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As a Canadian who lives in SF, your bullet points really need qualifiers. In general I find that Canadians over estimate the danger of living in the US. As for
by ryanobjc 9y ago
As a Canadian who lives in SF, your bullet points really need qualifiers. In general I find that Canadians over estimate the danger of living in the US.
As for that other stuff, it really depends on where in Canada. Don't tell me that the public transit is great everywhere, because it isn't. Canada was built on cars. Some cities, like exactly only Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal have good public transit. Many do not.
BTW the amount of homeless people sleeping on the streets in Toronto was a little surprising to me.
Vancouver has the same real estate market as SF. Good luck buying a $1.1m on a $105k senior Dev salary.
As for health insurance, the system works if you have a good job with good benefits.
- okatsu 9y ago"As for health insurance, the system works if you have a good job with good benefits." That's kind of an important "if", though. My mother had a menial job when she was diagnosed with lung cancer and I wouldn't have been able to cover her with my health insurance. She unfortunately passed away but at least the attempted treatments didn't cost us anything. What do you do if you lose your job and suddenly fall severely ill? Return to Canada?
- ryanobjc 9y agoI do expect California to keep the ACA reforms regardless what happens federally. I don't expect California to regress, and I expect health care in this great state to improve over time. So, it seems like a non problem for now. Besides, the real issue in the US wasn't becoming sick, but becoming chronically ill. That was the big problem with no escape, but ACA has helped reduce that problem.