Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Aug 16th 2012, 4:27 pm
#31
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Unfortunately for the poor couple who hit a moose in front of us, we had to drive 8km further down the road until we got a signal to call 911 for help. He had a bad head injury so that lack of coverage could have meant life or death (still don't know if he survived).
This was just over 10km outside of a large town with a population of around 50k.
You just have to be lucky enough that when you need it, it's not in one of those large numbers of areas.
Aug 16th 2012, 5:07 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Calm down jeez, and if you struggle that much with cell phone service their are such things as passive antennas for your cell phone or mi-fi unit ti improve reception.
I appreciate when travelling far beyond city limits service will be sketchy, but personally when I've been travelling between southern alberta and vancouver I've never not had service when i really needed it.
I appreciate when travelling far beyond city limits service will be sketchy, but personally when I've been travelling between southern alberta and vancouver I've never not had service when i really needed it.
I'm perfectly calm, just refuting your inaccurate assertions. Having cell coverage doesn't mean enough to me to want an additional antenna. You need not travel far beyond city limits at all to have sketchy coverage - 24 out of 26kms of my commute is within city limits and over 50% of the journey has no cell service.
Aug 16th 2012, 6:54 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
You can get an agent to look up rentals for you and make appointments etc but they can only get you rentals that are on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service - google it) and lots of landlords don't put their places on the MLS to avoid paying fees to agents. The best places to look for rentals are viewit, craigs list, kijiji and scouring the local paper. Be aware that rentals can be gone in a day. If you are just going on a scouting trip then spend that time finding the best area to live in for your needs and then find an available rental on the means above. There's no point going to view places all over the place because they won't be there anymore once you are ready to move.
We're scouting first week in Sept and moving first week Oct - do you think it's pushing it? I worry about going privately and getting a bad surprise you see
We are pretty set on the area (Scarborough/Pickering) to be near hubby's work (plus people have said nice thing on here).
Thanks again for the advice!
Aug 16th 2012, 6:57 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Great advice, I really appreciate it! Hadn't actually thought about how quickly things may go off the market.
We're scouting first week in Sept and moving first week Oct - do you think it's pushing it? I worry about going privately and getting a bad surprise you see
We are pretty set on the area (Scarborough/Pickering) to be near hubby's work (plus people have said nice thing on here).
Thanks again for the advice!
We're scouting first week in Sept and moving first week Oct - do you think it's pushing it? I worry about going privately and getting a bad surprise you see
We are pretty set on the area (Scarborough/Pickering) to be near hubby's work (plus people have said nice thing on here).
Thanks again for the advice!
People have said nice things about Scarborough here? Really?
Aug 16th 2012, 6:58 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
might just be a case of picking up the phone 
Aug 16th 2012, 7:02 pm
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eek!The first hurdle is finding the houses to visit and not spend the scouting trip wandering
wish us luck!
Aug 16th 2012, 7:05 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Our head office is there, although it was rebranded as "Toronto" a few years back.
Aug 16th 2012, 8:10 pm
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It has a reputation for gang violence. I suppose there are more geneteel bits to the south, but the housing projects look a bit grim. I guess its the low rent end of the market thats dodgy, and you can find gang issues almost anywhere if you look close enough.
Our head office is there, although it was rebranded as "Toronto" a few years back.
Our head office is there, although it was rebranded as "Toronto" a few years back.
Well thank you once again!
I really appreciate the insight! So a bit off topic I know, but is there any places you could recommend when working in Scarborough please?
Aug 16th 2012, 8:21 pm
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There are nice enough bits to the East. The farther out you go the more bang for your property buck. If you can live with the commute Cobourg is quite nice, although a bit of a bedsit community I wouldnt want to go any farther out than that. Then again, if hes going to be leaving work at 4 to hit rush hour traffic that would start to wear after a while.
Personally Id live as close to the Brimacombe ski hill as possible, but thats just for my own selfish reasons
Personally Id live as close to the Brimacombe ski hill as possible, but thats just for my own selfish reasons
Aug 16th 2012, 8:43 pm
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There are nice enough bits to the East. The farther out you go the more bang for your property buck. If you can live with the commute Cobourg is quite nice, although a bit of a bedsit community I wouldnt want to go any farther out than that. Then again, if hes going to be leaving work at 4 to hit rush hour traffic that would start to wear after a while.
Personally Id live as close to the Brimacombe ski hill as possible, but thats just for my own selfish reasons
Personally Id live as close to the Brimacombe ski hill as possible, but thats just for my own selfish reasons
maybe one day...Cobourg is pretty far out, hadn't really considered past Ajax - maybe we need to revisit the idea of different areas! he has a 20min cycle to work right now, don't think that's going to be happening
You say leave work at 4pm? Is that what office hours tend to be in Canada or am I reading too much in to things...!
Thanks again!
Aug 16th 2012, 9:01 pm
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HA! Now you're talking maybe one day...
Cobourg is pretty far out, hadn't really considered past Ajax - maybe we need to revisit the idea of different areas! he has a 20min cycle to work right now, don't think that's going to be happening
You say leave work at 4pm? Is that what office hours tend to be in Canada or am I reading too much in to things...!
Thanks again!
maybe one day...Cobourg is pretty far out, hadn't really considered past Ajax - maybe we need to revisit the idea of different areas! he has a 20min cycle to work right now, don't think that's going to be happening
You say leave work at 4pm? Is that what office hours tend to be in Canada or am I reading too much in to things...!
Thanks again!
Ive one friend commutes from Rice Lake to Markham, starts late and leaves late, and another in Cobourg who start early and leaves early... In both cases to try and minimise the impact of traffic, and in both cases with mixed results.
Biking 20minutes sounds great, in the summer at least.
Aug 16th 2012, 9:12 pm
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Depends when you get there.
Ive one friend commutes from Rice Lake to Markham, starts late and leaves late, and another in Cobourg who start early and leaves early... In both cases to try and minimise the impact of traffic, and in both cases with mixed results.
Biking 20minutes sounds great, in the summer at least.
Ive one friend commutes from Rice Lake to Markham, starts late and leaves late, and another in Cobourg who start early and leaves early... In both cases to try and minimise the impact of traffic, and in both cases with mixed results.
Biking 20minutes sounds great, in the summer at least.
He loves his cycle, does it as long as there is no ice - we have a nice cycle route near our house that takes you along the river and in to the city
Aug 17th 2012, 3:15 pm
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Re: Minor Observation About Canadian Websites..
Have you ruled out living in Toronto? To Scarborough you could commute from some easterly areas such as the beaches or Danforth which are very nice but a bit more pricey. Depending on where in Scarborough, you can also commute pretty easily from Markham, you could also look in Ajax or Whitby/Brooklin. Are you going to have a car? This will influence your decision on where to live greatly. Generally Scarborough is not held in great regard by people here but like everywhere it has its good and very bad parts.
Aug 17th 2012, 3:20 pm
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FWIW most of the folks at our "Toronto" office live in the Oshawa Whitby Pickering Ajax Markham conglomeration.
Maybe thats just an indication that we probably dont pay enough for them to make it to the Beaches and downtown
Maybe thats just an indication that we probably dont pay enough for them to make it to the Beaches and downtown
Aug 17th 2012, 3:40 pm
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Scarborough has a reputation not all together deserved. Yes, there is some gang activity/shootings but only in certain pockets of the area. Scarborough has many very nice areas where people live out their lives comfortably and without fear.