{"id":8112,"date":"2010-11-19T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2010-11-22T08:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T12:34:38","slug":"a-reason-not-to-move-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/19\/a-reason-not-to-move-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reason Not to Move to Canada?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since starting blogging I have made a number of very good friends and often times get to meet these folks in person. The other benefit (?) is that I occasionally receive unsolicited gifts in the mail. Google sent me a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/google-recruiting-volunteers-to-provide-nexus-support-free-phones\/\">very cool Nexus Phone<\/a> and a coffee mug. Once I even got a box of <a href=\"http:\/\/hugeidahopotato.com\/\">40 count potatoes<\/a> (the source of all potato jokes&#8230; how big was it?&#8230;) from your favorite Idaho internet <a href=\"http:\/\/niftymarketing.com\/\">marketer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, in the mail, this Mountie Hat showed up. Obviously a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canuckseo.com\/\">Canuck reader<\/a> was trying to convince me that while there are possibly good <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/08\/google-places-another-reason-to-move-to-canada-duplicate-listing-removal\/\">reasons to move to Canada<\/a> there are also reasons not to. To see why &#8230;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mountie-mike-5201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8114\" title=\"mountie-mike-520\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mountie-mike-5201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mountie-mike-5201.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mountie-mike-5201-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mountie-mike-5201-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since starting blogging I have made a number of very good friends and often times get to meet these folks in person. 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