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Originally Posted by FireFly
I took a fantastic course comparing American and Canadian culture and this is one of the things we discussed. If you ever get a chance Matt, Canadian Studies 333 I think is what it is. Gives good insight on the (believe it or not) growing differences between Canadian and American culture and why they're more likely to shoot others than Canadians.
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They are definitely different to an extent. But when you cut through some superficialities, Canadians have more in common with Americans than they do with Britons or even Australians and New Zealanders. Much of this media related, but also due to geography, history and economics.
Have you read "The Nine Nations of North America?" While a little flawed, it brings up a good point that similarities run more North-South, than East-West. Are Albertans like Carolinans, Floridians or New Yorkers? Nope. But quite similar to Montanans, Coloradians and some of the more Liberal parts of Texas, like Austin. The thing is, no Canadian province has much in common with the SE US, which a source of a lot of the problems in the US. You've taken Poli Sci with me, Heather, and that 521 course showed it off quite well, the regions of Canada are quite different too. Especially Quebec vis-a-vis anyone, and Alberta v. Atlantic Canada.
Essentially, its all relative.