<approves of the use of <> brackets, which I claim to have originated and sends tut tut to Mr. M for his taste in beer while smiling approvingly at that of Mr Oink>

Get there early, squeeze in a few pints at that crappy pub in the arrivals area and get her to drive home cos you are pissed.

you can shoot bears, and drink all day without people batting an eyelid.

They supplied me with some beer fridge parts free of charge, as a result I occasionally "buy local" . Nice people down there.

<Puts the second can back in the fridge as he realises Novo won't drink it!>

Oh I don't know. I could be persuaded. Anyway, I've just opened a can of Bavaria so I'd better shut up.

Have you got my house bugged? My kid and I have just been trying to translate this into French, and are aiming at 'contrebandier de perruche'? You HAVE to wear the damned things in the swimming pools here, and I am sure this is one of the things that makes my OH want to return home to Canada. I think this is the best phrase I have heard in ages.

With all the beer and popcorn, I imagine the Rennies are the dessert?

First time, because my partner at the time was Canadian. Second time, because my husband got transferred there. It was never actually a choice because of the country.

Generalise much? Perhaps I'd better go and put everything away before it gets 'nicked', and actually bother to lock my front door and car occasionally too. Not everywhere in England is crime ridden with yobs joy riding past every 10 seconds you know. Unless you read the Daily Mail of course, and then it is.

To the OP, this Wiki article may be of some use? http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Canada_versus_Australia

I've personally been the victim of crime -petty thefts from our garage/cars in a "nice" area - in Canada. In the UK, incl 14 years living in Essex, I never was. Nor have any of my family or friends.

In answer to the question: Because that's where the Mrs is from so my choice was made for me.

We moved to get away from the huge cheese n bacon mountains in the UK stores. We can shop in Canada without tripping over a mature chedder or pile of streaky.

Agreed.

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Canadians do the same...its not the crime free paved with gold paradise some people think either.

so why?..because and some one pointed out its not America...if i was fleunt in Scandanavian i would have moved there.

I cant speak for others but I do live in a largely crime free paradise. I came for the job offer initially of course, but enjoy the stress free living, the 4 season climate and a relaxed pace of life. I guess Im just happier here, thats what counts. Nothing wrong with the UK though that cant be fixed by either a better job or moving to a nicer area.

I was a little concerned at how I would take the the winter here, but to my surprise its not so bad, I actually enjoy the first few months, its just by the time March rolls I am looking forward to the next season. Right now I cant wait to get skiing again and the kids are all excited to get skating once more.

OP.
Some love it, some hate it, some put up and shut up. If you make a mistake when you get here, it is only a flight to Oz...rent until you are sure. I stick to my comments about Australia though. Good luck.

of course, if you look I'm sure there is also a thread somewhere on the relative merits of spiders vs. bears.

For me there were a few things back in 1980, OZ was a long, long way away. Canada seemed much closer and was also closer to the US should that interest.

Plus when I first went to the library to have a look at both Canada and OZ the OZ book spoke about worms 4" diameter x 6 foot long, that was eenough for me