Hooper, Mark wrote:
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> You fellows are all missing the real promised land: Canada !!
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> The living standard is as good as anywhere. The crime rate is
> approximately 10% of the US level. The people are generally quite
> polite. The cities are very clean. The countryside is beautiful. And
> right now the US dollar buys 1.45 Canadian dollars. Everything cost in
> $CDN the same that you pay in $US in the USA. Look at Ottawa, Montreal
> for research and high tech and amazing French atmosphere. Toronto for
> finance and Vancouver for pacific rim trading and unbelievable
> coastline. In between there a few thousand miles of rather nice
> countryside. True, the taxes are higher than the US, but you get some
> medical care for that which avoids the prospect of saving your ass off
> all your life just to lose it when you get ill at retirement time. True,
> we have to tolerate our separatists (and I'm english living in Quebec),
> but I'd take them any day over your militia types (creepy people) I have
> travelled all over the US (and still do). I really like Americans in
> general and your medium sized cities, but you couldn't pay me enough to
> move to a large US city, and quite a few have tried. Good luck finding
> your new spot, eh.
>
> Mark Hooper
> hooper@alex.com
> Montreal, Quebec
> Canada
>
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> >From: smith007@mindspring.com[SMTP:smith007@mindspring.com]
> >Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 4:14 AM
> >To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Moving To Greener Pastures(Anniston)
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> >Carl Musson wrote:
> >>Hugh - you make it sound so good, maybe we should all move to Aniston...
> >Hallelujah! This sounds like the promised land? It's seriously hot here in
> >Tampa, Florida, I don't make enough money to live the life of the rich and
> >infamous.I want to move! Looking for a place with no crime, large enough to
> >gain employment, and inexpensive to live. Looking for 4 seasons. Cooler
> >Summers, Maybe a college Town.Right now I,m Looking into Western W.VA.,
> >Eastern KY., Southwest VA.Any suggestions? Any British Cities out there in
> >America?
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> > Phil Smith
> > 69 TR6
> > " More Dreams Than Money "
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But what about the 140 inches of snow every year in Montreal? And
thatwind coming off Lake Ontario-my wife is from Burlington- been there
in Winter-didn't like it.
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