Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Yes. You have had this explained a few times now.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Former Lancastrian,

Did you have the same job all that time? Which city do you live in?

Do Canadians have the same work ethics as Americans?

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

"Hard for me to say as I havent had to apply for a job for over 24 years."

Surely you can see the implication that he has, at the least, been with the same organisation for 24 years. Perhaps not necessarily the same job, but possibly.

Are your posts a wind up ?

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

No my posts are not a windup.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

If you want to know about which cities would be bad or good for jobs, we need to know the type of job or industry your looking for, this has been asked a few times already and there isn't any more information to give other than what you've already received.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

I think they might be, you know...

You're 39, but you haven't had to apply for a job in 24 years. Yet you have such a hard life in Switzerland that you want to live in Moncton or Nanaimo.

Hmmm...

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

It wasn't the OP that said they hadn't had to apply for a job in 24 years, it was Former Lancastrian.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Ok, my mistake.

My other comments stand.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

I was wondering OP......What is life like in Switzerland? Would it be better for me ? Could I get a low paid job and survive well if I had no mortgage?

I've seen Switzerland on Top Gear and it looks like a nice place to live.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Switzerland is no longer the El Dorado it used to be. It used to be a rich banking country. Now there is 10 per cent unemployment in the Geneva area where I live. Salaries have been falling as the French have been working for lower wages in Switzerland and live just over the border. I pay half my wages (which are considered good) for a small 2 bedroom flat that I have a 100 year mortgage on and I drive a beat up old car. I don't live well here despite having good wages.

I work as an editor and proof reader. But I have a degree in accouting and French and postgraduate studies in management.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Just goes to show then that you can't live off the scenery. Unless you retrain as a Sherpa.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Sort of like moving to Vancouver then :lol:

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Exactly

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So do you believe me now when I say I live badly in Switzerland?

When I first came here in 1994, I had a shit job as a photocopier. I earned next to nothing but lived in a huge 2 bedroom furnished apartment in the city centre in Geneva in a posh area and lived very well and could save money. In the past 10 years everything has been going downhill in Switzerland for me (and everyone I know) with lack of jobs and opportunities and rising costs.

Re: Would I have a better life in Canada
 

Well, I dunno. My ex sold the house we once shared, took the money and moved to Switzerland where, AFAIK, she doesn't have a job but lives on alimony. She's better off than she was here, on the same alimony, though probably not living the life of Reilly.