<p>hmm, i wish I was from Japan and I would look like everybody else :D</p>
<p>"free healthcare"</p>
<p>That's an oxymoron.</p>
<p>hmm, I was born in Auckland and currently live in Canada. Spent the time inbetween birth and now in the USA. I only have vague recollections of New Zealand, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each. The scenery of every place I've lived has been stunning in a different way (I've lived right on the ocean in NZ, in the woods near Mount Rainier in Washington, and now in downtown Montr</p>
<p>"free health care?</p>
<p>lol... heard of taxes?"</p>
<p>When one has less need for a "safety net," to protect oneself from possible emergencies, having less disposable income is not such a problem. For those people who do not define their happiness in terms of monetary wealth or possessions, this system (including free public education, etc.) would probably be better, regardless of increased taxes.</p>
<p>kitkattail: IMHO, poutine counts. I could probably live off that for a month if I had to.</p>
<p>northrams: Yeah, and I'll make sure it's you who hits his/her ass on the way out. J/K.</p>
<p>paris23: I've visited each city that I've described with the word "especially". </p>
<p>hunter1985: I concede that the British might have modified their spelling during the years of the great British exodus to America, but since that is the country where "English" itself (not Anglo-Saxon or anything else) originated, it is legitimate to call it the purest form of the language.</p>
<p>nomir_dva: Thanks for explaining why a highly-taxed country might be superior to one with fewer taxes. The public education bit, which I idiotically forgot, is possibly the best reason: I do intend to adopt children, and I wish to send them to good schools.</p>
<p>Oh right, I'd forgotten about poutine. I'm not much of a fast-food person. But if you're talking about French Canadian food, tortiere is fantastic stuff too.
Also, we have stronger beer.</p>
<p>yum for Poutine :) There are some great poutine places around here...my family thinks I'm crazy at home when I put gravy and cheese on my fries. but it makes them taste ever so much more calorific and yummiful ;)</p>
<p>But Molson beer, IMO, sucks. Labatt Bleu isn't bad. I'm really not much of a beer person but german and irish beer are the way to go! haha.</p>
<p>Ew, not Molson! If you're in Quebec, drink Unibroue!</p>
<p>Molson is completely in bed with McGill....all school events have excess of Molson Beer, we have a residence called "Molson Hall", and our stadium is "Molson Stadium". On campus, there's not much chance.</p>
<p>This is why I don't drink much on campus!!</p>
<p>I think they had Unibroue at the international students reception thingie that the city of Montr</p>
<p>...interesting suggestions for liquour you got there.</p>
<p>Switzerland is the place to live. People there naturally look more attractive, there hasn't been a war there in 700+ years, and the scenery & weather is beautiful. But it's expensive.</p>
<p>you guys want to be Canadian!!!I want to be American!!!I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba but I moved to Vancouver. Although I love Vancouver I'd rather live in the States. Everything in the States appeals to me. I love the game of basketball and Canada's sport is hockey. I also love the population size. Canada's pop. is so low. I love the weather(Im moving to Cali.), canadian weather is too cold. No offense to anybody but I also love the grade inflation in the schools of the states (so much easier than Canada). I also love how basketball games in the ncaa are packed with fans</p>
<p>But you really can't forget Zwingli and the religious conflicts, sarorah.</p>
<p>Update: I have been accepted by Simon Fraser University!</p>
<p><em>crickets chirp</em></p>
<p>So true.... I hate this place, can't wait to get out.</p>
<p>Canada can take their socialist government and shove it...... I dont want to get educated and work hard so that some idiot who screwed around in high school can live off of me. I was studying while they weren't; it's only reasonable that they be punished for their actions.</p>
<p>Hey, I wish I had been born in Amsterdam.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say America is better or worse than the countries mentioned. but I wouldn't mind going elsewhere for awhile. Arizona is beautiful... except for the cities, they suck.</p>
<p>I went to Vancouver last year and loved it, it was so radically different. </p>
<p>and next year I'm going to see if I can go to Melbourne for a little while, I've wanted to go there since freshman year of high school
(and it does seem like the most rad city in Australia :D)</p>
<p>I think British spellings of words look neater, more classy, but I still spell the American way, being American and all :)</p>
<p>I love America cause its much easier trying to get into most of the best universities in the world than if you're an international student.</p>
<p>Arizona aint bad, but it aint that good either as far as culture and excitement goes. Phoenix is basically a smaller, hotter, more boring, less conjested LA.</p>
<p>Yeah, Melbourne is the most diverse city in Australia. Of course, Sydney is nothing to be ashamed of. I'd love to live in either place for a while.</p>
<p>ahaha, Phoenix IS the poor man's LA.
lots of sun, palm trees and shallow people, but no beach or culture.</p>
<p>I have a friend from Melbourne who got me into a bunch of bands from there, so I'm interested in the music scene as well</p>
<p>Economics would say that government paid health care is not good for the country. But I don't want to go on about health care, I'd put myself to sleep. Which I should be doing now.</p>