21 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 21 Jun 2023 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
Yeah It is disappointing that fold's offerings are sparse at best for me here in communist republic of Canada. Would be nice if they at least added amazon gift cards. Who the hell still shops at the GAP? Definitely not bitcoiners.
I'm sorry about what's happened to your once great land.
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Still a beautiful nation. Unfortunately decades of nanny state creep have eroded the Canadian grit and pride that once was the ethos of the country. There is something to be said for having to fight for your freedom rather than having it signed over to you. Canadians are very trusting of government, media and bureaucratic institutions. It is disheartening and I fear it is getting close to being too late to recover. I see Venezuela in Canada's future, which is why I am looking for a place in the US (my wife is American and both my kids are US citizens). We spend a couple months a year in the US. If Trudeau gets re-elected we may just make a permanent move.
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I would certainly endorse moving to America. Most of the middle and southern parts of the country are actually making moves in the right direction in a lot of areas.
I've driven through western Canada a couple times (2001 and 2016) and I noticed a major culture shift between those trips. On the first trip, most of the people we met were super resentful of the ruling class and wanted more independence for their provinces. On the second trip, that spirit seemed to be missing.
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I don't spend much time in western Canada, have been a couple times. Alberta is vastly different from BC. Still a bit of freedom mentality in Alberta.
If we did move it would probably be to Texas (my wife has family there) but Tennessee is another option. I wouldn't mind being a bit closer to the Canadian border so I could be within say a 5-8 hour drive of where I live now. Then we could keep our property and rent it out until Trudeau expropriates it and I could keep an eye on my parents. Maybe Pennsylvania or Ohio. We are going to be in the US this fall and planning to check out a few different places. If you have any suggestions let me know. I did a post about this a couple months back and got some great responses.
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We're also thinking about moving to Tennessee. Clarksville is a college town outside of Nashville that has really low taxes and low crime rates (for Tennessee at least).
Close friends of ours used to live in the Dayton area of Ohio and it seemed pretty nice whenever we visited. I don't know as much about the tax situation there, but cost of living is definitely low.
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Thanks. Will look into these places.
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