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Going to 'Diet USA' is likely more seamless and convenient. I lived in Canada for several years and I honestly think that's a good description for it, you canno
by ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
Going to 'Diet USA' is likely more seamless and convenient. I lived in Canada for several years and I honestly think that's a good description for it, you cannot really tell whether you are in Michigan or Ontario if you don't look at the road signs.
- jcranmer 10y agoOr visit the museums, where all the exhibits have both French and English text. As an American who worked in Canada for a summer, I can honestly say that the two countries are so similar you're surprised by any minor differences that do come up.
- krisdol 10y agoHave you been in Quebec? Montreal is more like a central European city than anything in the US. I haven't been to Quebec City but I gather it's not much different. It's also starkly different if you look at share of wealth. Class divisions are smaller in Canada, noticeably so.
- maxerickson 10y agoOntarians say "Eh" unironically.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoAs a Chicagoan, being in Toronto can be a little bizarre. After a while I forget I'm not at home. That said, Canada is fairly diverse. Montreal has no easy American city comparison.
- fatbird 10y agoI'm a Canadian who lived and worked in the US for six years, and my impression on returning home is that Canada is the country you'd get if you took the U.S. and removed the extremes of wealth and poverty.
- vecinu 10y agoThis will no longer be true as the divide in the GTA grows out of control. Canada has a very small population so you haven't noticed these divides yet but they will only get worse with time unless our government takes a serious stance on ensuring the middle class doesn't shrink.