₦airaland Forum

I practically joined Nairaland to respond to your comment.

While I understand your point, I think it is quite insensitive to attempt to shut her up. Like @Kayla10 said, everyone has a right to share their worries as well as request for suggestions. The thread is titled 'Living in Canada' and does not specifically state that it should only be helpful to those currently resident in Nigeria, who are looking to relocate to Canada.

The part about the rent and bus pass only came up when someone converted a certain annual income in Canada to GBP and wanted to know if any differential in the rate made sense, after factoring in the cost of living.

There are so many foreign forums in which issues of these comparisons come up, but it's always good to get the perspective of other Nigerians who are already resident in these countries.

I was trying to make comparisons between my options in Norway/The Netherlands/The UK in Europe and Canada in North America, when I stumbled on this thread more than six weeks ago and it's been very helpful. Having lived in France and the UK, I would say that I like the conservative lifestyle Europe offers as someone who is trying to start a family (with the private boarding schools), and is particular about where I decide to raise my kids. My main concern is avoiding the 'American lifestyle', which I'm not too keen on, and not been sure of how this compares to the Canadian lifestyle in general considering the proximity of both countries. @dupsyshoo and others making these comparisons have valid points and should be allowed to do so. Maybe you should just try to 'jump and pass' these comments and allow others who are willing to assist her and the rest of the silent followers with the same worries.

@Canadianfly, This is from a good place and I don't mean any harm, should my comment come across as such.

Canadianfly:
I think y'all are missing the aggravation. It's all well and good to have a rethink and all that beautiful emotional poetry about leaving a "comfortable England" for the fear of the unknown. But turning the thread to a bus pass and rent thread is very unproductive to read on here. I believe that people who have never lived in either countries, sought out this thread to find out about Canada and not the beautiful goodies in the U.K. That is my point. Every other week there's an argument comparing the two countries, from price of fridge to price of chips. How does that really help anyone
To address your line on on folks running away from heat in Nigeria, it's clear that the immigration process for the U.K is not as favorable as Canada, hence dupyshoo won't seek Canadian residency because of the uncertainty she faced last year in the U.K. And I bet you, it's after so many years of slaving in a not so well paying job and still not sure what status she held in the country. Wasn't it also running away from being returned to Nigeria? I totally dislike it when folks make it out to seem that Nigerians going through any country residency is doing so solely to run away from heat in Nigeria. Like folks who Live outside Nigeria are all doing better than the ones in Nigeria. We can go a Nigeria vs. any country you love to throw in the mix and I promise you, there are pros and cons everywhere.
If anyone who currently lives in UK is rethinking moving to Canada, go find other sources or create a thread and ask people to chime in their thoughts, but derailing this one is not fair on people who know nothing about either countries and are here solely for Canada.