I’m kind of in a strange boat right now where I’m really comfortable in Canada yet I can’t shake this feeling I need to get over to the US of A in order to take advantage of that strong USD. I, like many Canadians, work for an American firm and have a TN visa. Recently, my employer offered to sponsor me for a green card, if I ever choose to relocate to the USA. I can live pretty much anywhere I want as I’m a remote employee, but I do travel to the USA for client work.
It’s a tough decision to make. While I consider it, I thought I’d ask the community. So, say you good lemmings?
Totally agree here. There are many Canadians that would never in a million years consider moving the US and I think that’s a pretty narrow view of the country. It’s a big country with a lot of diversity and until you’ve at least visited I don’t think it’s fair to write it off. Hawaii is a great example. It’s an absolute paradise with a unique local culture, but is still technically the US.
The Mayan Riviera is absolutely gorgeous, but it’s not exactly a representative sample for what moving to Mexico would be like, and a vacation there is not the same as moving there either. I’ll very happily visit the US. I’ll do the touristy things, I’ll meet with my American friends, I’ll go to Vegas for a weekend and melt into a puddle. But if I were picking up and moving I would want to be good and damn sure that my life there would be an improvement and that’s not a great bet in a lot of cases in the US, especially when one half of the government is actively, intentionally and openly working to make everyone’s life worse and there’s a reasonable chance that they’ll be back in power with the next election. And even if they aren’t they’re still able to act through state government and the Supreme Court.
I’ve been doing some figuring to see if leaving the country is feasible for myself, but the US doesn’t make my short list of destinations. It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.