Relocating to Toronto
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- plash0
Congrats on the Job! and I LOVE Toronto .
its my fav city of the north. so vibrant, full of artist and very pretty.
- transmission0
congrats on the job meg!
Let me know if they are hiring any other folk for that type of work.I'm going to a conference next week where one of the partners is a speaker.
- spendogg0
sorry if this has been asked, but agency are you gonna work for?
- megE0
I don't need a ton of room - it's basically me, a dog, a couch and my computer. (this is depressing, I move way too often) and I'm ok with living in a basement as long as it's safe...
*bump for morning folk :)
- OSFA0
Yay! so you got the job! ;) Congrats again. Now, why settle for $800? Instead go to the mall, spend $250 on slutty clothes and find a rich guy ;) Preferably a lawyer, since you like those hehe.
- Tungsten0
You probably won't find anything other than a basement for 800, and that may not even get you into good neighbourhood. If you can stretch your budget to $1000 you could probably find a nice bachelor in the Annex or High Park / Roncesvales. You'll see alot of listings for the King and Jamieson area that seem really cheap, but there's a reason for that (and if it's cheap, it's not really in Liberty Village).
- exador10
not sure if Dinky already posted this one, but here goes...
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/…
http://maps.google.com/?q=loc:+1…
- MrDinky0
Annex would fit your budget.
I dont like the area between East of Young or around Young in downtown. Gets sketchy at night. Going west is always better, in my opinion. Queen West around Trinity park would be lovely.
- pylon0
Meg, If you're working in working in Liberty Village (King and Dufferin) there's loads of places for fairly cheap in the area, which called Parkdale once you're east of Dufferin. It's a pretty decent, if sketchy, area and because Toronto's transit system is complete bollocks it's best to live near work, or live and work near the subway — the streetcars are slow as hell.
Queen street, just north of you has become real hipster central in the last ten or so years. If you're just moving to town it's probably not a bad idea to be around all that; galleries, gladstone, drake, etc etc.
If you don't find the perfect place to say, just sublet or rent month-to-month somewhere for a while and once you've got a better idea of how the city works then start looking for better place in earnest.
- Totally agree. Parkdale is a great place to be but has become a bit trendy through gentrificationscrap_paper
- marcostill0
how much can a senior designer with over a decade of experience make for salary in toronto? it looks like a nice city.
- neue75_bold0
personally I preferred the east end of queen street, Riverview area.. it's about a 30 min commute by tram to king and dufferin and you might be able to find something in your price range... If you wanna stay in the west, around ossington & queen or dundas is a decent area... bear in mind I haven't lived there in about 6 years...
- sorry, it's Riverdale, not "viewi"neue75_bold
- idiot!Hombre_Lobo
- sleepyfatso0
Everyone there is asleep now. Have to wait till the morning for an answer. Early city. There is a great breakfast place called Bonjour Brioche somewhere in Toronto, you should go there for brunch.
- on degrassi, in riverdale..neue75_bold
- I lived a 3 min walk from there for 5 years, only ate there once...neue75_bold
- I don't eat breakfast so, it was kinda wasted on me..neue75_bold
- How come you left?sleepyfatso
- I hated toronto... not many career options, too close to america ;)neue75_bold
- Gotcha. I live in Newfoundland now. On an island just like you...sleepyfatso
- weren't you in the uk for a while?neue75_bold
- Yeah, Lived there for 7 years. Going back for a few months for work in Feb thoughsleepyfatso
- megE0
Thanks everyone!
Yes, got the job, signed the papers tonight :)
I'm stoked (minus the moving again... I hate that part)
- http://www.viewit.ca…
is usually pretty good for apt. hunting in torontopolyestercorp
- http://www.viewit.ca…
- megE0
Thanks I'll bump this in the mornin' :)
- Gucci0
Decent, safe, lesser expensive ≠ Toronto.
$800 all in sounds a tad cheap.How big a space are you looking for?
- _niko0
I know of a beautiful loft 30 feet from the beach with an amazing lake view that my boss is trying to rent out. It's $1400 though. Also on the east end though.
- _niko0
...wait you don't have a suitcase full of money hidden in a couch that you're trying to smuggle out of Thailand do you?
- exador10
there's a place at Queen and Noble. Barton Rugs. they have a small set of about 4 apartments above the store. all of them are amazing. Lived there for several years back in the 90's.
It's steps from Dufferin, so that's a plus for ya, and the area is amazing (Parkdale sure has changed man....used to be a hellhole back in the day, but now it's awesome).
If you've ever heard of the blog www.yougrowgirl.com she and her hubby live there on the top floor...so you can probably see some photos of the patio garden atleast on her blog....
the appartments are super nice, clean and probably within your price range.
it looks funky from the back parking lot, but trust me...it's like camoflage....very nice inside...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&…from teh front (oh it's next door to a really nice cafe, so that's a plus too)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&…- Parkdale, awesome?
* does triple takeneue75_bold - It is way the fuck out there, but definitely a nice location...DoktorDavid
- the Gladstone, The Drake etc...when i lived there it was all cracked out..now it's become a destination....exador1
- Parkdale, awesome?