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by seized 1678 days ago
Healthcare/insurance costs, work visa and related paperwork, family in Vancouver, similar reasons.... And just not wanting to.

On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one.

I'm a Vancouverite who has worked in the US (flying to customer sites) for 15 years now. A coworker moved to the US, didn't get the Greencard lottery, had to move back.
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908B64B197 1678 days ago
> On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one.

That's wrong.

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nzmsv 1677 days ago
They are probably thinking H1, not green card lottery.

Other than that, the answer to "why don't Canadians drive 3 hours south" is "they do". The brain drain from Canadian tech is real.

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