I was born here but raised and educated in Canada, returning after the sudden death of my only sibling. The people look the same in Canada but the culture is different. It is a more compassionate community and I miss that. At least at the time I left, they didn't even have guns in the prisons (except the Supermax). I have dual citizenship and consider returning. But the fight is here and I feel a responsibility to do my part, although I did vote absentee until I returned.

Were birth not luck of the draw, I surely would have chosen a Nordic country but I feel fortunate that my father chose to be part of the departure of academics from the US to Canada when I was a young child.