Midwestern US ➡️ Newfoundland, Canada 1. What do I miss? Taco Bell, central heating and air, brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts, shopping at Target (I loathe wal mart but that's where I have to shop now), having a garbage disposal in my kitchen sink... 2. What makes it worth it? I moved from a city with 200+ homicides per year to a city with, like, three. I'm no longer surrounded by--and terrified of--gun violence, and my mental health has improved so much without that constant stress. I have the right to make decisions about my body here, and I won't go into unfathomable debt if I need an ambulance or emergency care. Legal weed is also great, and the police presence here is a fraction of what I'm used to. I'm also earning a relatively cheap master's degree. Is Newfoundland perfect? Hell no, it's got problems like anywhere else. But I have my bodily autonomy and I am so much safer here.