Agree completely. Choice of lifestyle is completely subjective.
My only point really, was to try and correct a rather significant error in your "simple arithmetic" regarding pay parity.
@M. Essaie,
Appreciate your comments about taxation, you're right, they would be fairly minimal if one was not earning much, or retired. Return of capital, income-splitting, dividend tax credits, etc. But unfortunately there are other aspects of returning I find more disagreeable than the financial issues as time goes on. The weather, for one. But mostly the general cultural climate of being told more and more what to think and say, and then accused of being every type of -phobe under the sun if one voices disagreement. It's a troubling, uhealthy direction and as long as I have options I'm perfectly content to limit my time in Canada to visits with family and friends. A cheap Canadian dollar is just a nice bonus.
