i know what i'm looking for.

what i'm looking for is detroit. detroit is still a liberal place with a vibrant culture. and, surely i can find somewhere non-smoking.

but, that's a dangerous idea.

the lease requirement for disability in ontario is that you have to live in ontario. so, you can't live in montreal, and you can't live in gatineau....and you can't live in detroit.

but, could i figure something else out?

well, i guess that, if i end up putting things in storage, it's a possibility to explore, isn't it?

i can still come home for healthcare...

i just don't know how that would work. i'd only have $670/month. canadian. i'd need some other source of income.

i'm neither legally entitled to live nor work in the united states, and i simply don't know how hard it would be for me to get a green card. i am well educated, at least.

it's frustrating, though. i'm going to lose access to what is a liberal haven in detroit, because windsor is being slowly taken over by conservatives, and oriented in a hard right direction. everything i like about detroit is being pulled away from me by the rising rents in windsor.

it's an accurate microcosm of what is happening, though, regarding the united states and canada.

for the first time in my life, i'm getting an urge to cross to the other side of that border.