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There is more to BC than just Vancouver. Many places have affordable real estate. Small towns on Vancouver Island for instance.
Oh, I'd much rather live on the Island! Vancouver's a beautiful city to visit, but to live there? Not sure. Good to know, though. Funny, I've thought of the entire province of BC as unfeasible financially, kinda like I view the entire state of California.
Mind you, what's considered "affordable" across Canada now is different from my idea of affordable. My current mortgage payment for a very nice 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home -- in a neighborhood with tons of open green space and protected land right across the street -- is sweet, and I'd like to keep it that way. I look online occasionally and am shocked at the price of real estate in hokey little towns in Sask. or NB, for example. Unbelievable.
Yes, I’ll head back there in the end of May, I still have an apartment and a valid visa, and theres no place I’d rather be in the summer. I haven’t committed to moving anywhere else yet, and if it were only up to me I would probably continue to live in Spain forever, I have 0 complaints about the country and love living there, have learned the language and feel very comfortable tbere. But having an SO, not only from a different country but with a different career path can certainly change the circumstances a bit.
Oh, I'd much rather live on the Island! Vancouver's a beautiful city to visit, but to live there? Not sure. Good to know, though. Funny, I've thought of the entire province of BC as unfeasible financially, kinda like I view the entire state of California.
Mind you, what's considered "affordable" across Canada now is different from my idea of affordable. My current mortgage payment for a very nice 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home -- in a neighborhood with tons of open green space and protected land right across the street -- is sweet, and I'd like to keep it that way. I look online occasionally and am shocked at the price of real estate in hokey little towns in Sask. or NB, for example. Unbelievable.
Like how you view California....unfeasible financially....
BC and California are actually similar....not all of California is expensive...
places like SFO....San Jose....Santa Barbara....near the ocean in in SoCal are very expensive,
much cheaper inland.....same BC too. Not all of BC has sky high real estate prices.
Yes, I’ll head back there in the end of May, I still have an apartment and a valid visa, and theres no place I’d rather be in the summer. I haven’t committed to moving anywhere else yet, and if it were only up to me I would probably continue to live in Spain forever, I have 0 complaints about the country and love living there, have learned the language and feel very comfortable tbere. But having an SO, not only from a different country but with a different career path can certainly change the circumstances a bit.
Australia/NZ is just soooo far away from everything and it's very expensive. Canada is so similar to the USA that it really wouldn't feel as if I was living in a different place, and it's so close to the USA that I could come home to visit family as much as I wanted. Vancouver would be awesome.
I would choose New Zealand. Australia would be a close second. Canada is too cold and their mosquitoes are the size of small birds. I like visiting the U.K. and Ireland but wouldn't want to live there.
culture a little behind the times (towards minorities/ women, etc).
These old attitudes are changing as we speak. In fact, it is in no way more behind the times towards women or minorities than the States, and some may argue even more progressive in that sense.
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I'm willing to bet that if you spent a winter in NZ, you would choose not to install oil/gas central heating - very few people install a system they know they wouldn't use, perhaps people that just like spending money.
Depends where in New Zealand. Queenstown and Wanaka get pretty cold. Average overnight temperatures in the winter are around freezing. I've skied Treble Cone, Coronet Peak, and The Remarkables among other places. You don't have to gain much elevation in July to hit the snow line driving up to the ski fields.
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I look online occasionally and am shocked at the price of real estate in hokey little towns in Sask. or NB, for example. Unbelievable.
