World, what pisses you off about Canada?

The fact that they are too nice, but to me it’s a bit of fake niceness. I.e they’re polite but it’s not necessarily genuine. Great if someone visits the country and comes away feeling how nice and friendly everyone is to tourists. But if you live there it’s a bit of a chore dealing with it.

Now I’m not saying it’s not good to be polite or kind. But I’d rather it be genuine.

I lived in Toronto for a very long time, and while I always found everybody nice enough, and polite, I never knew if someone was just being nice or we genuinely got along. Like you’re always left thinking are we friends ? Is this just niceness ? And I noticed despite the niceness people were not super open to knowing other people.

By comparison I would travel to New York a lot for work, and while New Yorkers have a terrible reputation for how rude they are, I preferred the bluntness. Like if someone invests the time talking to you then you’re actually getting along with them. Otherwise they tell you to fuck off and I’m totally okay with that.

As a result I still have way more friends in New York than I do in Toronto. I now live in Europe, and if I’m visiting New York I have a bunch of people to call, and even if they’re all busy that’s fine they tell me. In comparison if I go to Toronto everybody says how lovely it would be to meet up but nobody really bothers to do it.

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