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    #11
    People are so friendly it's almost annoying.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #12
      Vancouver has a similar climate to London, but with 300 hours of extra sunshine.

      Climate Battle - London vs Vancouver (snow, warm, average, global warming) - Weather -Temperature, sun, sunlight, rain, hurricanes, tornadoes, climate, forecasts, humidity, heat, snow... - City-Data Forum

      If I were thinking of living in Canada, it would be Vancouver, I hate the cold and snow.

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        #13
        Vienna is the best city in the world to live in as German-speaking cities dominate | Daily Mail Online


        Vancouver comes in 5th. (Munich 4th )

        Vienna comes out 1st.

        Anywhere beginning with a V and you're sorted.
        "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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          #14
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

          Vancouver comes in 5th. (Munich 4th )

          Vienna comes out 1st.

          Anywhere beginning with a V and you're sorted.
          Voinjama. Yeah, truly sorted.

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            #15
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            That's the warmest sunniest bit, well Vancouver Island is.
            Nova Scotia was hot and sunny last summer when I was there. But I can't see there being many IT contracting roles on the island.

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              #16
              Originally posted by CompulsiveArsonist View Post
              I'm going to be visiting Canada this year for a holiday and also to check the country out with a view to possibly emigrating there.

              Thoughts?
              See whether you are likely to get in on the skills list - if you do then you're pretty sorted (particularly if you are young).

              If you want to be in Quebec then they have their own immigration rules and French is a must, but most of the other provinces are pretty welcoming and will offer permanent residency pretty quickly (possibly even from the off). Five years of that and you can get citizenship if you want to.

              Depends where you want to be about whether there are any jobs there though, eh?

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                #17
                The biggest attraction for me is quality of life / standard of living. There are lots of good things about living in London but now that I have a baby I need to think about the future.

                I have heard that Vancouver is in the middle of a property bubble and very expensive to live in.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by CompulsiveArsonist View Post
                  The biggest attraction for me is quality of life / standard of living. There are lots of good things about living in London but now that I have a baby I need to think about the future.
                  Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there are parts of the UK that are not London.
                  Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
                    Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there are parts of the UK that are not London.


                    Yeah, like there's anything outside of London....

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                      Vienna is the best city in the world to live in as German-speaking cities dominate | Daily Mail Online


                      Vancouver comes in 5th. (Munich 4th )

                      Vienna comes out 1st.

                      Anywhere beginning with a V and you're sorted.
                      Spent one Christmas in Vienna, it's the most boring place on earth and the U-Bahn full of druggies.

                      All we heard when asking about things to see/do was 'Alles geschlossen...'

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