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Living in Canada
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Ideally i would goto europe, but I know how much culture shock affects me. I used to live in Nebraska then moved to Dallas. I was floored at how rude people were and miserable for about 6 months til i realized I needed to stay what I am and not be intimidated by the fact NO ONE, yes I mean NO ONE dares look you in the eye or say hello or even acknowledge your there when you walk down the sidewalk. It is like I live in a HUGE city of ghosts who are afraid to speak to one another, acknowledge one another, or hell even dare get to know thy neighbor. Can you just imagine how bad it would be for me having to learn French and try to acclimate myself to French culture??? I prefer the easier route, Canada and if necessary the French language.
Is the Canandian media as opinion reporting oriented as American media?
In american news channels there are always "experts" (if you can call them that) debating the pros and cons of it all. Personally I say let people make up their own minds and quit editorializing and sensationalizing the news.
In american news channels there are always "experts" (if you can call them that) debating the pros and cons of it all. Personally I say let people make up their own minds and quit editorializing and sensationalizing the news.
Perhaps we could do a swap, I give you my american citizenship and you give me your Canadian citizenship. I know you would fit right real well down here in the States.
😉
Edit: Thought you were canadian. Looked at profile and then realized i should have known no real Canadian would have said that.
😉
Edit: Thought you were canadian. Looked at profile and then realized i should have known no real Canadian would have said that.
I figure any society, even one under the rule of a dictatorship, has to be friendlier than the one in the urban centers of the states. As far as openness to new ideas, america is quickly reaching its end of tolerance for new ideas that challange people's concepts of the world.
StageLeft
No Lifer
If you have good private health insurance in the US your health care will be superior to what you get in Canada.
No. EDIT: somebody mentioned private clinics. I guess maybe they're picking up steam. Basically though no, most of your health care will have to go through the gov't.
Christ, I really don't have to answer this, do I? What are their hamburgers made of? Polar bear meat?!
It's quicker to become a CAN citizen than a US one. It doesn't matter your country of origin. Once you become a landed immigrant (their version of the US's greencard), it's a few years then you're good to go.
Anandtech! Where else can you get tons of biased, subjective info? 🙂
StageLeft
No Lifer
I wouldn't say it's necessarily more opinion oriented, but it's definitely far more left than the US media are. Remember that Canada is a predominantely liberal nation. The citizens there love liberalism and they detest what isn't liberal. Since the US is further to the right you'll see tons of America-bashing (if you think that America bashes Canada it's not nearly as much as the other way around). Much of it is penis envy, but to a great extent many Canadians see the US as the big bad wolf, and they like their media to encourage that viewpoint.
I typically respect your opinion quite a bit Skoorb, but here you're completely wrong in the latter portion of your post.
You've basically implied that the American bashing on Canadians is genuinely motivated, while most Canadian bashing is just penis envy, you're completely wrong. A lot of us here do genuinely disagree with what your country has done over the last few years, which is best exemplified by our former Prime-Ministers position on the war in Iraq. We, by in large, dislike Americans for what is occurring in Iraq, and the pressures applied by the American Government for Canada to develop their army.
0roo0roo
No Lifer
not sure but i don't think they sell mitsu's up there...
been a while since i've been canadian😛
i remember it as about the same, more boring is all. was too young to experience the political dimension though.
if your a glutton for punishment go live in the farther north parts like cargary🙂 oooh its cold! eh even toronto and stuff has snow, but atleast its got hot summers. now i'm in cali and don't have to deal with snow unless i drive to it.
been a while since i've been canadian😛
i remember it as about the same, more boring is all. was too young to experience the political dimension though.
if your a glutton for punishment go live in the farther north parts like cargary🙂 oooh its cold! eh even toronto and stuff has snow, but atleast its got hot summers. now i'm in cali and don't have to deal with snow unless i drive to it.
Just another note, this last year, Canada's got a $9.2 billion dollar surplus, which from initial reports are going to go back into defecit, so economically, we've been kicking ass not to mention as of today out dollar is at $0.7984 USD, which is one hell of an improvement over the $0.63 it was prior to Bush and the war on Iraq.
That being said, others have mentioned the media in Canada is far more news oriented, i mean even between watching CBC News and CNNm you CLEARLY see the difference between the two countries. I mean even during our elections coverage as "in your face", as it is say on CNN, it isn't "24/7 politcal candidate coverage with various political analysts and experts". I prefer our media system, it's much less intrusive, IMHO.
--Mark
That being said, others have mentioned the media in Canada is far more news oriented, i mean even between watching CBC News and CNNm you CLEARLY see the difference between the two countries. I mean even during our elections coverage as "in your face", as it is say on CNN, it isn't "24/7 politcal candidate coverage with various political analysts and experts". I prefer our media system, it's much less intrusive, IMHO.
--Mark
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