Re-Posted From Quora: Do You Regret Moving To Canada? By Rhea Goikoetxea

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Do you regret moving to Canada?

Yes I did.

Canada is SEVERELY overhyped! Canada is surprisingly underdeveloped in a HUGE number of ways!

I lasted two years plus some months until I couldn’t take it anymore and drove myself down to the US.

1. Cost of living is high. Internet/phone unbelievably expensive. 275 CAD a month with Rogers. But it’s not just phone/internet. Even flying out of Canada is unbelievably expensive. That is supposedly because the country lacks competition as Air Canada runs the show. Which takes me to the next point.
2. Everything is a monopoly so customer gets screwed with poor service, huge prices. From the airlines industry, to telephone companies, to cable, to whatever, you’re at the mercy of the monopoly and they DO NOT care about you! Trust me, you can ROT IN CANCEROUS HELL and they won’t bend a finger to help you because THEY TRULY BUT TRULY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU!
3. Canadians are brainwashed into believing they are unbelievably lucky for living in Canada so they do not question anything, they are passive and accepting of the maple leaf penis that gets shoved down their butts everyday courtesy of Ottawa. The government is UNBELIEVABLY intrusive! To the point is big brother like.
4. Fake friendliness which never goes beyond hello…. Everything is a “sorry”, I am so sick of the damn “sorry’s”. Here is the thing, they do not mean it, it’s EMPTY! Sorry means nothing, it’s not being polite, it’s a custom and it’s largely fake! I’ll be an asshole but I’ll say sorry so it’s ok!
5. It sucks when it comes to dating, passive men almost afraid of approaching women. DULL DULL DULL. At times I would question myself, “damn I must be very ugly”, I mean men act as if I do not exist. But then I would head into the Us, Colombia, Spain, Belgium and guys would hit on me. Back into Canada and back to being invisible because men are extremely passive!
6. Canadian homes are badly insulated and cheaply made, it’s January -35C/negative Fahrenheit outside and homes feel drafty. My friend had frozen canned items in her cabinets because turns out the kitchen pantry was not insulated. Of course, the rent was up in the sky!
7. Cities are dull, monotonous with little focus on urban beauty judging by the cement block boxes they call buildings. Everything is made out of cardboard and sheetrock so you get the feeling of being a run down movie set. And the suburbs are even more depressing with this gray like homes that follow the car dependent US design with almost no charm.
8. More racist and more backwards than it likes to admit. Especially after all the finger-pointing they do when it comes to Americans.
9. A nation whose identity is based off on having an Angel complex towards the US. Canada is obsessed with demonizing Americans while patting themselves on the back.
10. Mediocre job market.
11. Extremely bureaucratic. Dealing with bureaucracy in Ontario is traumatizing!
12. HORRENDOUS Weather! From October to April expect snow, freezing temperatures, endless gray. Canadians convince themselves it’s fun to have cities covered in melting-muddy snow paired with awful grey skies for four months out of the year.
13. Canadian experience is a way for them to fuck highly qualified immigrant workers by condemning to do jobs no Canadian wants. I’ve never seen so many engineers from India and the Middle East driving cabs or delivering food!
14. Repetitive landscapes. Forget diversity of landscapes… The whole driving from arid west coast through deserts, then endless flatlands, ending up in semi tropical rainforests on the American south kind of thing does not happen in Canada. From Nova Scotia to Vancouver it’s all the same… Pine tree after pine tree until the eye can see and then random lake. Thousands of kilometers/miles of nothing but that until it all looks the same to you.
15. Canada has the charm of Cleveland OH and the efficiency of New Orleans LA. Dull cities, dull people, dull weather for most of the year, no creativity, no dynamism, no energy. Just dull people working in whatever mediocre job, going home in their foreign made cars, buying useless cheap stuff from foreign chains, and being dull watching foreign American TV because even that they can’t produce!
16. Cultureless, soulless. They claim Quebec city is like Europe but its fortress was built by an American in the late 19th century.
17. The only place in Canada that does not feel like an airport lounge is Montreal. Too bad the weather makes it unlivable.
18. Mediocre mindset, things halfway done are acceptable and if you’re thriving they’ll look at you with suspicion. Do not expect a dynamic society!
19. Extremely high cost of utilities with below par salaries and a tax system that completely bleeds you outta your a**. Bonus time is a fun time when people literally shed years because govt takes almost half of your lump sum bonus. And if you want to buy a house! HAAAAAA good luck! It’s so overpriced you don’t stand a chance!
    
    BTW, every time you mention the cons of Canada to Canadians, they overcompensate by telling you the Us is dangerous (regardless of how unrelated the US is to the subject) and how Americans have no health insurance. (Once again, even if the topic does not relate to US folks in any way)
    Ironically in Canada the healthcare system is abysmally mediocre!