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I still am considering living in Montreal part time. I love the USA way too much to give up my American citizenship; despite the fact that many parts of the Us is dysfunctional, including government throughout the US, I would never leave my country permanently. I love it too much. But it does not mean I have to live in the US 365 days every year.
You can be a permanent resident anywhere in the world and be US citizen. It is called expatriate. So acquiring permanent resident status in Canada does not undermine your US citizenship in any way. . . . it is a myth that you automatically loose your US citizenship even if you decide to acquire a full citizenship status in some other country, especially country that is friendly and close to US such as Canada or UK.[/QUOTE]
Those are good points. I have many friends who do not want to obtain US residency or citizenship because they don't want to have to pay double income taxes.
Since I now have GOES and Montreal airport now have a lot more automatic custom verification machines, it's a lot more convenient to travel back and forth between Montreal and the States. I ran into many American families who fly into Montreal and drive to their homes in Maine and Vermont because it's actually faster for them to do so than to fly domestically within the States to get to those places and then drive twice the distance to get home from the nearest airports. As I told my cousins in the States, a USA passport is the king of passport as regards countries within the EU, many Asian countries like Japan and Singapore, and Canada with respect to traveling.
And if I'm lucky enough to get a teaching job as a visiting lecturer in any of the five major universities within downtown Montreal, I'm certain they are fewer paperwork to fill out to obtain temporary work permits. I don't need to make that much money anymore; it's now more important for me to have the quality of life I want. I've already paid my dues working 80 hour weeks in the States.
Waking up late this morning, on Christmas Day, I finally got my butt out the streets of Montreal, as I did last year, as well. It was a nice stroll, walking by Concordia University and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts -- the chill woke me up and it was good exercise; I realized I'm at peace with myself in this lovely city. And I really love this city, especially its downtown. I flirted with one of the hotel front office female employee, who speaks French, English, Spanish and German and is attending the hotel university, and realized people here are friendly and many woman are beautiful.
With the monies I saved, I can semi-retire in Montreal and still live a modest, comfortable life. Maybe I'll be an Uber driver to keep myself occupied, if I can't get a teaching job. :lol::nod: