Some of the kindest, hard-working, intelligent people I've met are in the southern USA. I used to do a lot of work with salt-of-the earth people in small-town USA. People who would give you the shirt off their back if you needed help.
I've also lived in major US cities and yeah, it can be rough. But Canadian big cities are rough too.
I think many of the people (not all) who wring their hands and complain about the USA and guns etc. have never really spent quality time with the people there. It's just popular (and easy) to say, "I'm so thankful we are not like the USA..."
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