The Average Canadian is Now Richer than the Average American

[ohgeewhiz]

3. 11 years ago I was considering moving there

I really was! I was looking to move there and start a business.

Unfortunately, I moved too slowly, and lost the business investment opportunity to someone from another nation, not Canada.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd have moved faster, and gone all out, but, of course, I love the USA, and didn't want to give up on her... just because Bush was President, then 9/11 happened a month or two later.

The property I was considering was selling at a Canadian dollar worth $.64 US. It is now worth quadruple in Canadian dollars on the tax rolls, and is up for sale again. But now the Canadian dollar is on par with the US dollar, roughly. Doing the math, had I bought it, it would be worth 6 times as much today in American dollars.

Hats off to Canada, for a much more well-run government, for national and provincial health care, for solid banking regulations, beautiful countryside, green energy, lots of oil, coal, gas, and wind and solar and tidal power available. You have a great nation up there.