New Winnipeg Forums - Winnipeg Exodus
Shel,its not all bad posts in this thread,.. check this out.
New Winnipeg Forums - Winnipeg Exodus: "It's not all exodus...
I married a Winnipeg girl - at the Fort Garry no less - and have come to love our visits 'back home'. My wife left for school and opportunities kept her in Toronto, where I'm from.
But things change and priorities change. We have the chance to get out of Toronto right now; we've decided to take it and will be moving in July.
It takes about ten seconds to get our Toronto friends on board with this move. Cost of living, a top notch arts scene, proximity of family, abundance of jobs, fresh air, prairie sky and a short list of very excellent 'Peg friends who never felt the need to bash their heads against Upper Canada, soon have them nodding and excusing themselves to go on mls.
We'll be living a short walk from a couple of beautiful parks, a decent coffee and a whack of great little shops. There's a world class wine shop less than 5 minutes from our place and a glut of grocery stores.
Added to all this is the equity we're bringing with us from killing ourselves in the Toronto real estate market and a pretty decent real, tangible, quality of life argument writes itself.
But we're super lucky... Not many people get to have a second chance in a new town once they've rushed into their 'adult life' after school, when debt and responsibility have them cornered.
Anyway, I don't think we're freaks or anything. I bet there are a few people trolling this board right now asking themselves the hard questions about what they want for themselves and their families. Asking themselves if 14 hour work days to pay for ridiculous mortgages and child care is what they had in mind when they signed up for the big city thing.
Not to mention the fact that we had dozens of 'don't go outside if you can avoid it because the air isn't good for you days' last Summer. Nothing says good living like a respirator! I mean seriously, is childhood asthma a fair trade for my career aspirations?
From where I stand the tide is turning and, again, I bet that more than a few big city 'Peggers and - their spouses - will be seriously considering returning.
Heck, I think some of our died-in-the-wool Hogtowner friends might be following us...
"
New Winnipeg Forums - Winnipeg Exodus: "It's not all exodus...
I married a Winnipeg girl - at the Fort Garry no less - and have come to love our visits 'back home'. My wife left for school and opportunities kept her in Toronto, where I'm from.
But things change and priorities change. We have the chance to get out of Toronto right now; we've decided to take it and will be moving in July.
It takes about ten seconds to get our Toronto friends on board with this move. Cost of living, a top notch arts scene, proximity of family, abundance of jobs, fresh air, prairie sky and a short list of very excellent 'Peg friends who never felt the need to bash their heads against Upper Canada, soon have them nodding and excusing themselves to go on mls.
We'll be living a short walk from a couple of beautiful parks, a decent coffee and a whack of great little shops. There's a world class wine shop less than 5 minutes from our place and a glut of grocery stores.
Added to all this is the equity we're bringing with us from killing ourselves in the Toronto real estate market and a pretty decent real, tangible, quality of life argument writes itself.
But we're super lucky... Not many people get to have a second chance in a new town once they've rushed into their 'adult life' after school, when debt and responsibility have them cornered.
Anyway, I don't think we're freaks or anything. I bet there are a few people trolling this board right now asking themselves the hard questions about what they want for themselves and their families. Asking themselves if 14 hour work days to pay for ridiculous mortgages and child care is what they had in mind when they signed up for the big city thing.
Not to mention the fact that we had dozens of 'don't go outside if you can avoid it because the air isn't good for you days' last Summer. Nothing says good living like a respirator! I mean seriously, is childhood asthma a fair trade for my career aspirations?
From where I stand the tide is turning and, again, I bet that more than a few big city 'Peggers and - their spouses - will be seriously considering returning.
Heck, I think some of our died-in-the-wool Hogtowner friends might be following us...
"
posted by Ian at
Thursday, May 25, 2006
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