Moving to Canada
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- canuck0
Hi and welcome.
- benfal990
and why are you moving to Canada?
- Fed up with life in the US. Been planning on it for some time, just finally now to the point I can do it.hereswhatidid
- i_monk0
Hamilton smells bad.
After that article in The Grid, my bf and I and a friend went to check out the neighbourhoods and see what the fuss was. The town smells. They still smelt iron or whatever there, and it was pretty noxious. Some nice residential areas around South Locke, but half the neighbourhoods profiled weren't even worth getting out of the car for, and downtown was a dreary ghost town for a Saturday afternoon.
- prophetone0
and finally...
- prophetone0
also...
- prophetone0
required cancon learning material...
- Julesvm0
I can't vouch for this personally but I've heard a lot of good things about Hamilton lately i.e.:
http://www.thegridto.com/life/re…The last time I was there was about 15 years ago and I hated it... I'm assuming it's changed.
- hereswhatidid0
Is it worthwhile to hire an immigration attorney?
- I did it - yes. Because you will make a mistake on the paperwork and it'll set you back a few months.Centigrade
- i_monk0
Toronto isn't all condos, but the houses are pretty pricey near the core. There's always the inner suburbs (Etobicoke, North York, Scarborouhh) and suburbs (the 905) beyond, if you don't mind the commute and have no qualms about ruining downtown streets but not paying a cent toward their repair.
- pango0
ya Vancouver is not bad if you like yoga pants. people even wear that to work here. Jobs market looking pretty good compare to 2 years ago. housing market is the gay tho.
oh and...
Stay out of my territory!!
- ok_not_ok0
Check out the Black Hoof!
- dirtydesign0
Good luck in junior America.
- you mean "good-looking america"prophetone
- Nope, I mean JUNIOR America.dirtydesign
- jacklalane0
Come for the trollies in Toronto.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jer…
- bogue0
- what do you do? Do you have a couch I can crash on, I want to check this place out.fooler
- I'm just a designer.. freelance for agencies from the comfort of my forrest.bogue
- and of course... always a couch to crash on if you're ever in town.bogue
- I seriously want to ride Baldface someday.fooler
- i've been up a few times to baldface. It's pretty ridiculous.bogue
- benfal990
you can get large condos for 300,000$ in Montreal
- Gnash0
note: way colder in Ottawa than toronto.
- I'm in MN now so it's about the same from what I can tell.hereswhatidid
- yup, you understand cold then. former minneapolis native here :)lvl_13
- prophetone0
vancouver yo, teh freshmaker. yoga pants and a loaded starbucks card mandatory tho.
- you can acquire these items on any street corner in the city, which is convenientprophetone