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This is really like playing pin the tail on the donkey. Canada's continental in size, even larger than the USA. The regions and culture vary dramatically. Choosing a place based on local recommendations is iffy at best - you have to take it with a grain of salt. Canadians have a tendency to vouch for their local city/town/region as the majority of Canadians have never explored Canada beyond their own back yard. As a result, you're really going to get a skewed selection of recommendations. Not that there's anything wrong with it... but you're really going to get a selection of random, completely biased answers to your question, when in reality, you should be researching the places in Canada, coming to your own unbiased conclusions, and then asking advice based on your results.
What is it that you like so much about Leamington? I've never been there so I don't know anything about it, I wish there was more data on CD like they have for US ciites!
Any idea of house prices? Are there many older victorian homes?
Some key factors for me would be:
-better weather (I saw detailed climate maps from National Resources Canada's website)
-not a huge city like Montreal / no rat race.
-nature
-affordable housing (around 150-180k)
-English speaking as opposed to Montreal
I would chose Windsor : southernmost city in CND, as "southern" as Boston (or the southernmost point in France), in fact, not bad, and probably warmed up by the proximity of the Lake...
This is really like playing pin the tail on the donkey. Canada's continental in size, even larger than the USA. The regions and culture vary dramatically. Choosing a place based on local recommendations is iffy at best - you have to take it with a grain of salt. Canadians have a tendency to vouch for their local city/town/region as the majority of Canadians have never explored Canada beyond their own back yard. As a result, you're really going to get a skewed selection of recommendations. Not that there's anything wrong with it... but you're really going to get a selection of random, completely biased answers to your question, when in reality, you should be researching the places in Canada, coming to your own unbiased conclusions, and then asking advice based on your results.
I realize this but figure it might give me a couple of places to check out that I haven't thought of yet.
Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario and has a population of 31,113. It is located near Point Pelee. In 2006, Leamington was named Canada's best place to live by MoneySense magazine. (Standing in 14th place, as of Dec. 2007.) It has a large H. J. Heinz Company factory and is known as the 'Tomato Capital of Canada', with 4 km² of this crop in the vicinity. It also lays claim to being the 'Sun Parlour' of Canada due to its southern location.
I vote for Nelson. It's a hip enough town to make some inconvenience less inconvenient. I am not sure where the nearest airport is but you can check that out. Here's a link to Nelson: I Love Nelson » About Nelson
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I'd love to hear ideas about what you think would be the best place for me.
Here's my criteria:
Single late 40's female
No employment required - I'm self employed - web based so all I need is good high speed and a phone line
I like nice weather (not big on lots of cloud and rain), being outdoors
A somewhat hip feel would be nice, some culture, things to do etc.
I love quaint places as long as they're not in the middle of nowhere
Open minded/new age kinda place would also be good
Not a huge metropolis with traffic jams but also not a tiny 1 horse town
I have spent most of my life in Toronto (it's too big and has too much traffic for me now) and 4 years in Victoria (the grey skies and drizzle are dismal for me) and now live in the US
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