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Post by Skilly on May 5, 2007 19:39:58 GMT -5
According to Money Wise Magazine it is OTTAWAOther centers of note: 2) Halifax 3) Quebec City 9) Victoria 10) Gander 12) Toronto 13) Winnipeg 15) Vancouver 16) Saskatoon 22) Hamilton 23) Montreal 27) St. John's 28) Calgary 29) Corner Brook 31) Edmonton |
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Post by MC Habber on May 5, 2007 20:08:48 GMT -5
Ottawa's a nice place, but I question their methodology. How did they decide that the homicide rate is 50% more important than the percentage of new cars in the community??
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on May 5, 2007 21:10:56 GMT -5
According to Money Wise Magazine it is OTTAWAOther centers of note: 2) Halifax 3) Quebec City 9) Victoria 10) Gander 12) Toronto 13) Winnipeg 15) Vancouver 16) Saskatoon 22) Hamilton 23) Montreal 27) St. John's 28) Calgary 29) Corner Brook 31) Edmonton Other center of note: #6 - Kingston, ON, home to Dan Akaroyd, Kirk Muller, Doug Gilmour, Don Cherry, Wally High and resting place of Sir John A. MacDonald. 2 1/2 hours drive to Toronto and Montreal. 2 hours to Ottawa and 45 minutes to the States (without taking a ferry). More pubs and cafés than you can count. Cleanest port town I've ever seen. Only drawbacks are; there are four families who call the shots for the whole city. One of them happens to be the mayor right now. And the homicide rate went up substantially last year as well. The weapon of choice; a knife. Targets; the students. With Queen's University and St. Lawrence College here in town there's more chicks than ... well, you get the picture. And being so close to the States we do get quite a lot of tourism. Is where Mrs Dis and I met ... she went to college  And, we live on a creek. Not too bad for a city of 130,000-odd. Cheers. |
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Post by seventeen on May 6, 2007 0:35:45 GMT -5
A more telling fact with this list is there isn't one city or community from the Okanagan Valley on their list. After all, who needs lakes, skiing, sunshine, arts, sports and more good vineyards than the rest of Canada combined? What a silly list.
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Post by franko on May 6, 2007 7:16:09 GMT -5
Surprising. Nice place and all but I'd never have thought Ottawa would be at number one. Gotta agree with seventeen too. No Kelowna [Peachland]? Brandon at 17? Regina at 39? Notice that bum-you-know-what Saskatchewan didn't make the list either. |
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Post by jkr on May 6, 2007 7:31:44 GMT -5
Ottawa's a nice place, but I question their methodology. How did they decide that the homicide rate is 50% more important than the percentage of new cars in the community?? I see what you mean. Too subjective. Someone could manipulate the factors in order to make their city come out on top. |
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Post by jkr on May 6, 2007 7:43:00 GMT -5
Other center of note: #6 - Kingston, ON, home to Dan Akaroyd, Kirk Muller, Doug Gilmour, Don Cherry, Wally High and resting place of Sir John A. MacDonald. don't forget The Tragically Hip Reminds me of New Brunswick with the McCain's & the Irvings. |
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And, we live on a creek. Not too bad for a city of 130,000-odd. 
