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As an American who Actually Moved To Canada, here are some things to consider if you’re serious about getting the fuck out of the US, a thread:
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1) you can’t just drive to the border and say “trump sucks” and get a work permit. The system up here is INCREDIBLY fucked up. The process takes months, even assuming everything goes right, which it won’t.
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2) if you think the US housing crisis is bad: lol. Unless you wanna live in like Manitoba or something you are noooot gonna find affordable housing. Or, uh, housing at all.
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3) Canada has plenty of their own right wing shitheads, and they’re probably gonna win the next elections. The ones you won’t be able to vote in, because you’re not Canadian.
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4) everything is more expensive here, and the currency is weaker. Your money will not go as far. And have fun figuring out taxes! Of which you will pay 3-3x more than you did in the US!
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5) good news: all those taxes do pay for socialized healthcare. Bad news: depending on where you end up, it may be an absolute shambles. There are like a hundred thousand people in Nova Scotia who can’t find a family doctor (me included).
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ok actual Q: does Canada have any sort of remote work visa like Taiwan does? Or is that no? (otherwise my thought if I'm going to expat is "middle income country with fairly solid social services and high enough white collar worker demand that visas are obtainable")
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I don’t know but probably not. They really don’t like non-Canadians coming in and further clogging that job market.
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I have a strong sense that this is connected to the housing crises (or rather that housing crisis drives anti-immigrant sentiment)