Best city in Canada
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Unfortunately my French is limited to ordering drinks and stumbling through a menu. It did make for some memorable moments with international charades.:smile:
I was in Quebec City once a number of years ago, went to a restaurant and started placing an order in English, and the waitress in perfect English said 'Sorry I don't take orders in English', I replied 'well I don't eat in french' and walked out, left the city and will never go back.
That's ridiculous, I can understand it, if she couldn't speak english, but under the circumstances, she was very rude, and I would have done the same as you.
Thanks, one & all... all of you had great suggestions.
Well I have spent the last few days continuing my "research"...
I must say, after all this I tend to lean more towards the west coast than the east; however, my impression is that one must have money to head west. It seems the cost of living is considerably less in the Maritimes.
Sigh.
Talloola, your description of Comox was wonderful, and reading up on it led me to another place that sounds really interesting, Salt Spring Island.
Nanaimo... well, I sure love the bars, I always grab one between buses at Tim's every day before work! ;-)
Moncton... this is gonna sound weird, but years and years ago I had a kind of flash vision of a bus with the word "Moncton" written on it...
so I guess anything's possible.
I had actually started making plans last year to go stay with a friend in St. John, but she ended up coming back here. Which raises another question. Why do so many who leave Montreal end up coming back here? Everyone I know who's ever lived elsewhere tells me I'll be miserable and end up coming back. I don't see it.
Calgary would be too cold for me, I think, although ppl say that's where the money is.
I suppose, since I am a LONG way from financial independence of any kind, it will ultimately depend on employment/housing opportunities that present themselves... gotta love kijiji! :smile:
Unless of course, anyone has any suggestions about relocating with no money. (Starving artist, remember? lol)
And Risus, the way you handled that restaurant situation was perfect, and I'm sorry they were so rude to you, but we live with that every day here. Typical "when in Rome" attitude. :angryfire:
Well I have spent the last few days continuing my "research"...
I must say, after all this I tend to lean more towards the west coast than the east; however, my impression is that one must have money to head west. It seems the cost of living is considerably less in the Maritimes.
Sigh.
Talloola, your description of Comox was wonderful, and reading up on it led me to another place that sounds really interesting, Salt Spring Island.
Nanaimo... well, I sure love the bars, I always grab one between buses at Tim's every day before work! ;-)
Moncton... this is gonna sound weird, but years and years ago I had a kind of flash vision of a bus with the word "Moncton" written on it...
so I guess anything's possible.
I had actually started making plans last year to go stay with a friend in St. John, but she ended up coming back here. Which raises another question. Why do so many who leave Montreal end up coming back here? Everyone I know who's ever lived elsewhere tells me I'll be miserable and end up coming back. I don't see it.
Calgary would be too cold for me, I think, although ppl say that's where the money is.
I suppose, since I am a LONG way from financial independence of any kind, it will ultimately depend on employment/housing opportunities that present themselves... gotta love kijiji! :smile:
Unless of course, anyone has any suggestions about relocating with no money. (Starving artist, remember? lol)
And Risus, the way you handled that restaurant situation was perfect, and I'm sorry they were so rude to you, but we live with that every day here. Typical "when in Rome" attitude. :angryfire:
Don't go to BC. That place sucks. Not a single good town anywhere. Everywhere you go there's a line. The people are rude. Everything is too expensive. Try and find a nice town in Ontario. Like Timmins, Sudbury, London, or maybe somewhere in Saskatchewan? They need tourism dollars.
