things about canada

[Sarge]

1. are there taxes, like the US more or less?
2. are cops more strict?
3. can I be out all hours of the night?
4. can I own a home or have to lease?
5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
6. is the cost of living higher?
7. is crime lower?
8. where are homes cheapest in price?
9. could I bring my NSX and Jeep?
10. are electronic plugs the same?

thanks in advance

 

[Sean Firth]

1. are there taxes, like the US more or less?
2. are cops more strict?
3. can I be out all hours of the night?
4. can I own a home or have to lease?
5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
6. is the cost of living higher?
7. is crime lower?
8. where are homes cheapest in price?
9. could I bring my NSX and Jeep?
10. are electronic plugs the same?

thanks in advance

1. Generally, the taxes are more, especilly in the higher income brackets
2. Police officers, like everybody else do their job
3. You can own a home (We aren't a socialist country after all)
4. 1 mile = 1.62 Km 1 Km = 0.62 mile
6. Depends where you live. Vancouver is more expensive than rural Arkansas, where SoCal is more expensive than pretty much anywhere.
7. Generally yes, but again, see #6
8. Newfoundland, you may love it, but if you are born in a city, you won't be happy
9. Your NSX will need to be federalized and properly imported (not a big to do, but still needs to be done) Your Jeep is likely in the same boat depending on year.
10. Yes.

Now, my question to you is as follows. You live in Bellingham, Wa, and you haven't been up to Vancouver more than a handful of times?

 

[bjmills]

You missed this one:

3. can I be out all hours of the night?

I'm not really sure what he's getting at. I think this would be better answered by his wife

 

[Sean Firth]

You missed this one:

3. can I be out all hours of the night?

I'm not really sure what he's getting at. I think this would be better answered by his wife

I missed number three, but missed labelling #5. What a bad day.

As you can plainly see, the Canadian education system lacks, particularly in basic math.

 

[bjmills]

I missed number three, but missed labelling #5. What a bad day.

As you can plainly see, the Canadian education system lacks, particularly in basic math.

LOL. No sweat. BTW welcome to NSXPrime....

 

[BigYellowMan]

1. are there taxes, like the US more or less?
2. are cops more strict?
3. can I be out all hours of the night?
4. can I own a home or have to lease?
5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
6. is the cost of living higher?
7. is crime lower?
8. where are homes cheapest in price?
9. could I bring my NSX and Jeep?
10. are electronic plugs the same?

thanks in advance

You did not ask about guns. Leave them in the states. :smile: It is next to impossible to get a permit to own a hand gun in Canada.

 

[Oyagi]

3. can I be out all hours of the night?
4. can I own a home or have to lease?
5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
10. are electronic plugs the same?

thanks in advance

^^^
This thread has got to be a joke. Judging by the questions...either the OP has been living on an island his entire life or he honestly think Canada is situated next to Lithuania.

 

[bjmills]

I don't think it's a joke; a lot of people have never left their own country. It is odd though, since Bellingham is what, 50km from the border.... as Sean alluded to.

 

[Sinisfun]

Just bugging you.

If you wanted to buy cheap property I'd say Saskatchewan is a good bet, but there are some serious problems with Saskatchewan.

 

[BigYellowMan]

there are some serious problems with Saskatchewan.

What are they?

 

[nsxotic911]

Just bugging you.

If you wanted to buy cheap property I'd say Saskatchewan is a good bet, but there are some serious problems with Saskatchewan.

This is AWSSSSOME! This is my new backround

 

[Sinisfun]

What are they?

Well actually there are a lot of problems with Saskatchewan in my opinion, I was born and raised on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border and I've always felt that the two provinces were light years apart.

- The highways and roads are horrible, 2 lane highways with slow traffic that goes on forever, poor road conditions.

- Zero scenery.

- From what I've seen there is a very high crime rate.

- My taxes were higher.

- There are many more... but at least property is cheap, haha.

 

[Sarge]

Now, my question to you is as follows. You live in Bellingham, Wa, and you haven't been up to Vancouver more than a handful of times?[/QUOTE]


I went to canada once, followed a friend I had no idea where I was. thanks for answering though.

 

[Sarge]

^^^
This thread has got to be a joke. Judging by the questions...either the OP has been living on an island his entire life or he honestly think Canada is situated next to Lithuania.

I have been to Thai land, south korea, panama, costa rica, el salvador, germany, iraq, UAE, east timor, guam, austraila, and singapore.

 

[Sinisfun]

Here's another one for "SlowNSXT", again it's just a joke, no offence intended...

 

[Red]

1. are there taxes, like the US more or less?
Taxes in Canada are higher but we have public supplied heath care and more social security on all fronts - as a result we get a bit more for our money

2. are cops more strict?
No, our Cops (along with our judges) are MUCH more reasonable, I have friends who are cops and when they pull over a car they don't get near their guns - there is such a small percentage of gun crime and crime in general, that Cops are not worried about their own safety like they are in the USA. Also, the USA has the largest percentage of its population behind bars - Canada has one of the smallest! We also don't punish as hard - even life in prison isn't life here.

