Quote: (09-16-2016 04:43 PM)RBerkley Wrote:
Quote: (09-16-2016 10:27 AM)rudebwoy Wrote:
Buffalo and Cleveland are shitholes.
A few French phrases in Montreal should do you fine and a willingness to learn the language, which has been mentioned countless times.
Canada is a cold country, winter sucks here period.
I can't imagine too many people paying over $1500 to rent places in Montreal. I'm pretty sure you can find rent for half that amount outside the city centre.
Anything place under $1000 will not be a nice place to live in Toronto.
Montreal also seems way easier to navigate without a car.
I would strongly listen to the vets that are suggesting Montreal.
You can easily rent a basement in downtown Montreal not far from the UQAM area for around 500$ a month.
Go more east around 4 miles from Bonadventure metro station, and there were a few townhouses for rent. One was a 4-bedroom townhouse leasing for around 800$ a month.
I've heard that a basement apartment in the Toronto West end, around 10 miles away from the downtown core of Toronto goes for around 900$ a month, and subsidized housing waitlists go for at least seven years to twelve years minimum.
Many people, the newbies inclusive, argue that Toronto earns higher wages, but the truth is that not many people are fortunate enough to land that public sector, medical or CEO job...
Some friends I know who reside in Toronto work for minimum wage at fast food outlets, and they still end up on welfare because the rent eats up their monthly pay.
One of my friends share a floor of a house (rents a room for himself) for around 700$ a month, but he works at maximum 35 hours a week and earns approximately 300$ a week after deductions, but after taking out rent, he is left with approximately 500$ left, and if you deduct TTC metropass he uses to go to work, he only has around 300$ left for food and other expenses.
On the other hand, 1,200$ a month would make one live quite comfortably in Montreal. Rent for an apartment for one person is around 400$ a month if you can find the right locations in Montreal, and it isn't a crime-ridden place like paying almost 900$ a month rent for a 1-bedroom near Jane-Finch in Toronto.
Finally a great post by you.
Those prices are unheard of in Toronto.
I met a girl from Montreal awhile back, she lived in a house in Laval with a swimming pool by herself. The rent was like $400 per month.
$800 per month for a townhouse sounds like paradise to me, if you own it you can rent out the other rooms for cheap. If you are leasing it you can sub lease it out as well.
The real ugly truth about Toronto is the job market, it sucks balls. As you rightly said a lot of people are not making money and are living close to the poverty line.
The math does not add up, the average salary is $45000. Can't exactly do much with that now. I also read that personal debt, not including mortgages or rent is like $20000 per person.