What Makes People emmigrate
May 23rd 2007, 3:54 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
We now back into a 'Wildlife corridor' (essentially a nice piece of land that the builder thought too expensive/boggy/couldn't be arsed to plonk crap houses on).
I read that if you want a new house backing onto one of these you pay the privilege of $8000. A nice way for the money grabbing scum to recoup their losses yet look 'Environmentally conscious' at the same time.
May 23rd 2007, 3:55 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
May 23rd 2007, 4:07 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
Overcrowding. This country is so overcrowded.
It took me about 15 mins to get off the platform at Waterloo this morning thanks to 5 billion passengers. Not to mention then working my way through the wall of people in the station itself.
It took me about 15 mins to get off the platform at Waterloo this morning thanks to 5 billion passengers. Not to mention then working my way through the wall of people in the station itself.
May 23rd 2007, 4:19 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
I'd agree with that certainly. But a question - a genuine, not wanting to score points, question - Isn't Vancouver overcrowded too? Isn't there a similar experience in cramming onto overloaded mass transit to be had? Certainly is in Toronto and I'd imagine Calgary. So, perhaps the wanting to leave overcrowding means emmigrating to smaller urban area in Canada.
May 23rd 2007, 4:28 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
I'd agree with that certainly. But a question - a genuine, not wanting to score points, question - Isn't Vancouver overcrowded too? Isn't there a similar experience in cramming onto overloaded mass transit to be had? Certainly is in Toronto and I'd imagine Calgary. So, perhaps the wanting to leave overcrowding means emmigrating to smaller urban area in Canada.
Isn't that more difficult in Canada than in the UK though? The population of Canada is smaller than that of the UK but so is the inhabited area. The population density in the Quebec-Windsor corridor is such as to make Canada one of the world's most urbanised countries.
May 23rd 2007, 4:49 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
For me it was the lifestyle, as the thought of my children growing up in the UK scares the hell out of me.
May 23rd 2007, 5:02 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
We do not currently have, and are unlikely to get in the near future, a bigger place than we had in the UK. In fact, we'll be lucky to be able to purchase in Vancouver at all. Our income was higher in the UK and career potential probably greater. That was a cost of our choice of location.
Despite these and other physical factors, the thing that really strikes me, the one that makes me happiest to come back to Canada, is the way most people treat each other. Polite, considerate and friendly. That appeals to my mentality and I really don't feel it when I go to the UK.
May 23rd 2007, 7:38 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
I lived & worked there for a year until 2006 & returned numerous times since due to my partner being canadian.
When I say PC, I mean Canadians don't seem to worry quite so much as we do about speaking out about what they believe in, particularly when it comes to be patriotic. When we're told to take down the flag of king George then things have gone way too far. A true Canadian would not stand for this, they are passionate about their country.
When I say PC, I mean Canadians don't seem to worry quite so much as we do about speaking out about what they believe in, particularly when it comes to be patriotic. When we're told to take down the flag of king George then things have gone way too far. A true Canadian would not stand for this, they are passionate about their country.
May 23rd 2007, 7:53 pm
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May 23rd 2007, 8:47 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
Waaayyyy too much violence here....people are soooo angry.
Rgds
John
May 23rd 2007, 9:25 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
MMMM, sounds like i might just get some peace and quiet then.
Well for me all reasons for not staying have to be the lack of respect their is now days and the fact that most of the younger generation are a load of free loading hoodie wearing uninteresting T--ts who think we owe them something for there being there, thou not all hoodie wearers are in that group some actually do some sort of sport and not just cruising in there pimped up vauxhall corsa's and the like.
Never mind eh.
LOAFY...
Well for me all reasons for not staying have to be the lack of respect their is now days and the fact that most of the younger generation are a load of free loading hoodie wearing uninteresting T--ts who think we owe them something for there being there, thou not all hoodie wearers are in that group some actually do some sort of sport and not just cruising in there pimped up vauxhall corsa's and the like.
Never mind eh.
LOAFY...
Rgds
John
May 23rd 2007, 9:28 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
LOL, that was unintentional.....lol, I should probably define a little more my three though....when we say a better quality of life what does that really mean, for me I think I know...another example, or one of mine was what the UK has become, a bit of that would be the escalating violence, yob culture I noticed that people seem to be angrier...on top of the rising cost of living, just gas and electricity, I'm paying just under a £100 a month just for my electric. I actually had went through a purge of my direct debits and got rid of the non essentials...my sky was 50 Pounds a month...
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John
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John
May 23rd 2007, 9:37 pm
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Re: What Makes People emmigrate
I do have a few computers and a server for my work, but that's about it...I did ask powergen to come in and test our metre as I have always felt it was expensive....but they where the ones that suggested to put my direct debit up to 95 a month...