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People who live in, or have been to Niagara Falls... (pg. 2)
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| nusty |
best of luck to you. :)
One initial thought would be to come over stay with her folks, go explore niagra falls and the surrounding area for a week or two. if you like it cool, if not then go check out Toronto and possibly go job hunting there. once a job is secured commute for your first month to save some cash and then find a place closer to work that is still axessable to Niagra Falls. If that isn't an option and you decide you don't like/ can't handle it here then have a back up plan where maybe you decide to go back to England. That way at least it was attempted and you know you made more than an honest effort to give it a shot and see what could become of the opportunity. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
Nice one, cheers.  |
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| Orko |
I hope you do get things sorted out.
One thing i must warn you about, since you have lived in London, is basic public transportation. Southern Ontario, is built on the auto industry and it really does show in terms of traveling within cities, and from city to city. Be prepared for that.
I have lived in Toronto, and Mississauga(suburb of), and its a pain the ass to get around to be honest. I have gotten used to it now, but its not all that convienent if you want to go city to city.
As with any other major tourist city, most of the times, locals resent the tourists. I am not saying thats the case, but thats what history has taught me. A lot of the time, city planners focus on the tourists' needs, and wants, before the people who live there, because thats who spends the money, tourists.
Niagra Falls = #1 honey moon spot in the world :)
Sorry to paint such a blique picture, especially for a place like Niagra falls, but I dont see how it could be enjoyable to live there. Other than the fact that its WONDERFUL CANADA!!!
Good news though, Toronto and all the djs you want to hear, are very close by ;) Same with a very large, and very friendly TA population. |
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| Irishaddict |
| Meh. Seen 'em a million times. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
- The population - Is it a busy city? I have grown up in major cities in the UK like London, Manchester, Newcastle, etc. I'm used to an active non-stop lifestyle. What can I expect from Niagara Falls? Is it heavily populated, or quite tame? Are there things to do or will I be bored?
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-It'll be quite smaller than what you expect. IIRC Niagara Falls is about 150,000. While there are some stuff to do there, like good wine industry, Niagara on the Lake is IMO one of the best date spots to visit, generally it's dull.
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The night life - I don't necessarily mean the super clubs. To be honest i'm not into that sort of thing anymore anyway. What I mean are your average clubs and bars where you can just go out and get drunk and listen to music. Just nights out with your friends basically. Obviously location will play a part, but in general what can I expect to find? |
-Lots of 19 yr old Yanks running around making a nuisance out of themselves. Oh, and 19 yr old Yank girls doing some minge. Not much of a nightlife in terms of EDM. I haven't seen much of a good pub to chill, but then again, a lot of that sort of stuff is geared towards tourism. Maybe you'll find something around a neighbourhood.
For clubbing, stick to toronto.
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Accessability - I'm not exactly sure where abouts they are moving to within Niagara Falls, but are the bigger cities like Toronto or even New York within a reasonable distance and easily accessable? How far distance and timewise? |
-Toronto is about hour and half by car. Buffalo is like an hr so. Hamilton is about 30 mins. So going to a decent sized city for shopping and what not is fine.
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Employment - How easy would it be to get a job out there? I do have qualifications, but to just get my feet on the ground and make sure I like living there, I would want to get stuck in with a simple office job, or an easy data processing job. Would I be hard done by to find that sort of thing? |
-Dunno about that. You'll probably have better chance finding something tourism related in Niagara area. But, the economy's been decent last 10 yrs or so.
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The schools - Are the schools of a decent or acceptable level? Would you be okay with raising your children here? |
-Canada's been what, top 6 in UN quality of life index for last few years. But for specific details, better off talking to someone who actually went to school in the area. Quite a few decent universities in the area though.
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Weather - What's it like? How cold does it get in the winter? What are the summers like? I am used to my fair share of weather being from England and all, but I know Canada can get ing cold! This is of some concern. |
-Hot, sticky summers. Some really ty snow days in winter. TBH the winter's been mild for last few years, except for few odd days here and there. You'll probably feel like your balls are frozen off for first few winters.
