Judy in Calgary

LOL. Well at least that's more realistic than falling in love with the Canadian pavilion at DisneyWorld's EPCOT Center and deciding you want to move to Canada.

printer

He He He, i might just send you some Karma for that

printer

Doh !! I'm slowly beginning to get to grips with all this.

Thanks.

windward

The people.
The differences combined with the similarities.
The feeling of living at the edge of the new world instead of the outskirts of the old.

Daedra

Have you spread enough first? *lol* Iaink helped me alot get my bearings when I first came on here and actually bothered to read the site FAQ's

printer

Yes i just found out about the spreading it around bit, so you will have to wait for yours.

Calgal

....'cos all the best Brits are already here

dbd33

Very nice. We have access to a few things here that we don't in Canada and are exploiting that to the full. The main ones are beer (yes, ok we live by the Feathers but otherwise beer in Canada is a problem) and access to the countryside. We've walked miles today on public rights of way, the only part of North America I know to have anything comparable is California.

dingbat

I am so very jealous. Should however be doing much of the same soon, I hope.

Rich_007

Uhm.........forest service roads and singletrack trails winding across Crown Land/National/Provincial Parks ? There's only about 1bn KM's of 'um.
Man you ON people have some serious issues.



Rich.

dbd33

Traditionally, but Harper's bat shit crazy, you have to look to someone like Santorum to match him in the US.

Well, yes, Canadians are interested in their country of birth as well as the town in which they live.

That's a bit thin, the CRAP was very much a religious party and the former members are still religion firsters. There are just as many cars with fishes on in Toronto as in Denver.

Day to day though these points don't matter, one wouldn't usually know the religion of one's neighbours in either country except in extreme cases such as Utah or Ontario where the schools are segregated.

I think Canada's of interest because it's like America but the idea's a bit less scary; Canada has healthcare.

dbd33

Alas, we have to come back next week.

Rich_007

Simple........

Religion = spouse count ?
Sub-religion = age of spouse(s) ?

Rich.

iaink

Only Denver is a much smaller place (about half or a 5th the size, depending how wide you want to define it)...so a higher proportion of drivers are relying on god to get them to their destination rather than actually paying attention to driving

Last time I checked Harper was not completely frothing at the mouth, had the odd sensible thing to say, and most importantly has not started any illadvised wars resulting in thousands of pointless deaths and a worsening international situation (yet). Generally he has not been as bad as I was expecting...but then hes still on his best behaviour isnt he..one eye on the inevitable mid term election that all minority governments succum to.

The political climate does have a day to day affect on everybodies state of mind I think. I find Canada quite a relaxing, stressfree place to live. Thats one thing I like about it. Enjoy the UK while you are over there...seen any chavyness yet?

Much truth in that I suspect, also part of the appeal might be the slower pace of life, although how true that is if you end up in a large city I dont know. ALso less violent (gun related) crime than the US. Fewer 'staylans than oz...and closer to the motherland.

dbd33

Well, I don't know about BC but, in Ontario the average white Canadian is grossly fat and terrified of queers and foreigners, they're even fearful of people from Toronto (who admittedly do tend to be brown and/or queer). I think West Virginia and Mississippi have more of a redneck culture but Kentucky, for example, is a hotbed of liberalism compared to backwoods places like Orangeville or Barrie.