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Jun 6, 2019 12:43
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lots of old white people very angry about "all the somalians" in town lately.
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Jun 6, 2019 13:26
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Arcsquad12 posted:Considering I'm struggling to find work here I wouldn't recommend it but I'm a sadbrains rear end in a top hat. So its the Detroit of Canada
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Jun 6, 2019 15:08
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I don't live there but travel there for work from time to time. The best advice I can give you is that the Riverside Pub has awesome jerk chicken wings.
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Jun 6, 2019 15:10
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Have you considered a non-Canadian location, op?
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Jun 6, 2019 15:32
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Move to Hull- Gatineau, its across the river but way more fun and I believe cheaper as well.
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Jun 6, 2019 15:40
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Word of warning OP: the wounds of '94 are far from healed e: nvm i was thinking of rwanda Icochet fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Jun 6, 2019 15:44
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I moved to Ottawa 4 years ago and love the city. Yeah it can't rival Montreal, Vancouver or Toronto, but it doesn't need to. As a real answer, if you can spend $1200/m on rent you can live in any neighbourhood to various degrees. I'd recommend Centretown. It is less grungy than Byward market, while still having nice nightlife and a more mid-twenties crowd compared to the more 19-21 crowd you'll get in the market a lot of the time. It also has the canal which is nice both in summer and winter. Don't live in one of the suburbs unless you enjoy nothing interesting around and $30 uber rides each way to go out with friends. (Learned this the hard way when I first moved here without knowing anything about the city). Stay out of Nepean, Barrhaven, Kanata. Vanier is a cheap option for outskirts of downtown-ish life. I personally enjoy ottawa as I get to live the downtown life while having a parking spot and having a view of the canal. It's a beautiful city that is quite nice for biking and has the benefit of a few major sports teams, Gatineau park and all the museums. When I was single I found it was great for dating too. Lots of cute girls in a city of 1m and lots of fun places to go. My biggest disappointment is no bands stop in Ottawa, so I either have to go to Montreal, if they even come there, or Toronto.
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Jun 6, 2019 16:10
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The Wellington/Hintonburg area is also a really good choice. It's semi-central, quickly developing and lots of nice shops, boutiques and restaurants. There's a weed shop there too so you can buy weed that you can smoke it by using a lighterR.L. Stine posted:lots of old white people very angry about "all the somalians" in town lately. They've been whining about that for years now. The refugees I've met have all been very kind and thankful. My friend had refugee neighbors and would bake them different kinds of breads and would entertain the kids.  Ottawa has a reputation for having snotty people (SNOTTAWA, LMAO) but honestly everyone's pretty polite here and I'm not sure where that reputation comes from. I come from Sudbury (where joy goes to die) and the people there are far worse. Plant MONSTER. fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Jun 6, 2019 16:43
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Alizee posted:I moved to Ottawa 4 years ago and love the city. Yeah it can't rival Montreal, Vancouver or Toronto, but it doesn't need to. Leading a recommendation with "it can't rival Toronto" is not a recommendation.
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Jun 6, 2019 16:45
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*moving in to the iron mausoleum of Dis, sixth circle of hell* Well, it doesn't compare to Toronto, but
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Jun 6, 2019 16:51
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Toronto sucks so much that I wish I could move back to Hamilton
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Jun 6, 2019 17:01
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toronto, is good
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Jun 6, 2019 17:06
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Azerban posted:toronto, is good for a goblin
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Jun 6, 2019 17:09
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Toronto is awful, that's why it's literally the fastest growing city on the continent.
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Jun 6, 2019 17:12
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Arrhythmia posted:Leading a recommendation with "it can't rival Toronto" is not a recommendation. It's from the perspective of things to do and fun. From a daily living and quality of life perspective Ottawa is a fantastic city and still pretty fun too 
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Jun 6, 2019 17:16
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Ottawa is really nice if you bike but the best trails are on the Quebec side. Don't rent from Smart Living Properties.
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Jun 6, 2019 17:22
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SleepySonata posted:So its the Detroit of Canada No that's Windsor.
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Jun 6, 2019 17:54
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What part of Canada is super racist towards native peoples? Don't move to that part, OP.
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Jun 6, 2019 19:17
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:What part of Canada is super racist towards native peoples? All of it. There is currently a Genocide happening!
