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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
(Post 12415313)
Errr if you don't want to move to areas heavily populated by other immigrants then Brampton is probably a no go:lol: Perhaps Halifax might be a better choice if wanting to stay away from other immigrant groups in larger numbers although the locals might still refer to you as an Away From Homer being as you don't originate from Nova Scotia.
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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
(Post 12415313)
Errr if you don't want to move to areas heavily populated by other immigrants then Brampton is probably a no go:lol: Perhaps Halifax might be a better choice if wanting to stay away from other immigrant groups in larger numbers although the locals might still refer to you as an Away From Homer being as you don't originate from Nova Scotia.
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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Matt88
(Post 12415339)
Haha, agreed. What i meant was, we want to experience the real Canada, and if we decide on a location we'd prefer it not to have a majority immigrant group as sometimes areas are heavily influenced by their own cultures. I'm trying not to get myself in trouble here.. lol.. we are definitely not opposed to multi-cultural areas, just not an area dominated by any one particular culture. I hope I’m making sense here? :huh::p
You'll be fine. Even in heavily Chinese populated areas like Yonge and Finch there are still other people around and cultures to absorb. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 12415341)
:lol:
You'll be fine. Even in heavily Chinese populated areas like Yonge and Finch there are still other people around and cultures to absorb. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Matt88
(Post 12415291)
I'll have a look around those areas. We definitely do not want an area with an immigrant majority.. it kind of defeats the purpose of moving to Canada.
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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12415414)
Then you have to discount southern Ontario. We're all immigrants here.
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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Matt88
(Post 12415423)
Nova Scotia it is then ;) You know what i meant.. i did go on to clarify it in a later post :rofl:
A job in Mississauga offers more chance of renting a whole house, if you're willing to commute for an hour or so, but that would be like a job in, say, Reading. No one would emigrate to Reading. Halifax is an attractive place, on the sea, and untroubled by cosmopolitanism but moving there implies staying in the one job or being prepared to move cities for the next one. Think of it in terms of moving to Aberdeen. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12415436)
I think you seriously underestimate the immigrant population of the GTA and surrounding area. It is all like Brent. Also, your expectations of achievable location relative to income are not realistic. $2000 isn't a lot in Brampton and it's no help at all within 30 minutes of Yonge and Eg.
A job in Mississauga offers more chance of renting a whole house, if you're willing to commute for an hour or so, but that would be like a job in, say, Reading. No one would emigrate to Reading. Halifax is an attractive place, on the sea, and untroubled by cosmopolitanism but moving there implies staying in the one job or being prepared to move cities for the next one. Think of it in terms of moving to Aberdeen. I’ve given up on the GTA lol. People must have seriously well-paid jobs to be able to afford rent there! Yeah, Mississauga is now out of the question, I can’t deal with massive commutes unless it was a couple of days a week with work from home potential. Yeah, Halifax is definitely top of the list at the moment. Let’s hope this interview pans out. There are other potential areas in South Ontario I’d consider - if the right job turns up. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Matt88
(Post 12415540)
Yeah, Mississauga is now out of the question, I can’t deal with massive commutes unless it was a couple of days a week with work from home potential.
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Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Shakyuk
(Post 12415214)
What a spiteful person your neighbour was.
I can't believe they did so little about the dog, if you hadn't been between the dog and the toddler or hadn't got there in time, this could have been so much worse! Obviously it’s down to bylaw to then enforce or seize the dog. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by Matt88
(Post 12415291)
Thanks DG
I'll have a look around those areas. We definitely do not want an area with an immigrant majority.. it kind of defeats the purpose of moving to Canada. I wont be looking for any other jobs in the GTA after today. Hate to tell you, but you are an immigrant, and Canada is populated with immigrants or are you just being racist? By racist, I mean not wanting to live in a place with other nationalities. If so, then you will find it difficult to find a large city in Canada that does NOT have large immigrant populations, not counting the recent arrivals from the UK |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by scilly
(Post 12416051)
Hate to tell you, but you are an immigrant, and Canada is populated with immigrants
or are you just being racist? By racist, I mean not wanting to live in a place with other nationalities. If so, then you will find it difficult to find a large city in Canada that does NOT have large immigrant populations, not counting the recent arrivals from the UK I believe the OP means they would prefer to live in a multi-cultural area rather than an area with one predominant culture. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
:thumbup:
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12416058)
Let's not get personal please.
I believe the OP means they would prefer to live in a multi-cultural area rather than an area with one predominant culture. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Originally Posted by rivingtonpike
(Post 12416073)
:thumbup:
:thumbup:I agree. I don't think the OP is being racist at all. |
Re: Jobs & locations - advice needed!
Sorry
I didn't mean to get personal, but the fact remains that every city across Canada has 1 or 2 larger minorities from other cultures, ranging from the black community in Halifax to the Chinese, Japanese and South-east Asian (aka Indian subcontinent) in Vancouver). The Chinese "minority" in Vancouver is approaching over 40%, In the next city Richmond it is around 60%, and the South-east Asian minority in Surrey is around 15% Nationalities tend to congregate in areas where there are other members of that culture ..... hence the large numbers of British immigrants into Toronto and Vancouver last century, the Caribbean nations into Toronto, etc That is a fact of life I honestly don't believe that any city in Canada is truly multicultural, despite what our federal government says. We're better than the US, and probably better than the UK, but we still have "enclaves" in every city where one culture predominates. |
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