Ontari-ari-ario

[c9]

So we're flying to Toronto this evening, then driving to Kitchener-Waterloo. In Kitchener Vinny will be learning about a job, we will both be taking a city tour from a tour guide, and then another tour from a real estate agent. Then driving to my parents' place (2 hours away) and staying the night, then driving back and driving around Kitchener ourselves for a couple hours, then back to Toronto to fly home. ...and then we have to decide within a week.

Hmmm.

Pros:
- job stability for Vinny
- opportunity to buy a house/condo outside the Halifax peninsula's weird price structure
- opportunity to shake up my job by transferring and hopefully getting into other projects outside of teaching
- be closer to my parents
- get to be in a riding where our votes are more important :)

Cons:
- leaving all our friends
- the normal stress of moving to a completely unfamiliar city, etc
- be further from Vinny's parents
- become less involved with Wayves Magazine (I think Vinny would put this in the Pro column)

To be honest, we've essentially decided to go for it if it's the only offer on the table; this is just for kicks, not as a decision-making mechanism.

It's exciting and scary and who knows what will happen. Good night, dear diary.

Comments

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

And who can deny the allure of living in a town with a hyphenated name?

Good luck with the trip. =)

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

They are still administratively seperate cities; however, stuck to each other, and their transit systems are blended, and most people actually live in Cambridge and commute (5 minutes) into Kitchener. It's basically what I would consider the furthest suburb of Toronto.

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

So how far is it from Toronto? If you consider it a far suburb it might not be all bad really. (And I know best sitting here in Memphis.)

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

About an hour by car, which we aren't looking to purchase. Our offices and the train station are all in downtown Kitchener, so we could take the train to Union Station on the weekends. Since our lives will be centered on downtown Kitchener, we're also thinking of purchasing something there too.

It's far enough away to not be able to do social weeknight activities, but close enough for everybody to say, "We don't have because they have it in Toronto."

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

Well as long as there's a Wal-Mart near by you should be all set. =)

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

I'd rather eat my own testicles than shop at Wal-Mart. In fact, I intend to do all of my shopping, other than groceries, in Toronto. Did someone say snob?

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

But by shopping at Wal-Mart you can spend more quality time with your family. The commercials say so!

I prefer "appreciates nice things" to snob.

[c9.livejournal.com]

KW is about 100 kilometres from Toronto. Under an hour with no traffic, but up to 90 minutes in rush hour. Not too bad, easy enough to do day trips for sure.

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

Kilometres...you Canadians and your wacky metric system.

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

My car gets 43 thimbles of gas to the hogshead, and that's just the way I like it.