Denmark is fairly homogeneous both in ethnicity and religion compared to the USA though correct?
Yeah, of course, but my point was that it's amusing how the local chatter in Copenhagen is so wildly different from other cities.
Obviously there are major reasons for that, and it's not all sunshine and roses, there's a huge amount of racism over there. But if I'm looking to leave Canada for somewhere less stressful and where the healthcare is much better, Denmark would be an amazing option, except that I don't speak the language.
So I could get by, but I wouldn't love not being able to socialize optimally. Danes apparently make most of their friends in school and just stick with them, so while they mostly speak English, they don't like to socialize in English and that makes it incredibly difficult for immigrants to make friends unless their Danish is fluent. Because one Dane will speak English but a group of Danes will socialize in Danish and will not welcome someone who requires them to stick to their second language.
Just curious, aside from the health care situation, (you're not the only one who feels stuck in Ontario) what part of Canada is stressing you out?
It's impossible to separate our factors like that. Healthcare is a constant threat for me and always has me on edge living here. So it's impossible for me to say how much other factors would impact me if I wasn't already always looking sideways at the exit.
If I felt safe here, a lot of things probably wouldn't bother me as much as I wouldn't be always thinking about where else I might want to live. But feeling fundamentally unsafe living here doesn't exactly encourage me to have tolerance for other annoyances, like spending the last few years dreading the unavoidable election of someone I know and dislike as our next prime minister.
The fact that it's taken Trump as an existential threat to get people to even contemplate not electing a known moron is, just, not endearing to me.
I know we get tired of whoever is in, but the Conservatives have made such bad choices in leaders, we either vote the Liberals out and get the Conservatives, or keep chugging along with the Liberals. And the NDP have been stagnating. Too bad Charlie Angus is retiring, although he might not be the best choice for party leader right now, very inflammatory, in a good way. But the NDP could have had him as leader and didn't.
It will be interesting to see where Carney takes the party.
I actually do prefer minority governments, they tend to be more open to new ideas but not go galloping off in all directions. Remember Harper wasn't really horrible until he got his majority, and then wham! Of course since trump doesn't understand the Parliamentary system, he would see a minority government as weak, no matter who forms it.
And the the Conservatives stabbed Erin O'Toole in the back, and chose PP when they could have had someone a bit more centrist like Jean Charest. They are so very much Reform still.
I'm stuck in Ontario because my DD and grand-daughter are here. I'd prefer BC or NB or NS, or New Zealand, but here I am. Stuck with Ford for another 4 years.
I do understand why people in red states are not uprooting themselves to move to blue states if they have family ties. I'm in the same boat.
