You're probably not the only one, but here's a tip... HN uses a system of up and down votes to allow the users to decide what is on the front page. So if something is on the front page it probably means more people want to see it than don't.
No wonder he left, Canada is the worst anglo country when it comes to business (Australia only slightly better). US and UK are way better for anyone with ambition.
Why the hate towards Canada? Please back that up with some actual reason.
I doubt Elon could have accomplished what he has in Canada, much of his support has been American. It would be unlikely he would have gotten as far as he has without being a member of the PayPal Mafia,and that was strictly an American affair. It is questionable if that business could have succeeded in any other country in the 90s (or was it 00s?).
Solar City I suspect would have had a very small chance of surviving in Canada as well, with too small a market of businesses likely able to install the solar cells.
Tesla could have a chance of being built in Canada, and may have actually been cheaper, but the idea of creating a convertible sports coupe just sounds a bit too strange.
Though their is a decent amount of rocket technology expertise in Canada, the risk and cost of the venture would require significant external investment, and again, it was likely easier to manage this in the US.
There's less of an investment industry (in Canada there's an oligopoly of a few shitty banks). And of course, London, New York, and Silicon Valley are special places.
Also, very anecdotally, in the US and southeast UK you get more of a enrepreneur/go getter vibe. There's some of that in Vancouver as well. This is all anecdotal personal experience though.
