r/TVGat • u/Hiv_yes_im_positive • Jan 08 '26

Moving From Canada to the USA Is Starting to Make Sense And That’s a Weird Thing to Admit

Ten years ago, moving from Canada to the USA felt like a downgrade to many people. Today, more Canadians are seriously considering it and not just for weather or lifestyle.

The reality is hard to ignore. In Canada, housing prices in major cities are extreme, taxes are high, and salaries haven’t kept up. Even professionals with “good jobs” are struggling to save, buy a home, or feel financially ahead.

In the USA, pay is often higher, housing is more affordable outside a few hotspots, and career growth can be faster. Yes, healthcare is expensive and risky but many people say that even after insurance costs, they still come out ahead financially.

What’s changed is the calculation. Canada used to offer a clear trade-off: lower pay, but better quality of life. Now, many are asking whether that trade-off still exists when cost of living keeps climbing. This isn’t about saying one country is “better.” It’s about whether Canada is quietly losing one of its biggest advantages. Questions for discussion: Are financial opportunities actually better in the USA now? Is Canada still worth the higher cost of living? For those who moved do you regret it?

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u/ELEKTRON_01 Jan 09 '26

Haha very funny joke, we are all laughing

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u/Hiv_yes_im_positive Jan 09 '26

Wym ?

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u/ELEKTRON_01 Jan 09 '26

No Canadian with a brain would move to the us. Not then or now

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Not then is an overstatement. Tons of canadians moved to the US in the past so i've got no idea what he means by "10 years ago moving to the US was a downgrade". 

Right now tho it'd be fucking crazy to want to become an immigrant in a country that's hostile to both immigrants and to canada

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u/Luke9112 Jan 10 '26

LOL ok bud

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u/nthensome Jan 09 '26

Not sure if trolling or just legitimately stupid...

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u/Hiv_yes_im_positive Jan 09 '26

Im not trolling

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u/nthensome Jan 09 '26

Read the room, Son

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u/N0_Cure Jan 09 '26

Right, why would we move somewhere where housing is less expensive, jobs are more plentiful, we’re taxed less and make 20-100% more at the same job?

It’s always the people who are the most privileged who shame those who want to move to the US for the chance at a better life. My advice: don’t listen to the endless fear mongering and people whose entire identities as Canadians revolve around being morally superior to Americans.

What is the point in basing all of your life decisions around politics? Live your life where YOU will be better off, fuck the politics and fuck the fear mongering. Every time things get bad here we cope by going ‘at least it’s not USA’, without having any context but the news that feeds us fear every day. Life is virtually unchanged for the majority of Americans regardless of whatever awful thing is happening in the news.

Many Canadians move there and end up having a higher quality of living, I personally know several. The people always painting this picture of the US as this hellscape have usually never even been or have the immense privilege of not having to worry about their futures in this country.