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how come people in Canada are so nice you can walk down a street and have a conversation with anybody you can just be like hey whats up and they will talk and walk with you for like an hour while here and america everyones got some kind of stick up there @$$ and are extreamy cautios of everyone i mean what the hell is it the lower drinking age or what what does Canada people have that we dont that could make everyone so darn freindly

Thats because we're a country that lives under a mutual understanding system.

- We have free health care.
- We don't spend our money on secert agencies and making an army (we don't really have an army).
- We spend money more on peacekeepers and helping others.
- Canada has basically every type of culture living under one roof. We're used to differences and don't care about them. You know how packisan and india have "problems" with each other? In canada, those two cultures are friends.
- Canada is relatively safe (although I do admit, every so often we do have a murder, child stolen, etc, but it doesn't happen too often).

well you can actually say exactly say the same stuff about sweden

dude Canada rocks i didn't know you guys have all that stuff thats awsome i wanna be a Canadian although i would want to have an army i live in michigan so i often go there with my brother

Well, canada can survive without an army because they know america would protect them.

i like canada is becaues yoshi is from it and he pwns and he is nice so canada must be to

Then again, why would anyone want to attack us? Actually, last I heard terrorists were threatening to attack us only because of us being with USA. But they won't, because we really aren't participating in the war on terror as you might think, we're mostly helping those effected by the WOT compared to finding "terrorists".


All canadians pwn, and don't you forget it!

Quebec's much nicer than Canada, and Mike knows it. Montreal is the multi-ethnic (typo) city in Canada. We accept everyone here!

Not these lousy english-side Canadians... They all hate us . Yet we can't get separation :/

Quebec is the only thing that sucks about canada. We're forced to learn their language just because they wanted to make another france in canada.

You could say exactly the same thing about Britain, except:
We do have a fairly powerful army and navy.
We have high thuggery crime rates.

We are notoriously unfriendly to strangers though. You wouldn't even make eye-contact with someone walking down the street in most cases over here. I'll attempt to explain why:

1. Lack of Space. We have a very high population density (small island, many people). This leads to less green spaces to relax/play sports in - particularly in towns. This in turn leads to youngsters (mainly early/mid teens) hanging around on street corners and being anti social i.e. beating people up and yelling abuse. Due to this, people are beginning to mistrust one another, especially if they're dressed up in 'townie' gear. Because of the non-relaxed atmosphere, tension is quite high also: you don't really have the time or inclination to talk to strangers.

2. Media. The media in Britain in particular, love to gain huge profits from murder cases and other emotive stories, such as scandals and how the police will take 6 days to turn up at your house if you're being robbed. They then make a huge deal out of the stories and really play them up, using the most blatantly emotive language possible. You now do not trust and therefore do not acknowledge strangers because they could be a paedophile or a murderer or a conman or whatever. The media also make a big thing of paedophiles on the internet - telling people to be wary of everyone on the 'net. I for one am quite cold towards and suspicious of most others on the internet because of this.

3. Conditioning. We are conditioned at an early age by parents and teachers, not to speak with strangers. I used to get given books with names like 'Just Say No!,' warning us of the perils of lingering in the presence of a stranger for more than a couple of seconds, let alone speaking to them!

4. Culture. Being formal and impersonal to people you don't know is a British tradition. It's the same in Germany. There's just something rude about looking somebody completely alien to you, in the eye. Generally you would briefly glance at their face, perhaps in some cases give a nod of acknowledgement, and then be on your way.

I gave a pretty long winded explanation there... perhaps points 2 and maybe 3 can apply to America too.

Actually, The most ethnic city in Canada is Toronto, not Montreal.

Canada rocks! If i have to move to a foreign country its there, skotland, or ireland! I want a skottish accent sooo bad!!!

Set Doon! (Sit down)

Seriously, the Scottish accent is overrated.

i know... but it'd be cool.. or maybe an irish... idc

I'd move to Ireland so I can get drunk alot and become the sterotypical Irish man.
(I'm Irish)

Im irish a little, but more skottish, My real name (Malcolm) is a clan in skotland


ADDITION: Happy 99th birthday Shmeeps

Lol, thx.
"I'm OLD!"
J/k, I'm not 99, I'm 14. I just love messing with things I probably shouldn't.

HAH! im older than you by 3 days!!! hahahahahah!!!!!

I like all of canada even quebec. I can speak french and english! YAY! and um Canada owns! why are some americans so ignorant about canadian information?

Because we (or at least i) never really pay any attention to yall! something i regret...

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not all americans are what you make them out to be. I'd like to think I'm a bit nicer than that, Sinister. As for the someone in canada you don't know will talk to you for an hour, that's happened to me. and guess where, in New York city. It was pretty cool.

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I skipped most of the posts, but here's what I think:

I've never been to Canada, so I can't say whether it seems more friendly or not, but if I ever somehow live close to Canada, then I'll remember what you guys said about it being nice

Canada is nice and far up South compared to Utah... which means that it's probably a lot colder... exactly what I'd like even if my mom disagrees about whether cold is good or bad...

Yoshi lives in Canada. Reason enough.

I don't think Canada is cool.

Why? Because I've never been there so I can't judge it.

Puerto Rico is a very good and very bad place to live.

GooD:

Good Women
Good Beaches
Nice social enviroment(All Puerto Ricans are one in sporting events)
We get free money from USA and we give nothing back
We have the best food
We have USA holidays and Spanish holidays(We get about 3 holidays each month!)
We only pay State Taxes no Federal

BaD:

You say Nigger to a starnger and 19 blacks and 1 white will shoot you
At the very least 5 people are murdered every day.(4 million people in island)
Lots of crime
We are the most densly populated are in the world.(4 million people in 100mile x 35 mile island)
The roads are bad as hell
The economy is going down because of stupid goveror.

Canada = The best