Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
#121
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Im looking forward to a rural life. Not bothered about city life. Want the whole land, livestock and growing my own lifestyle. Property seems to be cheap enough where I'm looking in nova scotia, for the cost of my 4 bed terrace in Somerset I could get a 5 bed detached with workshop and 2 bed granny annex in plenty of land. Issue I've got is my trade, I'm an aircraft (helicopter) mechanic, and so far I've not found many employers online and those that are advertising seem to be offering a lot less than I'm currently on. If cost of living is so high I'm worried wether I will be able to sustain a decent enoigh lifestyle for my family to warrant the move. I'm very early on in the process though and am still researching
check out IMP Group, www.impgroup.com
#122
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Im looking forward to a rural life. Not bothered about city life. Want the whole land, livestock and growing my own lifestyle. Property seems to be cheap enough where I'm looking in nova scotia, for the cost of my 4 bed terrace in Somerset I could get a 5 bed detached with workshop and 2 bed granny annex in plenty of land. Issue I've got is my trade, I'm an aircraft (helicopter) mechanic, and so far I've not found many employers online and those that are advertising seem to be offering a lot less than I'm currently on. If cost of living is so high I'm worried wether I will be able to sustain a decent enoigh lifestyle for my family to warrant the move. I'm very early on in the process though and am still researching
This is the snag with Canada (and the rest of the world), the work isn't where the scenery is and it isn't where the cheap houses are.
#124
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Thanks Howefamily. I've already checked out IMP group and is one of the few employers that looks like the way ahead. In fact they've got a job advertised that is exactly what I do now and on the same airframe, however, frustratingly no indication of salary. I'm sure I'll find work, just prefer not to take a drop in pay
#125
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Im looking forward to a rural life. Not bothered about city life. Want the whole land, livestock and growing my own lifestyle. Property seems to be cheap enough where I'm looking in nova scotia, for the cost of my 4 bed terrace in Somerset I could get a 5 bed detached with workshop and 2 bed granny annex in plenty of land. Issue I've got is my trade, I'm an aircraft (helicopter) mechanic, and so far I've not found many employers online and those that are advertising seem to be offering a lot less than I'm currently on. If cost of living is so high I'm worried wether I will be able to sustain a decent enoigh lifestyle for my family to warrant the move. I'm very early on in the process though and am still researching
Do you need a job offer to get a visa, or do you qualify without one?
#126
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
Thanks Howefamily. I've already checked out IMP group and is one of the few employers that looks like the way ahead. In fact they've got a job advertised that is exactly what I do now and on the same airframe, however, frustratingly no indication of salary. I'm sure I'll find work, just prefer not to take a drop in pay
#127
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The only difference I can honestly say I have noticed is that the kids in NS for the most part are not the gobby little shites that I met waaaay too often in Horley Surrey. They are polite and respectful to adults.
#128
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Average wage for your trade in Nova Scotia is approx $26/hr (source: job bank Canada)
Aircraft Maintenance Technician Certification | Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace
NOC 2011 - 7315 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/report-eng...rce=6#job_opps
https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/report-eng...&source=allnoc
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Last edited by not2old; Mar 28th 2017 at 4:35 pm.
#129
Re: Things that are cheaper in the UK vs Canada?
I have come to realise that once your child hits junior high there is not a great deal of difference in the culture in schools. Its all drama for the girls and ridiculousness whether you are in the UK or NS. I cant comment yet on high schools.
The only difference I can honestly say I have noticed is that the kids in NS for the most part are not the gobby little shites that I met waaaay too often in Horley Surrey. They are polite and respectful to adults.
The only difference I can honestly say I have noticed is that the kids in NS for the most part are not the gobby little shites that I met waaaay too often in Horley Surrey. They are polite and respectful to adults.
#130
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Thankyou not2old
#131
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In high school pretty much weekly a lad used to spit on my back as I got off the bus, for no reason? I didn't even know the lad when he started doing it. I'd drag him off the bus and slap him around a bit, then the following day a group of lads ranging from 15 to 20+ would be waiting for me. Rinse and repeat for 3 years. The same lads hospitalised my older brother. The spitting lad that spat on me also spat on my friend, so my friend slapped him around. Then my friend got jumped, had his head jumped on and nearly lost his eye. Another one of my friends was stood waiting for a bus and some pissed up bloke punched him so hard his tooth came through his mouth.
