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I'm a Canadian who has lived in the States since age six. My family has a summer home on a lake about 100 miles north of Toronto, and my entire extended family lives in Ontario, so I still have pretty close ties to Canada. I spent all my summers up there with my extended family. My cousins used to call me a *yankee,* which I always resented.
At one point in my adulthood, I got sick of not being able to vote in the American elections and I obtained the paperwork needed to apply for US citizenship. I was humming along, filling things out, when I got to the part where I had to *renounce* Canada ( in case the US & Canada ever went to war against each other). I couldn't do it. I would have felt like a complete traitor.
Interesting sidenote for a Canadian obtaining American citizenship. Canada still recognizes you as a Canadian, i.e. allows you to have duel citizenship, but the US does _not_ recognize you as a Canadian. I find that pretty funky.
I always find visiting Ontario, intriguing though. Canadians _are_ different. They are absolutely more polite and not in-your-face patriotic. I think American tourists sometimes come off as rude & loud, and not just in Canada. I can't figure out why you guys do that- guess it's just more acceptable here.
I love both countries- my husband & kids are Americans- and I think of myself as a Canadian/American.
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