Kremit and svt4stv: It's not Canada that's different, it's the US. (And FWIW .. drinking age here was 18 till the mid 70s IIRC ... )
I can deal with snow, but were it not so cold up there I think I'd be living in Canada by choice.
You can hit pedestrians and it's not your fault.
(No, that's not the only reason.

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