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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Go to Canada or Australia before you pull that switch

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Most people don't have the resources necessary to move up the street, let alone to another country. And both Canada and Austrailia are significantly harder to legally emigrate to than the US. The people who have the resources to do that on a whim are probably the ones who have to worry about Trump's agenda the least.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I would if that was an easy option but as of yet no one seems to be taking in US "refugees" nor do they have much sympathy for nor want them.

I'm past my prime with cancer. They just view me as a foreign drain on their system. I don't pass the basic immigration demands because I am poor and don't bring anything to the table economically.

I guess everyone with money and ability to move can find comfort in leaving folks like me behind to die.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Yeah, the whole no public charges thing I think all countries have will lead to a lot of people with disabilities dying when Medicaid is cut off, if not a repeat of Aktion T4 in the USA. I don't see a good future for anyone disabled in the USA. The situation is grim, at best.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

You think Canada will be safe when shit hits the fan in the US? Because I don't.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Canadian here. I hope you have tens of thousands of dollars and several years to burn, because it's very expensive and time-consuming. Also, have fun with one of the worst housing crises in the world. Some visual data can be found here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does the housing crisis compare to NYC?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Just based on the house price to rent ratio (the ratio of house prices to the annual cost of rent), NYC is about 38. Here is an infographic of the house price to rent ratio of various Canadian cities:

As you can see, the cost of housing in NYC is comparable to Toronto and Victoria. Our mortgages don't have fixed rates though, so every 5 years your mortgage rate goes up (theoretically it could go down, but it generally doesn't). It makes buying a house a lot more risky even if you can afford it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

ask them politely if you can just step in to use the bathroom, be in and out in a sec. (then stay)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Can't afford to leave. Absolutely going to be a target to be disappeared as a gay guy if even half the shit from project 2025 is true.

I don't even want to stick around for much longer anyways, but I wanted to at least make sure my mother didn't have to bury a child before checking out. I just want to be left alone to suffer in peace, have her cremated, and then blow my own brains out, and I might not even be allowed to do that if Trump gets elected.