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I moved from SF to Toronto last year with a Canadian PR. Absolutely love Toronto and miss Cali. My motivation was to get out of a work visa and explore some sta

I moved from SF to Toronto last year with a Canadian PR. Absolutely love Toronto and miss Cali. My motivation was to get out of a work visa and explore some startup ideas. I have a blog https://movnorth.com https://movnorth.com to help others who are considering Canada. From traffic to the site and the forums I can tell that a lots of people are going this route.

tempestn 8y ago
Unfortunately with the new provincial government (elected to a majority with a strong 37% of the vote...) Ontario is starting to look a lot more like the US in its attitude toward immigrants, among other things. I would suggest Vancouver instead, if not for the astronomical cost of living (although I guess not compared to San Francisco). Edit: Fortunately the provincial government doesn't really have any say over immigration, but I am disappointed to see these attitudes spreading.
- dariusm5 8y ago
  You're making a very broad assumption and making a very specific suggestion based on it. Even though you corrected yourself later saying that immigration is not controlled provincially, this type of thinking is pretty backwards. I think it's caused by people reading too much into sensationalist news articles and headlines which exaggerate or hyper-focus on useless details to get attention and views. While in reality, nothing has really changed (or will likely change) that would cause someone to move to another city. It reminds me of the people who talked about moving to Canada after the last American election. I'm curious to know if the people that moved were actually impacted directly by the election or whether they were just trying to make a political statement.
  - tempestn 8y ago
    I'm not suggesting that someone would leave Toronto to move to Vancouver because of the change in government. Just that if you were thinking about moving to Canada and evaluating possible destinations, the more immigrant-friendly attitude in BC compared to Ontario might be considered. Mostly I'm just lamenting the negative attitude in general though.

tempestn 8y ago

Unfortunately with the new provincial government (elected to a majority with a strong 37% of the vote...) Ontario is starting to look a lot more like the US in its attitude toward immigrants, among other things. I would suggest Vancouver instead, if not for the astronomical cost of living (although I guess not compared to San Francisco). Edit: Fortunately the provincial government doesn't really have any say over immigration, but I am disappointed to see these attitudes spreading.

dariusm5 8y ago
You're making a very broad assumption and making a very specific suggestion based on it. Even though you corrected yourself later saying that immigration is not controlled provincially, this type of thinking is pretty backwards. I think it's caused by people reading too much into sensationalist news articles and headlines which exaggerate or hyper-focus on useless details to get attention and views. While in reality, nothing has really changed (or will likely change) that would cause someone to move to another city. It reminds me of the people who talked about moving to Canada after the last American election. I'm curious to know if the people that moved were actually impacted directly by the election or whether they were just trying to make a political statement.
- tempestn 8y ago
  I'm not suggesting that someone would leave Toronto to move to Vancouver because of the change in government. Just that if you were thinking about moving to Canada and evaluating possible destinations, the more immigrant-friendly attitude in BC compared to Ontario might be considered. Mostly I'm just lamenting the negative attitude in general though.