Celcius wrote:
Speaking of Edmonton, I'm visiting Edmonton next week. Anyone want to race me Letsrace.com style?
Unfortunately the weather is going to be above freezing next week; we have a ton of snow, so this warm weather is going to mess up all the trails. But, you might want to do a run with this group, some pretty fast guys here, and tough workouts:
http://www.fasttraxskishop.com/news.phpOld Man By the Sea wrote:
Banff.
Without a doubt, few places in the world are more beautiful than Banff. But it's FULL of tourists all the time (most of the restaurant menus are in Japanese) and I think everyone else who lives there are students from Australia who want to do lots of skiing. It's great to go for the weekend, but I can't imagine LIVING there? So isolated!!!!
Guppy wrote:
Edmonton may be nice in the summer (I don't know but can imagine), but it's surely miserable the rest of the year for most people. It's honestly kind of amazing to me that such a large community exists all the way up there so far from the coast or any other major cities.
I say this all the time. There are a lot of great things about Edmonton, but in my opinion they are overshadowed by our HELL-ON-EARTH winters. This is a very large city with a lot of suburbs and I can't believe so many people live here, especially considering that almost everyone I know hates our winter. If my entire family didn't live here, and I didn't have such a great job, I would have moved ages ago.
Speaking of jobs, this is one positive thing about Edmonton: there are jobs EVERYWHERE. I've especially noticed over the last week with all the Christmas shopping I've been doing; literally every store/shop/restaurant/gas station is hiring.
As I have gotten older I hate humid weather. I would love to live in an area where I could ice skate outdoors and enjoy cold outdoor activites.
Thunder Bay is a great place to live, speaking from experience
Revelstoke, Rossland, Fernie, Nelson, maybe Whistler, maybe Van or Montreal
Flin Flon.
Cool name.
Val Morin in the mountains near Montreal.
For work that is relevant globally, Toronto is the only city. Other posters have pointed out that Vancouver does not have a lot of good paying jobs - its not commercially relevant to Canada, Energy, Mining etc. It is where Canadians and immigrants go to retire. Victoria more so.
Montreal is past its prime. They like to think they matter, but it is so over-regulated, and down right hostile to non-French speakers. They are basically out to lunch, but so is a lot of Canada.
If you want a city with the most, "global" view of itself and the world, then you can really only choose Toronto.
Running is great here. Lots of trails, clubs, races, meets. Normally not that much precipitation. Gets a little colder Jan-Feb, but not much more than say Boston.
Victoria.
Mildest winters in Canada. Less rain that Vancouver, Seattle and Nanaimo. Great running and general endurance sport town.
Sunniest summers in Canada.
Great art, music and recreation scene. Might be too small for some people - 350,000....so Vancouver would be the choice for those wanting a bigger city.
Vancouver has better access to skiing, three mountains basically a few minutes drive from downtown. And being on the island in Victoria, it can be a hassle to get off to go to Vancouver or Seattle for a concert or major league sports game. But fair trade to be in one of the finest small cities in North America.
Toronto has long been the butt of many a joke to any Canadian who doesn't live there, and now, thanks to Ford, a joke to people all around the World. I would personally rather live just about anywhere in Canada other than Toronto - even Regina or Winterpeg.
Assuming I had the option of equal employment opportunities in any place (obviously not the case), Victoria's the best place to live in the Winter (Vancouver is ridiculously overrated) and Canmore, Nelson or possibly Jasper would be my preferred location in the Summer.
Victoria, Vancouver and its envrions would be 2nd, with Montreal a distant 3rd.
Vancouver. Bar None.
As long as you don't mind renting, that is.
Prince Edward Island
Toront or Ottawa.
West is best wrote:
Toronto has long been the butt of many a joke to any Canadian who doesn't live there, and now, thanks to Ford, a joke to people all around the World. I would personally rather live just about anywhere in Canada other than Toronto - even Regina or Winterpeg.
Assuming I had the option of equal employment opportunities in any place (obviously not the case), Victoria's the best place to live in the Winter (Vancouver is ridiculously overrated) and Canmore, Nelson or possibly Jasper would be my preferred location in the Summer.
If you don't have to earn a living, then Nelson is perfect. Lots of dope growing Americans who dodged the Vietnam draft and never went home.
If you want to earn a livable wage, and do relevant commercial work, then you live in Toronto (possibly Calgary). All other Canadian cities are too small, too parochial, or far too dominated by unions. A lot of Canadians don't like this because they are not trained or educated to deal with this new paradigm. But it is the unfortunate truth.
Quebec City baby !!
Da UP of Michigan.
what about Halifax or places in the far eastern end? I would imagine they have US NOrtheast type weather. Great summers and fall/springs.
why not?? wrote:
what about Halifax or places in the far eastern end? I would imagine they have US NOrtheast type weather. Great summers and fall/springs.
No jobs. I live in Alberta (Edmonton) and we call Fort McMurray "the capital of Newfoundland" because everyone has to come here for jobs.