Should I move to Canada??

[Mark]

Just wondering where would be a good place to move to next..

Canada seems like it might be good but I've never been there.. the other side of the border is also a possibility (although getting a visa may not be so easy!) but the only place I've been to on that side is vegas which may not be representative of the rest of the US.. ;)

The problem is I kind of like warm countries, beaches and sea views.. my impression of canada is that it resembles northern exposure.. ;)

So.. is it a good place to live? Where in canada would be best? Should I go or should I stay??

[Penrod]

All I know is now I have that song in my head.....

Should I stay or should I go nowww?

If I go there will be trouble....

If I stay there will be trouble..

[Dildozer]

Canada is great
I would recommend Vancouver. It's got milder weather and the scenery is just breathtaking. What a beautiful city. The girls are also really horny there.

[hershie]

well, the mildest climate is on the West Coast (Vancouver, Victoria) but it still wouldn't qualify as a "warm" climate. It rarely goes below 0 Celcius or snows but is cold and rainy during the winter months. But, living here - you may develop an interest in activities you can't take adavntage of elsewher - like sking in the nearby mountains...

[jreaka]

Um............NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pipecrew]

Move to Ontario

[Calvinguy]

Why would you move? Spain is a nice country.

[Brown Bear]

I would only move to Vancouver.

Do not move to Toronto or Montreal.

[pink_in_the_middle]

If you want to move anywhere in Canda move to Ottawa Extremly beautiful
It can get very cold but it builds character
We have the worlds most pretty and respectable girls
It's Canada's national capital. Oh my there are not enough words to describe what it's like ,just come see for yourself !!!

[Rocky]

really depends on your interests Mark

Canada is as diverse as any large country

the east coast is known for it's abundance of friendly people and delicious sea food

quebec may have it's political instabilities but the general population is filled with party animals and a real festive mentality

ontario can offer you the beauty of the northern towns and parks and the amazing kinetic energy of large cities like Toronto (Prince just moved to Toronto, so it can't be all that bad)

manitoba is all about fishing and hunting, but they do have one of the nicest capital cities in Canada

saskatchewan is rural and filled with farms, lakes, parks and great expanses of unfilled land

alberta has the ranches and badlands as well as the rocky mountains

british columbia is the canadian version of california

the northern territories are mystical, cold, unforgiving, but the natural beauty will take your breathe away

and for the people who don't know the geography of Canada, most of the northern american states are further north than our province of Ontario (and i'm not talking about Alaska either) and that Pelee Island (in Ontario) is as far south as the most northern part of california

[Dildozer]

Originally posted by pink_in_the_middle
If you want to move anywhere in Canda move to Ottawa Extremly beautiful
It can get very cold but it builds character
We have the worlds most pretty and respectable girls
It's Canada's national capital. Oh my there are not enough words to describe what it's like ,just come see for yourself !!!

So where do you live exactly Ottawa or Montreal?
I like ottawa that's where my G/f's from. But it can't compare to Vancouver

[psyko514]

montreal is known for three things:

1) It has an incredible party/nightlife scene. Like it was said... we're all party animals.

2) We have a very relaxed, european influenced attitude. we have a very relaxed attitude towards sex and drugs. strip clubs are bustling, contact dances are $10cdn (about .006 us). you can walk past a cop on the city's busiest streets while smoking a joint and no one will say anything.

3) Most importantly: Montreal has the highest percentage of hot girls worldwide. Montreal girls are incredibly attractive and have a relaxed attitude towards anything sex related.

[NoCarrier]

Nah, forget Canada.

We have indians. Getting killed by flying arrows is too dangerous.

I suggest you move to Indonesia, I hear they have kick ass beaches down there..

[codemebaby]

Vancouver is the place to be if you ask me

[Niterider]

Ya gotta check out Vancouver Island. Not as rainy as Vancouver ( on the East side near Nanaimo). Great outdoor activities. Grat scenery. Lots of parks, oceanside stolling areas.

Hmmm.. So Why am I thinking of going to Thailand <g>

[GTS Mark]

You guys still not convinced Vancouver is the place to be?? Want me to post some more pics???

DH

[psyko514]

if i posted pics of montreal girls, i'd win hands down

[Naughty]

Originally posted by DrinkingHard
Want me to post some more pics???
DH

yes, please do;)

[Brown Bear]

Do not even consider any other city than Vancouver.

[pink_in_the_middle]

Originally posted by Dildozer


So where do you live exactly Ottawa or Montreal?
I like ottawa that's where my G/f's from. But it can't compare to Vancouver

Actually I was born and raised in Ottawa all my life. I moved to Quebec almost three yrs. ago. I'm actually 10 minutes from Ottawa now. Near Gatineau. I loved it in Ottawa!!!
I also love Quebec too

Yes Quebec loves to party,don't we all?

[GTS Mark]

I went out to a club in Vancouver with Craig last night and I would be willing to take on that bet! Pics will be posted soon!

DH

[jas1552]

How expensive is BC bud in BC?

[.:Frog:.]

