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[Deleted member 1083629]

Look let me put it in this way.

There are tiers of public security.

Top tier is perhaps Japan. No violent crime usually and there is police behind every god damned telephone pole. They are also fire arm averse. And a lot of them do not carry firearms in usual policing.

Now when it comes to Canada and USA, their police departments are actually under-resourced for policing. So, they actually do not investigate a lot of complains they recieve. I heard in SF they do not even try to investigate car theft these days because they are so innudated in cases. In BC, crime against women are ignored from what I hear. If you have a creep living in your building and acting creep, police is likely to do very little. This mess is everywhere in NA.

Firearms in public adds a new challenge. It makes police worried about their own safety. And guess who they suspect the most? Us immigrants. You don't look "american", you are more suspect. You dont sound american, you are more suspect. Our risk profile as immigrants is not usual look-american sound-american profile. Black folks have worst risk profile and I suspect, we might be similar.

I was flagpoling at Peace Arch for my WP in 2019. I had to go to US side and cross back to Canada. I had no personal vehicle so I went on foot. I approched border post, kept my passport in hand, clearly visible and both hand clearly visible. Damn border police folks always have one hand on their weapon.

I have already explained that there are certain things that I find important in life. Canada won't help me achieve those. Therefore, for ME, USA>Canada

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

It is if you consider a 300K usd vs 180k cad salary for the same data engineer role, same company. No free Healthcare is worth a 150k salary difference.

It's a crappy free healthcare as well. If it would be good, I would argue. If it's so bad that I am making plans to fly to Turkey, then put it mildly, there is no healthcare available.

 

[Arod]

It is if you consider a 300K usd vs 180k cad salary for the same data engineer role, same company. No free Healthcare is worth a 150k salary difference.

LOL, sure, $300K where? In San Francisco or other California cities where you can't find a decent apartment for less than USD $5K a month?

 

[navinball]

It's a crappy free healthcare as well. If it would be good, I would argue. If it's so bad that I am making plans to fly to Turkey, then put it mildly, there is no healthcare available.

Yeah I'm outta here on TN by March.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

LOL, sure, $300K where? In San Francisco or other California cities where you can't find a decent apartment for less than USD $5K a month?

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/greater-seattle-area

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

LOL, sure, $300K where? In San Francisco or other California cities where you can't find a decent apartment for less than USD $5K a month?

Tbh, 180K CAD is pretty tough to achieve. There is a handful number of companies that pay that much and the competition is fierce. With the recent crypto failures, that number got even smaller

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Yeah I'm outta here on TN by March.

You cannot imagine how many people told me that already. Everyone I studied with or I met back in 2019-2020 are just waiting for the citizenship. After that, the USA or their home countries or buying a place in south of Europe and consulting.

 

[Arod]

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/greater-seattle-area

Seattle is almost as expensive as California, and with a very crappy weather.

This is definitely not the kind of place where I would see myself raising a family.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Seattle is almost as expensive as California, and with a very crappy weather.

idk about that. shorturl.at/cmpy1

I cannot see myself raising a family in Canada. A guy over here can't even find medicine for his kids. My former colleague cannot get his kid to a doctor. They made plans to fly to Mexico to show his kid to doctors over there.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

In San Francisco or other California cities where you can't find a decent apartment for less than USD $5K a month?

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Seattle,+WA&country2=United+States&city2=San+Francisco,+CA#:~:text=You would need around 8,661.5,earnings (after income tax).

 

[Arod]

idk about that. shorturl.at/cmpy1

I cannot see myself raising a family in Canada. A guy over here can't even find medicine for his kids. My former colleague cannot get his kid to a doctor. They made plans to fly to Mexico to show his kid to doctors over there.

You do realize that this is a North American problem, not a Canadian one.

In fact, the drug shortage crisis in the US is much worse:

https://healthnews.com/news/drug-shortages-in-us-what-caused-it-and-when-it-will-end/

 

[GandiBaat]

My former colleague cannot get his kid to a doctor. They made plans to fly to Mexico to show his kid to doctors over there.

Well, my mother is visiting. In my she fell down stairs. We went to emergency and got her checked up. Total time: 3-4 hours. It included an x-ray and a ct-scan.

I think going to mexico will be extreme unless its some very unusual situation. If you need, you can get a doctor in emergency. if this was a very specific specialist, then i don't know. My son gets his eye check up here. Specialist is hard to get but not impossible.

My friend's wife had to undergo an emergency surgery in november due to a tumor detected in end of october. all things were fast.

I believe its general care that is more impacted in canada.

And yes, OTC drugs are hard or impossible to get and you have to smuggle them from usa because peple are hoarding them. Prescription ones, I never had trouble.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

You do realize that this is a North American problem, not a Canadian one.

In fact, the drug shortage crisis in the US is much worse:

https://healthnews.com/news/drug-shortages-in-us-what-caused-it-and-when-it-will-end/

Sure. I understand that. I just have more trust that the USA will fix the problem; I have less trust that Canada will. Most likely, Canada will get those drugs from the USA. See example of COVID-19 vaccines.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Well, my mother is visiting. In my she fell down stairs. We went to emergency and got her checked up. Total time: 3-4 hours. It included an x-ray and a ct-scan.

I think going to mexico will be extreme unless its some very unusual situation. If you need, you can get a doctor in emergency. if this was a very specific specialist, then i don't know. My son gets his eye check up here. Specialist is hard to get but not impossible.

My friend's wife had to undergo an emergency surgery in november due to a tumor detected in end of october. all things were fast.

I believe its general care that is more impacted in canada.

And yes, OTC drugs are hard or impossible to get and you have to smuggle them from usa because peple are hoarding them. Prescription ones, I never had trouble.

Hm... I spent 6 hours in ER when I felt on ice. When I asked a front desk, I was told that my estimated time would be 14-17 hours. I just went home. Maybe, it's Ontario problem?

I am not sure about the kid. I know that he has hard time breathing. My friend cannot get him to the doctor. The appointment is in May; signed up in October.

 

[GandiBaat]

Sure. I understand that. I just have more trust that the USA will fix the problem; I have less trust that Canada will. Most likely, Canada will get those drugs from the USA. See example of COVID-19 vaccines.

Healthcare is right now highest issue for canadians.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-care-surpasses-inflation-as-top-national-issue-of-concern-nanos-1.6176739

There is bound to be an action on this issue.