U.S. can't pick a good trading partner.

Canada can't pick a good trading partner.

 

Rich people like US health care and reduced taxes, poor/low/middle income people like Canadian because no matter what, you're covered.

If you have money you can definitely get better medical attention in the US.

Medical school is a million times more expensive in the US than it is in Canada, I believe.

 

Canada is a poorer U.S. Prostitutes are legal there too.

 

Hmm. The Canadian economy appears to be based on donuts, pork products and hockey. They sure seem to have a lot more of the above than we do.

True story. Canadian citizen (at the time) friend and I were in France in the 80s. We were sitting around with some French and British friends. My buddy was complaining that people in the US never accepted Canada's separate national identity. My argument was that there is not really enough of a difference between the countries to matter. The French and British take on it: "As far as we are concerned, it's all the same place."

 

What the hell are you talking about I've yet to hear of legal prostitution in Canada. But, fully nekkid lapdances with actual contact are legal.

Depends on what you mean when you say poorer. Resource-wise, Canada wins. Also, US has what seems like entire cities that consist of low-income housing or almost completely middle to low class communities and workers. Canada has the same types of differences but with what I'd venture to guess is far fewer unemployed/lower class/lower income people. I could be wrong but couldn't find any facts online quickly.

 

That's not surprising, from a distance they are very similar. Up close they're very different.

Very similar to what uninformed people think about the lack of differences and abundance of similarities between Chinese/Japanese, Russians/Ukrainians, and even Israelis/Arabs.

Educated people know the differences. There's a reason why Canadians often travel with Canadian flags on their clothing or backpacks; they get treated much better. It might not be fair but the world knows there's a difference.

 

Canada has a 14y/o consent age. 'Nough said.

 

Everyone knows the best cowboys come from Texas!

 

Mikey, no offense, but you must not get out of North America much. The cultural differences between Canada and the US are no more or not much more so than the cultural differences within the US itself. The economies and infrastructures of the two countries are intimately tied together. Look, man. I realize it is a different country and I can respect that but compared to the rest of the word, the differences are really minor. Yup, fewer really poor people but probably fewer rich as well. One better than the other? Mehh, 6 of one half a dozen of the other. There are advantages on both sides.

One thing I have learned from travelling around the world is that for many people, the average middle class joe in a peaceful country pretty much lives life in a similar manner. He gets up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, hugs the kids, has dinner, sits in his favorite chair and nods off in front of the TV until his wife says "come on, dear, time for bed." Happens in the US, happens in Canada, happens in the Middle East, happens in Mexico, happens in Japan, happens around the world. Of course the size of the middle class varies from place to place. People are doctors, lawyers, carpenters, accountants, engineers, garbage men, own a store, work as secretaries, whatever.

 

Everyone should know that the biggest rodeo in the world is in Calgary . . . Alberta . . . Canada.

Alberta's bigger than Texas, too.



































































(I know, it's actually about 5% smaller; it's just nice to yank Texans' chains from time to time.)