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WhatEvil posted:So a couple of people mentioned Ottawa and I thought I'd take a look at houses: Depends on the job. Commute to downtown from there wouldn’t be too bad, but if you’re going east or west (most tech jobs will be either west or downtown) it might be a bit of a long commute. Transit from there isn’t going to be good, so you’ll need to drive. Otherwise it’s a suburb, and if you’re ok living in one there’s nothing wrong with it. Not a lot of character but you get a lot of house. At that price range you could get something in the city that not as big but still nice.
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WhatEvil posted:Yeah suburbs are fine. There seem to be comparable places on the west side of downtown (Like Kanata area?) but to get to the same price point you have to go a bit further out (so 25 mins drive instead of 15 mins drive on the East) but that'd be fine. We have a lot of space, so we expand out a fair bit and houses get pretty big. Ottawa also has the highest median income in Canada because of all the government jobs. It's a good place to live & raise a family and stuff. Note that it can be pretty french depending where you live. South and West are almost all English, East can be like living in Quebec. French can also be relevant for some jobs, particularly government.
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Mar 9, 2018 14:52
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It's very doable. Not perfect, but not a terrible idea at all. Where you'll have trouble isn't day to day life, it's work. You'd need to work in an industry or at least company where being primarily English isn't an issue.
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Jun 29, 2018 02:34
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I have family from Montreal who literally never learned to speak French, despite living there for 50+ years. There are parts of Montreal where it's completely optional.
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Jun 29, 2018 02:41
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