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[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by Jellybeans

I used to live in Lasalle

Me too! And the best place (at the time) for Smoked Meat there was Adam's! Is it still there?

Originally Posted by Jellybeans

Pentatonic,

Have you went to Pete's Smoke Meat ? The best Smoke Meat on the island of Montreal and Suburbs

It's located in Ile-Perrot close to the 20

Source : http://www.smokemeatpete.com/

Used to live on Ile-Perrot as well! LOL! Bought my first house in Pincourt!

I live in Oakville now, which is just west of Toronto, and I like it here.

John

[Glassroots]

Happy Friday fellow Canadians.

[Jellybeans]

Originally Posted by John72953

Me too! And the best place (at the time) for Smoked Meat there was Adam's! Is it still there?



Used to live on Ile-Perrot as well! LOL! Bought my first house in Pincourt!

I live in Oakville now, which is just west of Toronto, and I like it here.

John

I don't know if Adams is till there. That place was awesome.

I used to live on Charron.

[paperthrower2000]

GREETINGS from down east

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by Ferris

.....but I've got to tell you, the air really does seem so fresh up there... even in T.O.!

I see you've never taken a walk on Yonge Street or Spadina Avenue.

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

I see you've never taken a walk on Yonge Street or Spadina Avenue.

Or Ste-Catherine and St-Laurent in Montreal, but as soon as you hit the burbs, it does seems clean up here.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by Jellybeans

I don't know if Adams is till there. That place was awesome.

I used to live on Charron.

I lived on David Boyer, Jean Brillon, Lapierre and the corner of Shevchenko & Newman. Man that was a long time ago.

Bought my first house in Pincourt on rue Belanger....

John

[Ferris]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

I see you've never taken a walk on Yonge Street or Spadina Avenue.

Originally Posted by pentatonic

Or Ste-Catherine and St-Laurent in Montreal, but as soon as you hit the burbs, it does seems clean up here.

Well, I grew up in New York, and in comparing T.O. with NYC, Toronto air DEFINITELY seems cleaner.

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Ferris

Well, I grew up in New York, and in comparing T.O. with NYC, Toronto air DEFINITELY seems cleaner.

Got ya now

[D-Blitz]

Originally Posted by Ferris

Well, I grew up in New York, and in comparing T.O. with NYC, Toronto air DEFINITELY seems cleaner.

Most of the people who've lived in Toronto and moved to Vancouver will tell you the same thing.

[Navster]

Originally Posted by D-Blitz

Most of the people who've lived in Toronto and moved to Vancouver will tell you the same thing.

Very clean and Crisp air up in Vancouver for sure!!.. i love it

Dude your AV is hillarious

[Ferris]

I can't wait to get over to BC and check it out... My wife says if we like it enough, we MAY move there. WOOO!!!

[pentatonic]

Let me be the first to wish you a big happy maybe welcome to Canada

[KahunaCanuck]

C'mon over Ferris! Have a great weekend everybody!

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by Ferris

I can't wait to get over to BC and check it out... My wife says if we like it enough, we MAY move there. WOOO!!!

I love British Columbia, but the cost of housing in and around Vancouver is ridiculous.

What does a $1.698 million home looks like in Vancouver? Wonder no more:



I think some folks will get a kick playing Crack Shack or Mansion.

[Belloche]

Hello Canada, I'm here representing Nova Scotia.

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Belloche

Hello Canada, I'm here representing Nova Scotia.

Now that's talking about fresh air, love the Maritimes, as friendly as can be.

[D-Blitz]

Originally Posted by NavsterKing

Very clean and Crisp air up in Vancouver for sure!!.. i love it

Dude your AV is hillarious

You should hear my new voice mail.

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

I love British Columbia, but the cost of housing in and around Vancouver is ridiculous.

What does a $1.698 million home looks like in Vancouver? Wonder no more:



I think some folks will get a kick playing Crack Shack or Mansion.

Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. A nice 4 bedroom single house in the suburbs of Vancouver can be had for $700,000-900,000, which - still - is ridiculously expensive compared to other places. Of course, you can always choose to live in the nearby cities like Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey, etc. My folks live in a nice part of Surrey (Fleetwood) - I rent in Kerrisdale in Vancouver.

I know this isn't relevant to your post, but I thought I'd say this for the people who are thinking about moving here.

Really, the places you wanna stay away from in the Lower Mainland in BC are East Vancouver (avoid Hastings at all costs) and certain areas in Surrey (specifically Whalley & Newton). Other cities like Langley, Abbotsford, and even Coquitlam are nice but quite a bit far from Vancouver.

In Vancouver itself, the Western neighbourhoods are for the rich (Point Grey, Shaugnessy, etc). Personally, I think the nicest place to live in Vancouver that's not as expensive as the other Vancouver West areas is Kitsilano (I wish I can live there)! West Vancouver (a different city than Vancouver and not to be confused with the western parts of Vancouver) is probably the most expensive city in BC. Most of the people who live there are mega-rich retired people and the houses there are gorgeous.

From the other cities, I personally would hate living in Richmond - to me, it's a boring place and has way too many FOB's for my liking (sorry, my opinion) - sometimes when I'm there I feel like the foreign one. Not to mention, commuting from there to Vancouver is a bit of a PITA (even with the new Canada Line). It's a nice, clean and safe city but I would never live there.

North Vancouver (again, a different city) I really would not recommend either, because you then have to deal with the Lions Gate Bridge if you work in Vancouver or want to go down there. It's not the only way to take, but you will have to cross that bridge a lot.

Burnaby is a nice city, and I like it a lot, although some areas are boring. It has a bit of everything, not too far from Vancouver, and is a really good place to settle down if you have a family.

As for Surrey, I lived there for a year and as I said my folks live there. There are some really nice areas in Surrey, but most Vancouverites think Surrey is a piece of crap. As I said above, there are certain areas to avoid there, but generally I recommend living there in the nicer areas - getting to Vancouver is pretty reasonable (30-50 minutes), and you have the Sky Train servicing Surrey Central, etc. South Surrey (and the neighboring city White Rock) are beautiful places to live in and they're growing big time (they opened a Future Shop there recently). White Rock might be one of my favourite places to go with friends - great views, good restaurants and a nice beach.

Hope that helps those of you planning on moving here.

[Navster]

Great Post Blitz... pretty much sums everything up.. lol... I'll be moving to Burnaby... Cant wait

[KahunaCanuck]

You nailed it Blitz! I feel pretty much the exact same way!