It is a lot cleaner there. I was struck by that too. The cities seems so un-city like almost. But I don't know about the people being that much nicer. People are people no matter where you go, you know? Anna > isn't that funny? my father lives in michigan, and one day when i visited > last christmas, we decided to go to canada. it was very similar in a lot > of ways. but i was struck by a couple of striking differences. first, > i've never seen an american city as clean as where we were. i can't > remember which city it was though. the other thing i noticed was that > people were very sincerely nice. there was such a lack of pretention. it > was a pleasant change from here. > > elizabeth