Tempted by island life

[madzone]

It's set on Sark, but the eponymous hero is an incomer IIRC.

Ah, I see. I'd love to watch Mr Pye with Derek Jacobi again - it was cool

 

[Wookey]

I thought it was just Scilly, tbh.

BAAAADUM-TISHEROOONI!

 

[Maurice Picarda]

I thought it was just Scilly, tbh.

BAAAADUM-TISHEROOONI!

That would depend on your angle, see?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Sponsor me big man!!

Everyone needs a Wookey!!

Dunno about sponsoring you, but I'll be a friendly face in a foreign place, ready to give you a show-around.

 

[Wookey]

Dunno about sponsoring you, but I'll be a friendly face in a foreign place, ready to give you a show-around.

I'm gay, we hae friendly faces all over the place!! I just have to wear my rainbow badge and all my friends come flocking!!

Seriously, I am going to look into Canada as a place to live, although I have been told that Toronto is the place to be?

(Not an island though, I don't think....)

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'm gay, we hae friendly faces all over the place!! I just have to wear my rainbow badge and all my friends come flocking!!

Seriously, I am going to look into Canada as a place to live, although I have been told that Toronto is the place to be?

(Not an island though, I don't think....)

Yes, there will be lots of friends here in Vancouver if you put on the badge.

As for toronto: I visited there for the first time in years, llast year, and I quite liked the place. It's quite a bit bigger than vancouver: I think toronto proper has about 3 million, with about 10 million in the greater urban area. Vancouver is 2 - 3 million for the area.

Toronto is more hustle and bustle, go go go, if you like that kind of thing. It's also closer to a lot of the big US cities of the Midwest and East.

A big drawback is the weather. The summers are high temp and humidity like you can't imagine, with the proximity of the Great Lakes. Winter it's an icebox with regular subzero temperatures.

Vancouver is a West Coast city, with all that implies. It's much more laid back than Toronto. It's physically much more beautiful, and the weather is temperate. This little corner of BC is the only place in Canada where snow is a rarity.

I know that Toronto has a sizable gay community, but I think ours is on a par, and I think that the society in general is even more accepting of the gay community here, than it is in Toronto.

People in the rest of the country think that us West Coasters are a bunch of weirdo dope smoking ethnic gay freaks, so that has to be a plus.

Here, you have proximity to the West Coast US cities, SF, etc, and to the aforementioned Gulf Islands etc.

All in all, if what you were considering was a move to an island, then Vancouver would be more what you were looking for than Toronto, imo.

 

[Wookey]

All in all, if what you were considering was a move to an island, then Vancouver would be more what you were looking for than Toronto, imo.

I just checked and I have the Rough Guides to both on my bookshelf.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I just checked and I have the Rough Guides to both on my bookshelf.

Just go to google images for toronto and vancouver.

 

[lynne8]

I just checked and I have the Rough Guides to both on my bookshelf.

I agree with Johnny on this one Wookey, Vancouver over Toronto, Vancouver is a gorgeous city you'd love it!! It's creative and beautiful and proud of what it is. I love it! And you wouldn't really need to drive, lots of transportation options and if you're downtown, you can walk for days!