Off-topic but needs to be said (Score 5, Insightful)

I am a Canadian living in the US. I'm really tired of seeing comments like this from people on both sides of the border. For Americans, Canada is not the simple nation that some of you view it to be. It is also not the crime-free utopia that I hear about all the time. For most Canadians, you don't know half as much about the US as you think you do. The US is a much better country than prevailing attitudes would have you believe.

We could all learn a lot more about each other if we got rid of these attitudes and spent a little time getting to know one another's countries.