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Last post: 2 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Sep 4, 08, 10:25 p.m.

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• Lo_Fi

  Pros and Cons for moving to London from Toronto...

  Pros.
  - I already have dual citizenship
  - More work to be had in my field
  - better pay (I've heard anyway)
  - I need a change / feeling bored here

  Cons.
  - Giving up comfort and security at a job I like
  - expensive. EXPENSIVE. in London
  - Friends and Family are in Toronto
  - I isn't Canada (a big one)

  I guess what I'm asking is have any of you made this move?..... and bottom line, was it worth it?

  Sep 4, 08, 10:25 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  yes, moved to NY from toronto

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 10:25 p.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  would be nice if you had a few interviews lined up before going to london.

  • Probably go for a trip beforehand to show my book and make some contacts.– Lo_Fi1/2

    sounds like a good idea.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 11:37 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian2

  Pro: The closest dentist is in Germany

  • thats pretty close.– akrokdesign1/5

    I don't have any teeth, so no problems. ;))– Lo_Fi2/5

    is this hackneyed teeth 'joke' the only one you have utopian? Seems you make it in every thread with anything UK related.– max_prophet3/5

    I love the UK and the people too...– utopian24/5

    oh LOL LOL BAD TEETH etc pffft
    tiresome– modern5/5

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 11:38 p.m. – Permalink

• Lo_Fi

  I've spent a lot of time in London on vacation, but I'm sure it's a different story once you have to live there. Besides the proximity to the rest of europe for holiday what are the benefits? Any thoughts...

  • check this out...
    http://www.ryanair.c…
    – akrokdesign1/4

    also...
    http://www.easyjet.c…
    – akrokdesign2/4

    Yeah, cheap flights!– Lo_Fi3/4

    I would never get on one of those pikey things!– Ranger4/4

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 11:49 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian2

  Best wishes in your travels Lo_Fi

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 11:51 p.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  there is lots of creative recruitment agencies. Its a good temporary move. Being an ex-pat that moved to western canada. Its always good to work elsewhere and get a feel for european design and london nuance's. You will learn alot. Make sure you get used to working in millimetres, and all your paper sizing is different.

  

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  Dog-earSep 4, 08, 11:57 p.m. – Permalink

• Lo_Fi

  I'm actually not a designer but a commercial photographer, and from what I've seen, there are so many more magazines for editorial work and agencies for commercial work than what we have in Toronto. I've been checking out creativepool.co.uk , because I'll definitely need a stable studio job to get me settled before I start freelancing in a new country.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:03 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian2

  Check out this Photography Rep based in NYC/London
  http://www.cake-factory.com

  • sweet site n' work.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:04 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  true, there are plenty of great job opp's... before you think more read this. www.thesun.co.uk you may change your mind.

  • Don't do it.– kev_charlton

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:05 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  i would recommend "creativepool.co.uk" and "thecreativeportal.com".

  • hmm, photographer. maybe. lol.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:05 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/home…

  • the story is by a guy called By ANTHONY FRANCE.
    
    HAHA. MR. FRANCE WRITES FOR BRITAIN! thats funny.– akrokdesign1/2

    and writes badly!– designer4rent2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:07 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/home…

  • <--- so you really wanna move there?– designer4rent1/7

    are you saying this never happens in canada? or what.– akrokdesign2/7

    in sweden you just go on a soccer match and after there fights. either with the cops or the other team.– akrokdesign3/7

    not really dude. not to the same level. I spent 27 years there. Trust me its a shithole– designer4rent4/7

    i see. :-) well, i have stayed out of it. hah.– akrokdesign5/7

    what the fuck are you talking about?– max_prophet6/7

    You are quoting the sun?
    – Ranger7/7

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:13 a.m. – Permalink

• Lo_Fi

  It's ok, I grew up in Scarborough, I'm used to gang violence.

  • i hate gangs, still i live in L.A. might be the capital of gangs.– akrokdesign1/2

    yep gang central– designer4rent2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:16 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  hmm...can't you just have some agency represent you. that would cover the travel cost also.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:28 a.m. – Permalink

• Lo_Fi

  I'll definitely have to find a rep in England. My rep here is so pissed that I'm thinking of moving. She thinks I'm going to lose all of her clients in Toronto. I think she just needs to work harder to keep them :>

  • you should get a NYC / LONDON rep. so you got it covered.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:30 a.m. – Permalink

• MrMackem

  With this 'Credit Crunch' hitting the UK - is it the right time to move to London?

  • Good point, I doubt it very much.– kev_charlton

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:48 a.m. – Permalink

• hans_glib

  London over Toronto any day - world city vs provincial town. London is a brutal, stimulating, ugly, exciting, tough, varied, exclusive, inclusive, brilliant place to be, but I have seen it destroy friends who moved here. I wouldn't live anywhere else.

  But i wouldn't come over here on the off chance. It's an expensive place to be and work isn't easy to find at the moment. I don't know what kind of work you do but you can surely work for Canadian clients from London...

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:57 a.m. – Permalink

• Kidswift

  +1 what hans_glib says. My gf is from Montreal and no offence though we are looking to move to Canada I am in no mad rush to move to Toronto as it seems to have all the cons of a big city without having the massive benefits of London where you sort of smack in the middle of everything. If you can sort out work and a place short term to live before you get here then I say move amigo, though London is pretty shitty come winter though I guess its kinda worse where you are now. Call the toss.....Queens Head

  • bollocks - London never looks better than on a wet november evening– hans_glib

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:05 a.m. – Permalink

• ges

  I moved to London from Australia and has been the best move I have made...

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:14 a.m. – Permalink

• taxiguerrilla

  London is beautyful. I worked with some London based client in the past, but unfortunately I wasn't allowed to move to London permanently. I found it very expensive, and had some problem with the language: since my english ain't perfect, I found really easier to visit New York than London. But that's not your problem, I think.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:23 a.m. – Permalink