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<p>Actually in Montreal pretty much everybody speaks english as well. I’m not sure about other places in Quebec though.</p>

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<p>Really? And do you think that ALL of the hospitals are like this? Clearly this isn’t normal for a hospital. So, Canada may have free healthcare, but, in your opinion, we don’t have real hospitals? Well, maybe you should visit every hospital before you say that Canada don’t have real hospitals, because you’re very wrong on that one. </p>

<p>Oh, and I’d rather see “hobo’s” waiting around in a hospital when they are sick than seeing them dying on the streets because they can’t afford healthcare insurance. Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>^I know Montreal and Quebec City have people speaking fluent English and French. When my family went they spoke in French to us first, with some exceptions, then changed to English when they found out we didn’t speak French. </p>

<p>What are hospitals in Canada like? I haven’t been to any there, just here in the U.S. That isn’t much fun either, by the way.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I went to a starbucks in Montreal, and the cashier said: Bonjour! Hello! [insert eight different languages here saying hello] it was pretty funny actually. I wished I could speak spanish or italian just to test if he could actually speak it. But I just said Hi :)</p>

<p>Ummm, well you wait like 2-5 hours, it really depends how busy it is. They’re clean and have good staff. Actually there’s this one hospital in my city that has really really goodlooking paramedics haha. It’s pretty fancy in my opinion, too. Whenever we have to call them I’m always like CALL THAT HOSPITAL, NOT THE OTHER ONE! Haha. They’re fine. I’d imagine that the bigger the city is, the better the hospital is. But I’ve never heard of a hospital SHUTTING DOWN. That’s ridiculus. Maybe they went to a really small town or something.</p>

<p>What do you mean by that isn’t much fun here?</p>

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<p>"Ok the universities are cheaper. Terrific. They also are a lot WORSE.</p>

<p>U.S. universities destroy any other countries’. Especially Canadian. The level of prestige and quality of education you get isn’t even close."</p>

<p>I’m sorry. Did you go to an American and a Canadian university?</p>

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<p>There’s plenty of waiting around to be done here, too. That’s what happened when I went, anyway, though I’ve heard lots of stories about people waiting in emergency rooms. Especially in NYC. And then when I was in one of the rooms (well, a room in the emergency center, anyway) there was still quite a bit of waiting. The hospital I went to was smaller, though. And for some reason everyone knew us…</p>

<p>When I went to a hotel in Quebec someone did the same thing to my mom. They settled on speaking Spanish to each other, since my mom can speak Spanish. Though I wondered why they didn’t just speak English…</p>

<p>Edit: According to my guidance counselor, McGill has a great reputation in the U.S. when it comes to jobs. Just saying…</p>

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<p>I also wanted to post this </p>

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<p>Wow, this thread is pushing me to start a Canada bashing thread but I think I’ll resist. Canada is sooooooooo lucky we have the 3rd world country known as Mexico to our south.</p>

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<p>Why are they lucky for that?</p>

<p>Canada isn’t a third world country and is doing just fine. They must be doing something right. </p>

<p>What have people got against Canada?</p>

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<p>BTW, here’s another Boston racism example.</p>

<p><a href=“Personal rant about racism - High School Life - College Confidential Forums”>Personal rant about racism - High School Life - College Confidential Forums;

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<p>They are lucky because we use up all our jokes on Mexicans and Mexico. If Mexico was a legit country that energy would be sent north. </p>

<p>And, I really have no problem with Canada. In fact I only know one person who makes Canadian jokes and he’s from Buffalo. However, most Americans do consider envious Canadians to be pretty comical. Canadians need to focus on creating their own identity and stop hanging onto us for support.</p>

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<p>I didn’t really think Canada hung onto us for anything, much less an identity. </p>

<p>Besides, every country has its problems. There’s no perfect place. Unfortunately.</p>

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<p>Canada hangs onto us for basically everything. This isn’t even really a question. The only thing that somewhat differentiates them is politics and in that respect they hang onto England. </p>

<p>Think about it. Even one of Canada’s top national identities, hockey, is played at the highest level in the United States’ NHL.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t want to live in Canada or Mexico.</p>

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<p>Definitely D.C.!!! <3 I used to live in North VA (Fairfax county/ D.C. area) & I loved it there sooo much. I always visit some family there every year but I plan on going to college over there. <<—favorite city.</p>

<p>NYC is nice too! But I can’t really picture myself living there b/c it’s just so big and I might feel a bit overwhelmed by it :confused: But i’d have NYC closely tied with D.C.</p>

<p>Boston is one of my favorite cities as well–my sister lives there and goes to school there…adn I have some family that lives there as well…itt’s a very nice city…pretty clean too.</p>

<p>Chicago: never been there even though I could easily drive there</p>

<p>Philadelphia: never been there but my cousin goes to school there…i’ve only been in an airport there if that counts</p>

<p>Pittsburgh: never been there.</p>

<p>Toronto in Canada is really nice too if you ever get the chance to visit :)</p>

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<p>lol old thread.</p>

<p>I’m curious to see how this turned into a socialism in Canada thread or whatever it is but I’m way too lazy to read back a few pages…</p>

<p>Anyway, the only one of those cities I’ve been to is New York, but I’ve been there A LOT, and I just have to live there or I will die.
But in all seriousness I hope I end up there someday. (Preferably right after college, if I can afford it)
(I’m probably a little biased though…)</p>

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<p>New York City - 6th. I hate it.
Washington DC - I’d rather live in the suburbs of DC than the city proper, but it’s nice there
Boston - 4th. Nice enough, but doesn’t seem that exceptional. Except Cambridge <3.
Philadelphia - 3rd. Whatevs.
Pittsburgh - 5th. I think of it as awful and industrial. It’s really not on the same level as the other cities here
Chicago - 1st. It’s nice, but neighborhood segregation is a problem.</p>

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<p>Not Chicago. Disproportionate income distribution leads to lots of slums. Gang violence and shootings frequent. “Murder capital” of the world… except for like… Somalia or Sudan lol.</p>

<p>But serious, the price of living is through the roof. Taxes are high (like 7 or 8 percent sales tax, 2% property tax, and 3%- going on to 4.5% income tax). Half your income goes towards paying taxes.</p>

<p>Id pick Boston or NYC because they are culture centers. NYC got the empire state building and wall street :)</p>

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<p>I think I really would like NYC for a while just because I love theater and people. But I would probably get sick of it in a year. I’ll be in Pittsburgh soon for college and when I visited I really liked the place, not that industrial seeming, just the steel productions, overall I like the bridges and water. I’ve been to DC once and I guess it was okay, not my kinda place really.</p>

<p>I live in San Antonio and vote it the best city. Hah, otherwise I like Austin in TX.</p>

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<p>Chicago</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>all of the ones in kentucky obviously</p>