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Originally Posted by Acajack
Interesting you should mention community and public infrastructure. I find this is one area where Canada often doesn't look too good. We have shiny new stuff here and there, but for every new piece we cut the ribbon for, there seem to be at least 10 pieces in serious disrepair. This applies to schools, transit systems, roads, sidewalks, public buildings... basically everything "public".
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No question, Canada's public infrastructure is very utilitarian and sparse relative to other established high density countries, at least the ones not plundered by colonialism. Such is the lot of many new world countries like Australia and Canada (particularly Canada) that haven't had time to replace the utilitarian stuff with prettier upgrades. Things are improving in the cores of our big 3, fortunately.
Anyway, that's the sacrifice we make for living in a country that is nowhere near maxing out its potential, it's still very much a work in progress on many levels. The benefit though is that there are many opportunities for enterprising, and even some not so enterprising individuals, to make a mark and make some cash compared to other developed countries. The UK is the example I like to use as it's a country that is still chugging along from the fumes of its colonial legacy, the only way to go is down for them, or at best stagnation.