Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)

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From: godfrey
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:02

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In article <1k1aa5INNp2f@pandora.sdsu.edu>, larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) writes:
> Gerald Olchowy (golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca) wrote:
>> jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey) writes:
>> >One reason, IMHO, why Americans have the "USA #1" attitude is
>> >the relative amount of immigration to American vs. other
>> >countries.
>>
>> Canada has twice the immigration rate per capita than the United
>> States has.
> 
> My experience has been that a large percentage of the people who have
> emigrated to Canada did so because they couldn't get into the United
> States (green card, citizenship, etc.), and the closest real country
> (not just in location) is Canada.
> 
> 
> Larry


Absolutely agreed.  Canada is hugely inferior to the US in all respects,
and Canadians occupy considerable time and efort ina fruitless attempt
to try to convince people otherwise.  To the rest of us it looks rather
ludicrous and a little sad.

Laurence

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