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Old Apr 9th 2016, 3:44 am
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Originally Posted by veggies
Thanks for telling me stuff that i already know. I only drive past it every other week on my way to Ottawa or Montreal

There are people that commute to Toronto for work from Coburg
Cops commute from Port Hope (presumably a non-diverse community) but they work shifts. Coburg would be a hell of struggle for a regular work day.
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Cops commute from Port Hope (presumably a non-diverse community) but they work shifts. Coburg would be a hell of struggle for a regular work day.

Yet...people do it and don't complain because TO is where the good jobs are. Say what you may from your little Orangeville farm land
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Originally Posted by veggies
Yet...people do it and don't complain because TO is where the good jobs are. Say what you may from your little Orangeville farm land
My office is in Boystown. I know a little about commuting.
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Originally Posted by dbd33
My office is in Boystown. I know a little about commuting.
I thought your office was in "your car where you {snipped} on the 427"?

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Originally Posted by veggies
I thought your office was in "your car where you (snipped) on the 427"?
You may have fantasized that the Mustang was my office but I never said so. I suppose if I had driven from Coburg to Toronto every day it'd have to have been.

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Default Re: Belleville ON or London ON?

So back to the OP's question.

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/A...Ontario-N0A1C0

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/A...Ontario-N0E1R0
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Originally Posted by pennyhp
Thanks for the suggestions.
In my research there is an area between Oshawa and Trenton that has affordable hobby farms but they seem to be a long way from a decent sized town so work would be a problem.
If we could retire with this move it wouldn`t worry me but sadly we still have to work for a good few years to come.
Peterborough not big enough for you?
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When we moved from Toronto (a few moves ago) we looked over there and found some nice properties like those. Two problems with the specific properties we looked at were drainage and lack of a paved road. Now I wouldn't worry about the latter but be careful of the latter, if lots of farms in the area are tiled then the others probably should be.
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Originally Posted by veggies
Thanks for telling me stuff that i already know. I only drive past it every other week on my way to Ottawa or Montreal

There are people that commute to Toronto for work from Coburg
The information was for really for the benefit of the OP who asked a reasonable question and I believe doesn't know the inner workings of southern Ontario geography.

I have direct family members who have lived in Cobourg for 13 years.

Honestly, I would be surprised if it is many who actually travel to 'Toronto' daily for work. Oshawa/Whitby/Ajax/Pickering yes but west of the Rouge River and into Toronto proper the #'s would be low. The 401, as you likely know due to travelling to Ottawa and Montreal a lot, is very busy in Durham Region most weekdays and then you would have to get through Scarborough on the 401.
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https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/A...Ontario-K0L1L0
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#1 The paneling! The ceilings!

#2 Is offered as a teardown.

Over here we have this:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/S...L0N1G0-Belwood

listed forevah so something wrong with it but near to lots of potential workplaces.

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Default Re: Belleville ON or London ON?

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#1 The paneling! The ceilings!

#2 Is offered as a teardown.

Over here we have this:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/S...L0N1G0-Belwood

listed forevah so something wrong with it but near to lots of potential workplaces.
Are we looking at the actual living accommodation or the Drive shed dbd?
Newly renovated but no photos... A bit odd -Renovated for the horses maybe?

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A better idea maybe to commute to Oshawa then get the GO into the city
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Are we looking at the actual living accommodation or the Drive shed dbd?
Newly renovated but no photos... A bit odd -Renovated for the horses maybe?

Your guess is as good as mine, there's certainly something amiss but whether it's a "could live with it for that price" or a "not with yours" type of problem I can't say. Maybe HGerchikov can see notes or warnings that we can't.
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Default Re: Belleville ON or London ON?

Originally Posted by magnumpi
A better idea maybe to commute to Oshawa then get the GO into the city
That is one course of action depending on where the OP's kids are located in TO. However, it doesn't sound like they intend on doing the trip everyday
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