Where are you and Why?

Ice-Pick said:
Where abouts are you and what are the plusses and minuses there, why do you live there OR where would you be if you had the choice ?

Mike
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Fraser Valley, B.C.

+ climate, close proximity to everything outdoors

- too many people for my liking, cost of living/housing.

Lower Mainland B.C., great climate, rains a bit in the winter, but hey you don't have to shovel it. Housing is expensive. I live about 70 km east of the city. Seems 300 to 500 k is what it takes to buy a decent detached dwelling. House prices decrease the farther out the valley you go. UBC has both mechanical engineering and marine biology programs. You are in close proximity to everything you need, medically, shopping, entertainment, etc. Not involved with the trades, so I'm not sure what the employment situation is like there. Economy is doing O.K. relative to other spots so I would think for someone motivated you could find work.

Will not be moving in the near future, but if work wasn't an issue and I could move tomorrow I would be in the Kootenay region of B.C., or the southern Yukon, both with stunning countryside, tons of game, outdoor activities, and agreeable climates. The Kootenay's (depending on where you pitch your tent) has decent access to all the amenities of modern life.

I have spent a little time on the east coast and love it there. The people, the places are great. Know some people who moved there and didn't want to leave but had to for work reasons, and others who never will (move). Other than that, don't know enough to comment on the details.

Good luck with your decision.
 
wapitiwhacker said:
Fraser Valley, B.C.

+ climate, close proximity to everything outdoors

- too many people for my liking, cost of living/housing.
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Average house in the area is 600k, It only goes up from there is you want any decent sized land, or slightly lower if you are willing to live in a town house. Fraser valley is expensive, and you have that crap HST to deal with in BC...

On the lighter note, the fraser valley area is well rounded in that you are never much more than a half hour or so from a forest to hike in, and a half hour from a Costco to buy your food at. I know back in nova scotia, the subdivisions are plentiful, but you have to really travel to find basic things like grocery stores and hardware stores. If you fish too, water is never far away.

I can't say much for hunting though, I usually travel out past Merritt for that.
 
CyaN1de said:
Mike,

The Kamloops region would be a great place to move to. We have some of the best shooters in BC (If not Canada).

Our range will be getting extended to 900m in the next year or so.
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kamloops... You mean the Gobi desert?
 
Ice-Pick said:
We,ve taken an Interest in Dalhousie Univ. for the boys. One is interested in Mech. Eng. the other wants to be a marine biologist and Nova Scotia does have the school for that.

Wanna get back to my electrical work (comm.)
M.
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One boy has certainly seen the light. Although I have made a descent living at my careers, from Toolmaker to Software Engineer.

I have said for at least 20 years, "if only I had got a job swimming with dolphins". Shudda been a marine biologist.
 
Peanut hit the nail on the head. It would be my first choice for a move. Unfortunately my situation will not allow for it to happen and 25 years with the company I ahvfe been with is pretty hard to leave.

Calvin
 
Vair said:
God's country, this. God's country that. Not to be contrary, but no one part of Canada is God's country. It is ALL God's country (okay, maybe except Toronto...) Consider yourself Blessed to be from Canada, and pick your location knowing anywhere here is better than most places elsewhere.
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I agree, I too have lived accross Canada and can't imagine ever leaving Alberta.
 
Nova Scotia is unique in its rich culture, with areas such as German-people-built Lunenbourg, acknowledged by the UN as a heritage site or the French Acadian influence across the province, which adds to the community. You can visit Highlander-founded beautiful Cape Breton one weekend and the high tides of the Bay of Fundy next.
Halifax has a rich history, founded by Cornwall in 1749 to offeset the French threat at Quebec and Louisbourg, the latter now a national historic site. The naval influence is still prevalent, as we are the Atlantic headquarters for the Navy.

We have an excellent 800 metre privately owned range which also has a 100 metre rifle range and handgun range.

Many Nova Scotians make their money elsehere and almost all return home when they can.
 
If this has to be my first post...its a good spot to start.
I live in Alberta and work in the TAR SANDS and you can say what you want, but Im over 100k and work 6 months a year. I work as a Safety Officer. The TAR SANDS works for ME.
I enjoy all of Alberta and what it has to offer. Very interesting places and beautiful landscapes.

I WILL be returning to Nova Scotia so I can smell the salt flats each tide cycle and eat dalts for a snack.

Im getting back into target shooting and reloading after a 20 year hiatus.
Small bore rifle and handguns.

I live near Cold Lake, fyi.
 
I would definitely move to BC if it didn't rain 11 months out of the year! very beautiful there, and lots of things to keep yourself busy.

Unfortunately for me, weather affects me very much so it would be very hard to live in those conditions almost all year round. I have always dreamed of living somewhere tropical or places like - florida, southern california, texas, arizona, georgia...

