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Originally Posted by middeljohn
I've never lived or even been to BC, but last year I moved to London from Toronto. What I found is that London feels really small. I imagine that it wouldn't betoo much different for someone coming from Vancouver. Also, I found London to be incredibly white, which again you'll find similar.
People in London bitch about the traffic, but the reality is that you'll have a 25 minute commute or less most days. Coming from Toronto I found it really amusing when people talked about how jammed up Wellington gets.
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I live about 5km away from my office, and I find that I can get to the office in about 10 to 15 minutes without any major hassles. I don't think I could even do that well if I lived in my hometown of Sarnia, which is pretty compact and has essentially NO traffic to speak of anytime of day or night.
Heading north along Wharncliffe is pretty speedy up until you get to the intersection at Horton and Springbank. So I what I do is I avoid the bunch-up at that intersection and hang a right on Byron Avenue, up Wortley, then right on York and then left onto King and past the Middlesex County Health Unit and straight into the parking garage.
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Things move a lot slower in London, people are more laid back. It definitely has a city in the country feel to it. You'll hear a lot of rural Ontario accents among some of the out-of-town commuters. They'll deny they have it, but it's true.
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I don't know if I would say London has a 'city in the country' feel to it. But it definitely feels a bit smaller than it is. I find the most common rural accents I hear in London come from people who live north of London (think Hensall and Exeter areas) and from the Woodstock area.
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In general London is a nice quiet city, probably a good place to raise a family. The downtown is more vibrant than I expected for a city of its size, lots of bars and restaurants along with regional headquarters for all the banks and some other financial/insurance companies as well. It was an interesting change of pace for me and overall I liked the place, although not enough to keep me from moving on to another city.
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I've lived in London for the last 25 years and I still find it a bit boring at times, with not a lot to do. I would agree that London is a quiet place for a city of its size. I'm hoping I can retire in about eight years from now, and I'm not sure I want to stay in London. I'd love to live somewhere along the Lake Erie shoreline, i.e. Port Stanley or Port Bruce, but so would everyone else and now it takes $$$$ to buy a house in that area unless you're willing to live well away from the shore.