Re: Your Fic
My problem with the storyline isn't really one of geography, it's more the way the two moves were handled; Justin's and Melanie's and Lindsays.
Considering that the show's writers thought Brian and Justin marrying was too unrealistic, how realistically do two adult women, both of whom have jobs that they can't just take with them, move to another country with no jobs and no support system, and with so much haste. Melanie wouldn't even have been able to practice law in Canada.
And as for Justin, who was usually of a pretty practical nature, THAT seems unrealistic, that he would just pack up and go to New York, to live at Daphne's friend's apartment, with no means of support, no friends, and no need, not when you have this million dollar mansion that could be put to better use to buy a little Manhattan pied a terre, and go when needed.