Third spruce tree on the left
@RickiTarr we still give our big corporations way too much leeway (oil+gas, groceries, residential income trusts) and in the past 20 years especially they've been gouging and screwing us and our environment. Unless we bought our homes in the mid 00s, noone I know under 50 can afford to buy a house anywhere practical.
But, all things considered, still not a terrible place to live.
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Man of Sand
@tezoatlipoca @RickiTarr - hello neighbour! I'm just 30mins west of Toronto and I agree. Cost of living is through the roof. Rise of right-wing ideology and crime. Free health care but it's a 12hr wait in emergency. Dr's and teachers leaving. No jobs or houses to support spike in immigration. Its been a rough ride.
BUT it's still better than most places. We also have nice neighbors and unique takeout food options LOL
Third spruce tree on the left
@RickiTarr While there's a bunch of nice things about Canada (like not paying for healthcare, still a rather progressive (freedom and rights) and protective constitutional, legal and legislative system) and we have gobs of nice nature to enjoy, we like some of our cousins south of the border are fighting a wave of conservative populism that is (trying to) dismantle a lot of the good things for $profit$. And while we don't have quite the same money in politics problem,
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Third spruce tree on the left
@RickiTarr I live in mid southwestern Ontario Canada. We're a ~90m train or drive away from Toronto which is nice, but we're just far away to not have megatropolis woes like Ultra-Traffic to deal with. While I live in a mid-sized metro area of about half a mil, twenty minutes in any direction gets you into farm fields where they all talk and behave like Letterkenny, which frankly is more accurate than most Canadians want to admit.
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Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr
I know what you're thinking, I'm going to be the funny guy, who says I live on Planet Earth in the Milky Way, but someone beat you to it, so if you want to be funny, you're going to have to be creative.
Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr
Where do you live and how do you feel about it?
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
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Dave J
@RickiTarr We sold our house 7-8 months ago and bought a (secondhand) SUV and caravan. My wife, my cat, and I are travelling Australia—we’re about 6 weeks into a 12-month stint in Tasmania, then we’ll head back to the mainland.
Pros: It really is a beautiful place, if a bit unforgiving. If you get sick of one spot, move onto the next. (Also, you don’t realise how stressful owning/renting a house is till you don’t have one.) (1/4)
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