What the heck? Where the heck do I live?

SifuPhil said:
Canada is a country? I thought you guys were just a U.S. Territory. :playful:
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If you left the U.S. and crossed the border you wouldn't know you left.
You would be greeted by Mc Donalds, Walmart,,Taco Bell, Wendy's ,Home Depot, Lowes, Costco,Safeway and others too numerous to mention.
You would feel right at home in a Delta hotel.
 

Camper6 said:
If you left the U.S. and crossed the border you wouldn't know you left.
You would be greeted by Mc Donalds, Walmart,,Taco Bell, Wendy's ,Home Depot, Lowes, Costco,Safeway and others too numerous to mention.
You would feel right at home in a Delta hotel.
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Darn.

I was expecting frozen wastelands filled with maple syrup, beer and Mounties. :eek:

I've visited Niagara Falls and Sault Ste. Marie as a kid - that's about it.

I have plans to move to B.C., though.
 

Camper6 said:
If you left the U.S. and crossed the border you wouldn't know you left.
You would be greeted by Mc Donalds, Walmart,,Taco Bell, Wendy's ,Home Depot, Lowes, Costco,Safeway and others too numerous to mention.
You would feel right at home in a Delta hotel.
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And Tim Hortons galore! My wife is from Windsor Ontario and I had never had Tim Hortons coffee until I went to visit her the first time. IMO, Tims coffee is far better than Dunkin Donuts or any other US chain. I wish we had some Tims in Mass. We're heading to Windsor for Thanksgiving week, can't wait to get me some Timbits and coffee.
 
JimW said:
And Tim Hortons galore! My wife is from Windsor Ontario and I had never had Tim Hortons coffee until I went to visit her the first time. IMO, Tims coffee is far better than Dunkin Donuts or any other US chain. I wish we had some Tims in Mass. We're heading to Windsor for Thanksgiving week, can't wait to get me some Timbits and coffee.
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I recommend Ristorante Calabrese. I haven't been there in years, but the food is both exceptional and somewhat unusual. Don't engage in international travel for a stupid doughnut. You can make better ones in your kitchen.

I have been in Tim Horton's in Detroit. Neither I nor my late wife were impressed.
 
Saskatchewan is a 3-day wide wheatfield, or that's how it feels when you're driving across Canada. The Canadian Rockies are some of the most gorgeous country I've evern seen -- Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise. I fell in love with Victoria. Everything is so easily accessible from the Trans Canada Highway, I was impressed.
 
In the spirit of trying to help Ruthanne find a place where she isn't afraid to get out of her apartment how about someone starting a GOFUNDME account for her to be able to take a trip to Canada to stay for a few months so she can decide if Canada is safe enough for her to move to permanently.
 
Knight said:
In the spirit of trying to help Ruthanne find a place where she isn't afraid to get out of her apartment how about someone starting a GOFUNDME account for her to be able to take a trip to Canada to stay for a few months so she can decide if Canada is safe enough for her to move to permanently.
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Since it's your idea, why don't you fund it? My daddy always said put your money where your mouth is.
 
Big Horn said:
I recommend Ristorante Calabrese. I haven't been there in years, but the food is both exceptional and somewhat unusual. Don't engage in international travel for a stupid doughnut. You can make better ones in your kitchen.

I have been in Tim Horton's in Detroit. Neither I nor my late wife were impressed.
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We would pop over to Windsor for 222 Cough Syrup, of all things. You couldn't get it in the US because of its codeine content, but it was the only thing that could calm a Detroit winter cough, the kind of cough you got in October that lasted until April, the kind that you thought was going to make you were going to break a rib or something else. When you got a cough like that (and if you lived in Detroit, you were going to get a cough like that), the last worry on your mind was codeine addiction. You just wanted to get a little sleep, be able to drag your body to work for one more day and live until the weekend.

Anybody who mentioned they were going over to Windsor would be besieged with requests for the cough syrup.

So, I guess I have to add "drug smuggler" to my resume.
 
Big Horn said:
I recommend Ristorante Calabrese. I haven't been there in years, but the food is both exceptional and somewhat unusual. Don't engage in international travel for a stupid doughnut. You can make better ones in your kitchen.

I have been in Tim Horton's in Detroit. Neither I nor my late wife were impressed.
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Our two favorite Italian Restaurants in Windsor are Laguardia over near Caesars Casino on Riverside Dr and Nico's on Erie St. I go to Tims for the coffee, the doughnuts are average. For a chain I think Tims has a very good coffee, much better than any US chain I've ever had. There is a Tim Hortons about every other block in Canada and they are always busy. There are a lot of things in Detroit that are unimpressive, all you have to do is drive about 1/2 mile out of the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel and it looks like hell.
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Ruthanne said:
I think I'm just coming to grips with living in the USA. This is a very dangerous place to be. No wonder I hide out in my apt!! 2600 people daily vanish and where are they? Serial killers and rapists galore and mass shootings every day!! No wonder I want to leave and go to Switzerland! I think I am coming out of denial about where I live in the Good Ole Dangerous USA!!

