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To: kanda who wrote (35798)	8/19/1999 2:34:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<I hear Americans making these types of categorizations about Canadians all the time...> I don't think "the Americans" have the market cornered on generalizations....not yet anyways...;-}> Canajun Croc

To: kanda who wrote (35798)	8/19/1999 3:07:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Kanda, maybe you missed my earlier generalizations about Canada? I said my perception was that Canadians were more polite than people in the U.S.; that Canada had less litter than the U.S.; that the bathrooms were cleaner, as a lot of women in the U.S. make it a habit to squat over the toilet and urinate with the seat down, getting urine on the seat; I also said my husband and I were thinking about retiring to Canada. As for statistics on smoking, I just took a look, just for you, and found that the digested statistics aren't very up-to-date, only 1992, and a little from 1994. cdc.gov One thing that might explain my perception is that smoking is less prevalent in upper-income brackets and higher-education brackets. I live in Fairfax County, Virginia, which has one of the wealthiest and best educated populations in the world. Also, the anti-smoking forces are quite strong here, tobacco smoking is banned in government buildings, and many businesses and restaurants are smoke-free. I did notice that when we stayed at the Fredericton Sheraton and the Saint John Hilton, the non-smoking rooms were truly immaculate, as was the Rockinghorse Inn bed and breakfast in Sydney. Which also supports the hypothesis that it's a class thing, as the Moncton Best Western attracted, by my perception, a lower class, based on clothing and demeanor. Also, according to the World Health Organization statistics, the French speaking population in Canada smokes more than the English speaking population, and the Best Western in Moncton seemed to have more French-speaking people than the Fredericton Sheraton and the Saint John Hilton, for example. Finally, with respect to the rooms, no, I didn't complain to the management. I assumed that, due to the popularity of the hotel, that some people who wanted a room were willing to accept a no-smoking room and then ignore the no- smoking signs. I didn't feel like penalizing the hotel for that. The hotel was pretty unpleasant, overall, but not as unpleasant as the Best Western in Dartmouth. I simply won't patronize Best Western in the future.