scrubbedexpat005

just had a look at this excel spreadsheet from money sense canada thought others may want a look/rant?

1.Victoria, BC
2.Ottawa, ON
3.Kingston, ON
4.Burlington, ON
5.Vancouver, BC
...
...
154.New Glasgow, NS


link to holding page money sense canada for explanation of rankings

Tangram

Yawn.

scrubbedexpat005

thanks, most useful commenting. don't like? don't read, don't post, simples

R I C H

It's a pretty meaningless list if the industry you work in isn't well represented in one of the 'best' places, or if the climate and geography aren't to your taste, or if the house prices are out of reach.......

Everyone's going to have a different opinion of where's best. you need to visit and draw your own conclusions.

Tangram

Point in question, Moncton at #6, I live 5 mins from there and would NEVER put it anywhere near that.

As Rich says, meaningless.

scrubbedexpat005

fair enough, that's why i posted as I wasn't sure if it was a good yard stick to go by.

R I C H

It's only a good yardstick if their criteria and weighting match your own. It still doesn't take into account aesthetics or 'feel'.

Simon Legree

I'll second that. Means diddly squat.

Oink

To be useful it'd have to be something like.

1) Vancouver
.
.
.

4583) Kabul

iaink

I dont think it means nothing necessarily, it does look at very general criterea regarding the ecomonic and social aspects of an area, but most potential immigrants will be looking for some more specific stuff to be sure.

If you have a few offers on the table it could be usefull in deciding between them, in terms of hospital ameniaties, overall economic health of an area etc.

I'm not sure I would hop on a plane and head to an area just on the strength of the list though!

At least its based on some metrics, rather than personal opinion, so in that respect its not totally meaningless.

No need to jump all over the post anyway, as was said, if you have nothing to say, then its usually best to say nothing.

bodgerx

Where would you put it?

Tangram

where the sun don't shine

bodgerx

Novocastrian

Isn't that more or less where it is anyway?

JamesM

I posted this on July 30th at 1.58pm.

Man- my memory is good.