Whats wrong or right with the middle
 

Hey Fellow BEs, we are happily settled in NS, but ive been reading these forums for a while now and there apears to be trends on where people settle.

For instance NS gets lots of airplay as does BC and AB On but what about the middle of the country ie Saskatchewan Manitoba, or the territories NW territory or Yukon, or beyond.

Does anyone go there to live and if so what is it like? We would like to retire in the rockies eventually, but its good to hear about other areas of Canada as well.

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Hubbies going to Yukon for a week to visit a job he is going to be working on.

I'll let you know what he thinks of the place when he comes back. :)

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MB is a paradise that the prairie folk like to keep a secret.

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The nature of skilled worker migration is that work is part of the deal. As far as Im aware most of the flatlanders that post here are either there through family connections, or truck drivers who went there as it was relatively easy to get into canada by the PNP route there...The prarie provinces lack the numbers of available jobs that draw most immigrants to Ontario AB and BC.

The other thing is the popular perception of Canada is mountains and lakes, few people choose to come here for the wide open praries.

having said that, whatever it was that got them there, they seem mostly pretty happy with the outcome...

All the above is lowest common denomenator speculation of course...

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shhhhhhhhhh!!!!

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You keep fooling yourself. Minus 40 winters, boiling hot summers, Like silly hot and plagues of mosquitoes. sparsely populated too. This is why MB is cheap cheap cheap. ;)

LOL. I love the mid day lunch dash car starting so the car warms, just e-nuff b/c Regina It so stupidly cold if they don't warm the car they be walking home. This year was bitch winter for them. :)

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It got to -52 in Winnipeg this year. I have a Pontiac sunfire (2000) I never plug my car in and I never go out of my way to heat it during the day.

It has never not started!

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On the other hand, it's really flat so riding a bike is particularly easy. Swings and roundabouts.

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

The Mountains just get in the way of the view. :p

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We too have a 2000 Shitfire. It only failed to start once and that was because the battery was knackered. The exhaust is falling off, though. That is, apparently, a common problem with Snotfires.

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Stewart I love your attitude :D

It's looking very likely we'll be up in the Yukon for 2.5 months over summer. I can't wait, actually. OH has been up a bunch of times for work and Looooooved it.

What he said:

highest number of Master's degrees per capita in Canada
crawling with Germans/scandinavians. Hot girls :rofl:
only 25,000 people
like BC but everything is stunted by the cold - short little trees, but stunningly beautiful
organic farming
cool cafes, arts community
real outdoor/frontier lifestyle - hunting, fishing etc
can be very well paid cos you get extra for going up there


I'll let you know what I think!

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Is there 2.5 months of summer up there? Shurelyshummishtake?

Best time to see it I guess anyway:thumbsup:

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Yes, apparently 2. 5 months :lol:

checked the forecast today because OH is flying out in a day or so. It's 18 degrees and sunny up there..not any diff to Vancouver.

Hey, at least it's not snowing, like some provinces I won't mention...you know who you are....:p

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On our drive to Calgary I heard something from the front of the car next week my car wouldn't start...The battery apparently blew the negative leg out of itself...It drove for a week like that :ohmy:

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So you drove legless :ohmy: