• zephyreks@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Canada is really attractive, but most immigrants think Canada is made up solely of Toronto and Vancouver.

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      1 year ago

      It’s because the jobs are concentrated in those areas. Yes, other provinces have some work but relative to Toronto and Vancouver it’s pretty light. I got lucky and moved to Kitchener last year, but what i really wanna do is live on Vancouver Island. Some day!

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        what i really wanna do is live on Vancouver Island.

        Moved away for work. The market is okay in ONE region.

        Work with me to transform Ocean Falls into a Remote Work Mecca. Two mixed-use towers and we’re done.

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          1 year ago

          Oh you moved to the boonies boonies haha. Love that the Wikipedia page for Ocean Falls has a photo captioned “An uncharacteristically sunny day in ocean falls”

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            1 year ago

            Noo, Ocean Falls was a ghost town once the sole employer moved out with the pound-foolish reduction of manufacturing in this region. I only learned of it from my wife’s dad’s stories of growing up in this remote community; and then learned it’s a unicorn town with a surprisingly advanced infrastructure and travel potential that gives it massive potential for restoration as a quiet, remote community for select workers and some eco-tourism operations.

            So it’s a common schtick to champion it as a prime candidate for reopening and investment, since it has the infrastructure to support a small but dense population with modern mixed-use buildings and ship-based trade, even though the population has been essentially 3 people for decades and there’s no road in.