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Old 11-12-2012, 12:07 PM
 
Location: Centre Wellington, ON
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LOL at Hamilton being cheap. Sure, it's not absurdly and ridiculously overvalued like Toronto. But it's no bargain either. A decent single detached home would run you $250k minimum in a good suburban neighbourhood (more like $300 to $350k for something "liveable" for a family of four). Sure, you can buy an old crappy house near the steel mills for $75k but who'd want to do that? If you ask me, those prices are not cheap. Most Hamiltonians do not make the kind of salary to afford that kind of house.
What's wrong with something like this? Looks like a pretty good deal to me.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:34 PM
 
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Well, it's a tiny house with tiny bedrooms (10 x 8), and it's not exactly in the nicest part of Hamilton. You are a stone's throw from some seedy motels and a gay bathhouse. You can buy a better townhouse for the same price up on the mountain. It's still not "cheap" though. You will pay lots of gas to commute to Toronto for work, as there's hardly any jobs in Hamilton.
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Old 11-12-2012, 04:47 PM
 
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Well, it's a tiny house with tiny bedrooms (10 x 8), and it's not exactly in the nicest part of Hamilton. You are a stone's throw from some seedy motels and a gay bathhouse. You can buy a better townhouse for the same price up on the mountain. It's still not "cheap" though. You will pay lots of gas to commute to Toronto for work, as there's hardly any jobs in Hamilton.
commute from Hamilton to Toronto everyday just so one can have a big house is stupid, I should say. I don't get it when people value physical space over time that can be put into much useful things.

All what a family of four needs is a place of 1000-1200sf. On top of that life quality is what you make of it, not how much more space you own.
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Old 11-12-2012, 05:16 PM
 
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My family of four prefers having more square footage than 1000 to 1200 sq ft. We like to have our own personal space sometimes. I agree that I wouldn't commute from Hamilton to Toronto daily however. Maybe Hamilton to Oakville or Mississauga, but even that would be a pain in the neck. I chose to avoid that entire traffic mess and live in Welland. My work is in the U.S. and I work from home most of the time, so it worked out perfectly for me. I feel sorry for those who sit on the QEW for hours each day.
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Old 03-20-2013, 06:46 AM
 
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i wana do ma Masters Degree Program in canada, so am considering what area to go to, coz of wat has been said earlier about some provinces [there cost of living and so on], so am kinda confused. Though was considering Edmonton - Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Plz help advice me better, coz going as a student won't be that easy and whereas i will still want to work. Therefore yor comments/suggestions would really help. Thanks
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Old 03-20-2013, 08:31 PM
 
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i wana do ma Masters Degree Program in canada, so am considering what area to go to, coz of wat has been said earlier about some provinces [there cost of living and so on], so am kinda confused. Though was considering Edmonton - Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Plz help advice me better, coz going as a student won't be that easy and whereas i will still want to work. Therefore yor comments/suggestions would really help. Thanks
Good heavens, I do sincerely hope that you're trolling! As this is the very first post from your account, I can only presume that this is so.
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Old 12-09-2013, 12:54 PM
 
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I'm living in Louisiana and considering moving to Canada. If any of you lived here, you know the economy. How do you compare?
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Old 12-12-2013, 11:30 PM
 
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Definitely Saskatchewan has the lowest cost of living vs. Salary. Saskatchewan has one of the strongest economies in Canada and yet the cost of living is extremely cheap.
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