Long time reader/lurker. Happily, reading Pigg’s deterred me and Husband from buying a (now heavily depreciated) property in 2006.
I’m a permanent resident alien of the US (22 years and counting/married a Yankee) and a citizen of Canada. It’s my understanding that Canada would accept dual citizenship, but, at least in my case, the US would not. I would have to renounce my Canadian citizenship to become US naturalized, and then, afterwards, apply to Canada to reinstate. (Although things may have changed since I looked into it years ago). In any case, it used to be easier, US to Canada, than the reverse.
Canadians are generally socially liberal and fiscally conservative, so it seems you’d fit right in. Funny, but the only big difference I see in the “entitlement/socialist” arena, is that Canadians see the welfare of the citizenry as an infrastructure issue, while the States do not. The US has many similar “socialist” programs, but refuses to label them such.
But LOL at the poster who assumes you’d have to return to the US for medical attention. What a snow job the US medical insurance industry has done on Americans. As if, under any scenario, your health is better left to the discretion of a corporation whose sole purpose is to make money. The Canadian health care system is far from perfect, but it’s certainly superior to what we have here. (Not to mention that in Canada, if you’re dissatisfied with your coverage, you’re still free to add whatever additional private insurance you see fit).
As for the US ensuring that Canadians spend little on defense, absolutely. But you’d be hard pressed to find an enemy bent on invading and taking over Canada. Why would they?
Finally, why not Quebec? Have you visited? Perhaps the French aren’t to your liking, but beyond the separatist politics, Old Quebec City and Montreal are world class desintations. A taste of the old world right in our own backyard. (On the other hand, I would hate to live in any of the southern states or the bible belt. Way too backward, despite some obvious charms).
Don’t agree with your doomsday scenario, but I’ll be the first one on the boat singing O Canada if the poop hits the fan.
