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-   -   Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/oshawa-does-get-unfair-reputation-908235/)

bats Jan 21st 2018 10:30 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12423966)
So where is the dividing line then?
South of the 401. It's a low income area.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12424019)
I found a dozen nice pics of things in Belleville in seconds that I can't find in Oshawa. :confused:
Bellevile is OK. Downtown pretty deserted in favour of out if town malls.

BristolUK Jan 21st 2018 10:42 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Just in case anyone is wondering, no I'm not thinking of moving there.
It really is just because I saw another thread title http://britishexpats.com/forum/canad...a-uoit-908207/ and wondered about someone getting the wrong place. And then can it really be that bad?
Originally Posted by bats (Post 12424151)
South of the 401. It's a low income area.
That only looks a small part and you'd think it would be expensive waterfront property anywhere else. But I dropped in on several of those roads and it all seems to be warehouses and stuff with just roads and grass in between.

No catapult chairs anywhere. :lol:

DaveLovesDee Jan 21st 2018 10:45 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12424147)
I don't doubt it. It's a generalisation, I know, but a lot of Brits come to Canada "in demand" better qualified, more experienced, higher expectations etc etc and seek those better/different opportunities.

Most other people are satisfied with the construction, retail, education, government, hospitality, bank, medical setting, office, jobs that are almost everywhere and that's what they do.

Belleville looks like somewhere that delivers that. I'm not so sure about Oshawa. :unsure:
The major employer in Oshawa is the GM plant making vehicles for mostly the U.S. market. Without GM, Oshawa would probably be even worse off. If I were looking to move towards Oshawa, Ajax/Whitby would be my preferred areas.

We used to visit Belleville to see family there and near Madoc, and to visit Reid's Dairy before heading home.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12424151)
South of the 401. It's a low income area.



Bellevile is OK. Downtown pretty deserted in favour of out if town malls.
Which is a shame. If they could attract businesses to downtown, we'd be more likely to consider a move there when we go back.

dbd33 Jan 21st 2018 10:46 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd (Post 12424134)
I was on the GO train one time, and as we were coming into Oshawa....the conductor was making the announcement over the PA....

"Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the beautiful 'shawaa" yout last stop on this GO train service." everyone just looked at each other and laughed! It was a very funny moment! Even people that live there joke about it. :lol:
They do that on planes coming into Buffalo. It seems a bit unfair, Buffalo has a selection of lively bars, malls that draw people from all over Ontario, major league sports teams, a district of appealing older houses and a nice dog park. AFAIK, Oshawa has none the above.

DaveLovesDee Jan 21st 2018 10:53 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12424156)
They do that on planes coming into Buffalo. It seems a bit unfair, Buffalo has a selection of lively bars, malls that draw people from all over Ontario, major league sports teams, a district of appealing older houses and a nice dog park. AFAIK, Oshawa has none the above.
And when the decision to terminate the proposed Pickering Airport was made, the area lost lots of potential jobs.

Paul_Shepherd Jan 22nd 2018 8:02 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12424156)
They do that on planes coming into Buffalo. It seems a bit unfair, Buffalo has a selection of lively bars, malls that draw people from all over Ontario, major league sports teams, a district of appealing older houses and a nice dog park. AFAIK, Oshawa has none the above.
I think Buffalo managed to shed a little bit of its bad rep, my friend's wife is from Buffalo and they go there quite regulary, they seem to like it!

I think the 'shawa will probably lose GM eventually too. However to be fair thats probably what gave it the bad rep to begin with.

JamesM Jan 22nd 2018 8:16 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12424156)
They do that on planes coming into Buffalo. It seems a bit unfair, Buffalo has a selection of lively bars, malls that draw people from all over Ontario, major league sports teams, a district of appealing older houses and a nice dog park. AFAIK, Oshawa has none the above.
That's the thing with Oshawa.

There's no reason to go there.

I drove through once. I felt nothing other than I was further from the comfort of downtown than I wanted to be.

I know no one who has moved there and no one with the desire to move there.

On a map it is too far east for my liking.

Paul_Shepherd Jan 22nd 2018 8:36 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by JamesM (Post 12424913)
That's the thing with Oshawa.

There's no reason to go there.

I drove through once. I felt nothing other than I was further from the comfort of downtown than I wanted to be.

I know no one who has moved there and no one with the desire to move there.

On a map it is too far east for my liking.

And there is not a lot east until you get to the capital....which I like.

Mind you, I do like Kingston, great little city.

bats Jan 22nd 2018 8:37 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd (Post 12424908)
I think Buffalo managed to shed a little bit of its bad rep, my friend's wife is from Buffalo and they go there quite regulary, they seem to like it!

I think the 'shawa will probably lose GM eventually too. However to be fair thats probably what gave it the bad rep to begin with.
General Motors probably gave us Oshawa.

Paul_Shepherd Jan 22nd 2018 9:05 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by bats (Post 12424927)
General Motors probably gave us Oshawa.
Yes, thats what I meant....Oshawa was born with its rep...it was a place effectively created from GM.

Apart from GM there is not even any industry in Oshawa as such..... I worked with a lot of guys at GE that commuted from Oshawa to Peterborough, now thats gone too.

Hurlabrick Jan 24th 2018 12:24 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd (Post 12424926)
And there is not a lot east until you get to the capital....which I like.

Mind you, I do like Kingston, great little city.
Yep, we like Kingston too. Was second on our list of places to live.

Paul_Shepherd Jan 24th 2018 5:24 am
Re: Oshawa - does it get an unfair reputation?
 
Originally Posted by Hurlabrick (Post 12426428)
Yep, we like Kingston too. Was second on our list of places to live.
I never got chance to choose where I lived...decided I would go where the work was, I came to the most unlikely place because of that!

But if I had a choice having experienced a lot of Canada for a few years now, I would happily live in Kingston....its got a good balance of everything, not that I know it that well, but you know when you get a feel for a place.

I think my friends I have made here are more important to me now though rather than location.


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