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

KW

[lifeofprad.livejournal.com]

Wow, KW! I lived there for the past 5 years (while I was at U.W) before moving back to Toronto. What kind of work does Vinny do? Housing wise, a lot people do live in Cambridge and commute up probably because the houses are nicer (i wouldn't know, I've never ventured into Cambridge). There are a lot of builders up in the north west end of Waterloo developing the area, putting up mostly semi's and townhouses. It's something you guys can check out if you're looking for a new house and have time (Erbsville Rd. around Columbia St.)
Have fun.

Re: KW

[c9.livejournal.com]

Cool! Vinny's in insurance, and would be working downtown, as would I. So we're looking (or I should say, we *would* be looking) in the downtown Kitchener area. We don't own a car, and aren't really that interested in getting one yet, so the burbs aren't really that appealing. Maybe someday we'll graduate to that. :) From surfing MLS there seem to be lots of decent (but not great) properties off to the east of downtown. Haven't looked into condo-type dwellings yet.