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by leedsquietman » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:13 am
I moved to Canada in 2000 and don't miss England except going to Elland Road on saturdays for footie and watching more misery while paying half my wage for the privilege - but really, overpopulation, devastation of green areas, pollution and traffic misery is symptomatic of most of the World.
Rain - bah, try -42 degrees and 3 feet of snow in 24 hours (on the rarer occasions this happens, tornadoes, hurricanes, as well as flooding, Canada and the USA have all these problems in the northern part of the USA and Canada, polluted lakes and rivers.
Really the lifestyle is pretty much the same except for those who get an education there's a chance to make a slightly better living in some circumstances. If I returned to the UK it wouldn't be a major hardship, I have a slightly better career here and things cost slightly less but not by much. As for the BBC, I would kill for it here, the watered down, ad filled crap we have masquerading as BBC Canada is utter shite. And under Canadian law it has to broadcast 33% canadian (non BBC content) anyway, just as the radio stations have to play 33% Canadian artists minimum (the classic rock station keeps playing the same Rush, Saga and April Wine tracks over and over again).
I have lived in France for nearly 2 years too back in the mid 90's. Different place, same shit in many ways. Nowadays I just get on with living week to week wherever that may be and stop worrying about greener grass, Canadian PM Harper is as much a muppet as Bush and Blair/Brown, more so in some ways.
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leedsquietman on Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
