We walk among them

Given the number of Canadian graphics designers and magazine people who decamp to New York in pursuit of opportunity, it seems somehow commonplace. But a story in the New York Observer suggests that the whole business is fraught with stress, particularly for illegal "snowbacks". As writer Leigh Camping-Carder reports:

For the most part, Canucks "pass" as Americans. We speak the same language -- just about. We watch the same television programs. We eat the same food and read the same magazines. As one young Canadian New Yorker put it, "We've already been stirred in the melting pot."

At the same time, Canadians are increasingly thinking of New York as a city that is, if not exactly hostile, definitely not home.

An interesting companion piece is the posting on Corinna van Gerwen's blog Dream Job TK about moving to New York (cross-posted at Masthead).