How about Canada?
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- oicle0
I've traveled around Canada... Vancouver is my favorite place... Montreal is my second favorite and Halifax is my third, which is where im living now. Halifax has amazing beaches, surfing has become very popular here.
- Corvo0
If I ever move it'll be for Canada (mountains), Holland (nice living), or Northern Spain (both of the above).
- Fanco0
there is work in the Maritimes. but... not much. a few studios.
these are the only two that i know of in Halifax (i love this city. highest bar per capita in canada and huge student population - read university hotties)
http://www.impactcommunications.…
http://www.breakhouse.ca/breakho…As for Montreal. it's great. loving it. though the weather has been a bitch lately. way to much humidity.
- Breakhouse has some nice stuffD_Dot
- it's been very hot around here.
Also, I went to Halifax before and it was cool. Not really for me though, but I have to explore.Jaline - explore it some more before saying anything further.Jaline
- St. John's has the most bars per capita.sleepyfatso
- Halifax is a good looking city. Fresh air.benfal99
- rocknonstop0
I always hear there's really hot chicks in Montreal and that their easy. Is this true?
- neue75_bold0
Fuck a canada...
- that said, I'm looking forward to going back on Tuesday for the first time in 3 years..neue75_bold
- yeah, you are.Jaline
- Glitterati_Duane0
Canuck-
Job market for designers is tuff on the East. There are a lot of design schools and not enough jobs. A lot of designers end up leaving. Pay is ridiculously low in most cases too. I had someone offer me $16,000 a year to do print design, website updating and marketing. People here are nice though and yeah... Houses are cheap enough that you don't need to make a lot to get one.
- benfal990
last winter in Montreal was reeeaaaal bad. But usualy not that bad.
- Jaline0
I suggest Vancouver, Toronto, or Montréal first. But those will probably be difficult to move to right away, depending on immigration.
I live in Ottawa, which is perfect for raising a family. In fact, most of these places are good. Overall, if you look around for something, there will be something for you to do. Ottawa seems boring to many people, and most of the jobs here are for the government (so French is a big asset), but I'm not the type of person to go out every night anyway, and I already work in the government.
If you:
- are into night life
- enjoy more people or don't mind crowded areas
- wish to see live acts all the time
- want more culture
- more design-related opportunities, etc....go to one of the three cities I suggested first.
(again, if you look around, you can find something in most cities....Ottawa is only 4 hours away from Toronto, and 2 hours away from Montréal). Québec has some beautiful buildings, and I'm sure there are other places that are nice to visit (like the Prairies or the Maritimes, but not sure you want to move there first).
- +1 on vancouver
;o)VectorMasked - "...and I already work in the government"
Sounds like you'll be a hoot in 10 years. :oPVectorMasked - I don't plan on working here forever. Good money for a student :)Jaline
- +1 on vancouver
- ETM0
Calgary - housing prices are high and construction everywhere... but that means growth and jobs. But for a million people, night life is still not what it should be.
As for winters in Canada. It's not much different from the northern states that border the particular region. If you could live there, you can live here. Vancouver is mild and has almost no winter (think Seattle) Calgary can be cold but we get warm chinook winds that melt everything every other week. Toronto winters are similar to Michigan (think Detroit). Montreal has the coldest winters. They have the "indoor city" which is a lot of above and below ground structures directly connected so you can stay inside during the winter. But probably not much worse than the bad winters New York has been getting.
- Milan0
Calgary is an ugly city full of truck-driving rednecks/cowboys. The climate sucks, -40 in winter, can get pretty hot in summer during the day, but cools off at night, you can't go out in a t-shirt. House prices are insanely expensive, average price is ~ 500k. Traffic is really bad. Avoid at all costs, too bad I live there :(
- Wow! Seems like a hell of a fun.benfal99
- Leah would disagree.Jaline
- uhm, winter in Calgary is a friggin' joke. Try Montreal or Quebec City, THAT's winter. The city has tons of cool bike tracks, no taxes and fairly high salaries, so meh to the cost of housing... I've had no problems relocating here from Mtl.zarkonite
- alpenorama0
http://www.roadspotter.com road trip trough canada just a couple of weeks ago
- T-Dawg0
If you like good bagels, come to Montreal, but if you plan on working in Québec, most places will look for at least a basic knowledge of French.
- horton0
it's ok
- 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