Best places to live in Canada 2012

[Locomotion]

We have a 3000 square foot Lyndelle Cedar Home on a 12,000 square foot lot in the city of Nanaimo..

Cost $300k..

But ya.. you should pay a little more to live in paradise..

Jobs here suck too.. If you're a good entrepreneur it's not bad..

I've always been the employer not the employee..

Yeah Nanaimo is one thing, but the Lower Mainland is another world altogether. I'm an entrepreneur too but I would never pay over a million for a small house.

I'm selling my house this year in Edmonton, expect to get around $380k for it. If the exact same house were situated in Vancouver, it would be listing for around a million. That's just insane.

Who are these people getting approved for mortgages that high?

A lot of people were blaming it on off-shore chinese millionaires, but the truth is they only make up less than 5% of the purchasers.

I predict the bubble will burst in the not too distant future.

[daisuki888]

The list is pretty suprising.
Toronto is 47
I think Montreal was 147 or something.
Top ten cities

1. Ottawa
2. Burlington
3. Kingston
4. Halifax
5. Regina
6. Brandon
7. Fredericton
8. Edmonton
9. Red Deer
10. Winnipeg

There are alot of changes in the last few years.

http://list.moneysense.ca/rankings/b...2=1&d1=a&sc1=0

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...anks-47th?bn=1

This is far from the top 10 list of Shemale Cities in canada.
However ladies, if you are looking for somewhere to move, this list is a good example of where things will be in the future.

wow nice places, sure to have more fun there

[Alexis]

Yeah Nanaimo is one thing, but the Lower Mainland is another world altogether. I'm an entrepreneur too but I would never pay over a million for a small house.

I'm selling my house this year in Edmonton, expect to get around $380k for it. If the exact same house were situated in Vancouver, it would be listing for around a million. That's just insane.

Who are these people getting approved for mortgages that high?

A lot of people were blaming it on off-shore chinese millionaires, but the truth is they only make up less than 5% of the purchasers.

I predict the bubble will burst in the not too distant future.

I spent the majority of my life in the new construction industry..

The Vancouver housing market is the biggest boom market around and has shown no sign of slowinging down or market saturation at this point. This market has been the strongest growth area in Vancouver for 20 years and several people have speculated that the houses will all crash price wise..

They keep going up and so does the demand for these properties..

The house I bought in 1997 for $176k in Surrey is now worth $400k (nice corner lot). Unfortunately one of my ex's got that house and ended up selling it for a mere $50k profit.

Here on the island the market crashed.. it's currently a buyers market and most properties are 10-25% under the boom values seen 3 years ago..

Vancouver might cap if construction ever catches up with demand but it will not crash..

All the Asian people are investing there for a reason.. The towers sell out when they build them..

I'm where I am because it's open, peaceful, people are happy, there's no hurry and we love our food..

If I wanted to be wealthy (money) instead of rich (life) I'd go back to Vancouver..

I did the boom town race for too many years.. I just visit to party now..

[Rockheart]

Vancouver is mainly for the world's elite.
Many of the luxury condos built in Vancouver now have a smaller rental suite built in so the owners can rent it out and actually afford to live there.

Unfortunately predictions of the changing weather patterns point to the cooling of the pacific northwest.
The Jetstream is changing in addtion to the gulf stream adjusting, the latter is bad news for Vancouver Island.
This will most likely mean the end of the Boreal Rainforest and the winterfication of the lower mainland and Vancouver Island.

The only place in Canada that was below average in temperature this winter was Vancouver Island.
Two years ago Victoria bought their first snow plows.
The peak of the Coquihalla saw the deepest snow pack this year since it was built.
Give it 20 years and there will be full out winter out on the West Coast.
Meanwhile other parts of Canada will warm up.

All this will end the real estate speculation.
Vancouver will be buried in shitload of snow instead of rain.

It will be interesting.

Make sure to buy a shovel.

[Alexis]

I dunno..

20 years ago we use to get way more snow here than we do now..

When I was 13 in Victoria we got 5 feet of snow in 3 days..

That same year and same system brought 20 feet of snow to the top of Mount Washington and buried the village for 2 weeks..

In 96 when I was in Vancouver we got 4 feet in 48 hours.. Brought the city to as standstill for the next 48 hours..

Lately.. never have to shovel much more than the step and we get 1-2 snowfalls maybe 6" a shot..

In the 50's it use to snow way more here and 5 foot dumps were common several times in the winter..

I think the climate is so fucked they can barely predict next week never mind next year or 20 years from now. The ocean current conveyors are getting all fucked up and when those change it will totally screw the global weather patterns..

Climate change doesn't seem to be impacting waterfront property values..

Also you can find lots of affordable stuff in Vancouver's suburbs. If you're in Vancouver proper it's very expensive indeed..

I think the only real future concern for Vancouver and Richmond in particular is the pending sea level rise. A few meters would put lots of it under water..

[Rockheart]

I know it snows out there because I was in Vancouver the day that the roof of BC place collapsed.
There was knee deep wet snow and people were losing it.
However it went away quite quickly, as usual.
I was laughing at everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfrGkQ4mt8w


They say as the world warms up the melting of the polar caps will cause the gulfstream to change.
This will burst the bubble that allows the boreal rain forests on the coast to survive.

The snow will come and stay soon on the west coast.

Even though global warming will warm up the world,
the change in the gulfstreams will eventually cool it off drastically.
Places like Vancouver Island will see the biggest effects of global warming first.

[sharky]

Guelph Ontario

Although Guelph lacks T girl
Action .. It is the highest job rate , the lowest crime rate , steady growth rate , University of Guelph with the 2nd best Vet college in Canada and 3 best Aggricultural ... I could go on and on .. High Water Quality,Centrally located 45 minutes to TO , 1.20 to Border ... Cleaner than Kitchener and Hamilton and Toronto.. And safer than all 3 .