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Its kind of crazy that Canada now has the same population as California, and is 25 times bigger physically. Whereas Canada's economy is 50% smaller than Califo

Its kind of crazy that Canada now has the same population as California, and is 25 times bigger physically. Whereas Canada's economy is 50% smaller than California's (3T to 2T).

hbn 3y ago
Yet we still manage to compete on housing prices!
- jonny_eh 3y ago
  In Vancouver and Toronto. Even then, SF house prices are still much higher when you consider the exchange rate.
jonny_eh 3y ago
Did you know that Canada has land farther south than parts of California?
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- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  I'm guessing Windsor (42.3149° N), but CA's northern latitude is almost 42° N exactly, so it turns out to be Middle Island instead (41.40° N).
- bmc7505 3y ago
  I was skeptical, but it turns out you're right! According to Wikipedia, the Northernmost point in California is 42 degrees north, and the Southernmost point in Canada is Middle Island, which is 41.7 degrees north [1], or about 0.3 degrees farther south of the Northernmost point in California. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Cana... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S._states_and_territories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S....
jejeyyy77 3y ago
Only a small part of Canada is livable it's quite a small ;) - and over 50% of the population live below the border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/canada-population-line-map.png?w=646 http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...
- voisin 3y ago
  Livable != developed At least 100x more of the country than has been developed is livable, just undeveloped. I’ve driven the length of the country four times in the last three years and I assure you there are vast stretches of perfectly livable land that simply hasn’t been developed because the market demand has been in major cities and expands outward slowly.
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palijer 3y ago
Also crazy how California has over 500% more people incarcerated than Canada with the same population and almost double the poverty rate with a larger economy.
- voisin 3y ago
  Hard to break the law when the nearest person is over the horizon. /s

Its kind of crazy that Canada now has the same population as California, and is 25 times bigger physically. Whereas Canada's economy is 50% smaller than California's (3T to 2T).

hbn 3y ago

Yet we still manage to compete on housing prices!

jonny_eh 3y ago
In Vancouver and Toronto. Even then, SF house prices are still much higher when you consider the exchange rate.

jonny_eh 3y ago

Did you know that Canada has land farther south than parts of California?

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seanmcdirmid 3y ago
I'm guessing Windsor (42.3149° N), but CA's northern latitude is almost 42° N exactly, so it turns out to be Middle Island instead (41.40° N).
bmc7505 3y ago
I was skeptical, but it turns out you're right! According to Wikipedia, the Northernmost point in California is 42 degrees north, and the Southernmost point in Canada is Middle Island, which is 41.7 degrees north [1], or about 0.3 degrees farther south of the Northernmost point in California. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Cana... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S._states_and_territories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S....

jejeyyy77 3y ago

Only a small part of Canada is livable it's quite a small ;) - and over 50% of the population live below the border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/canada-population-line-map.png?w=646 http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...

voisin 3y ago
Livable != developed At least 100x more of the country than has been developed is livable, just undeveloped. I’ve driven the length of the country four times in the last three years and I assure you there are vast stretches of perfectly livable land that simply hasn’t been developed because the market demand has been in major cities and expands outward slowly.

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palijer 3y ago

Also crazy how California has over 500% more people incarcerated than Canada with the same population and almost double the poverty rate with a larger economy.

voisin 3y ago
Hard to break the law when the nearest person is over the horizon. /s