Places to live in Ontario

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Sep 13th 2010, 1:55 pm

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

Toronto or Montreal. Montreal is more of a party town.

Sep 13th 2010, 11:15 pm

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

Montreal looks awesome. I'd love to learn French fluently as well.

However the job sitch in a bi-lingual town....they'd always pick a bi-lingual person i'm guessing

Sep 14th 2010, 8:09 am

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what about whitby just next to oshawa? whats wrong with oshawa?

Sep 14th 2010, 8:19 am

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

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what about whitby just next to oshawa? whats wrong with oshawa?

Nothing really it just depends on what you want. Some people don't like living on estates/subdivisions in the 'burbs and some people love it. There are more individual streets and houses but they tend to cost more.

Seen from the 401 it looks bleak and many of the streets look the same, but then you have access to shops, restaurants etc.

All depends on what you like.

Sep 14th 2010, 8:23 am

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

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what about whitby just next to oshawa? whats wrong with oshawa?

There are some nice bits. Some of the houses north of the hospital are rather grand, but I suppose like anywhere else the nice bits are more money.

Personally I find the population density anywhere in the GTA beyond my tolerance level now. Its nice to visit occasionally, and nicer still to leave it all behind at the end of the day! Horses for courses I suppose.

Sep 14th 2010, 9:29 am

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Originally Posted by Gail

There are actually some really nice areas in Oshawa. Housing is cheaper, the GO train goes to downtown and lots of people commute. It isn't just GM. There are lots of areas nearby to visit and there is a direct route up north if you want to go "cottaging".

I would prefer it over the west side of the city, or the much praised Beaches where you can't even park outside your own house. Most people on here who criticise it have never got off the 401 so haven't even been there.

I don't live in Oshawa but my youngest daughter goes to school there and has lots of friends who live there (and none of them are rednecks!!)

No one? Standards have dropped on here.

Sep 14th 2010, 11:19 am

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Montreal looks awesome. I'd love to learn French fluently as well.

However the job sitch in a bi-lingual town....they'd always pick a bi-lingual person i'm guessing

It depends on the industry. If your job entails dealing with the public, then usually yes, but not always. You're young, I say just do it, Montreal is a hell of a city.

Sep 14th 2010, 1:43 pm

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You're young, I say just do it, Montreal is a hell of a city.

Why don't you go to Montreal for a weekend and see if you like it. I was there last year for our recce trip and really enjoyed the night life but as we have two young kids Ottawa was clearly the better place to live.
Give it a try, you can always move again if you don't like it.

Sep 14th 2010, 3:40 pm

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

Sounds lame, but it'll probably help you a lot to check out some stats on the different cities (if you haven't already), as well as check out the wikipedia entries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa

http://www.citystats.ca/city/Ontario/Toronto.html
http://www.citystats.ca/city/Ontario/Oshawa.html
http://www.citystats.ca/city/Ontario/Ottawa.html

Personally, Ottawa would be my choice of those three cities. Not as large/crazy as Toronto, cool atmosphere, decent economy. Only bad is that knowing french is a requirement for a lot of public related jobs...

Sep 14th 2010, 7:37 pm

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Originally Posted by Oink

No one? Standards have dropped on here.

I was on my way.

Sep 14th 2010, 11:03 pm

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Re: Places to live in Ontario

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Originally Posted by iaink

There are some nice bits. Some of the houses north of the hospital are rather grand, but I suppose like anywhere else the nice bits are more money.

I suspect most places have nice bits, if you know where to look. Viewed from the highways or from the main drags in the city, Gatineau looks like a right dump. Get away from those roads are there some really nice areas. Except in Hull, which really is a dump.