Is Moving to Canada That Bad?
October 10th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0
In the wake of Sequoia’s “RIP: Good Times” meeting earlier this week in which warned its start-ups to batten down the hatches, one of the CEOs attending the meeting was quoted in the L.A. Times as saying:
“I didn’t come away thinking that the sky is falling or that I have to move to Canada, just that these guys are taking this seriously.”
Given how the U.S. financial system is imploding while Canadian banks are seen as among the world’s soundest, moving to Canada isn’t such a bad thing.
And we’ve got better beer, more hockey, less crime and more places to buy a donut per capita than anywhere else in the world.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:18 am
In a sens who care, many American that talk like this, can’t find Canada on a map.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Don’t forget beaver tails and bacon.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Mark, I’m actually thinking of moving back.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Palo Alto to Toronto is not so bad but Palo Alto to any relatively small northerly based town would be a jolt to the system and worthy of the comment made in the LA Times…mind you Palo Alto to many small towns in the US would be equally painful.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Also, maple syrop and mounties. Oh wait, Disney owes the second one…
October 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I meant “owns”… damn it!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
You can’t buy an iPhone for a reasonable price in Canada….
October 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1078617442?bclid=537018608&bctid=1842856410
October 10th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
@ Alan,
You can come back any time! We’ve missed you!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I’ve been living in the US for about 9 months now…and I’ll be going back to Canada in a couple more. Can’t wait to get me a beaver tail and Tim Horton’s IceCap!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Not better beer…that’s a common mistake a lot of you Canadians make. It depends where you are in the States. Out here in the Pacific Northwest we drink nothing but microbrew beer - much better than any store bought Canadian beer I’ve had.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
If the “moving to” means driving across the border then it should be positively encouraged!