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Originally Posted by westopher
I don’t think anyone makes Canada out to be a holy grail. Nowhere is, it’s just relative to where you came from. For someone from Uganda, or Palestine, or Syria or Sudan? Canada is absolutely a fucking utopia! We aren’t dealing with active genocides or no drinking water or war. If you think there’s somewhere you could leave Canada for that would have the same delta, it’s genuine insanity. Are there better places to live objectively? For sure, but in a world that has 210 countries or so, there are literally like 7. LITERALLY. If you’re looking for the land of opportunity that Canada was 40 years ago, really the only option is if you believe in reincarnation, eat the end of a shotgun and come back as the kid of rich people. The era of getting rich through hard work is over. Enjoy life for what it is, we have it pretty good.
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Like calculation of upside/downside of each place is so personal. Everyone be arguing in this thread not just about a specific circumstance but about a range of them too.
I can argue upside of US is generally better for a lot, but for lower income self employed it is bad because of health insurance!
BIC could get a new job in HK that values his exp and triple his salary, math changes a lot then.
I do think rose tinted glasses a lil on the stronger side but sometimes we need some romance to make some changes in our lives. I still have them on for NYC but they’re slowly coming off… still love it here tho.