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Sports / Football - In my spare time I play and compete in a lot of sports like football (soccer to you guys I guess?), athletics, swimming, badmington, etc. It's a big part of my life. Especially playing football. I play for 4 amateur football teams (3 seven aside and 1 eleven aside). Are there lots of amateur leagues i'd have the choice of joining, or is this sort of thing not taken as seriously as it is in the UK?
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-There's always a league of some sorts around, it's just finding the info that's the hard part. Don't expect real competition in most of the leagues though. |
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| El Kay Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
- The population - its a boring place...everyone knows everyone (almost)...i know people that live there and its as good as a small town lifestyle
- The night life - theres about 2 or wait i think 3..yea 3 spots only that the under 30 frequent...everyone is compelled to get wasted and go home
- Accessability - niagara is not too big but as long as ur not in the tourist part (which really is majority of the area), its far and wide....nobody bothers with the transit system there.
- Employment - offices?? they have offices here??..ud prolly end up working in the neighbouring cities of St. Catherins and all
- The schools - Are the schools of a decent or acceptable level? Would you be okay with raising your children here?
- Weather - winters are like any other city in southern ontario...not much different
- Sports / Football - no idea about niagara falls
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| DigitalMP |
| The tourist area only does a fair job of masking the ghetto. |
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| Trancekyd |
Well seeing how I had to grow up in Niagara Falls I can tell you the truth about the city.
Quiet and everybody seems to know who you are. I mean when I started doing pillz it was like the whole city knew I was an e-tard before i did. Affter my second rave my mom & dad had the drug talk with me... funny that would be about 16 years ago now.
When i was living there back in the early 1990's we used to throw parties actually one of our parties was voted best of the year on good ol Dr. Trance radio show. Ok so Im an old fart. And the good thing is you are close to Toronto for partying and Niagara Falls NY is a good place to go get drunk cheap but they have no taste in music.
Anyways back to Niagara - employment you either work for the casino or some other toursit related field, not alot of other options available.
You need a car that is all I can say on that. Public transit sux ass 1 bus every hour.
Rent is cheap and buying a house is affordable, but then again there arent many real jobs. Its a hospitality based economy so that means min wage type jobs.
The mall is almost empty the last time i was visiting ma & pa i was shocked the entire place is dead. |
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| che |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Good news though, Toronto and all the djs you want to hear, are very close by ;) Same with a very large, and very friendly TA population. |
And we could always use another wicked TA DJ :D |
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| DigitalMP |
You got it guy...it's miserable. I'm from Buffalo and even I couldn't stand the Falls, though the Keg over the falls (up on the 7th floor) in rocks for an intimate atmosphere. Seductions and the 'Downer are good if you like the peelers, and there are some great chinese restaurants.
Bottom line: stay in TO and let your girl find a way to get back there. |
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| che |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigitalMP
Seductions and the 'Downer are good if you like the peelers
Bottom line: stay in TO and let your girl find a way to get back there. |
+1 on both of these suggestions |
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| charmscars |
| niagara-on-the-lake is very close to niagara falls and it is very nice. If you've ever bee to Unionville mainstreet it's very similar to that. It's not exactly exciting tho, the whole region has some nice parts to it. I love the winereries and some of the smaller places to go. There is the Niagara wine an dgrape festival etc. In terms of nightlight, there isn't a whole lot tho, there are some lame college bars and such and few martini bars, but you would probably need to go to TO or maybe Buffalo (there are a couple of ok places in Buffalo, but for the most part if you want EDM you will need to come to TO a lot of ppl from Buffalo do) Niagara Falls itself isn't that nice of a place, but there are lots of jobs for students tp work p/t in hotels and other service industries and make some serious coin. If you guys are old enough to marry, could you not settle in Toronto? Are you both done school/working? How old are you both? |
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