jonnieandmartina

folks we are due to hopefully arrive now mid feb - after much searching and on some advice we are looking at Woodstock as our base or thereabouts, due to having work possibilities close at hand so to speak..

a simple Q''' - does anyone have any info on the area for the norm in family life, schooling etc etc..

clynnog

Lots of unhyphenated Canadians (althoough quite a few people of dutch background....most have been in Canada 40+ years), close to London, Kitchener, on the 401, hot humid summers.

I don't know pluses or minuses for schools....however, it strikes me as a family friendly place.

Aren't Toyota building there?

Auld Yin

It's in what's known as South Western Ontario. A nice town with good quality surrounding farmland. Because of its location, has quite a heavy annual snowfall but everyone there is equipped to deal with it. As the previous poster mentioned Toyota Canada have a reasonably new assembly plant there. You would get the small town atmosphere with easy, quick access to London and Toronto, Ontario.

dbd33

Find the poster "oldbag", she lived down there until recently.

Auld Yin

She had very negative thoughts about the area so you should seek more opinions than her's before making your mind up. Remember, one man's meat etc.

dbd33

Perhaps the OP can take gushing praise from a distance from your post #3 and balance that with the criticisms of someone who recently lived in the place in question.

fledermaus

I second this. There was someone else posting recently who lived around that region too. She hated the small town atmosphere

Around here that weirdness is very variable. Some towns/villages have it some don't, so whatever you do, don't buy to start with, rent till you are sure you like the area.

Tom Masters

My hubbie works in Woodstock. We live in London. We prefer to live in London because in our opinion, Woodstock is quite a depressing little town. However, depending on where you work, you could probably find a rural property nearby and just use Woodstock to get groceries etc. if you wanted.

I really think it depends on personal taste. I liked the idea of Woodstock before I visited it. As soon as I saw it, I couldn't wait to leave! It would be much easier for us to move to Woodstock but I just couldn't do it! There are a mixture of schools in Woodstock just like anywhere. It depends on where you live. If you decide to live there and want to know more about a particular school, just PM me as the school board I work for covers the Woodstock area.

Chris

jonnieandmartina

Thanxs Chris..

we had actually thought of London as well however its simply locating now and "the feel factor" to ascertain, and importantly the work thing which now after another email recieved yesterday is not as positive as we thought..

we seen London albeit briefly on the last visit, I agree it is worth another look..

all for now

jon

ps I might pm regarding the school thing, if that ok