Looking at moving out of the US. Looking at Canada.
Jun 20, 2024 17:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Jun 20, 2024 17:52:30 GMT -5
My doctor retired in 2016 and nobody took over his patient load which just left me with nobody and on various wait lists. I eventually got a new doctor when my son was born in 2023 as someone took him and me and my wife on. My wife's doctor back home was convicted of manslaughter so that gives you an idea of what your choices are.
There's also a housing crisis but that seems to be everywhere at the moment. I got lucky and bought my house right before 2020. Today it would be triple the price we paid.
That being said, there's lots of room in my province for entrepreneurship and starting something from scratch. Lots of good programs to help out with startup too. Immigration and migration have led to some overcrowding in the population centers but the surrounding towns seem fine in that regard. Before my current job I worked as an employment counselor and we had people moving from the middle of the country and west to us sight unseen due to some sort of panic but that seems to have died down recently.
Canada isn't some sort of promised land though so don't get too rosy about it. Cost of living has been skyrocketing with lots of clear price gouging on essentials since the pandemic.
I should mention, on the flip side of the doctor shortage, my son was born premature last year during a hurricane that required him to be transferred to the city's children hospital via ambulance. Me and my wife were put up in a very nice room with him.
The room is like a hybrid hotel room and hospital room so he's by our side while being treated the whole time. Every day there was also a meal provided to parents of these kids. All in all we stayed for 9 days until he was well enough to be released with no complications, happy and healthy.
Total bill was $0.00 and I was able to access compassionate care unemployment to cover my lost work wages.