Posted on 04/19/2017 4:38:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Starting over in a new country is never easy, but for these Americans it was the only choice that made sense – and they haven’t looked back since
It was late into the night of the 2016 presidential election. Or was it technically the early hours of the morning after? Mark Nykanen was up watching what had not yet been made official, but was certain: Donald Trump would become the 45th president of the United States.
The next morning, he and his wife Lucinda Taylor woke up and knew it was time. Within a couple of hours, they made the decision. Within a couple of weeks, their house in The Dalles, Oregon, an hour and a half east of Portland, was on the market.
“I just made up my mind,” said Taylor, 56. “And as soon as I made the decision I felt safer.”
'I'm moving to Canada': the cops, pop stars and athletes who made good on the threat Read more The couple is heading to Canada for political reasons – and not for the first time. In 2003, appalled by George W Bush’s order to invade Iraq, they abandoned their lives in the US for a new start in Nelson, British Columbia.
“I felt very strongly that the US had turned a corner from which it would never turn back,” said Nykanen, 65, recalling the earlier relocation. “We made that move not because we feared terrorists, but what the country was becoming.”
The idea of moving to Canada is regularly tossed around as a joke of an American exit strategy. Declarations leading up to Trump’s presidency became fodder for late night television hosts. Spotify created a “Moving up to Canada” playlist, featuring Justin Bieber, Mumford & Sons and Carly Rae Jepsen. Maple Match emerged in the online dating world,
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Neither do I. I hope a couple million more join them.
We don’t regret it either
The only regret is they didn’t take the #FakeThreat “celebrities” with them
Quick! Somebody send this to Whoopi and Rosie!
Not good! Trudeau will make Canada go from bad to worse!!!!
Those who think that Donald Trump will be intolerable as President are overdosing on the propaganda of the Fake News media. They needed a wider news and media diet, NOT moving to Canada!!!!
So let’s see. They’ve been there, what, all of four months?
Let’s see what they’re saying in four years.
More stupid Leftist b/s.
Well Bye!!!
That’s just ‘a couple million more’ that I don’t have to support with my hard earned tax dollars! Winning!
Trudeau is a Commie moron, so they will not mind at all! /s;)
Oregon to Canada?
Isn’t that like leaving California Adventure and walking over to Disneyland using a Park Hopper Pass?
Whoa, such a darned shame to lose such critically vital and productive members of our society (cough, cough.)
Don't hurry back.
I see that they just decided to move to a whiter country within easy driving distance of the U.S. border.
How brave.
It’s a shame they couldn’t take more Democrats with them. They could have carpooled! It would have been GREEN!
Good. Spread the word to get more to leave.
I needed that laugh! Wow, what else can I say.....
The Great White Safe Space.
Don’t come back.
They should have moved to stockholm sweden...
In this clip, Burr says he hopes lots of Americans move to Canada...
They did the right thing.
This time, stay there please.
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