Oh, Canada, you kind-hearted, rugged purveyors of the all-denim ensemble. Americans have a…confused relationship with our more civilized neighbors to the North (AOL keyword: healthcare).

It’s possible the volatile mix of envy, contempt, and sheer bewilderment we collectively harbor may have to do with the fact that people might choose to live in Winnipeg or Windsor over Wyoming. The proximity of our two countries only seems to create more distance. The same goes for our mostly shared language, “soorry” and “aboot” notwithstanding.

In the oughts, it wasn’t uncommon to overhear left-leaning Americans make (mostly) empty threats to jump ship if a certain barely literate, hawkish presidential candidate got elected to office (hint: he’s an amateur painter).

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