Living in another country

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Post Report of the Day

Toronto, Canada

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

You can drive to Buffalo in 90 minutes, Detroit in 4 hours and Chicago or New York City in about 8 hours. Flights to New York are about an hour and are about 5 hours...

Are there any particular health concerns? What is the quality of available medical care? What medical conditions typically require medical evacuation?

Can be hard to access as Canadian healthcare facilities tend to look at you like you have two heads if you tell them you are private pay. They often don´t know what or how to...