How about Canada?
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- cosmicEntity
I would love to live and work their? Any advice? Whats it like?
- kelpie0
big, lots of water, french influence, mountains and river named after me.
- lol, AWSOME! you just thought of that ...yourself...right?cosmicEntity
- Anees0
People in Toronto are very nice, and around Queen St West is cool
- neue75_bold0
it's a bit boring... great place to raise a family though...
- especially if they like waterkelpie
- and oil...neue75_bold
- and winter...blaw
- bingoGlitterati_Duane
- bingo is big in Canadia?Antonelli
- craighooper0
One of the most progressive nations on the planet. Quality of life is in the same league as the Scandinavian countries, we don't throw people in prison for smoking reefer, nor are we mired in a theocracy, much like our neighbours to the south (and we also a "u" to words like "neighbors")
- canuck0
It's not for everyone.
- elaborate?lajj
- The country called Canada does not offer something for everyone...neue75_bold
- benfal990
Montreal Rocks. For real.
- I do like Montreal...neue75_bold
- < true.canuck
- Montreal is wonderful. i would live there tomorrow.madirish
- spent most of my life in Montreal and I love that place, only problem is the Quebec communist tax system.zarkonite
- Montreal Rock, the tax system is nice if you get hills or unemployed imosephil
- 0000000
so do quebec,
but montreal in term of nightlife is a lot more crazy- Quebec City have cuter girls imolajj
- and the women there aren't bad either...Glitterati_Duane
- man you cant be seriousbenfal99
- Montreal's night life is fabulousJaline
- Quebec is real beautiful and people friendly. Montreal is more busy though.
sephil
- benfal990
Quebec city if beautiful, but only touristic value. For living, Montreal is the place.
- canuck0
Some of the provinces are hit and miss. the prairies. *Yawn.
- my folks are trying to convince me to move back and join them in saskatchewan... it's 'booming' they say..neue75_bold
- One of the best values in housing can be found there.canuck
- I don't doubt it, but then what?neue75_bold
- roll around in the tar sands?neue75_bold
- YE'HAW !!!!canuck
- I moved to Calgary a bit over a year ago and although it's "booming" it's still just about 100years away from being urbanized properly.zarkonite
- _niko0
safe, fun, progressive, vast, wild, technologically advanced, hockey, poutine, Jaline.
- canuck0
Average housing prices canada
Vancouver, BC $566,000
Calgary, Alb $400,000
Toronto, Ont $395,000
Ottawa, Ont $277,000
Montreal, Que $242,000
Halifax, NS $209,000
Regina, Sask $200,000
Fredericton, NB $131,000
- lajj0
- i_monk0
Canada: It's Awesome!™
- ross0
Cold and hard to hang art on the walls without jeopardizing the structural integrity of your maison de glace.
- ross0
They have poutine pizza in Moncton.
- ok_not_ok0
Best Nudie bars in North America
- http://www.montrealm…lajj
- ask about "Danse Contact"
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- syngrrr0
the problem with cities like Vancouver is that the pay (especially for designers) is not in line with the cost of living. That said it's a beautiful city, and many people will sacrifice great pay for the chance to live there. I've lived in Vancouver Montreal Boston London and now Buenos Aires and I'd say quality of life is highest in Vancouver, Montreal is probably the most fun, London's the most dynamic but expensive, Boston's the best for being a student, and Buenos Aires is the best for... I dunno, eating out past 11pm at night? Having great weather? Being relatively affordable IF you're making foreign income... That said, it's a 1500 dollar flight back to most places in the States and Canada, and about the same to Europe, so you might be better off in Canada with decent wages, good health care, good outdoors activities, proximity to Asia / Europe depending on what coast. To go there legally on your own your looking at about 1400 CAD in processing fees and an 18month wait for the visa, but there are working holiday visas if you're from Commonwealth countries and 30 or under. You need to pass a points exam -- more points for more education, work experience, language fluency etc. After arriving you can get your PR card after a couple of years, if you end up marrying a Canadian your PR card comes through in 45 days or so. If you can get a job offer before you go, obviously they can put through the paperwork for you. If you're American/Mexican and fit the experience required for your field you can get one of the NAFTA visas, but I think you need a job offer for that too, not sure. Quebec is the easiest to immigrate to, then Manitoba. Ontario is the toughest to get set up in as all the immigrants flow there first. Alberta also has a lot of programs for temporary workers, but they're mostly for filling jobs in the oil industry, although who knows, maybe some marketing departments take advantage to get them in.
Read here for more: www.cic.gc.ca
- wowneue75_bold
- *speachless*
;o)VectorMasked - care to elaborate?Antonelli
- olli1010
Montreal is amazing - great people and really creative vibe. Sadly, I've never been to Vancouver.