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Jun 6, 2019 19:36
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ghosthorse posted:Ottawa is great if you're there less than a week and not in the winter "not in the winter"? can my pony be blue
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Jun 6, 2019 19:47
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:What part of Canada is super racist towards native peoples? Winnipeg. But also: Blistex posted:All of it. There is currently a Genocide happening! OP you're moving out of Edmonton, you can only go up from there MakaVillian fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Jun 6, 2019 19:57
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Come to the Quebec side. It's just across the river, rent is way cheaper and you can drink at 18 (instead of 19)! If you are a dirty anglo, move to Aylmer and you will be fine. Anywhere else in Gatineau and I hope you speak French. Also best strip club in Canada is Pigale in Gatineau
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Jun 6, 2019 20:07
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Came in to say this. Just move to Montreal if you're working from home. For 1200 you can have something nice depending on neighborhood, the city has a vibrant and very rich culture, a soul if you will, and you can have a social life unlike Ottawa where the bars close at 6pm and there's no soul. That's probably not true about the bars, but it's all I've ever heard about Ottawa. That and it's got a parliament. And the only place in Canada that's not racist towards natives is the Arctic Ocean.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:17
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Come for the shawarma and the olds complaining about the Somalis
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Jun 6, 2019 20:23
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Unrelated to Ottawa. Some years back I spent about 6 months living in Canada, Saskatoon to be exact. I remember sometimes people speaking about French Canadians and the general sentiment seems to be that they are assholes. Anyways I was wondering do French Canadians not speak English in general or are they just assholes?
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Jun 6, 2019 20:25
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Depends on which part of Quebec you're in. Also the prairies are full of shits who can barely speak English let alone french so they think anyone saying something they don't understand is making fun of them. They're probably right.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:27
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I spent a week in montreal and as long I slurred je ne parle pas français in my heavy southern accent they more than willing to speak english with the mentally retarded boy from america
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Jun 6, 2019 20:30
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1200 a month rent? Heh I wish we had that, here in Toronto.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:30
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Colonel Cancer posted:1200 a month rent? Heh I wish we had that, here in Toronto. it's worth it imho
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Jun 6, 2019 20:31
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In Quebec we do learn english in school from an early age and anyway we're surrounded with english language culture. It's hard to avoid. The more excited parts of the separatists will insist on rejecting english completely, but more often than not these are the Quebec equivalent of the american redneck with confederate flags on his coal shooting pickup, with bumper stickers against the drat immigrants. They're not that numerous but they're very vocal. Most people you'd come across would be nice to you even if you don't speak french, and if you're in the city it shouldn't be a problem at all.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:34
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But stay away from Quebec City. Do not engage with these people.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:35
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Anglo and Franco media love amplifying each other's worst traits to try to rouse the rabble. Most of us get on just fineBronze Fonz posted:But stay away from Quebec City.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:38
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Yeah I would say some only speak French for reasons (either they suck at learning English or they are stupidly stubborn), some are rear end in a top hat (like anywhere in the world) and some are both. The Québécois culture is pretty different than the rest of Canada. So much that a lot of dumb Quebecois think it should be it's own country. Because of that, there's a bit of a smug/dumb superiority complex between both language speakers. Being Québécois myself, I still feel that they try to protect the French language too much and don't care about English even if it's more international. As soon as you start to travel it's pretty obvious that English is pretty mandatory if you want to communicate.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:39
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I have a problem with this notion. Calling Quebecois people like that!
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Jun 6, 2019 20:40
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Oh. Heh, bonjour mon ami...
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Jun 6, 2019 20:42
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Colonel Cancer posted:I have a problem with this notion. Calling Quebecois people like that! What the capital Q? for some reason my brain put it like that. No deeper meaning from me
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Jun 6, 2019 20:43
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In Canada, does "Hydro" mean water, or something like it? When I lived in Buffalo, I remember listening to a Canadian radio station and hearing an ad for "hydro," but I didn't get the impression they meant hydroelectric power. Moving to Ottawa might depend on whether there is hydro, OP.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:48
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I think hydro is a villain from the spiderman cartoon.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:49
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:In Canada, does "Hydro" mean water, or something like it? When I lived in Buffalo, I remember listening to a Canadian radio station and hearing an ad for "hydro," but I didn't get the impression they meant hydroelectric power. Yeah it's the electricity company.
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