardly people that I would classify as rich. |
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