Canada (Where should I poss. move to-r)
Brian
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I know there's a few of you here. I've only been to Vancouver and really don't know much about it. Where would you recommend for a yung_thug that's primarily interested in getting a job and living as cheap as possible? No need to mention all the visa stuff.
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i live in vancouver and its nice and all but its not cheap and if you're looking to get out there and mix it up this isn't the place to do it. this is more like the city you come to chill after a few years in mtl or toronto.
if you like aggro, hipsters and jerk chicken then toronto could be an option. best record city in the country.
wtf no records in mtl? really damn man...i used to hear mad stories from people about mtl being the record capital of canada...maybe a lot has changed in 10 years or so..
Halifax is a pretty dope place to live, great music scene, and if you like history/beer/seafood...its the only place to live, not far from from places like mtl, nyc and other new england states, toronto is 2hr by plane away, i wouldnt say this is a huge record city, but you can get pretty well anything youd be looking for, lots of place with $1 bins and the weather here is nice most of the year..
its a bit of an opinionated question, but its sumthin you'd wanna research before you say "yeah thats the place for me" i know it seems bunk to poast some wiki linkages but theres a lotta info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Halifax
I live near Hamilton, which most people think of as a dirty industrial city, but it's actually quite nice, has an emerging arts scene and beautiful natural areas nearby, and it's incredibly cheap, especially if you want to buy a house.
MTL:employement opportunities3, expensive3, funfactor1
VAN:employement opportunities2, expensive1, funfactor2
outdoors setting Van1,Mtl2,TO3
weed has the same order, records is reversed,food is a tie TO,MTL depending on preference
what type of work are you looking for...
what type of environment are you looking to live in
do you (even) party?
kids?
also van and TO have more$$$ and thus more jobs but shit is still all good in my hometown
FUN, LIFE, WOMEN.
What city are you (fleeing?) moving from, Brian?
Best choices in order of my personal opinion are: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Hamilton, Saskatoon.
Kindly,
parallax
FIXED.
pleasure - montreal
leisure - vancouver
simplicity - halifax
look no further.
(To be fair, I think it was the visitng team from small town Quebec that went into the stands first!)
I also love Toronto - great music/arts/food.
Edmonton??!!! cha. I'd throw St. John's before any of the rest.
I am sure there are many stories to counter this, but you need to consider that if you are not French-speaking, getting decent work might be an issue. Unless you line something up before you get there (which I would recommend for a big move anyway), you may find it very difficult. Montreal is cheaper compared to Toronto, but it is not what it used to be and it is getting more pricey.
As for the pleasure aspect - Montreal is four hours away from Toronto, you can have both relatively easy.
That highlights another nice thing about Toronto - the neighbourhoods. There are so many different types of places to live, and you can usually find a community of some sort to engage with. Not so in many other places I've lived.
Couldn't hack it on the Prairies with a -40 windchill and nothing to do on a Saturday night. SOFT.
Seriously, though, if all you're really interested in is cheap housing and a job, wouldn't Saskatchewan be one of the better places to go? However, if you're even remotely interested in records, fun, and all that other stuff, though, I'd say stay out of MB and SK.
There's also some smaller cities like Kingston, etc. that are really nice (and conveniently located near Toronto).
Also: you can't handle winter. (I can't either, so I moved to California.)
Food is great (especially if you venture outside downtown and you're into various ethnic foods). I really think Toronto is at the infancy of its potential, it's going to be really interesting where the second generation and third generation immigrants, combined with original Torontonians lead us. I sometimes think our multiculturalism is marketed overboard, it's not necessary to be on a high horse about, it just IS, it exists and I love it. So much has changed since when I was a kid, and for the most part for the better. One of my biggest complaint as a kid(i was introspective) was how advertising never really reflected the diversity. I don't think it's so much a case of corporations being more inclusive as being pragmatic and marketing towards its demographics, but its changed massively. Transportation can be an issue regarding the morning and afternoon rush if you drive, transit for the most part is ok (especially within the city) but could use improvements.
There are various way one can lead a life a life here, depending on income and how you want to your social life to be. You can live in a small box in the city, live in the sprawl of the suburbs and visit downtown when you need a fix or catch a concert/whatever, or you can live further off and be isolated if that's your thing.
Only out-of-towners say it like that.
Also, visiting first might be a good idea. Winters are hard, I won't lie, but Toronto in the summer is PHENOMENAL.
i know it's pronounced more "cal-gry", but as an out-of-towner i took liberties.
the prairie-folk ought talk wit they "trannuh" talk.
Calgary on the other hand with who they just elected...
Funny I always thought it was people from T'rauna that slurred it like that
Yes. Nobody likes Regina.
That doesn't sound like a Prairie thing. I almost never hear anyone say it like that.
Apparently ESL programs for overseas like to recruit heavily around here because the Prairie accent is so bland and easy to understand. No idea if that's actually true.
Because it's how you're supposed to pronounce things.
Except Calgary.
I guess I'm leaning more towards either Toronto or Vancouver. Any good sites to read up on just some real general information on either? I was really briefly searching around and read that the average 1 bedroom in Toronto goes for about $900 a month. Is that at least ballpark? What about Vancouver?
And O, no way in hell am I moving to California right now, haha.
my huge 6?? was hiked up after renovations and we pay 860 including bills(elect,heat,internet,phone,digital cable)