Trump-fleeing U.S. couple looks forward to 'mild' winters in new home Halifax

[DonViejo]

Published Friday, June 30, 2017 12:16PM EDT

After Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, a lot of Americans vowed to move to Canada. But a South Carolina couple is actually going ahead and doing it.

Heather and Robin Vargas are packing up their belongings and travelling more than 2,600 kilometres to a new home in Halifax in December.

Heather told CTV News Channel she and her husband began making plans to leave the day after Trump won. They began with reading up on the logistics of emigrating, then started reading about what Canada and Canadians are like.

“We did more research into Canada as a whole and we quickly fell in love with the country,” Vargas told CTV from Charleston, S.C.

The couple decided that Canadians’ values aligned with their own, unlike those of President Trump, his administration and his supporters.

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[Va Lefty]

1. Good for them! Hope they are happy.

My gf and I talked about moving to Ireland last Dec. I have two elderly parents I can't abandon or we would leave too.

[Me.]

2. Halifax Hawaii?

[Not Ruth]

5. Nova Scotia

I looked for a while at buying a vacation house in Calais, ME minutes away. Back when a house could be bought for $30k. Too cold for me.

[Me.]

7. Of Course

But mild winters? Personally love Halifax and would move there if I could.

[Not Ruth]

8. If you want to move for mild winters, go south to Mexico

Not north to Canada

[mountain grammy]

13. Yes, Baja! Rosarito is my dream.

[Not Ruth]

14. Beautiful place, huge ex pat community, as well as weekenders from LA

[mountain grammy]

16. I know. I read the newsletter. The Rosarito Town Crier.

[Me.]

15. Precisely My Point

[Sneederbunk]

3. You are still too close to the toxicity.

[Nitram]

4. Fair weather Americans? I remember people who fled the US in advance of YK2.

They are in for a disappointment if they are used to the climate in SC. Halifax has more snow than Toronto. The highs on Saturday and Sunday are 66F.

[jpak]

6. Halifax - home of the Liquor Dome

[DefenseLawyer]

9. I came to Casablanca for the waters. n/t

[iluvtennis]

10. I admire them for doing this...after my kids graduate high school in next 3 years, I'll join em

[Blue_true]

18. Go South. To a Mexican border town.

Best choice would be the border town with San Diego. You can get to Cali when you want to. Arizona Border towns are decent also.

I am surprised the couple chose Nova Scotia. Nice enough people and great scenery, but winters there are sort of cold compared to South Carolina.

[llmart]

11. Good for them!

Canada's values and culture align better with mine also. Canadians are wonderful people! Eh?

[Amimnoch]

12. Staying and fighting while I can,

But as soon as we see a "Reichstag fire" here in the US, we're out of here to Argentina. Have bank accounts, jobs, and a home there ready for us. My husband and I will NOT be wearing pink triangles in US concentration camps.

We have elected a president that repeatedly and loudly demonstrates all 14 of the 14 established and agreed upon characteristics of a Fascist, and worse seems to have the devoted following to support it.

[Blue_true]

19. I have young relatives. I have no choice but to stay and fight.

I am childless, but my siblings have children, some that are really young.

[gopiscrap]

17. trump is such a fucking clueless idiot