Is Canada really better than the USA?
Feb 6th 2009, 10:24 pm
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Why do all of my posts go off topic
Feb 6th 2009, 10:30 pm
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Like when your question is answered, that might remind someone else of something similar etc. I think that's part and parcel of making threads interesting and informative to read.
Just my 2 cents.........
Feb 8th 2009, 1:29 am
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
There are different people, different info needed, and different variables etc.
Like when your question is answered, that might remind someone else of something similar etc. I think that's part and parcel of making threads interesting and informative to read.
Just my 2 cents.........
Like when your question is answered, that might remind someone else of something similar etc. I think that's part and parcel of making threads interesting and informative to read.
Just my 2 cents.........
Feb 8th 2009, 2:26 am
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Sorry if this has been covered before but lately I have been hearing a lot about Canada being on a par with the US. Especially the crime rate! But I find it hard to belive that Canada can have the same amount of crime as the US when they have a 30o million population and Canada only has 30 million
I would just like to know if Canada really is that much better than the US and if so, why?
Thank you
I would just like to know if Canada really is that much better than the US and if so, why?
Thank you
Feb 8th 2009, 2:43 am
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Saw a car tonight in a car park, engine running, window wound down, owner inside a bank using the cash point - I was gobsmacked, never seen anyone that trusting before in the UK and only 2 miles from Detroit
Feb 8th 2009, 3:03 am
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Was the bank in 313 or 519....I've seen that sort of thing in Canada loads of times...however, I wouldn't do it in Daytrois.
Feb 8th 2009, 3:51 am
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
It is quite incedible when you think about the difference in neighbourhoods btwn those in Windsor and those just 2 or 3 km away in Detroit....areas like the Cass Corridor, Highland Park and the area near the Detroit City Airport....its like night and day.
Feb 8th 2009, 12:56 pm
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
Indeed, I'm thankful there's a river between the two. There's some rough areas in Windsor - to the immediate west of the bridge springs to mind, but they're not even in the same league as the Detroit ghettos....
Feb 8th 2009, 1:35 pm
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Re: Is Canada really better than the USA?
You don't have to go to Canada to find nice neighbourhoods though, I used to work with people who lived in a stylish part of Detroit, I'd get to their house by taking the tunnel, turning right, going through hell and, two blocks later, being among the manicured lawns. Washington's like that too, which is more worrying; one is not likely to be wandering around on foot enjoying the sights in Detroit.