Here are some things in Canada's favor. - The health insurance industry in the US has a lot of problems, even if you have "good" insurance provided by a top em

Here are some things in Canada's favor. - The health insurance industry in the US has a lot of problems, even if you have "good" insurance provided by a top employer. I needed a procedure earlier this year for a potentially life-threatening tumor (turned out fine, thankfully). Despite the procedure being recommended by an esteemed specialist, I had trouble getting it approved. I had to "shop around" for facilities that my insurance would approve to get the tumor removed. Bureaucracy is the last thing you want to understand the deal with when you don't know if you have cancer. Also, even after the insurance, I still had a bill in the $1-2k range. There are lots of worse horror stories dealing with our adversarial insurance system. - British Colombia is one of the most beautiful places on earth, with some of the best food as well. - US is much, much more violent. There are more guns here than people. That said, I do live in the US for now. The 2-3x salary difference is hard to ignore.