Canadian Cities
London, ON - I can't say that I really like this place, but I have spent a lot of my life in this city. It's okay... It's clean, but there isn't much of anything to do here. 6/10
Calgary, AB - Again, not a big fan of this place, but I have spent the last 2 years of my life here. There are things to do here, but for a population of about a million people, the downtown isn't really that big. The city is physically very awkward because the only skyscrapers you see when flying by on a plane are the ones downtown. The rest looks like fields of houses. I guess the best way to describe this city is a "giant suburb." Basically I only like this city because of the people I know. 6.5/10
Montreal, QC - I love this cities landscape. It has some clean parts, but some dirty parts as well. Also, people here speak mainly french, but you'd be able to survive only knowing english. 8/10
Vancouver, BC - This is a really great city, and it reminds me of Montreal only much more beautiful. Just the fact that it is situated in between the Pacific Ocean and the rocky mountains. Both are easily accessible from the city. Great place. 9.5/10
which leaves me to Toronto, ON - The best city in all of Canada and quite possibly the world. It is so multicultural, and has so many things to do. You will never go bored here. It's so easy to get around with the TTC. The crime rates are low, and downtown Toronto at Yonge & Dundas is the best place in the world. Toronto is the centre of the universe. Deal with it. ∞/10
London, ON - I can't say that I really like this place, but I have spent a lot of my life in this city. It's okay... It's clean, but there isn't much of anything to do here. 6/10
Calgary, AB - Again, not a big fan of this place, but I have spent the last 2 years of my life here. There are things to do here, but for a population of about a million people, the downtown isn't really that big. The city is physically very awkward because the only skyscrapers you see when flying by on a plane are the ones downtown. The rest looks like fields of houses. I guess the best way to describe this city is a "giant suburb." Basically I only like this city because of the people I know. 6.5/10
Montreal, QC - I love this cities landscape. It has some clean parts, but some dirty parts as well. Also, people here speak mainly french, but you'd be able to survive only knowing english. 8/10
Vancouver, BC - This is a really great city, and it reminds me of Montreal only much more beautiful. Just the fact that it is situated in between the Pacific Ocean and the rocky mountains. Both are easily accessible from the city. Great place. 9.5/10
which leaves me to Toronto, ON - The best city in all of Canada and quite possibly the world. It is so multicultural, and has so many things to do. You will never go bored here. It's so easy to get around with the TTC. The crime rates are low, and downtown Toronto at Yonge & Dundas is the best place in the world. Toronto is the centre of the universe. Deal with it. ∞/10
Until now, many people would have said Vancouver was the best. Too many gang related killings over the past couple of months. Pretty scary. I've only been to Toronto once for a very brief time. Didn't like it but I don't like Vancouver either. I don't like any big city.
I hope you are right but they say on the news that the fear gang activity will escalate over this. I gather they are trying to expedite this whole thing. I hope it's all over very soon.
It is very worrisome, I agree. Just hope they shoot each other enough times that
the remaining thugs have no more 'power', and the police put a good dent in
their power. Vancouver is not l.a., so if the law is tough and vigilent, perhaps
it will be successful. They can't just sit around and let Vancouver become a city
of gangs and crime, that would be a rotton shame in such a beautiful city as
Vancouver.
Toronto is the best city in Canada, closely followed by Vancouver, then Montreal then Calgary as a distant 4th.
Toronto has low crime rates, entertainment, excellent public transportation system, multiculturalism, nightlife, stable economy, warmer winters, big population, low concentration of homeless people, and has the safest downtown in all of North America. The only drawbacks are that it's a pretty smoggy hot city in the summer, but it's never really affected my breathing.
I live in Calgary now, but I'm moving back to Toronto in the summer, and I'm really excited.
Toronto has low crime rates, entertainment, excellent public transportation system, multiculturalism, nightlife, stable economy, warmer winters, big population, low concentration of homeless people, and has the safest downtown in all of North America. The only drawbacks are that it's a pretty smoggy hot city in the summer, but it's never really affected my breathing.
I live in Calgary now, but I'm moving back to Toronto in the summer, and I'm really excited.
I grew up not far from Vancouver, and I love that city, know it frontwards and
backwards, it's physically beautiful, and the ocean is everywhere to be seen,
I couldn't live away from that ocean.
Toronto is OK, but I have no emotional ties there, visited there once, for
a week, and I will visit Montreal this fall for a few days, I have never been
there. I would like Calgary because of the horse country atmosphere.
Also to be seen in Canada
It is really heart-wrenching to see the plight of our elders in society. Even their children are neither bothered nor cared for them. Though it is not too common at the moment in Canada since cultured countries like India face the same problem and run different charities. The main reason behind the problem is the present-day social fabric of the world and Indians too are following their western counterparts after attaining a certain status in society.
Since I am a member of caregiver canada (Welcome to Canadian Caregivers Assocation!!), interaction with
the homeless old age people was possible at the same time horrible to hear their
worries too.
It is really heart-wrenching to see the plight of our elders in society. Even their children are neither bothered nor cared for them. Though it is not too common at the moment in Canada since cultured countries like India face the same problem and run different charities. The main reason behind the problem is the present-day social fabric of the world and Indians too are following their western counterparts after attaining a certain status in society.
Since I am a member of caregiver canada (Welcome to Canadian Caregivers Assocation!!), interaction with
the homeless old age people was possible at the same time horrible to hear their
worries too.
