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What are some of the best areas to live near Toronto, Canada? |
Travel Info We will be moving from the US to Canada for my husband's job. He will be working at the Toronto airport. Can anyone tell me where we can rent a nice house in an area that has great schools and is family-friendly? We'll be looking for areas where my husband will have no more than a 30-40 minute commute. Thanks! Travel Tips You should look into Mississauga. It's a nice area outside of Toronto. Source(s): http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/home... Other Travel Tips Milton Ontario.... Got bad news for you... Toronto's not that great to live in... The nice places are over-priced and the cheap places are holes... Take the extra commute and live in Barrie or Orillia... I live about 5 minutes from Pearson Airport, and the area is crap...lol...my boyfriend and I moved here with little time to really look around, and ended up in Malton - do NOT move to Malton/Rexdale area. Although it is closest to the airport, it's crap. Unless you're Indian (seriously, I'm not being an ***). Since being here (almost 9 months now), we seem to have taken a liking to a smaller town about 20 minutes north of here called Bolton. It's big enough that it still has everything you need, still close enough to Toronto/Mississauga/Brampton, and houses are cheaper. The commute from Bolton to the airport wouldn't be too bad (although it's not fun anywhere you live in the GTA - sooo busy!) but you're not taking a major highway from Bolton (just country roads), so it's not really a bad commute. The west side of Mississauga isn't bad either, and there are some nice places in Brampton as well. Steer clear of Toronto, particularly downtown...it's very, very expensive. These are just my thoughts and observations though...hope I helped! If you can afford it, I would suggest that you try the Bloor West area which is around Royal York and Bloor. You can also try the Lakeshore area that is south of Brown's Line/Highway 427 close to the lake. There are many smaller outlying cities around Toronto. I'll list a few. Markham: 10 minutes from the official city limits, but around 30 minutes from downtown depending on the traffic. 30-45 minutes to the airport if you take the 407. Around 60% white (don't know if that's of any importance to you), and towards the west side of the city there is a large Chinese community. Very interesting locales such as Asian supermarkets and Asian malls, as well as quiet caf茅s and bistros. The main street is also very quaint and nice looking lol. Quite a safe place to live as well. It's a rapidly growing city, so if you are looking for a new house that isn't THAT far from the city, this is it. However, keep in mind that since a lot of Toronto's growth is focused in Markham, along with the fact that it is so close to the city, in 10 years you will find that you are now living in the city anyways, which you probably don't want. It's still going to be a safe suburban heaven, but most of Markham was farmland just 10 years ago. Not anymore. It's growing at an alarming rate. Haha. Vaughan: Further west of Markham. Pretty much the same deal, except less minorities :S Personally I'd never move there. Not enough colour. LOL. But they have a large outlet mall and the biggest theme park in Canada... so... yay. ^__^ 20 minutes to the airport, and 45 minutes to the downtown core. Mississauga: Quite a large city immediately west of Toronto. The international airport is located here. About 30 minutes from the downtown core. Large South Asian community. And the mayor is like friggin 90 years old. Newmarket: Quite a ways up north from Toronto. The main street is Yonge street thouhg. It's actually quite interesting. Yonge Street starts downtown, and it goes uphill without any turns, so you can look down from Yonge Street in Newmarket and see the downtown core, even if it's around an hour away by car. Commute might take a while, especially in the winter. Almost an hour to the airport. Pickering: To the east of Toronto. It's where the nuclear plant is located. An hour to the airport, 30 to 45 minutes to downtown. Outlying cities that are kind of farther away鈥曗€?br /> Oshawa: A nasty town east of Pickering. Don't move there. My brother is studying at university there. The place looks so trashy. LOL. A nice downtown core that is only 2 streets wide and 2 strets deep. Once you get out of 'downtown', it's a wasteland. Hahaha. Hamilton: A large city just west of Toronto. An hour away fromt he airport, and a bit longer to get downtown. However generally people who live in Hamilton work in Hamilton as well, since it is a large city anyways. Niagara Falls: Almost 2 hours away. I'm sure you know what's to see there. For a map, jsut so you can get a feel of where everything is: http://maps.google.com/?ie=utf8&om=1&z=9... Source(s): Best of Luck |
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