My husband and I are from Chicago, but we're thinking of moving to Toronto. He's a musician and I'm a writer, but we both have cubicle day jobs. We love beauty and nature, art, and culture. Do you think Toronto would be a good move for us?
2007-09-11 06:53:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Toronto
Toronto is wonderful with a beautiful skyline and loads of activities throughout the 4 seasons. . It has communities that are both young and old, rich or poor. It has everything from the Toronto Film Festival with the best of Hollywood, to Jazz Festivals, rock concerts, theatre and upscale craft shows. Not to mention some of the most fabulous restaurants in the world. Lots of diversity, and culture. Shopping is incredible, and if you want to get away from the city, Toronto has wonderful fresh water lakes with great cottage country life only 45 minutes (or more) away from the city Lights. Very popular in the summer.
Our education program is excellent with public and private sectors. Toronto is very advanced and can compare to any U.S. city.
2007-09-18 07:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Toronto! It is somewhat similar to (and I think aspires to be like) Chicago. Chicago's waterfront is better and more developed though. And the architecture is more interesting in Chicago. But Toronto has really developed and I think it is a world-class city!
Toronto is great if you guys are into the arts scene. There are tons of museums, great restaurants, etc. The city is very multicultural and you will hear a lot of different languages while walking down the street.... but everyone seems to get along. Public transportation is great. There are festivals all the time. There are a lot of neat neighborhoods to explore like the Beaches, The Danforth (Greek), the area around University of Toronto, Bloor/Yorkville. In terms of nature there are some parks. Edwards Gardens is phenomenal! You are also a short drive to the Niagara Region which is Ontario's wine country. It is full of great wineries, orchards and the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is very nice and has an arts and culture scene of its own!
2007-09-12 07:29:43 · answer #2 · answered by anon 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Should be an easy relocate, Toronto and Chicago both have lousy weather, a polluted waterfront, and crummy hockey teams. Lots of people sing the blues and the best culture in both places is a tub of yogurt. A cubicle is a cubicle.
2007-09-11 16:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
March 17, 2010. Roy Thomson Hall. It's at King and Simcoe. You can take the subway and get off at St. Andrew. I'd personally wait until the July 8 show at Massey Hall. I believe that's Shuter and Yonge. The acoustics are amazing at that place. A few live albums have been recorded there by different artists.
2016-05-17 06:50:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as an american who migrated north via marriage i can say stay put. there is anti americanism, you may not get job in what you are good at.
the govt of canada immg site see related links. many imimg have issues on finding jobs period. they expect you to work for free to get the feel.
i am posting a link to a so called settlement group that often cherry picks who it helps despite getting govt fudning. first link will be the immg site the others are immg groups. looks are one thing reality is another.
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2007-09-12 04:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by CCC 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
toronto is cool. if youre from a big city you'll be used to it. toronto is really multicultural, i hear chicago is too though? toronto is more multicultural though (one of the most multicultural cities in the world). if you're into art scenes and stuff its a good place too, theres a lot of theatre and cultural festivals that happen in toronto!
and theres a lot of pretty places around toronto.. if you want to go to a nice beach in the summer try sandbanks its not exactly in toronto but its really nice
2007-09-11 15:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by j12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spend a week in Toronto, I think you'll see that it's very similar to Chicago.
Don't listen to the first poster...yes, there are times when musicians who act big are looked down upon...but understand that these musicians have not made it, but are acting like they do....if it's one thing Canadians can't stand, it's fakeness. We are extremely, EXTREMELY proud of Canadians who have made it on a global or national scale....we just don't like pretenders.
2007-09-11 19:19:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My experience has been that Totonto is a very clean and liveable city. It has a lively arts community and other cultural activities. It would certainly be a slower pace than Chicago.
2007-09-11 07:28:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have US credentials, you will be fine. You'll be fine with credentials from any Western country. If you have credentials from elsewhere, then yes, you may have an issue.
Like the rest of the Western world, there is anti-Americanism, absolutely.
It is freakin cold in the winter.
Other than that, I love it here.
2007-09-12 14:35:52 · answer #9 · answered by ©å®®ĩε 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's clean and quiet. It's quite provincial for such a large town in many ways. It calls itself multicultural (and it is - on paper), but like its arts/music scene, it thinks itself grander than it is.
With the current exchange rates, many things in Canada will seem significantly more expensive.
2007-09-12 07:14:07 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