There appears to be a rising tide of Anti-Canadian sentiment coming from local residents in Phoenix. We have had first hand encounter from a person we thought was our friend at Trilogy. We stopped for a chat while riding our bikes in the community and the first words out of her mouth was "I am sick and tired of Canadian's coming and stealing our real-estate!" Initially I thought she was joking but I soon realized that was not the case when she began to elaborate her feelings toward Canadians entering the local real-estate market. Friends of ours had a similar experience about a month ago when they were hiking at one of the local mountains. A young couple parked next to them and took notice of their Canadian license plates. They approached our friends stating how frustrated they were about all the Canadian's buying up all the local real-estate and why don't they go home!
I truly hope these are isolated incidents from a few ignorant people and not the general consensus. Canadians come here to flee the snow and cold weather. We stay a maximum of 6 months, pay the local property taxes & H.O.A. Fees, support the local economy, and forge close friendships with many of our neighbours to the south. I think Leslie and I have more friends in the U.S. than we do in Canada these days and I know they enjoy spending time with us during our brief visits to Phoenix.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/03/attack-of-the-snowbirds/
I truly hope these are isolated incidents from a few ignorant people and not the general consensus. Canadians come here to flee the snow and cold weather. We stay a maximum of 6 months, pay the local property taxes & H.O.A. Fees, support the local economy, and forge close friendships with many of our neighbours to the south. I think Leslie and I have more friends in the U.S. than we do in Canada these days and I know they enjoy spending time with us during our brief visits to Phoenix.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/03/attack-of-the-snowbirds/
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