Canada is a great country.
Its very beautiful, free medical, social programs if you ever hit rock bottom, living expenses are low, crime rate is low & the air is cleaner then most US cities.

The biggest problem is the cold winters.
Vancouver or Victoria are the best places if you want to avoid the cold. The temp is very similar to Seattle. It does get cold in the winter but not much colder then 0.

Taxes in Canada are kinda high, but the US dollar exchange rate is always around 50% so that kinda balances things out.
Register a business and you can get alot of tax breaks. So it isn't too bad.

I've been all around Canada and like Vancouver the most, Toronto is a close second though.

[Mark]

Damn! This could be more difficult than I thought..

Vancouver sounds pretty good..

On the other hand..

Montreal girls are incredibly attractive and have a relaxed attitude towards anything sex related

Montreal could be interesting! ;)

saskatchewan is a cool name though.. conjures up images of bigfoot or carlos castenada for some reason..

british columbia is canadian version of california

Sounds like my kind of place also!

Now the thing is I heard a rumour that there's parts of canada where they make you speak french.. I refuse to rename my site to LeSexPlanets! ;) Anyway I am from England where we take great pride in our total lack of foreign language skills..

Ottawa sounds too cold for my liking.. is there any place like the Alaska featured in Northern Exposure but with sun and beaches?! (and hot girls ;)


Seems like Vancouver is the front runner at the moment anyway.. pictures would be welcomed!

[.:Frog:.]

Originally posted by jas1552
How expensive is BC bud in BC?

I paid $5 ($3 US) for 2 Fat pre-rolled joints.
I have no clue whats the normal price, I bought the weed from some friends of my girlfriend.

[psyko514]

and these are just the loser's who hang out at the city's lamest dance club
i'll find some better pictures

[Ramster]

I live in Ottawa and it's a great place. Snows like a bitch in the winter though. I'm from Halifax originally, in Ottawa for 5 years, and I gotta tell ya. It has the great scenery and ocean plus people are very friendly and it real cheap to live. One of the cheapest in Canada. I've never been to Vancouver, but I hear it is great too.

[BradShaw]

Canada is ok, just do not plan on hiring people up there to get any work done;-)

[Brown Bear]

Some pics of Vancouver

[Brown Bear]

This guy has more pics of Vancouver:

http://www.danheller.com/vancouver.html

[pink_in_the_middle]

Originally posted by psyko514






and these are just the loser's who hang out at the city's lamest dance club
i'll find some better pictures

if their losers then why do you have their pics?

[Rocky]

Originally posted by BradShaw
Canada is ok, just do not plan on hiring people up there to get any work done;-)

just don't pay us in beer, eh

my last employer made that mistake

[Fletch XXX]

bizowl.

Ain't nuthing but a g thang baybaaaay.



=)

[SilverTab]

Originally posted by Mark

Now the thing is I heard a rumour that there's parts of canada where they make you speak french.. I refuse to rename my site to LeSexPlanets! ;) Anyway I am from England where we take great pride in our total lack of foreign language skills..

Hmm I guess you're talking about Quebec...You don't have to speak french if you live in Quebec LOL....I think there's more english speaking person in montreal than french ones...In the suburbans tough, mostly french speaking people...(well that's ok anyway cause i'm french ;) )....

[UncleJimmy]

Vancouver Rocks

I love that place...

Not the warmest, but definitely not the coldest place either.

If I could talk the woman into it I'd be moving to Chile or Argentina, I also like ocean views & warm climates...

ciao

- J

[pine]

Damn! ...there seems to be more Canadians in here than a good ol' Hockey Game.

Beer should be the fifth food group, eh?

[Mark]

Do you have Guinness in Canada?? What about a decent pint of bitter?

[Rocky]

Originally posted by Mark
Do you have Guinness in Canada?? What about a decent pint of bitter?

you can get just about any type of beer in Canada

and the micro-breweries here are extremely successful

if you want Guinness, either pick some up at the beer store or just visit the local irish pub

[erika]

Vancouver is a nice place, even the fraser valley is really nice to live at.
Im in Edmonton alberta and I love it here, well except for the bitter cold we get in january and february.

[DrGuile]

if cold is a big concern, only southern ontario or BC should be considered.

if not, Montreal is a great place.

[Mark]

Ok Vancouver area looks like a front runner now..

So what is the cost of living there? How much for a house, car etc?

[Rocky]

Originally posted by Mark
Ok Vancouver area looks like a front runner now..

So what is the cost of living there? How much for a house, car etc?

well you see, there's the catch

British Columbia is one of the most expensive places to live in Canada

i had a house with an indoor pool in Calgary that cost around $220,000.00 but would have been around 1 million in Vancouver and probably 1.5 million in Toronto

you can get a 3000sq foot house on a quarter section of land for as low as 250,000.00 here in Saskatchewan

but since i don't live in BC i will wait for someone to give you some hard numbers

[Brown Bear]

I have friends that live in Vancouver.