3. can I be out all hours of the night?
Canada is a WAY more tolerant society - you can even get married to another man late at night - we don't make laws to limit our freedoms like the US does.

4. can I own a home or have to lease?
A higher percentage of Canadians own homes vs Americans, also, Canadian home values have always increased as a trend, USA, AAAGH!

5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
km is the accepted abbreviation 100 km/hr = 60 mph (roughly) Kilometers is what the whole world except USA uses vs Miles is limited to USA

6. is the cost of living higher?
Yes, but we have, generally, a higher standard of living, we graduate a higher percentage from High School and University (College) and people live better in spite of the higher cost of consumer goods


7. is crime lower?
Absolutely, especially when compared to same sized cities in the USA

8. where are homes cheapest in price?
How can I answer that question? In rural areas, just like in the USA?

9. could I bring my NSX and Jeep?
Yes, with some conversion requirements

10. are electronic plugs the same?
Yes, but our electricity is smoother and better tasting!

 

[soloracer951]

What I find funniest - besides the naive nature of these questions - is that he doesn't ask the most common question americans ask about Canada......Is it really that cold up there? *lol*

 

[warrenw]

1. are there taxes, like the US more or less?
2. are cops more strict?
3. can I be out all hours of the night?
4. can I own a home or have to lease?
5. how do you compare a mile to a klm?
6. is the cost of living higher?
7. is crime lower?
8. where are homes cheapest in price?
9. could I bring my NSX and Jeep?
10. are electronic plugs the same?

thanks in advance

In regards to to #4, I wil sell you some property!

It's just north of the 60th paralllel. Kinda swampy like Florida, but cooler.

 

[Sarge]

I ask because Id rather ask real people instead of looking up everything on google or Wiki. easy questions, quick down to earth answers was what I was looking for and thank you to all of you who gave them to me. Importantly I was thinking of moving there. But i guess if money is tight here, it would be more so there. guess i'll have to give it a few years. Thats about how long it would take to sell my house here apparently anyways.

 

[cwillgo]

Hey I was just in bellingham a few weeks back visiting friends! Never figured theres nsx's there for some reason. Guess its my big city attitude going to a smaller town. :biggrin: Love bellingham though, especially going to the Costco and having no real line ups to contend with, bellisfair mall is pretty decent too, lots of stores that we don't have up here, and then theres Jack in the box....mmmmm.....jack in the box.

 

[soloracer951]

This one always made me laugh....

 

[soloracer951]

Sarge, you are assuming that what you are making in Bellingham is the same as you would be making in Canada. That may or may not be the case. For example, in the paper here the other day they said that there are 80,000 to 100,000 americans working in Calgary at the moment (a city of 1 million). The cost of living in Calgary is fairly high. So why all the americans? Because there is a job shortage and skilled labor is being paid a premium. So while the cost of living is up so are the wages.

As for the responses to your questions I guess what most Canadians find amusing is that americans really don't know much about us whereas we know almost everything about you.

 

[Sinisfun]

As for the responses to your questions I guess what most Canadians find amusing is that americans really don't know much about us whereas we know almost everything about you.

I blame television and the internet, I'm Canadian and I don't know nearly as much about Canada as I do about the U.S.

I've got one more for you:

 

[Sarge]

I really wanna thank you guys and you know we americans are trained at birth to believe everything that america says. I lost my legs in Iraq and now that I see the light (or at least I hope so) Id rather live there. I will be paid forever (fingeres crossed) if my wife doesent wipe out what I have built. Equity in my home, 2 cars...endless income with a divorce. I was trying to figure out What I could live on up there. you know small Apt. 1 car paymemt ($550) etc.....thats all just trying to gather facts.........oh yea, fuck this place. its a mini mexico, with savage crime and porn and scams. fuck this $hit here. sick of it

 

[Red]

Sarge - I'm sorry about your injuries - I know so many people who serve and all of them are truly amazing people - I support the troops wholeheartedly - I support them more than Bush since I feel supporting the troops is about wanting them home. If you stay in the USA please start a movement - "Support the Troops - Bring them Home!" All the bush double speak, its like George Orwell's 1984 - truly propaganda on the scale of the Communists and Nazis. Sadly Americans tend to listen blindly and allow the Government to tromp on their civil liberties in the name of Patriotism - like in the McCarthy era where they we rounding up commies - now its people who used steroids and people who don't support the war.

Coming to Canada: You'd need to choose "HOW" to live - as in where, if you like the quiet of smaller towns but want to be not too far away from Wash maybe you should look at Victoria, prices are lower than Vancouver. Selling your house in the USA may suck - you'll be surprised about prices in Canada - they're higher on average!

You'd need to find out about immigration, and I'm assuming you would need certain special medical attention from time to time, so you should find out about what your status in Canada would be and how you would get health coverage.