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Hi,


We rent near Van (Pitt Meadows) currently but are looking to move somehwere more affordable (wherever that may be) We are not city people and not a fan of Vancouver. Also find eveything so expensive.


I am fortunate that I am an experienced automation electrician so it doesn;t seem to difficult to find work, its just finding that area. I have been offered a job in Ontario which is an option at the moment but we need to review the area in more depth to see if it will be suitable for such a big move.


Any thoughts on smaller cities/towns??


Thanks:thumbup:

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Won't you tell us whereabouts in Ontario is the job offer? That would allow better quality responses.

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Temiskaming Shores

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If anyone here can offer a quality response concerning Temiskaming Shores, I'll be quite surprised. That's a long way up.

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Is t your plan to do a reccie to there before you decide to move there. It is in the far north of Ontario so you would experience isolation and long, very cold winters.

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It would do moderately well in a game of Scrabble if on a triple word square..

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It's a proper noun so you'd face a challenge.

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I would claim it was a Canadian outdoor sport where you had to knock frozen moose poo into holes in the ice, using a child's hockey stick to score - I reckon that sounds fairly convincing

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I've been to Temiskaming, New Liskeard and Kirkland Lake but only visiting for a few days (my former mother-in-law was from there and wanted photos of the family burial plot etc),

They are really quite small and pretty far north! The city of Temiskaming Shores (amalgamation of 3 towns) had a total population of 10,400 in the Canada 2011 Census. . I quite liked New Liskeard, situated on the lake with a beach and a couple of pubs but I'm sure it's much different in the depths of winter to what it was like in summer. The locals at all 3 locations I found to be very friendly and helpful, if that's of any use to you! I stayed at the Waterfront Inn: http://www.waterfrontinn-ontario.com/ - of the towns in that area I much prefered NL.

I would definitely suggest a recce visit before committing yourselves.

:)

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Dear Lord! Have you lost your mind? Maybe do some research on Temiskaming before deciding whether to move there. It's a long way from anything!

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That's what I love about BE, I'm always finding something new! Trust Siouxie to have actually been to the place:thumbup: It's website looks nice, but I note that all of the pictures are taken in summer. It looks fantastic, but a winter recce might be a good plan...I'd never have ended up here if I'd visited in February:blink:

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Looks gorgeous.

I lived in a remote place when I first came to Canada. But it wasn't that remote. I could get to Halifax in about 3 1/2 hours.
The thing that happens when you're an outsider is everybody knows your business...

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One summer (2007 IIRC), I had to travel several times by road from Toronto to Timmins and often stopped for a break from the driving at New Liskeard.

It has it's merits (one of which is affordable housing :sneaky: ) but nothing would induce me to even visit in winter. I think I remember that lmartin's wife was brought up there so he might comment if he ever stumbles across this thread.

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You called? it's merits? Really!

I only visited a few times and now all family who were there (the inlaws) have sensibly relocated to Hamilton. I like the small town feel up there, and it is cheap though I did hear real estate was going up due to mines reopening. Quite pleasant in the summer though I recall being woken up by a bear tearing down a screen door one night. The lakes are nice. It actually never felt horribly isolated. Airport in Timmins and the thrill of a day trip to Rouyn-Noranda... As you say though I wouldn't even visit in the winter. And they are long. And cold.