Canadians don’t want to live in America and it shows: The number of Canadians searching for U.S. homes is down 20% year over year (fortune.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 03:18
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iAvicenna@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 03:28 next collapse

makes sense to not want to get detained for three weeks

SanctimoniousApe@lemmy.myserv.one on 16 Sep 03:47 next collapse

I’m honestly shocked that’s all it dropped - I’d have expected at least a third.

Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone on 16 Sep 04:14 collapse

I imagine the wealthy are over represented in the segment of Canadians looking to buy American homes, and most feel reasonably confident that overrides everything else.

Taldan@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 16:00 next collapse

To be fair, are they wrong? Wealthy is the only truly privileged group in America. For a few million, you can outright buy American citizenship now

GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca on 16 Sep 17:43 collapse

Wealthy or young professionals who can make a significant amount more money in America vs. Canada, which is generally the same thing.

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 16 Sep 04:35 next collapse

I wonder what effect all this is having on the timeshare industry….

whiwake@lemmy.cafe on 16 Sep 04:37 next collapse

Good. Get the fuck out with your rental property.

RockBottom@feddit.org on 16 Sep 05:02 next collapse

America the continent.

hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 16 Sep 05:13 next collapse

Americans are so lazy they omit 75% of their country’s name.

RockBottom@feddit.org on 16 Sep 05:53 collapse

Does that include Canadians and Mexicans?

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 16 Sep 06:59 collapse

I had that argument a long time ago and I tend to agree with you, but unfortunately it’s officially OK to call the US of NA just America.

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Sep 20:23 collapse

Which potentially confuses everyone who isn’t US American.

lennybird@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 05:24 next collapse

Economy is going to contract especially come spring. These snowbirds most of the time were more kind than locals. People have no idea how much money they pump into local economies.

Hopefully this is advantageous to midterms but who knows.

charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 05:40 next collapse

When all of us in the USA are all dying of fire and Canada is nice and cool, this will make even more sense than it does now.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 16 Sep 07:11 collapse

Canada will get is getting warmer too you know. From nice and cool to nice and warm. Same as here in Norhern Europe*, and I believe the influx of rich “Southerners” will increase, if it hasn’t already.

* I can’t believe how far South Canada goes. The most populated area is on a latitude with Central Europe. I live on the same latitude as, say, Anchorage. I can’t even find a reasonably-sized town in Canada. But afaiu climate is very different because of the Gulf stream?

Soggy@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 10:38 next collapse

Climate is different for a few reasons but the Gulf Stream is one of them.

rozodru@piefed.social on 16 Sep 11:13 next collapse

Living in Southern Ontario the climate here is already fucked. this past winter was just all over the place. Didn't have much of a spring just transitioned from Winter to Summer. probably going to be the same for Fall just from Summer right to Winter. I mean we had a few chilly days in August.

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 12:28 next collapse

Research from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources indicates that ice fishing season is three weeks shorter on average than it was in the 1970’s. Increasing temperatures = less ice on lakes = shorter ice fishing season. If climate change is impacting Wisconsin, it’s already impacting Canada.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 16 Sep 14:40 collapse

Oh sure, I phrased it a little badly.

In other places it shows more during the summer, in the North it shows more during the winter. can’t remember the last time we had a proper one here, without several melting and re-freezing phases.

icelimit@lemmy.ml on 16 Sep 21:11 collapse

Yup. If and when the gulf Stream shuts down, everything above again Spain is going to be a popsicle.

Day after to tomorrow is my favourite apocalypse movie.

E: autocorrect

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 17 Sep 06:19 collapse

If and when the gulf Stream shuts down, everything above again is going to be a popsicle.

You mean in Europe?

icelimit@lemmy.ml on 17 Sep 08:03 collapse

Meant to write Spain. Ty for pointing it out

neidu3@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 06:41 next collapse

Here’s hoping for Drake and Bieber being among those 20%.

Do you remember a white Canadian reggae artist called Snow, best known for “Informer”, in the early 90s? He pretty much disappeared from the music scene after he stayed in Canada.

ramenshaman@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 07:30 next collapse

People* don’t want to live in the US*.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 08:36 next collapse

When we hit peak water, Canada and Greenland both will get invaded.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 11:42 next collapse

Canada is re-arming, and the United States military is notoriously incompetent.

MBech@feddit.dk on 16 Sep 12:21 next collapse

What do you mean incompetent? They’re in the top 3 concerning civilian casualties! Only Russia and Israel are better at murdering defenceless people!

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 21:46 collapse

Canada should be doing much more.

Killer57@lemmy.ca on 16 Sep 13:55 next collapse

Then I hope the US knows how to respond to Urban terrorism, because Canadians will go across the border silently, and we will destroy everything we can.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 16 Sep 17:58 collapse

all of the great lakes are accessible by the US already.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 18:55 collapse

Republicans will find a way to pollute those though.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 16 Sep 18:02 next collapse

This is due to a few factors:

  1. US house taxes are very high in any place worth living in.
  2. This is typical Boomer demographics, they are dying.
  3. Older Boomers cannot afford to get sick in the US.
  4. This peaked after 2008 when US housign was cheap.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip on 16 Sep 19:09 next collapse

I don’t want to live here either.

RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 20:03 next collapse

It’s a straight downgrade

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Sep 20:21 next collapse

Such a confusing headline. They don’t want to live in America, yet they stay in Canada?

chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 23:07 collapse

Ahh hello, European. As a Canadian I would like to point out that Canadians have rejected the demonym “American” (when it is applied to us) and have done so far as long as I can remember. We consider it offensive.

If you’re looking to start a fight with a Canadian, calling him an American is an easy way to do that.

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 Sep 07:10 collapse

Then don’t call me European :o

Someone@lemmy.ca on 17 Sep 15:31 collapse

They didn’t know what country you were from but were fairly confident on continent, and if you had said North American no one would’ve cared.

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 Sep 16:03 collapse

For most Europeans, America includes north and south.

commander@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 20:25 next collapse

I know there’s a lot of focus on the US today, even more than usual but I’m getting very concerned about every other countries domestic swing towards conservative populism that’s generally intertwined with racism mixed in the current anti-immigration movements.

This is good. I absolutely think it’s a problem for every country to have foreign ownership of land/property. It ranges from champagne socialist to hyper-capitalist doing foreign land/property purchases. Screw vacation homes. Screw rental properties. Regardless of all that, don’t let anti-Americanism distract you from growing conservative populism that’s been growing across the world for I feel like the whole 25 years of this millennium

selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 21:00 next collapse

Hell, I don’t want to live here— why the fook would any Canadian who aren’t braindead stupid want to come to this shit hole with its shit hole government???

thatradomguy@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 23:20 collapse

Exactly my question. Why is anyone still even trying to come here to live?

Alloi@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 23:34 collapse

ive met a few, they are quite literally, in the most literal sense. very, very, very stupid people.

TuffNutzes@lemmy.world on 17 Sep 07:18 collapse

News flash: smart people with resources don’t want to live in an authoritarian shithole run by a wannabe dictator.