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| kamil |
I live in Toronto. I'm starting to hate it.... reasons:
1) Canada is regulationland. 2am cut off for alcohol at clubs and 3am being thrown out? And law makers are surprised why so many cops are needed for all the drunk s out on the streets when theyre sent out like dogs ALL AT THE SAME TIME?
2) Toronto women are cold and career focused. Try talking to them at a club and more often than not you'll face the Female Torontonian Bitch Shield. God forbid you date a girl in Toronto, and it will feel like an interview.
3) The weather is extremes of both, its either really ing cold or hot and humid as hell. A number of years ago it hit -47 once and summers can feel like +50.
4) People are very nice in general, just not when youre trying to pick up a girl, lol. I blame the guys too though, theres too many douchebags in this city.
5) Traffic in Toronto is a ing nightmare. It was never this bad 6 years ago but in such a short amount of time its gotten out of hand. Public transportation, as in the subway, badly needs to be expanded as there are only two lines.
6) Food in Canada in general is chemical filled crap. Fruits and vegetables dont taste like they should. But in terms of restaurants Toronto is pretty good, but especially awesome if you like asian cuisine seeing how there are so many asians here.
WHERE I WOULD MOVE?
Oslo, Norway.
Taxes may be high, but the living conditions there are WAY better. |
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| Lews |
| I ing love Seattle, but holy am I ready to move out of here. Four months in England is going to be awesome. Hopefully when I'm all done with undergraduate school I can spend more time in a different city. The world is far too large and life is far too short to spend all of it in one location. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Four months in England is going to be awesome. |
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| Sushipunk |
I live in Brisbane, Australia. I actually really like it here, the lifestyle is super laid back, and the people are generally pretty friendly (there are quite a few bogans though, lol). Except for the really hot/humid summers, the weather pretty much rocks (for example, it's the middle of winter here right now and today is a gorgeous sunny 21C/70F).
There are a lot of really awesome options for food (FANTASTIC seafood), and we have a thriving outdoor cafe/bar culture.
Close by there's a lot of natural beauty, and very scenic areas, and while Brisbane itself doesn't have any beaches to speak of (mostly just mangrove mud-flats), we have the the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast only an hour or so to the north and south, respectively.
Other cities I've lived in include London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh... and Lancaster, lol. Each had their own merits and downsides.
I ing loved Amsterdam, the whole lifestyle there is amazing, once you get out of the tourist traps/stoner culture a bit (though I certainly smoked a lot of weed when I lived there).
London was , I hated it there, and was absolutely stoked to get the out.
Edinburgh was awesome, but maaaaan the weather sucks.
Lancaster was a funny, tiny little city in the north of England. I actually have great memories from there, the people were really cool for the most part. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Lancaster was a funny, tiny little city in the north of England. I actually have great memories from there, the people were really cool for the most part. |
isn't that where the Tintangel Castle is(was)? I was in England in 1999 and we went to some tiny little town up north and viewed the old Tintangel Castle ruins. was an amazing view.
whoopps, nevermind it's in Cornwall, England. and it wasn't up north it was southwest lol. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
isn't that where the Tintangel Castle is(was)? I was in England in 1999 and we went to some tiny little town up north and viewed the old Tintangel Castle ruins. was an amazing view.
whoopps, nevermind it's in Cornwall, England. and it wasn't up north it was southwest lol. |
Yep, Cornwall. I've been there too :)
Lancaster also has a castle, it's pretty damn cool. This is the city skyline:
Edit: You can actually see nearly exactly where I used to live/work, just to the right of the clock-tower. |
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| Lira |
Although I'd love to study abroad, I wish I could take the whole city with me. I simply love Brasília. I do have to be honest though, and say that I've been here for the last 20 years, so I don't remember what it is like to live elsewhere. I spent roughly a month in Nagoya, and that's pretty much it.
Pros: The city is very well organised, there are few traffic signs and traffic runs smoothly (during most of the day) thanks to an absurd amount of round-a-bouts, it's relatively safe (to Brazilian standards), the weather is neither too hot nor too cold (but it does get too dry sometimes), and the city is also very cultural given its size.
Cons: The lack of infrastructure has become a bit of a problem recently and even major avenues are prone to floods during the rainy season, the metro system (and public transportation in general) is pathetic, the city is too dependent on public jobs, and it concentrates too much wealth despite the staggering poverty of some neighbouring cities. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
I've lived in Leeds for the last three years. The weather is appalling, I've no idea about the food because I don't dine out, the city has been so colonised by students and immigrants that it's difficult to figure out who "the people of Leeds" even are, let alone how nice they are, and I don't drive so the traffic doesn't really concern me.
It's not a bad city. It has just about everything you could want without being too large, and as such I'm rarely left overtly dissatisfied with it. It has very good nightlife - the club scene is slightly weighted towards trendy house and techno but the listings are some of the best in the UK, with something for everyone. It's pretty clean and the council are good, public transport is efficient and well maintained, it's very safe for the most part and it actually does surprise me sometimes with how pretty it looks.
I'd still rather live somewhere else - I keep weighing up a move to Manchester, and I would in an ideal world like to live somewhere like London or New York. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
somewhere like London |
Loved the three days I spent there :) |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
worst LA i just don't understand anyone that thinks this place is not hell on earth.
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LA is hell.
I'm planning on moving to Berlin, Hamburg, or perhaps Vienna (maybbeee Zurich, even) sometime by the end of 2013, if all goes as planned. I really hope I can make it happen... |
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| Intellekshual |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
(maybbeee Zurich, even) |
Fantastic city (as I previously mentioned), but it's expensive. Don't move there unless you're regularly making good chunks of moniez. |
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| kamil |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
LA is hell.
I'm planning on moving to Berlin, Hamburg, or perhaps Vienna (maybbeee Zurich, even) sometime by the end of 2013, if all goes as planned. I really hope I can make it happen... |
Why Vienna? |
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