Listening to some David Bowie to ease the BS of where I live. I can see how others from other countries see us now..a giant insane asylum. Lord Help Us All! Do you all realize this? We are all in danger. Not to spread mass hysteria but it's the truth. How do you cope?
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You're not exaggerating, that's for sure. It won't get better imo, only worse. I don't think there is really, anyplace that is safe. I'm not into doom and gloom, try not to be anyway, but the truth is.
 
Denise1952 said:
You're not exaggerating, that's for sure. It won't get better imo, only worse. I don't think there is really, anyplace that is safe. I'm not into doom and gloom, try not to be anyway, but the truth is.
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I agree. It just seems to be getting worse and worse. Having said that, though, the way I see it for me, at least, is that we really have two options -- we can stay inside and wring our hands and let the current climate take away our enjoyment of life, or we can go on about our business with reasonable precautions and just live our lives. I choose the second option.
 
Butterfly said:
I agree. It just seems to be getting worse and worse. Having said that, though, the way I see it for me, at least, is that we really have two options -- we can stay inside and wring our hands and let the current climate take away our enjoyment of life, or we can go on about our business with reasonable precautions and just live our lives. I choose the second option.
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Me too. I'll stay out of crowds and situations that appear to be prima facie dangerous, but other than that life will go on as usual.

These homegrown killings are so random, no way to predict how or when they will happen.
 
Smiling Jane said:
Since it's your idea, why don't you fund it? My daddy always said put your money where your mouth is.
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If this woman is THAT afraid, she needs to stay buried in her apartment with her face glued to the TV so she knows where the latest crime happened and she can hide under her bed.:cower:

For me, I just make sure I'm packin'. Solves the fear problem of which I have none. Put it this way...if some dweeb wants to rob/harm this old lady, he/she's going to get a surprise.
 
Butterfly said:
I agree. It just seems to be getting worse and worse. Having said that, though, the way I see it for me, at least, is that we really have two options -- we can stay inside and wring our hands and let the current climate take away our enjoyment of life, or we can go on about our business with reasonable precautions and just live our lives. I choose the second option.
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Me too!:encouragement:
 
Aunt Bea said:
Almost every night in my city we have shootings, stabbings, drug overdoses, etc...

All of them are tragic events but none of them cause me concern for my personal safety. I think I'm in more danger of being hit by a car on my way to the grocery store than I am at the hands of one of these individuals.

I really don't think that the violence will stop until the people involved value their own lives and believe that they have a life worth living.

I wish I knew how to turn it all around.
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Well said, & I agree. I'll add...the drug thing is just over the top, and it is the major factor....IMO

Too many people would rather fade into the world the drug "high" provides for them. Than to face their life as it actually is. I [like you] have no idea about how to correct / change that. We [as a nation] have been "fighting" this so called "war-on-drugs" since what ?early 70's ? Something needs to change.
 
Smiling Jane said:
Saskatchewan is a 3-day wide wheatfield, or that's how it feels when you're driving across Canada. The Canadian Rockies are some of the most gorgeous country I've evern seen -- Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise. I fell in love with Victoria. Everything is so easily accessible from the Trans Canada Highway, I was impressed.
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I love Victoria as well. I live less than an hour north. Beautiful little city.
 
Having been born and raised in a Chicago ghetto, cities are where I call home. Yes, they are messy, chaotic, and sometimes dangerous. They are also diversified, exciting, ever-changing, and offer amazing opportunities and services.

Nothing wrong with being cautious, but I refuse to live in fear.

I don't worry about dying. I care more about living well, honestly and responsibly.

Life is a gift. The only crime is in wasting it.
 
Lethe200 said:
Having been born and raised in a Chicago ghetto, cities are where I call home. Yes, they are messy, chaotic, and sometimes dangerous. They are also diversified, exciting, ever-changing, and offer amazing opportunities and services.

Nothing wrong with being cautious, but I refuse to live in fear.

I don't worry about dying. I care more about living well, honestly and responsibly.

Life is a gift. The only crime is in wasting it.
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Or, as Auntie Mame would say, "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death".
I agree with your assessment of city life.
Death comes violently to country people too and fear paralyses us if we dwell on it. Or in it.
 

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