Why Canada?
#46
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Re: Why Canada?
Why so many haters ?
Coming from Europe, I can say for sure that Canada and North America as a whole is a big improvement.
Coming from Europe, I can say for sure that Canada and North America as a whole is a big improvement.
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Re: Why Canada?
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Re: Why Canada?
Aren't you allowed to smile and ask them if they had a nice time - or do you have to scowl and look threatening?
(BO's scare the shit out of me - especially when one thought my daughters build-a-bear complete with built in headphones to plug her ipod into was a bomb concealed in a fluffy toy. Although after it was scanned - rescanned - taken apart and verified he did say "That's quite cool I might get my daughter one of those" - C8ck sucker took 25 years off my life and I had visions of rubber gloves and concrete beds )
#51
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Re: Why Canada?
Wow!! Thanks everyone for your replies
Over the Christmas break we have been considering when we would eventually go to Canada (we had planned to go last year, but got flooded out of our house!!) and the enormity of the move has made us wonder if we are nuts, especially given that there appear to be a lot more negative comments on the Canada forum as opposed to the Australia forum.
Cheers again!!
Over the Christmas break we have been considering when we would eventually go to Canada (we had planned to go last year, but got flooded out of our house!!) and the enormity of the move has made us wonder if we are nuts, especially given that there appear to be a lot more negative comments on the Canada forum as opposed to the Australia forum.
Cheers again!!
#52
Re: Why Canada?
Wow!! Thanks everyone for your replies
Over the Christmas break we have been considering when we would eventually go to Canada (we had planned to go last year, but got flooded out of our house!!) and the enormity of the move has made us wonder if we are nuts, especially given that there appear to be a lot more negative comments on the Canada forum as opposed to the Australia forum.
Cheers again!!
Over the Christmas break we have been considering when we would eventually go to Canada (we had planned to go last year, but got flooded out of our house!!) and the enormity of the move has made us wonder if we are nuts, especially given that there appear to be a lot more negative comments on the Canada forum as opposed to the Australia forum.
Cheers again!!
#53
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Re: Why Canada?
I came since I'm in the mining industry. There's tonnes more of that kind o' thing in Canada than anywhere in Europe. Lots more fun stuff to mine here, plus most of the land is near-uninhabited and there's just lots more land generally, so it's much easier to trash vast tracts of wilderness here than it is in Europe :P
what's wrong with le langue Quebecois, chalice en tabarnak?!
what's wrong with le langue Quebecois, chalice en tabarnak?!
#54
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Re: Why Canada?
Also remember that it is a huge country and someone's experience in, say, Nova Scotia or Toronto may not have any relevance to someone moving to Calgary or Vancouver.
I often suspect that I live in some sort of parallel version of Canada to many of the contributors here.
#55
Re: Why Canada?
I don't believe for a moment that this site represents the average experience of an expat in Canada. Even accepting this you have to filter out the piss-takers, the narcissists, and the clever clogs.
Also remember that it is a huge country and someone's experience in, say, Nova Scotia or Toronto may not have any relevance to someone moving to Calgary or Vancouver.
I often suspect that I live in some sort of parallel version of Canada to many of the contributors here.
Also remember that it is a huge country and someone's experience in, say, Nova Scotia or Toronto may not have any relevance to someone moving to Calgary or Vancouver.
I often suspect that I live in some sort of parallel version of Canada to many of the contributors here.
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Re: Why Canada?
I don't believe for a moment that this site represents the average experience of an expat in Canada. Even accepting this you have to filter out the piss-takers, the narcissists, and the clever clogs.
Also remember that it is a huge country and someone's experience in, say, Nova Scotia or Toronto may not have any relevance to someone moving to Calgary or Vancouver.
I often suspect that I live in some sort of parallel version of Canada to many of the contributors here.
Also remember that it is a huge country and someone's experience in, say, Nova Scotia or Toronto may not have any relevance to someone moving to Calgary or Vancouver.
I often suspect that I live in some sort of parallel version of Canada to many of the contributors here.
As I just posted in another thread for me it's about whether the 'cost' of moving is worth it personally.
Vancouver. I loved the scenery and the skiing. I moved there in 1996 and then 1999 and found it too quiet. Now, I might feel different as it is a pretty place to live. But, it was much cheaper back then. Not sure I would pay for it now if I was moving.
Calgary. I have friends who live in Bragg Creek. Too rural for me but I understand why they like it. Huge house, great views, quiet etc. I love viisiting, but couldn't live there as I like things like restaurants, the cinema, shops etc. I appreciate that it works for them though (even if they do want to live in France really!)
Toronto. In some ways not that different from my life in the UK. But, more expensive, harder to get around, worse weather, more isolated, harder work. It's not awful but I don't think I have gained by moving here - certainly not financially in terms of housing (often held up as the reason for moving).
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Re: Why Canada?
Are more people moving from North America to Europe than from Europe to North America?
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Re: Why Canada?
I have lived in Vancouver and Toronto and also spent a lot of time in Calgary.
As I just posted in another thread for me it's about whether the 'cost' of moving is worth it personally.
Vancouver. I loved the scenery and the skiing. I moved there in 1996 and then 1999 and found it too quiet. Now, I might feel different as it is a pretty place to live. But, it was much cheaper back then. Not sure I would pay for it now if I was moving.
Calgary. I have friends who live in Bragg Creek. Too rural for me but I understand why they like it. Huge house, great views, quiet etc. I love viisiting, but couldn't live there as I like things like restaurants, the cinema, shops etc. I appreciate that it works for them though (even if they do want to live in France really!)
Toronto. In some ways not that different from my life in the UK. But, more expensive, harder to get around, worse weather, more isolated, harder work. It's not awful but I don't think I have gained by moving here - certainly not financially in terms of housing (often held up as the reason for moving).
As I just posted in another thread for me it's about whether the 'cost' of moving is worth it personally.
Vancouver. I loved the scenery and the skiing. I moved there in 1996 and then 1999 and found it too quiet. Now, I might feel different as it is a pretty place to live. But, it was much cheaper back then. Not sure I would pay for it now if I was moving.
Calgary. I have friends who live in Bragg Creek. Too rural for me but I understand why they like it. Huge house, great views, quiet etc. I love viisiting, but couldn't live there as I like things like restaurants, the cinema, shops etc. I appreciate that it works for them though (even if they do want to live in France really!)
Toronto. In some ways not that different from my life in the UK. But, more expensive, harder to get around, worse weather, more isolated, harder work. It's not awful but I don't think I have gained by moving here - certainly not financially in terms of housing (often held up as the reason for moving).
Most people who move to Vancouver or Toronto aren't doing so because of cheaper housing. Similarly most people who move to London aren't doing so because of cheaper housing. Overall though, you get more for your money in Canada - but that doesn't mean it's true in every individual case.
Last edited by MarylandNed; Jan 6th 2012 at 11:11 am.