Man killed in daytime shooting at Vancouver airport
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Typical. You’ve probably never been and get your info from CNN and CBC. Why don’t you spend some time there and see for yourself. I’ve spent a lot of time there and for people with qualifications and ambition the quality of life is significantly better than in large Canadian cities. Infrastructure, entertain, culture, housing, medical care, food, weather, etc. Sure there is crime, but it is manageable and concentrated in certain areas.
São Paulo is a great place. If it’s the biggest shithole you’ve ever lived in you haven’t lived in a lot of places. There are very nice areas, jardims, Vila Olimpia, Moema, Brooklin to name a few. As I mentioned, infrastructure, food, culture, weather, etc beats any Canadian city. That is of course assuming one has a decent job and makes some decent money. The houses and apartments are much better as well. I don’t know when you lived there or for how long - were you in a favela? As for healthcare, the private healthcare in SP is hands down better than anything offered in Canada: quick, modern, thorough. Sure you have to pay for it, but that is why insurance is available, like most places in the world.
Anyway, you can enjoy Brampton. I prefer Bali.
And in terms of economic dynamism and opportunities both Brazil and Indonesia offer ambitious, smart go-getters many more opportunities than Canada.
My kids are Canadians. They can study in Canada if they want. Anyway, you can be another Canadian supremacist who shits on every place that isn’t Canada, thinking Canada is some type of utopia, without actually having seen much of the world.
Talking about averages. - who cares? Take a look at Canada. Why would anyone want to be in the average there? I certainly don’t. I’ve worked my way above the ‘average.’ That’s another Canadian quality that drives me nuts: let’s strive to be average, to be mediocre, to be third or fourth place. No thanks. I’ll take above above average in Canada, Brazil or Indonesia. Where in Canada is average good? Nowhere. It’s average.
And in terms of demographics have you noticed Canada? The selling point for Ontario is the ever increasing percentage of foreign born residents. And Quebec? Ethnic ghettos all around Montreal. No identity. No patriotism. No cohesion. No thanks.
Canada has some good points. But it isn’t the best place in the world. It has terrible leadership, many urban areas are falling apart, the healthcare system is not great, taxes are high, the weather is shit. One must weigh the good with the bad. I did and I left. It’s easy to rag on other places. But pointless if the good and the bad of a place can’t be assessed objectively.