Which City?
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- ********
I've lived in Vancouver for the past 8 years, and it's been great but I've decided to hit the road, at least for the next year (I've sub-let my apartment starting in Sept.)
Any ideas? I'm hitting Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Dublin for some visits in a couple months, but right now I'm realistically thinking considering Toronto, Montreal and London.
- ismith0
Roadtrip™
- Bam0
Come to Leuven, BE. We have a marketplace (De Oude Markt) with 32 bars next to each other. Amen.
- ********0
I'll actually be in Brussels this October, very excited about getting drunk there.
- lowimpakt0
brussels is pretty shite.
i also hate brussels midi train station...
get the eurostar to london though.
and get sail and rail from london to dublin. it can be cheaper.
- benfal990
Bagels, smoked meat, strippers, bears, drugs, hockey and party.
Welcome to sweet Montreal.
- ********0
I have a free place to stay in MTL as well, but is there any work? I'm thinking London is my best bet - as I still qualify for the holiday visa.
- i dunno about the work... not at CBC for sure. Maybe elsewhere.benfal99
- neue75_bold0
the economy in berlin and amsterdam have gone from bad to worse to dire with no sign of things picking up, so I'd probably steer clear of that neck of the woods... montreal is a great city, but not really that much in terms of work, toronto, clearly more opportunities, a bit more fast-paced than vancouver..
London seems to be still ok for jobs at the moment and it's a great city, expensive, but nice...
What about Australia? That's where I'm headed next, having lived in Toronto for 10 years, I found Melbourne quite similar, but clearly better weather and more interesting from a design/art scene... and the economy is doing well
- autoflavour0
BERLIN
- imadesigner0
Why only large cities?
- janne760
economy in amsterdam is really really tense/shit/down right now. checked yesterday on some people i know there, and it is real shit.
plus you will find it to be very hard to find a place to live, unless you can pay large amounts per month. think at least 1200 eur/month.
- d_rek0
Detroit.
You can buy a whole city block for like $1000
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imadesigner: what small, English speaking cities would you suggest?
neue: Yeah, I've heard great things about Melbourne but I don't know anybody there and its so isolated so it's not really doable for me.
- Sorry, thought you just wanted to travel, not work.imadesigner
- a bit of both I suppose********
- Well, to experience the 'real country' I think you've got to head out of the cities and into the towns, villages and countryside. in England Devon, Cornwall are beautiful areas.imadesigner
- utopian0
Camden, NJ
- ceiling_cat0
What's it like in Vancouver? How's the living condition and job opportunities for designers?
- Gordy220
Berlin - great, great city.
- neue75_bold0
Yeah, my gf is from Melbourne and there definitely is an isolation factor thus most aussies get out and travel for a while, but at the same time, it's much more 'in touch' than places like Canada...
In terms of design, Canada is still stuck in the 80's and unfortunately tends to follow in the steps of the American aesthetic and approach, while [in my opinion] Melbourne seems to be much more aware of what's happening in Europe..
But to each his own, I'm just more inclined to be interested in the latter..
- 80's/90's but yeah, bit of a broad generalization there..neue75_bold