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We are a family of four looking at different countries around the world to spend a year or two enjoying the country. We are from Los Angeles and we have two toddlers. Veteran retiree with around 70k annually. We love the beaches here on the west coast but we don't mind a little change of pace for a year or two. We want to be in or near a big city center( 20 minutes) without a car.
Any advice on affordable rents, diversity, attractions, kid friendly, walkable areas where we can find a 2bdrm under $1400 a month
We are a family of four looking at different countries around the world to spend a year or two enjoying the country. We are from Los Angeles and we have two toddlers. Veteran retiree with around 70k annually. We love the beaches here on the west coast but we don't mind a little change of pace for a year or two. We want to be in or near a big city center( 20 minutes) without a car.
Any advice on affordable rents, diversity, attractions, kid friendly, walkable areas where we can find a 2bdrm under $1400 a month
In your place I would enjoy visiting European countries, especially if you intend to stay without a car.
If you're just visiting you'd be allowed to visit Canada for up to 6 months only.
I'm inclined to agree with The Wanderer though about you doing this without a car. In Canada (and maybe most of North America) you are really going to be limited for places that will be within your price range and where you won't need a car. So it may be more affordable for you to live carless in cities in countries outside of North America. You'd probably have better options in Europe that would be within your price range.
In Canada you'd be very limited to which city you could live in within your price range, and even more limited if you pick a small city or town which might be within your price range but will be inconvenient or worse without a car. The west coast - i.e. Vancouver or Victoria and their lower mainland suburbs, is out because it's going to be well beyond your price range, and in most of the suburbs and the cities in the Fraser Valley you'd still need a car anyway. If you chose a more affordable city or town elsewhere in B.C. that's not near the B.C. lower mainland you would absolutely need a car.
Montreal would fit the bill. Cheap rents, walkable, kid friendly, diverse, cosmopolitan, an amazing city with a ton to do and see. English language products and services available (English language TV channels and radio, or you could see English language movies in a theatre if you wanted to, or receive health care in a bilingual hospital), but you'd still be in a predominantly Francophone city and society and experience life in a place with a different culture. Foreign, but still some comforts of the familiar, could be a good choice.
Montreal would fit the bill. Cheap rents, walkable, kid friendly, diverse, cosmopolitan, an amazing city with a ton to do and see. English language products and services available (English language TV channels and radio, or you could see English language movies in a theatre if you wanted to, or receive health care in a bilingual hospital), but you'd still be in a predominantly Francophone city and society and experience life in a place with a different culture. Foreign, but still some comforts of the familiar, could be a good choice.
Montreal - yes, if the options are limited to Canada. But cannot compare with Europe - it is compact, cheap train system and very cheap flights, and you can visit dozens of fantastic cities.
Montreal - yes, if the options are limited to Canada. But cannot compare with Europe - it is compact, cheap train system and very cheap flights, and you can visit dozens of fantastic cities.
At the end it will depend on where you can get a visa. Yes, you can visit fantastic cities - during school break.
At the end it will depend on where you can get a visa. Yes, you can visit fantastic cities - during school break.
That shouldn't be a concern for the OP whose kids are both toddlers.
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