Part of why I have been considering it more lately isn't even related to the election, but what I want my quality of life to be 20-30 years from now. Global warming isn't going anywhere, vast swaths of the United States will be irrevocably altered. Parts of Canada will, too, but by and large will be in a better place than the United States when it comes to environmental impact. Representation is a factor, as well, there a 7x difference in the Federal level of representation comparing Canada to the US. Somewhere around 760,000 US Citizens per House rep, and 112,000 Canadian Citizens per similar rep. "Slogging it out where I currently am" is me, living in one of the most blue regions of the country, having to somehow deal with the fact that almost half of the country in the interior and SE are diametrically opposed in ways I cannot engage with, participate in, or attempt to influence shy of throwing money at candidates in those states. Those some states are the ones greatly influencing our Federal government and everything that comes with it.
QOL in my old age is the Big Question for me, too. The US is going to basically let my generation die off... we are stuck in the middle of the Boomer, who are going to spend every last cent they can before they die and deplete every federal system, and the Millenials, who don't have a plan, and won't have any real power until my generation is out of their way. So what I do I want to do with the 25-30 years I have left? Fight Y'all Qaida? Or move to a beach and drink mai tais every day?