It's the Little Differences: Clothing Size

America's obesity problem is not just a myth. In fact, the US obesity rate (31%) is twice as high as Canada’s (14%).

To cater to their costumers, stores carry larger sizes more than smaller sizes. In order words, the bell curve one finds is Canada (relatively normal: few XS, some S, lots of M, some L, few XL) is skewed to the right in the US (No XS, few S, some M, lots of L, lots of XL, some XXL). When you oscillate between 0 and 4, it’s frustrating.

I’ve had some luck at Banana Republic. Banana Republic usually carries my size and it’s often on sale because no one else wants to buy it!