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Ottawa is #1 again
« on: May 30, 2008, 02:13:09 pm »
http://list.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/bestplacestolive/2008/article.aspx?id=20080417_104435_10272&page=1&df=overview

http://list.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/bestplacestolive/2008/prosperity/Default.aspx?sp2=1&d1=a&sc1=6&sub=n1&df=bestcities


Canada's best places to live
Phil Froats and Ian McGugan
From the May 2008 issue of MoneySense magazine

Alex Beckett grew up in Saint John, N.B., and in his early 20s left the East Coast to attend graduate school in Toronto. He liked the hubbub of the big city and, after graduation, he built a thriving career as a web master and editor. He and his wife Jo, a Halifax girl, bought a house in an up-and-coming Toronto neighborhood and settled down to raise a family. But after their second daughter was born, the Becketts began to experience the oddest sensation — a distinct yearning to return to their Maritime roots. Alex knew that work in his field would not be as easy to find as in Toronto, but both he and Jo pined for a less hectic life and the smell of salt air.

Four years ago, the Becketts finally decided to act on their yearnings. They cashed out of a booming Toronto real estate market and moved to a dream house on the south shore of Nova Scotia, about 45 minutes down the road from Halifax. As the Becketts hoped, the move brought them closer to family. They loved the sense of space and constant presence of the ocean, not to mention the lower real estate prices and relaxed pace of life. But Atlantic Canada wasn't all bliss — among other things, the call for Internet expertise on the East Coast was even less than Alex's modest expectations had foreseen. "I don't think I ever doubted our move," he says, "but I realized that I had underestimated some of the economic differences between what I had grown used to in Toronto and what I was experiencing on the East Coast." If, like the Becketts, you've ever wondered about picking up and moving, you've probably pondered what makes a community a good place to live. Is it climate? Salaries? Real estate?

To be honest, it's probably a bit of each of those factors, plus many more. Our third annual list of Canada's Best Places to Live is designed to help you measure as many different aspects of a community as possible. You can use our findings in several ways. Perhaps you're planning to relocate. Perhaps you're looking to invest in real estate. Maybe you simply want to know how your community stacks up against its neighbors. Whatever your situation, we've got the facts you need
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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2008, 02:40:05 pm »
Estevan, SK. I wonder if anyone at Canadian business has ever been there. I have and it wouldn't be on my list. ::)

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2008, 02:51:21 pm »
I travelled thru Estevan twice ... know people there. Lived in Swift Current, Sk for 6 months. Oil&Gas musta been good to those two places.

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2008, 02:59:22 pm »
Estevan, SK. I wonder if anyone at Canadian business has ever been there. I have and it wouldn't be on my list. ::)

Unemployments is 0.8% which is #1 in that category so I'm sure that is why it made it to 34th.
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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2008, 04:10:17 pm »
Thompson Manitoba No. 19 ???  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:….clearly these people have never been to a town that requires a guard at the liquor store

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2008, 04:30:38 pm »
...THEY...Have....a LIQUOR STORE............... :D..err STILL[/s]
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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2008, 07:42:17 pm »
London at No. 14 which is pretty good as our real estate market is  now starting to creep up and is still fairly reasonable in comparison to many other large Cities in Canada. The standard of living here is actually faily decent and its easy to get around. The only real problem we seem to have is a really dumb City Council who spends like there's NO to-morrow. WE have very good schools of both types University and College which are both highly rated. WE also have lots of decent industry here as well.  :)

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2008, 07:52:18 pm »
Port Alberni #154.   Where's AVT? 


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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2008, 09:03:54 pm »
What a most useless article.  Brandon, Manitoba and Mississauga in the top 18.  ::)

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2008, 07:52:54 pm »
London at No. 14 which is pretty good as our real estate market is  now starting to creep up and is still fairly reasonable in comparison to many other large Cities in Canada. The standard of living here is actually faily decent and its easy to get around. The only real problem we seem to have is a really dumb City Council who spends like there's NO to-morrow. WE have very good schools of both types University and College which are both highly rated. WE also have lots of decent industry here as well.  :)

I wish there was some type of freeway that went through the central part of London.

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2008, 08:00:24 pm »
We're number 3! We're number 3! We're number 3! :banana: :cheers:
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2008, 08:39:32 pm »
We have enough main roads going thru London then to need anymore expressways at this time I feel. Its very easy to cross already if you know your way around.  The vast majority of the major artieries here are in very good shape and the traffic does move fairly well with the light systems we have in place at the moment. There's always room for improvement but overall its fairly decent to travel in or thru.  :)

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2008, 09:45:07 pm »
We're #71! Sounds terrible, but that's up from #89 in '07! We're on a roll! :rofl2:
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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2008, 12:16:28 pm »
..WHOSE #2....shitty City............in ENGLAND.

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2008, 12:19:51 pm »
My town isn't on the list!  :)

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2008, 12:21:13 pm »
 ::) ??? :P :think: :nono:

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Re: Ottawa is #1 again
« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2008, 12:22:14 pm »
Tribe me!