Serge from Babka on Nostr: People said they're interested in me talking about my experience as an immigrant in ...
People said they're interested in me talking about my experience as an immigrant in #Canada, so here goes. I'll call this #CanadianKvetches I guess.
I'll start with a positive, a big positive. Coming from the US, Canada is peaceful. Having lived in NYC for a decade, one might think it's that, but it's more than just NYC, it's generally being in a place where I feel people, at least most people, are reasonable. There's violence, but a lot less than in the US (and NYC is one of the safest places in the US). Police corruption and brutality exists everywhere, but in Canada, police kill 1/20th the number of people they do in the US, adjusted for population.
People are generally not angry, more laid back. It's not that conflicts don't exist, it's that they don't escalate so quickly. It's only when you stop needing to be afraid and tense all the time do you realize how much that tension affects you.
So for my first Canada Kvetch, it's not a kvetch at all but a cheer.
I'll start with a positive, a big positive. Coming from the US, Canada is peaceful. Having lived in NYC for a decade, one might think it's that, but it's more than just NYC, it's generally being in a place where I feel people, at least most people, are reasonable. There's violence, but a lot less than in the US (and NYC is one of the safest places in the US). Police corruption and brutality exists everywhere, but in Canada, police kill 1/20th the number of people they do in the US, adjusted for population.
People are generally not angry, more laid back. It's not that conflicts don't exist, it's that they don't escalate so quickly. It's only when you stop needing to be afraid and tense all the time do you realize how much that tension affects you.
So for my first Canada Kvetch, it's not a kvetch at all but a cheer.