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Location: Waterloo, Canada - Small University City
Length of Stay: many years in two blocks of time
Cost of Housing: 3 bed / 2 bath family house - ~CDN$200K and up
Weather: all 4 seasons - winter can be cold and snowy and August can be hot
Healthcare: Good to excellent and FREE to citizens and legal permanent residents.
Recreation: *Not as numerous as a big city but still very good due to the presence of two universities and a large community college. *Many activities on campus - theatres, clubs, art shows, etc. *Opportunities for continuing education and use of the university libraries. *The large student body means that there are a large number of book stores, cafes, restaurants, and clubs.
You are about 1.5 hours outside of a very large cosmopolitan city - able to head in by car or train.
You are also within increadibly easy reach of the outdoors and camping/fishing opportunities too.
Safety: Even safer and cleaner than Toronto.
Transportation: The public transportation is not comparable with Toronto but it beats anything I've found in Silicon Valley. *You could get by with one car for a couple and use the public transportation coupled with a bicycle.
Observations: *Smaller university cities may offer an nice compromise between cultural/intellectual activities and costs. *An interesting option.
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Hyperborea - A Perpetual Traveller in Training<br />Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw<br />The world is not black and white. More like black and grey. Graham Greene
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