(Ontario) London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
May 23rd 2012, 5:54 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
Then I'd suggest Chatham.
May 23rd 2012, 11:29 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
I like London. I visit it often as my daughter lives there - she's a student at Western. It's within striking distance of Toronto, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Windsor and Detroit. There are some really nice residential areas. The downtown area has been given a boost by the success of the London Knights OHL hockey team. There are some good restaurants and bars around and the shopping is decent. There are cultural events and concerts. Believe it or not there are even some decent lake beaches not too far away.
May 23rd 2012, 11:39 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
Had lots of fun in Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone back in the (Royal Navy) day....always found the nurses in particular most accommodating (was a long time ago). But live there? Buttf*** Idaho I feel is more appealing.....
May 23rd 2012, 11:57 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
I'm in London. It has nice areas but also areas to avoid. You'll certainly find something for 300k.
I came here because my wife's family is nearby, and it's a pretty good place to be. Lots to do downtown in the Summer especially.
Sorry to throw another town into the mix, but have you considered Stratford? Only 45 mins from London and IMO a lovely place. Not sure about house prices though...
I came here because my wife's family is nearby, and it's a pretty good place to be. Lots to do downtown in the Summer especially.
Sorry to throw another town into the mix, but have you considered Stratford? Only 45 mins from London and IMO a lovely place. Not sure about house prices though...
May 24th 2012, 7:04 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
I'm in London. It has nice areas but also areas to avoid. You'll certainly find something for 300k.
I came here because my wife's family is nearby, and it's a pretty good place to be. Lots to do downtown in the Summer especially.
Sorry to throw another town into the mix, but have you considered Stratford? Only 45 mins from London and IMO a lovely place. Not sure about house prices though...
I came here because my wife's family is nearby, and it's a pretty good place to be. Lots to do downtown in the Summer especially.
Sorry to throw another town into the mix, but have you considered Stratford? Only 45 mins from London and IMO a lovely place. Not sure about house prices though...
May 25th 2012, 3:03 am
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
Don't move to Chatham, for the love of all things good please don't move there.
I lived there (and Rochester, Gillingham) for the first 33 years of my life and I still don't know why I didn't get the hell out sooner.
On paper it's an ideal spot for commuting with a decent train service and some nice green spaces.
In reality it's populated by low-lifes and druggies. Yes, there are some nice people around but seriously, the scum bring the place down.
Move Anywhere Else.
I lived there (and Rochester, Gillingham) for the first 33 years of my life and I still don't know why I didn't get the hell out sooner.
On paper it's an ideal spot for commuting with a decent train service and some nice green spaces.
In reality it's populated by low-lifes and druggies. Yes, there are some nice people around but seriously, the scum bring the place down.
Move Anywhere Else.
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May 25th 2012, 3:37 am
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
Some bits of the UK (and Kent) are nice, obviously, but you need to be loaded to get the kind of space (3 acres) that we have here and have a half-sane commute.
And back the Canada ... Of which I know very little other than Edmonton gets bloody cold and that Bryan Adams comes from Vancouver.
May 25th 2012, 1:54 pm
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Re: London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
This is a thread about towns in Ontario.... its in the Canada forum
Thread title amended....
Thread title amended....
May 28th 2012, 2:03 pm
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Re: (Ontario) London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
If you look a london there are a lot of small villages that surround it that are pretty nice but only minutes away. Belmont, Dorchester, Thorndale, Arva, and where the money seems to be going is Kilworth/komoka. They range from maybe a 5 minute drive to a good 15/20 minute drive to london. The london north end is growing pretty fast right now with housing and commercial. IMHO not a bad place to end up, just like any city it is going through a bad time right now but it has a good mix of everything to pull throught to the other side.
May 28th 2012, 4:21 pm
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Re: (Ontario) London or St. Catharines OR Chatham-Kent?
I think St Catharines is ok. Good value and some nice areas. Near to Niagara and the US etc. Like many of these towns it suffered from the building of out of town malls which have killed what once was a nice older centre. Signs of recovery though.