Also in high school GMPTE refused to supply busses to school because the scum were destroying them, I seen one girl piss out of a window on the school bus, I mean seriously what is that.
By the time I left school I'd had more fights than I care to remember, and by the time I was 20 I'd had my nose broken three times and for no fault of my own. I cannot believe the ridiculous idiots that live around here and in the surrounding towns.
I was out with a friend in town and a lad came over and tried to stab him purely because my friend works out and this lad wanted to show that just because he has 'muscles' it didn't mean anything because he could get stabbed. Luckily my friend had muscles because he caught the lads hand and restrained him.
The drug use in the north west is ridiculous, there was a program on Wigan showing people using cocaine on the war memorial in town but that's not even the half of it. At one point metal detectors were installed on the main street in town due to knife crime.
I've worked away in most places in the UK and it's the similar in most 'affordable' areas. I don't have any family except my brother and although I have worked hard I will never realistically be able to afford to live in a decent area. Even the 'posh' area of Wigan has houses which cost £350k+ and they're clearly not worth that amount but I can't afford that anyway.
I truly believe this country is getting worse and the decent people are the ones who suffer. If you have money you can buy yourself away from it to some extent.
Don't get me wrong, there are some good people in Wigan, most of my school friends have emigrated and I can't blame them.
A small selection of Wigan's greatest hits:
Man kicked in face as he tied his laces - Wigan Today
Young clubber suffers gruesome facial injury after being attacked with a bottle in a Wigan bar - Manchester Evening News
Wigan tops list of domestic violence arrests - Wigan Today
Gang plotted to supply £5m worth of cocaine - Wigan Today
Police: Man wanted over hit and run has fled the country - Wigan Today
Yobs film sickening assault on girl, 12, in Wigan town centre - Wigan Today
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/eight...ntre-1-8455060
If you like reading about violent crime and drugs, just booked mark the Wigan today news page..
Last edited by Shakyuk; Mar 28th 2017 at 6:45 pm.
#132
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Ah. All becomes clear.
OK, as you were. I was wondering what I was doing that was so terrible choosing to bring my children up in the UK, but it's clearly a very different way of life where I live to where you are.
I suspect you'll find very similar in Canada's cities though, pretty much any city or major town has similar issues with drugs and violence unfortunately. My solution is to hide myself away in the countryside and only venture to a city about twice a year!
OK, as you were. I was wondering what I was doing that was so terrible choosing to bring my children up in the UK, but it's clearly a very different way of life where I live to where you are.
I suspect you'll find very similar in Canada's cities though, pretty much any city or major town has similar issues with drugs and violence unfortunately. My solution is to hide myself away in the countryside and only venture to a city about twice a year!
#133
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Yes, you can find some rough bits of Scarborough and Rexdale is a frightening dump. Yes, you can get shot in after hours clubs but, by and large, people in Toronto do not deal with worse than street beggars in the course of an ordinary week.
#134
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I don't think this is true of Toronto. I concede though that the areas I know, areas affordable to two people with trades who had a couple of children, when I lived there, are likely now beyond the means of ordinary people. Leslieville, for example, my daughter was a lifeguard there say 15 years ago, it was poor and the streets smelled of weed but, except in the one bar, there was no cause for fear of violence and no reason she couldn't walk home, or catch the tram, when the pool closed at 11. I believe most of the east end is still safe like that with mainly orderly school kids, the problem is just that, if you don't already live there, you can't afford to now.
Yes, you can find some rough bits of Scarborough and Rexdale is a frightening dump. Yes, you can get shot in after hours clubs but, by and large, people in Toronto do not deal with worse than street beggars in the course of an ordinary week.
Yes, you can find some rough bits of Scarborough and Rexdale is a frightening dump. Yes, you can get shot in after hours clubs but, by and large, people in Toronto do not deal with worse than street beggars in the course of an ordinary week.
#135
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Toronto isn't so bad
https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/stat.../ytd_stats.php
Toronto compared to Manchester UK
https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare...atchComparison
Toronto compared to Liverpool UK
https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare...atchComparison
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