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We moved from Toronto to Florida at the beginning of last year. Could not be happier with the decision. The US used to be much more of a monolith, now there are huge differences between the states.

All of Canada is still in a mass hysteria that will continue for years.

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I moved from New York to Florida a few months ago and feel much the same. I have previously lived in Toronto and always thought of it as like New York but worse.

Every day that I live in Florida feels like one of the best decisions I've made in my life so far.

That said, the US has never been the best place to live.

Copenhagen beats every city I've ever been to by miles.

Could you tell me what you found interesting about Florida?

I am currently in the Midwest and deciding where to go next, specifically back to the West Coast where I lived for a decade, or branch out to another warm state (FL, TX).

Weather, roads that more than support the amount of traffic, variety of activities, quality of local produce, balanced political temperament (there's a roughly even left-right split but the local politics are fairly centrist rather than the extremes of national politics), local politicians aren't obviously corrupt (as opposed to Cuomo/Adams/De Blasio) or obviously absolute fucking morons (De Blasio) either, favorable tax structure, favorable civil liberties legislation.

Copenhagen looks like a lovely city but from what I can tell it's almost impossible to purchase real estate there.

As a foreigner? Yes, you need government approval which is extremely difficult to get. You can as a permanent resident after some years.

It's certainly a hot market as well, but there are a number of different options for financing. If your job is good enough it's certainly achievable and most of my software engineer friends there own their apartments.

Yes, I think the difference has been much more clear recently. Both countries have hysterical people, but in Canada everyone is forced to go along with the lowest common denominator whereas in the US you appear to have much more freedom to ignore them

Ran into alot of Canadians in Miami at the end of 2021, they were more political than the Americans! Looked like they were enjoying themselves though, just wish those particular people could just be present and not worry about whats happening in other states and their country.

Seemed more like shell shock from recently escaping and needing to find a way to stay in Florida, which can be difficult.

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