[harls]

How many of you people work in one city and live in another?

Myself, I live in Gatineau, but make the 30 minute walk to my office in downtown Ottawa.

Any of you have similar situations?

[salvius]

For the next several months, possibly longer, I'll be living in Toronto but working in Waterloo. I'm not exactly stoked about it, but there we go.

[Greco Roman]

Whoa, deja-vu. :D

Hasn't this thread been done before?

Right now working in Cowgary but will be moving back to E-town in September.

[mersar]

Theres around a good 20,000+ that do that around Calgary, from the 4 main bedroom communities as such (all technically qualify as cities by the standard population minimum, though most haven't changed the name to such due to other reasons). It isn't exactly a new or unique concept.

[someone123]

I hate long commutes but people here are often willing to drive long distances to go to work every day. The city basically sprawls an hour in each direction. I don't think there's another city in Canada that is as spread out.

[HomeInMyShoes]

How many of you people work in one city and live in another?

Myself, I live in Gatineau, but make the 30 minute walk to my office in downtown Ottawa.

Any of you have similar situations?

That's hilarious harls. I did the exact opposite when I lived in the Ottawa area. Right now, I commute about twenty steps from bedroom to second bedroom as I work from home.

[O-Town Hockey]

I hate long commutes but people here are often willing to drive long distances to go to work every day. The city basically sprawls an hour in each direction. I don't think there's another city in Canada that is as spread out.

Have a look at Edmonton. An absolutely massive city for a population of only 1 million.

[niwell]

If Ottawa hadn't amalgamated in '01 I'd be living in the city proper and commuting to work in Nepean. I don't think that would have counted anyway though.

[Calgarian]

I hate long commutes but people here are often willing to drive long distances to go to work every day. The city basically sprawls an hour in each direction. I don't think there's another city in Canada that is as spread out.

Calgary is about 850 square kilometers. that is the size of NYC. I know a few people who used to live in Okotoks and commute into downtown Calgary, that's about 45 min in good traffic.

[waterloowarrior]

Living in Waterloo and working in Georgetown, but only for the summer.. suprisingly on the average day I only run into heavy traffic around Milton (which can be avoided) in the morning and Kitchener from 401 to Fairview (which basically can't be avoided) in the evening... wish I could take a train or something though.

[big W]

Have a look at Edmonton. An absolutely massive city for a population of only 1 million.

The city of Edmonton is significantly smaller in area than the city of Ottawa. Not only that but it is not a million city pop is only 750,000. Metro region however is something else and in this case we are talking city as Harls started it off with Ottawa and Gatineau which are the same metro but different cities.

[someone123]

Calgary and Edmonton don't really have the large lot (one or more acres, well water, septic field) subdivisions.

I've seen a few in Ontario, Quebec, and BC, but never very large ones.

There are a lot in the US and in the Maritimes.

[401_King]

i think a lot of ppl in the GTA criss cross official "boundaries" while going to work and living elsewhere.

[Rusty van Reddick]

Whoa, deja-vu. :D

Hasn't this thread been done before?

Right now working in Cowgary but will be moving back to E-town in September.

Where are you living? If you need advice on restaurants or whatever give me a PM, I really want to change your opinions about Calgary!

[francely57]

My father lives in Laval (Montreal suburb), works in Ottawa Monday-Friday, and has an appartment in Gatineau during those days.
(I think he beats a lot of people!)
He has done that for, hum, 12 years? That's the best way to have millions of km on your odometer!

[rbt]

I live in Toronto and my primary employer and all of my equipment is in Montreal. Thanks Internet!

[IntotheWest]

Live in Calgary, worked in Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Edmonton the last several years.

Thankfully, working from home now.

BTW - I had shorter commute times to Vancouver then some clients that commuted from Maple Ridge :-)

[le calmar]

Gatineau-Ottawa or Laval-Longueuil-Montreal is all the same to me... I could say I work in another city then! I live in Stoke (Sherbrooke suburb not included in the city limits) and I work in Sherbrooke.

[WaterlooInvestor]

For the next several months, possibly longer, I'll be living in Toronto but working in Waterloo. I'm not exactly stoked about it, but there we go.

What brings you to Waterloo? Tech?

[SpongeG]

i live in coquitlam and work in burnaby

[salvius]

What brings you to Waterloo? Tech?

Nope, policy work.

[y2k_pony]

I do. I live in St Clair Beach and commute to Windsor. It is usually about a 25 minute drive as long as the expressway isn't backed up (which it usually is.) :(

[PhilippeMtl]

I live in Montreal and go to school in Montreal, but work in Chateauguay, a suburb in the south west.

[Kevin_foster]

I live in St. Albert, but work in Edmonton.

[Rob D]

I live in the Beltline but work in Inglewood:)

[MrChills]

How about live in one country and work in another?

I live in Windsor, Ontario and work in Farmington Hills, Michigan (suburb of Detroit) cross US customs in the morning, and then cross Canadian customs in the evening. A good 45 minute commutte each way, 5 days a week.

[harls]

^I'm sort of like that, depending on who you talk with.. ;)

[habsfan]

^I'm sort of like that, depending on who you talk with.. ;)

:cheers: :tup: :notacrook:

[nunuangel99]

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[harls]

Not according to this:

Area: 2,796 kilometres or 1,080 square miles, 90 kilometres east to west

http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/statistics/index_en.shtml

they are crazy boundaries, for sure. but it's all one city. The welcome sign on the fringes is essentially in the bush.

[Kevin_foster]

Ottawa is about 2,700 km2 per Wikipedia

[malek]

an ex-friend of mine used to cross to Ontario, then cross to the States then drive north back in Quebec into an indian reserve... it was the fastest way!