I'm an American who moved to Canada —here are 9 reasons why I'll never move back

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• I'm an American who's lived in Canada for more than ten years. 
• There are several reasons why I've chosen to stay in the Great White North.
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We all have that person in our family: the gregarious relative who slaps you on the back, laughs too loudly, and somehow takes up all the space in whatever room (s)he happens to inhabit. In the world order, that relation is the United States. I live in Canada, the soft-spoken, more respectful, more tactful cousin, with whom you have a surprisingly great conversation and can't wait to see again.

Before anyone assumes that I fled the US due to the recent political strife, I've been gone for over a decade. I left for love in 2008, right as the world was falling off a precipice due to the financial crisis. Initially, the plan was to stay for a year or two, but the longer I stayed, the deeper my roots here grew, and the more the US feels like a place to which I can never return.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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