Here are some average monthly rental prices for downtown Vancouver:

studio/bachelor = $700 CDN ($450 Euro)

1 bedroom = $850 CDN ($550 Euro)

I know a guy that lives in a nice 2 bedroom apartment for $1,200 CDN ($760 Euro)

Prices would be cheaper outside of downtown. The cheapest would be east vancouver, but I wouldn't recommend living in that part of the city because its a lower income area and not as nice. Either live downtown or on the west side of Vancouver.

[L0stMind]

Originally posted by Mark
Ok Vancouver area looks like a front runner now..

So what is the cost of living there? How much for a house, car etc?

House - $250K to $400K canadian. (2000 - 4000 sq feet)
Condo - $100K to $350K canadian. (500 - 1500 sq feet)
Car - $20k - $70K canadian (honda civic - BMW )

I pay about $350 per month for food - mostly dining out. Decent meal for two costs about $40, if you dig chinese grub, go get your eat on at a hons for about $12... you can feed two people on that.. I just spent a hundred bucks tonite going to crab fest at the boathouse... I was stuffed, my girl was stuffed and both of us were pleasantly drunk....

My power and phone bills, etc come out to about $300 per month.. car insurance is about $150 - $200 per month for a new car... gas is about $50 - $75 per month...

erm, a 6 pack is about $12-15... I spend about $100 per month on wine and beer - I am not the biggest drinker around

what else?

[L0stMind]

I own a condo downtown that I paid $215k for... 12th floor, 915 sq feet. I rent it out and live in burnaby right now.

Rent here is $435 per month.

burnaby is nice if you dont want to go clubbing every night. I am 15 mins from everywhere I want to go. I can get downtown in 10 mins if there is no traffic...

Burnaby is a decent place to live, some of the other suburbs are decent as well. downtown is definitely more fun tho.

Stay away from east van, north van (it is a nightmare to commute from there) and surrey

[-=HUNGRYMAN=-]

Originally posted by NoCarrier
I suggest you move to Indonesia, I hear they have kick ass beaches down there..

Yeah I also hear the Nightclubs are a real blast !!!

[quiet]

Originally posted by erika
Vancouver is a nice place, even the fraser valley is really nice to live at.
Im in Edmonton alberta and I love it here, well except for the bitter cold we get in january and february.

you live in Edmonton? i've grew up here, but left for several years. i'm back right now, but am leaving again soon. i'm not much of a fan anymore...

i've lived all over Canada, and my favorite places are interior BC (warmest part of Canada, lots of lakefront property, and killer snowboarding), and Banff National Park - killer snowboarding, the best scenery in Canada (easily) and by the far the best town in Canada to meet interesting people from all over the world.

Vancouver is okay - but it's seriously over-crowded, has brutal traffic, and is expensive. i enjoy visiting, but would never move there.

[McAttack]

Originally posted by Mark
Do you have Guinness in Canada?? What about a decent pint of bitter?

I'm in Montreal so I can't say if Vancouver has the same stuff but here, we do have Guiness, Kilkenny (my fav), and a bunch of others. We have great local beers but I understand that since you're british, you have different tastes in beers. As for a good bitter, not really. It's not very popular here.

Personally, I'd say where you move to depends a lot on what you want. Do you want a great night life, do you want a lot of outdoors, do you want the big city feel or small town?

Montreal is nice because it is fairly different than the rest of the country. There is a very european atmosphere. For adult stuff, it's a good city to be in. It's no wonder Maxim Magazine (like FHM in the UK, but this is american) rated Montreal as one of the top party cities in North America, especially if you like titty bars.

As for Vancouver, I've never been there so I'll let the other guys say what they want.

As for Toronto, I don't know. It's a city that you love or hate really. Myself, I don't think I'd want to live there myself. I find that it kind of has an identity crisis. Toronto tries to be a mini-New York City. While Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa are very distinct and individual, Toronto tries to be american. But that's my opinion, some people love it.

As for the cold and snow, bah, you get used to it fairly quickly. I had some friends that lived here for a year. They came from Oxford and want to move back here now permanently. Vancouver's weather is like the UK. rains a lot.

[High Quality]

Originally posted by psyko514
montreal is known for three things:

1) It has an incredible party/nightlife scene. Like it was said... we're all party animals.

2) We have a very relaxed, european influenced attitude. we have a very relaxed attitude towards sex and drugs. strip clubs are bustling, contact dances are $10cdn (about .006 us). you can walk past a cop on the city's busiest streets while smoking a joint and no one will say anything.

3) Most importantly: Montreal has the highest percentage of hot girls worldwide. Montreal girls are incredibly attractive and have a relaxed attitude towards anything sex related.

I can vouch for most of this being correct. I'm not sure about "walking past a cop smoking a joint" being ok, but I do know that girls in Montreal just want to fuck like rabbits and the nightlife is there to serve this purpose. I used to go to montreal when I was 15-16 and drink in bars and get laid like crazy. Love that town - I'd move there if the fucking taxes werent' absurd.

[Manny The Freak]

hell yeah come to Montreal the girls are hot. The whores are inexpensive.