Flyingscottie

And a Bachelor is....? A studio? Just one room to live and sleep?

Cheers

dbd33

Yup. Mind I lived in a 1200 sq ft bachelor, that was luxurious rather than cramped but still just a bathroom and one big room with kitchen appliances at one end and windows at the other.

fledermaus

Do they have Spinster apartments?

ireland2canada

Yes, slightly bigger than a bachelor to allow for the cats.

dbd33

A woman living alone with multiple cats needs a "Dedicated Spinster" apartment.

lmartin999

I moved to Toronto in July this year. Living at Yonge and Eglinton. Happy to help if I can.

Flyingscottie

Awesome - That is one of the areas I would really love to live in, there or the Beaches perhaps....ponder ponder!

How are you finding it? Where did you move from? Have you rented or bought? Sorry for so many questions!

dbd33

Much as I love the Beach, something to be wary of is that the transit there is the streetcar whereas at Yonge and Eglinton it's the subway. The streetcar is slower and prone to failure in the winter (the power pick ups freeze, cars get stuck across the tracks) but, at least, when it breaks you can get off and walk; with the subway you're stuck in a tunnel.

lmartin999

Its a nice area and convenient for most things. It is expensive to own though there are a lot of rentals - not sure how they price up. There are some nice smaller shops etc around as well as the usual larger supermarkets, shoppers etc - though a few seem to have closed on the north side of Eglinton. Lots of places to eat and drink. Endless coffee shops. Its not as funky as some other areas in the city (the nickname Young and Eligible doesn't quite seem to describe the area, but perhaps I am missing something!). It is an easy part of the city to live in though, and I suspect will only improve as the LRT comes to be. There is also likely to be more and more condos going up.
The main thing I would look at is where do you need to get to every day, and make that travel as easy as possible. I didn't give it quite enough thought, and although we live 1 min from the subway (which is great) my commute is a little more than I would like. When the weather is bad every extra minute outside matters I find (similar to what dbd was talking about I think). There are also some places I would not want to have to commute to by car from here each day. Getting downtown is very easy, 15 mins to Eaton Centre.
I don't think you could dislike living here, but as with anywhere, see whether the area feels right for you.

Flyingscottie

You are right on all fronts! It's always going to be difficult as we are both unlikely to have jobs when we arrive...

Hubby is an IT Development manager, we assumed all the jobs would be downtown T.O. but a cursory search online seems to favour Missisauga, where I really DO NOT want to live

dbd33

Almost as many people reverse commute from Toronto as commute into it, I did that from the Beach to Guelph, to Kitchener, to Mississauga and to whatever that bland expanse of light industry along the 404 north of the city is called. If considering that be aware that the 401 around Dixie is the busiest bit, also be aware that the Gardiner/427/QEW is extremely slow if there's an event at the Skydome or ACC, so don't come home on nights when there's baseball or iced hockey.

staceyw82

i moved here last feb from n. ireland, my bf is scottish and is a duel citizen, been here on and off all his life, we live at jarvis and bloor which is perfect for commute to work and night life! we'll be hasppy to help when u get here!

dbd33

<leaves "n. ireland" and "duel" well alone>

staceyw82

Well u know i mean dual...but what u getting at?

ireland2canada

Ignore him. Bout ye