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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:24PM (#36511320)
* remote work for US firms is an option. I've done it as a PR in Canada.

* free healthcare, but only if you're in the CAN 51% of the year; they track this now

* strong immigrant cultures, esp. in areas like Vancouver or Brampton

* 5 years to citizenship, and then able to get NAFTA TN visas to the US, but still have a Canadian fall-back

* reasonable flights to warm parts of the US, without having to live in Sheriff Joe's AZ or Meatball Ron's Floridian Dystopia

* winters can be rough but 1st world means they're tolerable, and that's a downside that can be worked around

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by anon291 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:14PM (#36513392)
"Meatball Ron's Floridian dystopia" has one of the highest share of immigrants living there of any us state. 21% of the state is immigrants. Compare to 27% California, and 23% NJ/NY. Given that NJ/NY and CA have the two largest cities in the country which are natural destinations, I actually think florida looks all the more impressive. Miami is large, but not LA / NY large.

Look... we get you don't like him, but his state is home to more immigrants than most of the country, and pulls above his weight. How about we let the immigrants decide what state best suits them?

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