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Originally Posted by cornholio
Canadian health care system is pathetic and one of the biggest draw backs to living here considering you only have one health / one life. My wife who is Brazilian and all her Brazilian friends go back to Brazil or the US for all treatment. She has many Mexican and Latin American friends (worked for a Spain company for well over a decade dealing with Latin America/EU and speaks near native Spanish) and they also go back home or to the US for treatment. They are all afraid of the Canadian health care system. As for me I am originally from central/eastern Europe and everyone I know also goes back home for any checks / screenings/ and major problems. I have gone through the Canadian health care system my self a few times due to serious injuries and never again. I am lucky to be alive and in other cases I suffered for way too long before being treated. My mother was a nurse back in Europe before coming here and she is horrified of the system here, now she spends time back and forth and makes sure she gets all her treatments and screenings back home. The Canadian health care system is broken and dangerous, which is unfortunate because Canada is a great country.
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Well at least we agree on one thing.
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Originally Posted by cornholio
Also as for someone asking why live in Mexico City? If you have money and speak Spanish then Mexico City is a great place to live and much better then Vancouver. If you don't have money or are just middle class then Mexico city obviously sucks. Mexico is a very unequal country and it provides a very good life for those at the very top, very good life and the 80's/90's are over and done with and the risk of a leftist uprising is as low as ever, hence Jebby's family going back.
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Actually my family (parents and brother, that is) haven't moved back to Mexico. I moved back because I got a very good job offer from a foreign company to head up their offices here.
And I like how you claim to know my family history and circumstances perfectly. Way to judge someone and their family that you don't know at all.
Just fyi, most of my great-grandparents were immigrants to Mexico, who like your family, came with nothing but the clothes on their backs and hope for a better life.