Wotadiamond

Just out of interest, quite a few places have been chucked at us while we are starting the ball rolling with a Canada move...

Sudbury is one of the places mentioned regarding work for hubby... I am obviously researching lots of places myself, but there's nothing like advice from people who know is there?

So! If anyone has any advice/experience of this place, then it would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

shelley748

my neighbour comes from Sudbury and goes back often- what would you like to know? What type of work is your hubby looking for?

Siouxie

http://www.sudburytourism.ca/

http://www.mysudbury.ca/portal

Wotadiamond

Hello! Thank you for replying! My husband is a truck mechanic, we are a family of 8 (6 children) Is it a good place to bring up children, much to do? Is it a nice place? High/low crime? Good schools? I have no info on exactly where in Sudbury we would be looking to be so I'm sorry for being maybe too general lol
It's very early days for us really, but I would like to cross off places that are going to be a big fat no, and gather info to find some yes yes yes places! Ha! There are other places we are looking at too, but Sudbury is one where I have not seen much info on, here... Trying to work out if that's for a reason!!!

Ooooosh! It's so hard all this... If we do end up here we will be there for a couple of years at least.... That's a long time to be somewhere you wished you wasn't if it turns out that way isn't it?!

Many thanks for your help! I have read things about Sudbury online, but would be lovely to get an opinion from someone who lives/lived or has been there!

Wotadiamond

LOL!!!!!!! ooooo my ears!!!!!! who IS that???????? Lol

Thanks for the links!!!!

Siouxie

That's "Stomping Tom Connors" a Canadian 'icon' in his time


I have heard varying opinions on Sudbury, but will leave it to those who have lived there to comment.

Some other websites that may be of interest:

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/loca...ife150909.aspx

Flight over Sudbury area


Tourism "Greater Sudbury" video


Some other 'pro' video's: http://www.youtube.com/user/mysudbury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury

Don't you just love google!

dbd33

Listen well to Stompin' Tom. He's a Canadian icon. Look at the videos, look what the audience is wearing, note the dates. It's not Val Doonican in Dublin in 1973, it's Canada in 2005.

dbd33

Now, innit?

Beaverstate

I liked it

Wotadiamond

Hahaha!

Wotadiamond

Thank you for the videos.... I'm so stupid, I never even thought of looking for videos to give me a better picture!

Steve_

One of my friends is from Sudbury, she thinks it's a nice place although very cold during the winter. But it's primarily a mining town. French is widely spoken, although English is the dominant language.

Lorna_D

My friend and neighbour is from Sudbury originally. She talks about it longingly but her boys are here so even though she's single again she won't go back.

If you move there it doesn't have to be for ever but it gives you a chance to look at other places whilst being here.

Good luck

Novocastrian

Where are you living now? This is relevant in terms of relative merit. If you're living in Middlesborough, Sudbury would be a shock but not so much as if you were living somewhere else, say York. Climate and isolation aside in both instances.

lmartin999

Sudbury is grim. As Novo points out you would have to be living somewhere pretty dire in the UK to prefer Sudbury. There is the "Big Nickel" (to save googling it is a big nickel) and a rather scary mining exhibit. They take you underground to a pretend mine and then fake a mining disaster etc. Quite impressive in terms of the effect it had on the large number of small children who were reduced to tears with no easy way out. Apart from this I can't think of anything to recommend the place (I have relatives there btw - they have an abadoned drive in cinema in their garden - that is rather cool too).