where is the BEST place to live up in canada?? Options

[RUNNIN-LOW]

well throw it out there, where is the best place to live up there??
explain to me why you like it and why would live there too? thanks

This post has been edited by RUNNIN-LOW: Feb 18, 2009 - 2:14 PM

[axelrduvirage]

are you coming to work, play or hide (j/k)?

cost of living is lower here on the east coast (The Maritimes), although availability of luxury items can be a factor. there is definitely a slowdown in all manufacturing, technology and retail sectors, but that is a global problem now. we do benefit from universal healthcare but we are taxed to death and salaries are a little lower than in the centre and western provinces. people here are about as friendly as you can imagine. some areas benefit from a dual cultural background (french-english) without all the hangups found elsewhere. the beaches are beautiful and clean but the water is cold (except for the Northumberland Strait). you can live close to nature or hole-up in Halifax or St John if "city" life is your thing. you can get a flight from here to anywhere either out of Halifax or Moncton. and the first time you go to a Maritime Kitchen Party you will be here to stay, "Ça c'est certain."

i have lived in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. i have visited for work and play every province except for British Colombia and i absolutely love the diversity, the welcome and the general easy-going attitude of people i have met. ièm not saying that downtown Toronto or Montreal aren't hectic and VERY VERY VERY urban, i just enjoy meeting people and getting to know what they like about where they live (occupational hazard i guess). i have rarely heard "This place sucks and I need to get out ASAP!!". Quebec City is a cultural and historic jewel, Calgary is crazy at night, Montreal is bi-polar Euro-colonial mishmash, the Prairies are mesmerizing and my home is the East Coast, Nova Scotia, Canada's Playground.

Hope others aren't as shy as i am and give you a better perspective of what their region is like good and bad.

bonne chance and hope to see you one day at the Great Canadian Celica Meet That Never Happened.

raymond

This post has been edited by axelrduvirage: Feb 18, 2009 - 4:25 PM