Originally posted by: Porcupine
The benefits are not great but still there.
Their train stations and bus stations are so great. You can see the parks and whole of pastoral surroundings well maintained, hospitals providing high quality products, proper pathways, cycling routes etc. Good parks with high quality benches to sit on, high quality play structures for kids. free education for all kids till grade 12 and many more things.
Canadian Government takes a lot of responsibility for its citizens.
I can't speak for Canada, but for America, the bus stations are not great. At least in the southern states, a lot of people have cars because public transportation sucks. I would happily give up my car if we had better buses or even trains (which my state does not have at all)
In my city at least the bus stations are usually where homeless people gather to sleep on benches.
There are barely any cycle routes nor high-quality parks. I actually found a used condom on the ground in one of my parks when I was learning how to drive.
Education is debatable but I have heard numerous people say American education needs restructuring.
There are pros & cons to each country or since you mentioned North America continent, it's not all rosy.
It is situational but as a middle-class person in US it really sucks. My governor is constantly in the news for screwing up everything, I don't think we have the right to point fingers at another country and say "hey you are worse off"
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