"Now is the time to talk about gun control" -- Kate Snow, MSNBC anchor

bone said:
Let's try facts. It is no coincidence that the top eight countries in the "world happiness index" are all incredibly homogenous in terms of their population composition. All eight of these countries have a statistically monolithic racial enthnicity demographic to the extreme. ( Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Finland, Netherlands, and Sweden ). With the exception of Canada, the birth rates have been relatively static for centuries. This has historically allowed for a viable and sustained wealth redistribution system and generous social benefits in terms of inflows versus expenditures. Natural resource utilization has remained healthy and balanced and the industries, goods, and services for which the citizenry has been employed is in many cases centuries old. Generations of families might be employed in the same fishing or lumber or hospitality livelihood.

In other words, remarkably static monolithic populations where everybody pretty much looks like everybody else and with low, static birth rates and until recently very little immigration (Canada excluded in that remark) and where there is very little competition or segregation in the population.

Canada is slightly an outlier compared to the Nordic countries. In 2006, 89.2% of the Canadian population was Caucasian, 6.7% Asian, and 2.5% Black. The same study identified 66.5% of the United States as Caucasian.

The USA ranks 13th in world happiness report. There is no arguing that the United States is a much more ethnically diverse country than the 12 countries preceding it on the list.

Why do wealthy Canadians move to the US, take up dual citizenships, and winter in the United States ? Why do Canadian graduates frequently take jobs in the United States ?

Canadians want to steal our dance moves, that's why.
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Ethnic diversity goes far beyond skin colour. I could get into this with examples of why Toronto is one of the more diverse cities in the world, but I fear it would go over your head. And you may think that there are a ton of Canadians who are strongly attracted to the US, but it just isn't the case. US social issues and fairly recent economic turmoil have been major turn offs for many would be immigrants. The US was a far more attractive option in the 1970s and 1980s. Some that do move to the US are often recent immigrants to Canada who have more roots in Asia or Europe then either Canada or the US. That being said, Canada is getting a far greater share of the wealthier immigrant classes then we ever had before, which is part of the reason the housing prices in Toronto are through the roof. It's a rapidly growing city.

We all make our choices. The US was never something I was interested in. Apparently, there are 840K people who were born in Canada living in the US, and 250K people born in the US living in Canada. Not exactly overwhelming numbers given that your population is roughly 10 times ours.
 
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Clubber Lang said:
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Said the guy OBSESSED with U.S. politics.
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My comment referred to my interest in taking a job in the US and residing in the US, of which I've never had much interest. I have some extended family residing in the US. I'm not obsessed with politics of any type, including Canadian.
 
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