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Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jul 15 2005, 11:17 AM
So people keep asking me what I did.
Well simply put I had a whale of a time.
Love Toronto. The only other place in Canada I'd consider living.In fact
We did the simple things and the touristy things..
Checked out museums , went to water parks , the full gamut.
We stayed in Royal Suites in Banff and camped on a deserted lake toasted marshmallows and swam...
Fan-fucking-tastic.
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I have visted every major city in Canada.
I have settled in Edmonton. And I will probabably remain in Edmonton.
Despite the cold winters and mosquito summers, my reasons are this:
1) Affordable realestate for now
- my $250K house in a decent Edmonton neighborhood... would cost at least 1.5 mill in Vancouver. And Edmonton property is forcasted to INCREASE substantially over the next few years.
2) Low taxes
-Alberta has the lowest taxes in all of Canada - No debt - and NO provincial sales tax.
3) Ammentities
- We have a population of 1 mill and the largest mall in the World. Who cares if its cold you can do everything you ever need to do under one roof.
http://westedmontonmall.com
4) National Parks and Rocky Mountains
- Banff is 1 hour drive from Calgary and Jasper is 3 hour drive from Edmonton.
The only shitty thing is that the economy is TOO GOOD here and its harder to find cam girls for my business becuase its easy to find jobs... BUT min wage is also LOWER.
I have thought about going to Czech... but the girls there dont speak english... but with proper training... who knows???
Economically... Alberta is definanately the best place to live in all of Canada.
If I had unlimited money though and didnt have to worry about anything. I would retire in either Pentiction or Kelowna, BC. Or Niagra Falls, ONT. Empty the nest and open a B&B.
Sabby