I have lived all over Canada, but I still can't say which province is best. Every province has its positives and negatives. If i could put up with the rain and HST, I would move somewhere in BC for sure.
 
I live in Whitehorse, Yukon right now, and dont plan on leaving anytime soon. Flights are cheap to get 'Outside' every now and again, and that range in the picture is about a 5 minute drive from my house. The range here is a great facility, with trap/skeet shooting ranges, long range (500 m) lanes, pistol ranges, falling plate ranges, all within a 10 minute drive from downtown Whitehorse. A large and active amount of shooters in town as well as events at the range quite often (3-gun, cowboy, sniper shoots, ect.). No HST here either as well, only the 5% GST. And best of all, you cant get much further from Ottawa then the Yukon and still stay in Canada!
 
Ice-Pick said:
Great answers guys, keep it up.......... but... a few don't mention or show where they are NOW.

It's great to say move to THIS place but are you currently IN this place or are you planning a move?

What i'd like to know is how much chance is there of finding work as an Electrician? What's a house worth, I can't have the family
living in a place the size of a hunting cabin next to a land fill. What's a bungalo type house worth?, in town, out of town, etc.
Do I have to drive 2 hrs to get to a movie theater , where are the hospitals, 15 min. or 4 hrs? Schools for the kids (ages 22,12)
Dalhousie has a fantastic Marine biology set up for the 12 yr old, does B.C. offer something like this?

Mike.
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Shouldn't have any issues finding work as a sparky here. I was an apprentice and I had companies asking me to go work for them. Housing can be kinda a tad on the high side, but for a 3-4 bedroom your looking 265k-ish in a decent neighbourhood. We have 2 local movie theatres here in town, neither of which are great, but a damned sight better then nothing as well. We actually have a great hospital here for the size of our city (20,461 as of the 2006 census). 99% of the amenities you can get outside, you can get in Whitehorse proper, save some of the higher end stuff. Schooling is the killer here. But, if your 12 year old does a few years of high school in the Yukon, the territorial government grants them a fairly hefty amount to persue higher educations, either in the territory or Outside. Our college here is closely related to Simon Frasier University if I remember right, and most courses you do here are fully transferable to most major universities and collages in Canada.

But I warn you, there are lots of stories of people coming here for a vacation, then sending thier keys back home, telling thier friends to pack thier stuff, and send it up, cause they dont ever want to leave. Once you experience the Yukon, all else pales in comparision.

If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me, and I will get you the info you want or need! :)

Cheers, and hope to see you at one of our 3-gun shoots at the club!

Drae
 
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LongBomber said:
I live in Cranbrook BC during the week and out just outside of Jaffray BC on the weekends. Take a look at google earth, god's country over here.

And I am 3 1/2 hours to Calgary (wholesale sports, Basspro, Homestead range), 3 hours to Lethbridge, both have good universities for the family.

I can hunt within 1 mile of my house in town, have a gun range (1500 yards)at my dad's. And our hunting seasons are pretty amazing really. Very good hunting without needing a draw like Alberta, and long seasons. Many area's with quad trails, a active sled club with groomed trails to the mountain basins, and generally very unlimited outdoor recreation.

Many people dream of living in such a place...
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Mayook Valley here, just 18 minutes from you, 18 minutes from Cranbrook and I couldn't agree more.

I've lived in the US and in other parts of Canada (not east of MB though) and I cannot see living anywhere else. Although I have visited TO and Montreal I just can't stand being around that many people at once. I just don't know how 'big city' people can do it without going crazy!
 
They don't......... they're all crazy!!

What we need are more pics...

Bobcaygeon Ont. 1.5 - 2 hrs out of Toronto

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Just South of Midland Ont last winter after a big storm

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Cottage country Ontario

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What I like to do in the winter (yes i'm smoking)

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Friend Shaun, Cousin Dave, My future marine biologist and Me, Bobcaygeon last year, boys weekend.

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Mike
 
Moved to B.C.in the 70,s. Wish i had done it in the mid 1960s. Born and raised in QUEBEC (mon ami) lived in Northern ontario.Vermont and Idaho. (had a house in Port Charlotte Florida). I have been on VANCOUVER ISLAND for about 25 years. WOULD NEVER live anywhere else(Except, MABE playa del carmen for jan.and.feb.) Wilderness at your back door Great hunting, bears cougar deer roam around town on a regular basis and 15 minutes to Vancouver (WHY you would go there?????) . lots of great people and gun clubes that cater to all firearm activities. I,ve said too much. its all B.S. move to WINDSOR.. POPS
 
MrSchultz said:
I would definitely move to BC if it didn't rain 11 months out of the year! very beautiful there, and lots of things to keep yourself busy.
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I'm sure that has to be tongue in cheek. B.C. is huge and contains locations with vastly different climate, ranging from coastal rain forest to DESERT. Even on the coast (lower mainland) 11months of rain is a huge stretch.
 
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